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Facebook limits the distribution of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Hunter Biden, pending fact-check, while Twitter blocks sharing — Facebook and Twitter said they will be limiting the distribution of or blocking a New York Post story making unverified claims about former vice president Joe Biden.
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New York Post: Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad
Renee DiResta / @noupside: This is related to today's Biden story: A few months ago the fact-respecting portion of the internet was outraged at social media companies allowing Plandemic to go wildly viral, despite stated policies against health misinfo. The video was taken down after millions of views...
Andy Stone / @andymstone: While I will intentionally not link to the New York Post, I want be clear that this story is eligible to be fact checked by Facebook's third-party fact checking partners. In the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform.
Kyle Cheney / @kyledcheney: Again, stipulating that the suspect email is real, there's literally nothing in it that says Joe Biden met with a Burisma adviser. “The opportunity to meet,” may just as easily have meant Hunter promised a meeting in the future that may never have occurred.
Daniel Goldman / @danielsgoldman: Let's try this one more time: the Ukrainian prosecutor was fired because he was NOT prosecuting corruption cases and there was NO Ukrainian investigation into Burisma. In addition to there being no evidence to support the bogus allegations, the basic premise is simply false. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Melendez / Fast Company: Facebook curbs spread of contested New York Post story on Hunter Biden
Sohrab Ahmari / @sohrabahmari: This is a Big Tech information coup. This is digital civil war. I, an editor at The New York Post, one of the nation's largest papers by circulation, can't post one of our own stories that details corruption by a major-party presidential candidate, Biden. https://twitter.com/...
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Facebook says it will reduce the reach of a New York Post story that makes disputed claims about Hunter Biden, pending a fact-check review
Chris Megerian / @chrismegerian: I asked Rudy Giuliani how long he's had the copy of this hard drive. He responded, “Your interested in the wrong thing. This time the truth will not be defeated by process. I've got a lot more to go. We just started. Print a headline saying Lyin' Joe and we can talk.”
Natasha Bertrand / @natashabertrand: New: Biden campaign responds to NY Post story. “The New York Post never asked the Biden campaign about the critical elements of this story...moreover, we have reviewed Joe Biden's official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.” https://twitter.com/...
Sean Burch / The Wrap: Twitter Blocks Users From Sharing ‘Potentially Harmful’ New York Post-Hunter Biden Report
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill: Twitter, Facebook clamp down on New York Post article about Hunter Biden
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Facebook and Twitter took drastic measures to limit the reach of a controversial news story about Hunter Biden
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: News flash everything on social media is an editorial decision by the company. Every single thing, the UI, the posts you see, the posts you don't, the metrics, the speed with which everything updates, the colors, it's all human decisions all the way down. It's all subjective
Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek: Facebook is reducing distribution of a story before it has been fact-checked. I don't know what the rule is that enables that. Not saying it's not the right call, but I can think of many other instances this could be useful too, so would like to know on what basis. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Manskar / @noahmanskar: The Post's primary Twitter account (@nypost) has also been locked because the Hunter Biden stories violate its rules against “distribution of hacked material,” per email we received from Twitter https://twitter.com/...
Nu Wexler / @wexler: This conflict was inevitable. As platforms cracked down on foreign information operations, disinformation migrated to US gov't officials and domestic outlets. If you're serious about reducing election disinformation, you can't grant blanket immunity to all gov't and media orgs.
Nu Wexler / @wexler: Twitter and Facebook have higher standards for election disinformation than the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States.
Claire McCaskill / @clairecmc: It's getting old isn't it? SAD! FAKE NEWS! https://twitter.com/...
Iwillkissyouallhat / @popehat: The Post story is obvious Russian propaganda from a vile rag and genuinely bad people, but trying to suppress it seems dumb.
@internetryan: the stories about the action taken to limit the story spread the story and tweets about the stories about the action taken to limit the spread of the story spread the story https://twitter.com/...
Stacy Herbert / @stacyherbert: I guess every corporation will be forced to join Red or Blue. It does provide opportunity for increased competition perhaps if all social media, for example, choose Democrat. Or do you think we will see FB Blue & FB Red? https://twitter.com/...
House Judiciary Gop / @judiciarygop: Big Tech claims they aren't biased. Then they do this. Insanity. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Raccio / @kyleraccio: Would the Judiciary Committee like to do something about it other than complain on Twitter? https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Cheney / @kyledcheney: Important addendum: Nothing about the premise of the story adds up. Every credible source has testified that the prosecutor involved was fired because he was *not* investigating corruption and removing him made it likelier Burisma would face a real probe. https://twitter.com/...
Graham Piro / Washington Free Beacon: Facebook Reduces Reach of Hunter Biden Report Before Fact-Checking It
Renee DiResta / @noupside: Coming up with policies & new mechanisms to address virality, and curation, are two of the most significant things platforms and the public, and likely regulators, need to do to address the most destructive facets of the current information environment.
Renee DiResta / @noupside: I think this is actually a very good use of the policy levers at its disposal. It is also doing this transparently, despite the fact that the censorship-howlers, who also think factchecking is censorship, immediately began howling about censorship. No big shock there.
Renee DiResta / @noupside: As far as the Biden article: FB is using “reduce” to enable “inform”. It is buying some time for verification of a very significant story that itself falls under a different policy area - concern about the veracity of leaked material pursuant to an election.
Aunkur Arya / @aunkurarya: For a company that publicly stated in May that they don't want to be the arbiter of truth, we are seeing a lot of moves just in the last week of Facebook weeding out grossly inaccurate information on their platform. I'm for it. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Yes yes yes, all of this. Clearly note why it's important to focus on *reduce* to slow velocity and reaching allowing counter-speech by fact-checking to happen. *remove* although appealing and sometimes necessary lead to legitimate censorship discussions. https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Random store owner has it, copies it (a crime) and gives it to the president's lawyer while also responding to a federal subpoena? A bit odd. https://twitter.com/...
@jeremynewberger: “Excuse me kind NY POST reporters, I found this wet hard drive with Hunter Biden e-mails on it. I didn't know who to give it to. I gotta go, I am getting my feet scraped and my hair done at 11.” - random woman. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Roberts / @jeffjohnroberts: This is big. In the past, Facebook would have done nothing and this BS story would have gone bananas in right-wing echo groups. https://fortune.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Feels with this NY Post story that the 2020 election disinformation swamp has become even more swampy, and platforms are starting to be tested on their plans to deal with this stuff. https://www.theverge.com/...
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: incredibly sensible thread about FB and the Burisma story. https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: anyhow if you're as frustrated right now as i am you should just read this smart thread and then log off probably https://twitter.com/...
Del Quentin Wilber / @delwilber: Would be curious if the NY Post had any computer forensic folks conduct forensic examination of emails' metadata, etc., before publishing to check authenticity. https://twitter.com/...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: How about ... on the grounds that they have a first amendment right to do whatever they want? that enough? a little something I like to call the us constitution https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Things that are sketchy in NYP story on Hunter Biden - why wasn't this in Ron Johnson report if it's been in possession for awhile? When did Giuliani acquire it? Giuliani has been everywhere on the but this has been kicking around since late last year and unreleased till now?
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Good thread on Facebook's response to the NY Post story, from one of the leading experts on viral misinformation. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Mills Rodrigo / @chrisismills: interesting challenge for this step by facebook: all of the aggregations of the new york post's story getting lots of interactions. i've reached out to see if these will be limited as well https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter J. Hasson / @peterjhasson: Facebook comms guy, a former Dem staffer, announces that Facebook is going to suppress a piece of journalism that Dems don't like https://twitter.com/...
Carpe Diem / @captcarpediem: Aren't you spreading the propaganda that the FBI was warning us about? You really think we are going to tolerate a repeat of 2016's wikileaks? Looking forward to an investigation into your behavior when Biden is president. It's not a “smoking-gun.” it is discredited propaganda. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News to host a Trump town hall, moderated by Savannah Guthrie, on Thursday evening, at the same time ABC News is broadcasting a similar event with Biden — The dueling town halls were set in motion last week after Trump's presidential campaign refused to take part in the second …
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Merrill Brown / @merrillbro: Management at @NBCNews needs to explain ASAP how agreeing at last minute to add a town hall with President Trump opposite an @abcnews Joe Biden Town Hall is in the public interest. Even doing it at 10 ET just after Biden would have been a better decision. https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: NBC wanted outside (non-Conley) proof of Trump's medical condition. Per the network, the NIH “collected & analyzed” a PCR test on Tuesday and concluded he is “not shedding infectious virus.” NBC did not explicitly say the PCR test was negative. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Shakina / @shakeenz: Shame on @NBC. Y'all sign my checks as of late but I'm disgusted by my home network giving Trump a platform for fear mongering, bigotry & disinformation. Don't praise yourselves for putting a trans woman on primetime then give a platform to someone who wants to abolish my rights.
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: The point of a news organization is to serve the public. This is the opposite. @NBCNews could literally run this any other day, or any other time. Shameful. (Disclosure: I am a former NBC News exec) https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Greenfield / @greenfield64: The decision by NBC News to run a Trump town hall directly opposite ABC's Biden town hall is indefensible.
John Bowden / The Hill: NBC personalities criticize network scheduling Trump townhall opposite Biden's
@yashar: I've heard from over a dozen NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC sources (talent and staff) and the frustration with and anger toward their employer for scheduling a town hall against Biden is palpable.
Mark Lukasiewicz / @deanluk: This is a bad result for American voters, who should not be forced to choose which to watch. So much is still going wrong with how TV journalism copes, or still fails to cope, with @realDonaldTrump. https://twitter.com/...
Will McAvoy / @willmcavoyacn: Again: if Trump had not gotten COVID through his own ineptitude and incompetence it wouldn't be an issue. https://twitter.com/...
Nicole / @youngestwoman: you're talking about the president of the united states. he has the biggest platform in the world. he has the nuclear launch codes. he isn't pewdiepie. grow the fuck up! https://twitter.com/...
Steve Marmel / @marmel: This took courage that Savannah Guthrie does not have. https://twitter.com/...
Shakina / @shakeenz: Honestly shame on @ABC and @NBC, this echo chamber of rhetoric is a root problem in America. These days leading up to the election should be about the exchange and comparison of ideas and policy, not ratings and stoking division. @realDonaldTrump & @JoeBiden should #debate.
LK Lawson / @herzogfan: @MSNBC Goodbye NBC. You reward Trump's bad behavior by giving him his own special opposite Biden ? Haven't you guys done enough in promoting this conman and pathological liar ? Savannah Guthrie ? What, Toadstool Todd wasn't free ? The NBC-Trump legacy: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Greta Van Susteren / @greta: People will DVR ...at least i will DVR so can watch both...the key issue is whether the two events will be mirror images in fairness and depth of information solicited and audience selection https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: NIH issuing statements to NBC in support of a Trump re-election campaign town hall on NBC. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Pope / @kylepope: I'm reminded of Chris Wallace bemoaning the fact that Trump's shouting meant the American people didn't get the benefit of hearing from both candidates. @NBCNews apparently has no such view. This is a craven ratings stunt, caving to the Trumpian impulses the network helped hone.
Benjamin Siemon / @benjaminjs: NBC in 2016: We made a mistake in featuring such an evil man on SNL. We will never do this again. NBC in 2020: We will give Trump a town hall special competing against Biden after he refused to debate virtually. https://twitter.com/...
Lilliana Mason / @lilymasonphd: If ABC and NBC team up, they could actually ask Trump and Biden to respond to each other in real time - almost like a “virtual debate”. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Catanese / @davecatanese: Producing Trump's favorite poll: A ratings face-off. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Coupal / WHDH-TV: After independent coronavirus test, NBC sets Trump town hall
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: NBC News Partners With Trump On Miami Town Hall
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Ex https://msnbc.com/ exec @merrillbro is right — this scheduling is competition not public service https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / The Media Nut: It's October, which means for the media it's 2016 again.
Keith Boykin / @keithboykin: NBC is rewarding Trump for his irresponsible behavior. He just got out of the hospital with coronavirus, still hasn't been wearing a mask, and has been spreading lies and misinformation about Covid-19 at daily campaign rallies with no social distancing. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: I spoke to an exec there yesterday and said, “You're going to get a lot of blowback if you do this,” and he said, “Why? We aired a Biden town hall before.” https://twitter.com/...
Chris D. Jackson / @chrisdjackson: NBC is absolute garbage. Trump backed out of the debate, so what doss NBC do? Gives him a town hall to compete with Biden's. Oh yeah, only days after he criticized Biden's NBC town hall. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: Could the NBC booking unit get us the date and time of the president's last negative test before his COVID-19 diagnosis? Or the cause of his unannounced trip to Walter Reed last year? They seem to have the inside track on his health.
Steven Zeitchik / @zeitchikwapo: There are nine mentions in this seven-paragraph story about how safe it will be but zero explanations about why they are doing it https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: With this decision, NBC has rewarded Trump for torpedoing the second debate, created dueling spectacles for voters, and simply looked past the fact that its reporters never got an answer to: when was the president's last negative test before he got COVID? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jenn Gidman / Newser: Biden, Trump to Hold Dueling Town Halls
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: @NBCNews will move forward with a town hall with President Trump opposite a similar event @ABC is holding with VP Biden, setting off a primetime scramble between both networks and candidates for viewers https://variety.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: Trump: the press is the enemy of the people! NBC: we'll clear our primetime schedule for you! sums up the Trump era perfectly
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: I'd somehow forgotten that Trump chickened out of debating after months of suggesting Biden would do this. https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen Smith / @kikkiplanet: I've said it before and I'll say it again; Donald J Trump is a media creation. His empire and everything about him is a lie and always has been, & media force-fed those lies to Americans for profit. They are complicit in creating this monster. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: If NBC does this, it will be... 1.) after its journalists failed to get an answer to “when was his last negative test before contracting Covid?” 2.) after he pulled out of the second debate. 3.) in competititon with Biden town hall same night. Something potent is driving this. https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Mainstream TV's lose-lose proposition for America. Quite likely only way to get Trump to agree, since both networks would have benefitted from not splitting audiences and attention, if aired in separate time slot? https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Since the NYT revealed that The Apprentice was Trump's lifeline, @snoodit and I talked to NBC execs about their memories of the show. He agreed not to run in 2011 after the company coughed up $500K to his “charity.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Deadline: Donald Trump, NBC News Set Town Hall For Thursday, Competing With ABC News' Joe Biden Event
Guy Benson / @guypbenson: No it's not. In fact, if both candidates are going to be conducting dueling, simultaneous nationally-televised town hall meetings on the same night at the same time, perhaps they should be...debating each other in person, as originally scheduled. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Fienberg / @thefienprint: We used to as NBC execs at press tour about Trump running for president and it was always a question couched in concern that such a run would make NBC's brand look bad. Nothing else. Anyway, NBC is airing a Trump town hall/commercial on Thursday night. https://twitter.com/...
Ronald Klain / @ronaldklain: With four networks showing Trump (@NBC @MSNBC @Telemundo @CNBC) to one showing Biden (@ABC), Trump may well get higher ratings. But will he get more — or fewer — votes as a result? https://twitter.com/...
Adam Nagourney / @adamnagourney: Fair point; not sure why Trump/NBC couldn't have gone before or after, or on another day. This should be about voters, give them a chance to see candidates. Instead, feels like this is going to deteriorate into chest-thumping over who gets biggest ratings. https://twitter.com/...
Colby Hall / Mediaite: NBC Announces Trump Town Hall to Compete Directly with Biden's Town Hall on ABC
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: Given Trump was the one to drop out of the debate, is it not off-the-charts shitty for NBC to let him counter-program against Biden like this? https://twitter.com/...
Matt Lewis / @mattklewis: Doesn't this severely undermine the notion that the 2nd presidential debate *had* to be done virtually (or not at all)? https://twitter.com/...
Tom Bevan / @tombevanrcp: Can't wait to see the ‘undecided voters’ NBC digs up for this one. https://twitter.com/...
@deray: The NBC Trump Town Hall makes complete sense when we remember how much the media benefits from Trump's antics and his ability to control the narrative over and over. The media remains complicit.
David Freedlander / @freedlander: After dropping out of an official Commission on Presidential Debates sanctioned town hall—the first President ever to do so—Trump gets 90 minutes of free air time without his opponent https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: NBC News' and ABC News' maneuvers will help to accomplish what the organizers of the original presidential debates hoped to thwart: the attention of American voters will be split and viewers won't see the candidates answering questions in the same forum https://variety.com/...
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: In 2016, there were a lot of media decisions that in retrospect seemed to be made on the basis of, “Well, Trump's going to lose anyway, so why not?” We hadn't seen as much of that in this election so far. But maybe we're getting to that point now. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Keppler / @chris_keppler: NBC & ABC doing voters a disservice by concurrently airing Trump & Biden town halls in lieu of debate. Better to air the town halls consecutively so remaining undecided voters can compare and contrast the candidates. #Election2020 https://twitter.com/...
Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine: Trump Scores NBC Town Hall Event, to Air Thursday Opposite Biden's on ABC
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC sources say scheduling a Trump town hall head to head with ABC's Biden event was intended to match a similar forum Biden had Oct. 5, including the time slot — The candidates were set to debate on Thursday night until President Trump bowed out. Now they will take part …
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Arizona Republic, @brianstelter, The Daily Beast, CNN, @grynbaum, Fox News, @suehalpernvt, Mediaite, TVNewser, Poynter, The Hill, Slate, Los Angeles Times, @marvk, New Republic, @mlcalderone, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @grynbaum, Quartz, The Big Lead, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, @matthewjsinger, @greta, The Week, @emilylgoodin and @grynbaum
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Bill Goodykoontz / Arizona Republic: Why NBC News scheduling a Trump town hall against Biden's is bad TV and worse journalism
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Alright, who's in the mood for a #thread about the DUELING TOWN HALLS problem? https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN: NBC schedules Trump town hall at the same time as Biden's on ABC, sparking outrage
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: The Trump NBC town hall for Thursday is ON - and it will air at exactly the same time as Biden is speaking on ABC https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Flood / Fox News: NBC News' decision to schedule Trump town hall during ABC's Biden event ‘stunning and shameful,’ critics say
Sue Halpern / @suehalpernvt: The cynicism of NBC execs, who gave us The Apprentice and thus this President, is stunning and shameful. ABC should call their bluff and move Biden so he talks after Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: CNN's Bill Carter Slams NBC For Holding Trump Town Hall at Exact Time as Biden's: It ‘Makes No Sense’
Tom Jones / Poynter: NBC is taking heat for holding a Trump town hall at the same time ABC will hold one with Biden
Joe Concha / The Hill: BoycottNBC explodes on Twitter after Trump town hall scheduled against Biden's on ABC
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate: NBC Is Giving Donald Trump, Who Refused to Debate Joe Biden This Week, a TV Special Instead
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: NBC faces backlash over scheduling its Trump town hall against ABC's Biden event
@marvk: NBC sources also say tomorrow's Today show will feature a fun recipe for honey chicken. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: Trump refuses a virtual debate with Biden on Thursday night, so Biden agrees to an ABC town hall. Now NBC is giving Trump a town hall at the same time. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Will ABC News shift Biden's time slot? A rep declined to comment. But let's be clear — ABC announced its plans several days before NBC did. Moving one of the town halls to a different day is not seen as a viable option, given the crowded schedules of the candidates, BTW.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Why? The best answer I've heard from sources today is “parity:” Biden was on NBC at 8, so Trump will be on NBC at 8. But some NBC staffers are perturbed: “We're giving Trump exactly what he wants,” a made-by-TV rivalry between the prez and the former VP https://www.cnn.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: So why did NBC schedule Trump against Biden? Our latest reporting from inside the network: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Adam Epstein / Quartz: Once again, NBC decided to serve Trump's interests
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: NBC Schedules Last-Minute Trump Town Hall—the Same Time Joe Biden Is Hosting His Own
Matt Singer / @matthewjsinger: To get the town hall with Trump, NBC evidently became aware of the major news that (contrary to Trump's doctor's claims) he is still testing positive for Coronavirus but agreed not to say so. https://twitter.com/...
Greta Van Susteren / @greta: More than a ratings ‘face off’ but rather a time to examine the fairness of two networks as compare side by side these events and a chance to examine how we do our work and hold town halls https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: NBC confirms Trump town hall at same time as ABC's Biden event after debate fell apart
Emily Goodin / @emilylgoodin: Trump's NBC townhall on Thursday will be simulcast on MSNBC and CNBC, virtually guaranteeing the president a higher Nielsen rating than Joe Biden's town hall that night, which is set to air on ABC - a single traditional TV network. https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Look for Trump to claim a big ratings victory over Biden after their concurrent town halls on Thursday. The way ratings work, it's basically guaranteed. Trump's on NBC, MSNBC & CNBC; Biden only on ABC. Nielsen ratings don't include streaming. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey of 1,406 journalists during COVID-19: 11% experienced censorship, 61% felt increased commitment to work, 70% affected by at least one austerity measure — A survey reveals the hardships of covering a life-or-death story—and what challenges will linger
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: Journalists are struggling with mental health, financial hardship, and disinformation, according to a “startling and disturbing” survey
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Read the full report here https://www.icfj.org/... and our write up of the findings in @CJR here https://www.cjr.org/...
Terry Parris Jr / @terryparrisjr: how many more examples do we need?! https://www.niemanlab.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@icfj: 🚨Just published! The first report from our Journalism and the Pandemic Project with @TowCenter by @julieposetti, @emilybell & @beteprown. See how journalists around the globe are coping with the risks associated with #COVID19: https://www.icfj.org/... #JournalismandCOVID https://twitter.com/...
Poppy McPherson / @poppymcp: ‘In sum, our survey paints a picture of a profession absorbed in essential work amid a decreased sense of security and an overwhelming amount of mis- and disinformation that the dominant technology platforms have failed to confront.’ https://www.cjr.org/...
@thewomensorg: The majority of journalists covering the pandemic say Facebook is the biggest spreader of disinformation, outstripping elected officials who are also a top source, according to an international survey of journalism and Covid-19. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Rocky Kistner / @therockyfiles: •Nearly half said their sources had expressed fear of retaliation for speaking to journalists during the pandemic. •30% said that their news organizations had not supplied field reporters with a single piece of protective equipment... @sejorg https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Out today, the first comprehensive survey of journalism and the pressures of the pandemic from @TowCenter and @ICFJ . Leading concerns include psychological stress, financial instability and widespread misinformation from politicians and civilians https://www.icfj.org/...
@mairavz: Two-thirds of our respondents (66%) observed that falsehoods spread most prolifically on Facebook, followed by Twitter (42 %); WhatsApp, the closed-messaging service owned by Facebook (35 %); and YouTube (22%) https://www.cjr.org/...
@icfj: “Over 60 percent of respondents said they were exposed to mis- and #disinformation many times a week, or even more frequently,” write @julieposetti, @emilybell and @beteprown for @CJR today. Read the article here: https://www.cjr.org/... #JournalismandCOVID #ONA20 https://twitter.com/...
@niemanlab: A full 70% of respondents reported that they'd been personally affected by at least one cutback — including 21% who'd had their pay reduced, 6% who'd lost their jobs, and 2% who said their outlets had closed entirely. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@aglorios: More and more reporters in the next decade will go off on their own like I have. There is too much uncertainty and the hours are too long https://twitter.com/...
Jane Singer / @janebsinger: Study @TowCenter @ICFJ assesses life as a journalist amid pandemic, facing physical, psychological and financial peril: ‘The daunting stress is an obstacle to accountability journalism, thoughtful structural changes to newsrooms and the industry at large’. https://www.cjr.org/...
Brett Sholtis / @brettsholtis: Among the top findings: •Politicians and elected officials were identified by 46% of respondents as a top source of disinformation. •81% said they encounter disinformation at least weekly, with more than one-quarter identifying false information many times a day. https://twitter.com/...
IFJ / @ifjglobal: Journalists rated emotional stress during the #Covid19 crisis the most difficult challenge of their work, a global study by @ICFJ and @TowCenter found. Financial hardship, intense workload, social isolation and health risks are other major challenges.👇🏼 https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Insider Inc. is in talks to buy a controlling stake in newsletter startup Morning Brew, in a deal that values the company at $75M+ — Startup Morning Brew has popular email newsletter on business and finance — Business Insider parent Insider Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire …
Discussion:
The Rebooting, Vox, @niemanlab, @megancgraham, @timsteno, @ajs, @rafat, @pkafka, @benmullin, @pkafka, @raju, @rhhackett, @benmullin, @benmullin and Talking Biz News
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Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting: Why Axios worked — “There's hope in media.” — 1 hr — Welcome to the second edition of The Rebooting.
Peter Kafka / Vox: Morning Brew, the business newsletter publisher for millennials, is in talks to sell itself to Business Insider
@niemanlab: . @MorningBrew is on pace to meet its revenue target of $20 million and is profitable, @BenMullin reports. Nearly 3 million readers subscribe to its business newsletters and about 2.5 million people subscribe to its daily newsletter, Morning Brew. https://www.wsj.com/...
Meg Graham / @megancgraham: Morning Insider ☕️ “Business Insider parent Insider Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Morning Brew ... The terms the companies are discussing would value Morning Brew at over $75 million,” reports @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/...
Tim Stenovec / @timsteno: Business Insider is in talks to acquire a controlling stake in @MorningBrew: -Nearly three million newsletter subscriptions -On track for $20 million in revenue this year -Profitable -Deal would value Morning Brew more than $75MM Scoop from @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/...
Alyson Shontell / @ajs: This is my favorite funding model for starting a company (but obviously v difficult to pull off, and some businesses need much more capital than a media startup). Raise a little from strategic angels and partners, then essentially bootstrap and keep most of ownership as you grow https://twitter.com/...
@rafat: MorningBrew founders did it right, they spent last few years fending off investors, never wanted VC money, & now this outcome, which gives v young founders lot more money now than they would've if they raised lots, hustled for years & sold for lots more. https://www.wsj.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: One way to get rich: Start a newsletter company in college. Work very hard! And - don't take a lot of outside investment if you don't have to. Morning Brew co-founders say they only raised $750k; now they could sell their company for $75 million. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Here's the full story. Insider Inc. isn't planning to integrate Morning Brew with the rest of the company. They want it to operate independently and grow. No layoffs planned. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: And here's Morning Brew owner-to-be @hblodget: “I can't confirm anything, but speaking hypothetically, we'd be happy to be in talks with them. Alex and Austin are amazing entrepreneurs, and it's a terrific company.” https://www.vox.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: After a long lull, another potentially smart acquisition by Axel Springer in the US. @businessinsider in ~$75 million deal talks for @MorningBrew, a newsletter with a loyal 2.5 million following and ~$20 mil in annual revenue, says @wsj https://www.wsj.com/...?
Robert Hackett / @rhhackett: $75 million for @MorningBrew? just make your own coffee at home millennials https://www.wsj.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Here's the story (more coming): https://www.wsj.com/... This is a rare bright spot for digital media. The Morning Brew guys raised less than $1 million to get their thing off the ground and are looking at a relatively rich exit. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog:
Discourse Blog leaves Substack to start its own independent website, following an announcement in September — Welcome to the all-new Discourse Blog. — Welcome to Discourse Blog. Again. — We've made something of a habit of introducing and reintroducing ourselves, and now …
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@alleyco, @aleksnotalex, Medialyte, @simonowens, @pblest, Simon Owens's Tech …, @discourse_blog, @bypatrickgeorge, @caitschneider, @mckinneykelsey and @benyt
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Alley / @alleyco: We're really excited to partner with @discourse_blog to achieve their vision of creating an independent, staff-owned outlet. All thanks to the talented team at Discourse Blog and with the help of @tryPico and @joinlede. Read more about their journey here: https://discourseblog.com/...
Aleksander Chan / @aleksnotalex: y'all mind if we LAUNCH A NEW WEBSITE: https://discourseblog.com/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: I'm really excited about the rising trend of worker-owned publications like The Discourse Blog and Defector. Journalists deserve to directly profit from their labor. https://discourseblog.com/...
Paul Blest / @pblest: If you already subscribed, the process to switch over takes five minutes, read here. If not and you have some money to kick over for independent, worker-owned media, sign up! https://discourseblog.com/...
Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Tech and Media Newsletter: A Medium writer made $49k in September. Should we care?
@discourse_blog: For our readers who have been with us throughout our many metamorphoses: We can't thank you enough for sticking with us. Your support is what has kept us afloat, in every sense. https://discourseblog.com/...
Patrick George / @bypatrickgeorge: Extremely happy for my former Splinter colleagues, who turned a mass layoff into a successful newsletter and now a thriving subscription-driven site. Support worker-owned media, read @discourse_blog! https://twitter.com/...
Caitlin Schneider / @caitschneider: 1) Rise 2) Grind 3) Launch a gorgeous, fully independent, worker-owned website. https://discourseblog.com/...
Kelsey Mckinney / @mckinneykelsey: the blogs are back in town https://discourseblog.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Study: number of fact-checking organizations grew 200% globally since Trump was elected in 2016, with nearly 20% of those organizations in the US — There's been a 200% increase in the number of fact-checking organizations that have launched worldwide since President Trump was elected in 2016 …
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Emily Kuhn / @emkuhn: “The highest-trafficked website for fact check related-keywords during the first debate was CNN, followed by NPR and The New York Times. CNN said that over 5M unique visitors consumed CNN Digital's ‘Facts First’ on the first presidential debate day and the VP debate day.” https://twitter.com/...
The Daily Beast:
Current and former Fox News staffers say its new Election Integrity Project is designed to reinforce and amplify Trump's erroneous accusations about voter fraud — ‘PROMOTING DOUBT’ … A seemingly innocuous project to chronicle “election irregularities” feels like “an attempt to push …
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify says Anchor creators in the US, UK, NZ, Canada, Australia, and Ireland can now add entire music tracks to their podcasts, as opposed to a brief sample — Listeners can save the songs for later, too — Spotify is tying podcasts and music close together.
Discussion:
Variety, TechCrunch, Spotify, @martinsfp, @baekdal, @danbenjamin, @iamfabiano, @ashleyrcarman, @mattnavarra, Engadget, @ajumplakdibampa, Music Business Worldwide, @alanswan and @ourielohayon
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Todd Spangler / Variety: Spotify Now Lets You Add Music Tracks to Podcast Shows
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify introduces a new music-and-spoken word format, open to all creators
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: This is huge news for music influencers. It's also an example of the creeping platform segregation of podcasts. https://www.theverge.com/...
Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal: This is infuriating. Think about what is happening. Spotify, a company that does not pay podcast creators anything, will now pay music artists if we include songs in our podcasts. This has to stop. Podcast platforms need to pay for podcasts the same way they play for music. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Benjamin / @danbenjamin: This is the one advantage few if any competitors will be able to match. https://www.theverge.com/...
Fabiano Souza / @iamfabiano: Today we are introducing a brand new type of show on @Spotify by bringing music and talk together. And the best part is that anyone can create these shows through @anchor https://www.youtube.com/...
Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: Spotify's original podcasts can now include full songs in shows, same with Anchor creators. The company found a workaround with its record label licensing deals to make this happen. No more small music previews on music shows https://www.theverge.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: Spotify to let podcast hosts include full songs in their shows BUT - Podcasts have to be made using Anchor (owned by Spotify) - Podcasts will be Spotify exclusive + not accessible elsewhere - Listeners need to have Spotify Premium to hear full songs https://www.theverge.com/...
Billy Steele / Engadget: Spotify opens its music library to DIY podcasters
@ajumplakdibampa: Spotify will let its podcast hosts include full songs in their shows https://www.theverge.com/... This is nice. People can host their own radio shows. Looking forward to some of you take advantage of this. Although currently not available in India, hopefully they add it here too.
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: New Spotify format allows podcasters to place songs between talk segments in shows
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Twitter says it will remove posts that deny the Holocaust for violating hateful speech policies, following Facebook's similar decision — Twitter Inc. will remove posts that deny the Holocaust for violating its hateful conduct policy, according to a company spokeswoman.
Discussion:
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Twitter will ban Holocaust denial posts, following Facebook
Corinne Reichert / CNET: Twitter to join Facebook in banning Holocaust-denial content, report says
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google launches Journalist Studio, a suite of tech-powered tools, including Pinpoint, designed to help reporters work with large data sets — Google is putting A.I. and machine learning technologies into the hands of journalists. The company this morning announced a suite of new tools …
Discussion:
Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe: Google launches Journalist Studio, a suite of tech-powered tools for reporters “It's capable of sorting through scanned PDFs, images, handwritten notes, & audio files to automatically identify the key people, organizations, & locations that are mentioned” https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Bloomberg Media made $30M+ last year from its New Economy Forum, which makes up for more than half of the company's total live events business — Bloomberg's New Economy Forum, going virtual this year for the first time, is on track to challenge the likes of the World Economic Forum, The Aspen Ideas Festival and others.
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