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Over 100 actors, writers, and producers sign a letter to NBCUniversal and Comcast execs protesting the airing of a Trump town hall opposite a Biden event — “You are enabling the president's bad behavior while undercutting the Presidential Debate Commission and doing a disservice to the American public …
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Conan O'Brien / @conanobrien: I can't remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision.
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/...
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: NBC Actors, Producers Protest Decision to Host Trump Town Hall at Same Time as Biden Event
Joe Flint / @jbflint: NBC News head Cesar Conde says, “We share in the frustration that our event will initially air alongside the first half of ABC's broadcast with Vice President Biden. Our decision is motivated only by fairness, not business considerations.” https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: This is how Trump is previewing his town hall: “You know, I'm being set up tonight. I'm doing this town hall with Concast - C O N, right - CON - cuz it's a CON JOB. Concast. C O N. Not C O M. CONcast. So I'm doing it, and it's NBC, the worst...” https://twitter.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.
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: Trump tells the crowd he's doing his NBC town hall tonight. He says NBC is “the worst” and repeatedly insults them and host Savannah Guthrie. “I figured, what the hell, we get a free hour on television,” Trump says.
Jeff Greenfield / @greenfield64: The decision by NBC News to run a Trump town hall directly opposite ABC's Biden town hall is indefensible.
Marc Caputo / Politico: Trump town hall sparks behind-the-scenes fury at NBC
@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.
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/...
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/...
Alex Shephard / New Republic: NBC Did Joe Biden a Big Favor
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/...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: By giving Trump a town hall to rival Biden's, NBC is playing into his ratings obsession — again
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: CNN's Don Lemon Bashes NBC's Trump Town Hall as ‘Outright Embarrassing Ratings Ploy’
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/...
Sara Fischer / Axios: NBC under fire for Trump town hall
Marc Caputo / @marcacaputo: Maddow enjoyed Savannah Guthrie's questioning of Trump but suggested she had some reservations about how the town hall came to be, potentially reflecting some of the internal NBCUniversal discontent over it background: https://www.politico.com/... video of Maddow starting her show👇 https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: NBC faces backlash over scheduling its Trump town hall against ABC's Biden event
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.
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: Okay that's a good line. https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: .@Sulliview has some words: “In fact, NBC News is doing what so much of mainstream media has done time and again: allowed Trump to steal the spotlight and command attention on his terms.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brent Furdyk / Top Celebrity News, Hollywood Headlines: Celebrities Share Reactions To Vastly Different Biden And Trump Town Halls
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: From Encouraging Masks to Defending Trans Rights, 4 Big Moments From Biden's ABC Town Hall
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.
@wajahatali: Congrats NBC. You brought this on yourselves. Was it worth it? Just for ratings. Pathetic. https://twitter.com/...
John Hodgman / @hodgman: Someone in my feed asked if anyone getting paid by NBC was standing up to this. @shakeenz was incredibly brave to leap out among the first. CONNECTING show creators @martingero and Brendan Gall backed up their cast and put their reps and brand new show on the line too. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: Would appreciate a look into how much money the networks are making from town halls. We blew past the “informing the public” argument. Media buyers, my DMs are open to hear how much your clients are spending to be a part of this.
@jackischechner: How humiliating for you, @NBCNews. You offer him an hour of free exposure, and he sh*ts all over you and your anchors. https://twitter.com/...
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: As TV professionals know, NBC executives have no control over their scheduling decisions, which are made by drawing a time slot on a slip of paper using an arcade claw machine, an admittedly frustrating but nonetheless binding process. https://twitter.com/...
Yvette Nicole Brown / @ynb: Alexa, play a reading of the poem “The Snake”. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Idle / @ericidle: This is bollocks. You're losing a lot of friends. Think again. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: @BGrueskin @brianstelter @benyt I will be interested to see if NBC puts its ad sales execs in the front row like previous presidential town halls, like 2016's Commander-in-Chief forum on the Intrepid.
Oliver Willis / @owillis: @benyt youve been at this too long for this naive a take
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Pro tip: cancel it https://twitter.com/...
Don Cheadle / @doncheadle: yep. fairness. not business. um hm. they're in the fairness business. like all networks are. um hm ... https://twitter.com/...
Billy Eichner / @billyeichner: I love @ConanOBrien. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: “So I'm being set up tonight” with “Concast” and “NBC, the worst,” says @POTUS of this evening's televised town hall event. “We get a free hour on television.”
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: my entire timeline is trump. literally no biden at all. members of the media included. y'all are really going to give him those metrics, huh? that's how we got here.
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: @benyt They made their own bed.
Bradley Whitford / @bradleywhitford: Bullshit. “Fairness” would mean doing it the following night, not opposite each other. It also would have given you better ratings. The stupidity of your decision would be hilarious if it didn't exacerbate the divisions in our already traumatized country. Shame on you. https://twitter.com/...
Brit Hume / @brithume: They are like most college faculties: liberal, biased and trying to run the institutions. https://www.wsj.com/...
@blackamazon: ...... god the social and comms consultant space is bad and bland and boring right now https://twitter.com/...
Steve Marmel / @marmel: This took courage that Savannah Guthrie does not have. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
Marc Caputo / @marcacaputo: What Ive gathered: ✅NBC News Noah Oppenheim made the decision for the Trump town hall ✅He clashed w/MSNBC's Phil Griffin over it ✅The 2 also disagree over their networks' directions ✅Chuck Todd had 0 to do w/town hall (colleague says he's appalled) https://www.politico.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: @brianstelter @benyt Right. But the host still has to feed off the voters' questions
Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff: the important thing is that, by offering Trump a competing town hall, NBC was able to maintain its dignity and avoid the wrath of the president https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: @BGrueskin @benyt Holt asked lots of his own Q's last week, so Guthrie will too
Eric Balfour / @ericbalfour: This is such a lame move on the part of @NBCNews. They should have held it on another night! https://twitter.com/...
Frances Fisher / @frances_fisher: @jjabrams @Ava @marhargitay Among 100 Top Hollywood Players: “We are simply asking that #NBC air the President's town hall either before or after Vice President #Biden's so that American voters can have the opportunity to watch both.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Dr. David A. Lustig / @drdave1999: I call it ‘Corporate Cowardice.’ Other users on social media were less kind. NBC deserves to be blasted for giving the Sociopath-in-Chief 90-min. of free airtime after he withdrew from his debate with Biden, as well as for scheduling it opposite Biden. https://www.latimes.com/...
Byron York / @byronyork: NBC actors, producers protest network's decision to air Trump town hall tonight at same time as Biden's on ABC. They want you to know that, ‘This is not a partisan issue. This is about the political health of our democracy.’ OK. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: Protest is good. But also: strike. https://twitter.com/...
@corb_the_lesser: @benyt If Trump is tossed a few relevant questions, he'll do his own nightmare making.
Warren Leight / @warrenleighttv: How can you “share in the frustration” when you are the ones who scheduled it? https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Your penance is the release of all Apprentice tapes by Monday morning, NBC https://www.wsj.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: Tweet of the day. https://twitter.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: Yeah... so this is going well. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: @benyt It's a town hall, so NBC's options are more limited than a straight interview or debate.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “MSNBC head Phil Griffin strongly disagreed with NBC News President Noah Oppenheim's decision to unilaterally move forward with the town hall during that time slot,” @MarcACaputo reports, citing “three high-ranking sources” https://www.politico.com/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: @BGrueskin @benyt They probably won't, though Trump might make it a nightmare for himself...
Shawn Hatosy / @shawnhatosy: Dude, I remember. That decision caused the first cancellation of Southland. https://twitter.com/...
Markos Moulitsas / @markos: Great job @nbc @NBCNews! You managed to piss everyone off, and for what? https://twitter.com/...
Dan Rather / @danrather: This shade is as warranted as an umbrella on a hot summer day at the beach. And @ConanOBrien, I'm here for it. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Szalai / @jenszalai: According to this, the person at NBC who wanted to move ahead “unilaterally” with the Trump town hall was Noah Oppenheim, who featured prominently (and not in a flattering light) in @RonanFarrow's “Catch and Kill” https://www.politico.com/...
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: Look. The historical predicate of Trump shaking down NBC for what he wants. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Schmitt / @schmittnyc: To shocked NBC staff, your company, like every other corporation, is just pretending to be woke and liberal. Trump town hall will make millions and they need money to pay you. Welcome to capitalism. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Cryer / @mrjoncryer: I'm proud to join my colleagues protesting NBC's shameful decision. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... via @thr
Alexander Heffner / @heffnera: Holy Malarkey. After NBC Entertainment elected Donald Trump and decimated democracy, NBC News wants to platform his re-election. https://twitter.com/...
Kimberly Roots / TVLine: Mariska Hargitay, This Is Us Cast Implore NBC to Move Trump Town Hall
Margeaux Sippell / The Wrap: Carl Bernstein Bashes NBC for ‘Allowing Itself to Get Conned’ Into Trump Town Hall
Christopher Rosen / Vanity Fair: NBC's Biggest Stars Sign Open Letter Demanding Network Move Trump Town Hall
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya:
[Thread] Twitter updates Hacked Materials Policy, says it won't remove content unless shared by hackers themselves and will label tweets instead of block links — Over the last 24 hours, we've received significant feedback (from critical to supportive) about how we enforced our Hacked Materials Policy yesterday. After reflecting on this feedback, we have decided to make changes to the policy and how we enforce it.
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Twitter changes its hacked materials policy in wake of New York Post controversy
Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter: Without methodology or transparency, Facebook and Twitter become the ‘arbiters of the truth’
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: So, what's changing? 1. We will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in concert with them 2. We will label Tweets to provide context instead of blocking links from being shared on Twitter
Martin Farrer / Reuters: Twitter changes policy on hacking after backlash over block on New York Post story
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: All the other Twitter Rules will still apply to the posting of or linking to hacked materials, such as our rules against posting private information, synthetic and manipulated media, and non-consensual nudity.
Asha Rangappa / @asharangappa_: Subject of NY Post story is now being investigated by the FBI a foreign intel operation and Twitter decides to facilitate our adversaries by allowing it to spread like wildfire. Remember, lies spread 6x faster than truth on social media...Russia counts on it 🇷🇺 https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: These companies have serious problems with non-consensual imagery for both celebrities and normies, and strong enforcement of those rules (and anything that could lead to physical or electronic brigading) should still be free of political considerations. https://twitter.com/...
Brandon / @bborrman: Yesterday was the highest profile application of the Hacked Materials Policy to date. We want to clarify — the policy isn't meant to chill journalistic efforts or whistleblowers. More to come. https://twitter.com/...
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: I'm grateful for everyone who has provided feedback and insights over the past day. Content moderation is incredibly difficult, especially in the critical context of an election. We are trying to act responsibly & quickly to prevent harms, but we're still learning along the way.
Scott Nover / @scottnover: @bborrman @TwitterComms @nypost Okay, thanks. But the change indicates that, under the new policy, the @nypost article itself doesn't violate the hacked materials policy anymore? Is that correct?
Brandon / @bborrman: @ScottNover @TwitterComms @nypost New policy is not in place yet, but we'll share it when it is in the coming days. So as of now nothing changes.
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: We will continue to keep you all updated on our progress and more details as we update our policy pages to reflect these changes in the coming days.
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: We've recently added new product capabilities, such as labels to provide people with additional context. We are no longer limited to Tweet removal as an enforcement action.
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: “We are trying to act responsibly & quickly to prevent harms, but we're still learning along the way.” - Twitter moves quickly to adjust how it enforces the controversial policy that blocked NYP article from being posted or shared. https://twitter.com/...
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: We put the Hacked Materials Policy in place back in 2018 to discourage and mitigate harms associated with hacks and unauthorized exposure of private information. We tried to find the right balance between people's privacy and the right of free expression, but we can do better.
Liz Kelley / @lizkelley: moving forward, we'll label hacked materials rather than blocking links. here's the latest: https://twitter.com/...
Brandon / @bborrman: @ScottNover @TwitterComms @nypost No change as the materials in the article still violate our rules on sharing personal private information.
One Matt among many / @0xmatt: @alexstamos It does seem to me though, like the practical effect of this change is that hacktivists will have their content taken down, but anyone who can afford to launder their hacked data through the New York Post will get a pass.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: This seems like a reasonable change. It's appropriate for social media platforms to prevent themselves from being used as the initial distribution point for a hack-forge-leak, but not once the stories hit the press. Twitter and Facebook can't fix bad journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Overly / @stevenoverly: Twitter makes changes to its policies for handling hacked materials following the New York Post controversy. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: @bborrman @TwitterComms Hey Brandon — How does this effect the @nypost article?
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: We believe that labeling Tweets and empowering people to assess content for themselves better serves the public interest and public conversation. The Hacked Material Policy is being updated to reflect these new enforcement capabilities.
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: You have: a consistency problem a hypocrisy problem a political bias problem an arrogance problem an authoritarian problem an insularity problem and a censorship problem And all are *repeatedly* misportrayed as a single “clarity in communications” problem. #SlipTheDISC https://twitter.com/...
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: Why the changes? We want to address the concerns that there could be many unintended consequences to journalists, whistleblowers and others in ways that are contrary to Twitter's purpose of serving the public conversation.
Cristiano Lima / Politico: Twitter changes policy on hacked materials — but links to N.Y. Post story still blocked
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon / New York Post: Twitter changes guidelines following Post censorship controversy
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
The Post hack-and-leak may remain in the right-wing conspiracy sphere if mainstream outlets treat it with the same severe skepticism Twitter and Facebook have — In a New York Post report, Facebook and Twitter smell a rat — I. — In the run-up to the 2020 election, platforms have been preparing for all manner of threats.
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Mother Jones, NBC News, New York Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, @jonathanchait, Politico, @crimealytics, @cjr, @lisamccray, @mathewi, @jackshafer, @barrydeutsch, @robbysoave, @deaceonline, @thuyong, @janiraplanes, @ericnewcomer, @noahshachtman, Vanity Fair and Fox News, more at Techmeme »
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David Corn / Mother Jones: Giuliani and the New York Post Are Pushing Russian Disinformation. It's a Big Test for the Media.
Ken Dilanian / NBC News: Feds examining whether alleged Hunter Biden emails are linked to a foreign intel operation
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: I Have This Crazy Theory Trump's Campaign Is Colluding With Russia Right Now
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: Yes, we're doing it all over again
Jonathan Chait / @jonathanchait: I realize there is No Collusion but the Giuliani-Derkach relationship does seem a little bit... collusive? https://nymag.com/...
Steven Overly / Politico: Republicans widen counterattack on Facebook and Twitter
Jeff Asher / @crimealytics: This is smart and I wonder if the platforms are more than just suspecting a hack and leak. https://twitter.com/...
@cjr: New from @mathewi: Since Donald Trump became president, there's been a never-ending series of articles about how the media enabled his victory. A blizzard of news on Wednesday showed that some are failing to heed those warnings. https://www.cjr.org/...
Lisa Snowden / @lisamccray: All the good people in journalism got fired yet the people making these trash decisions still collect a paycheck. https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: I regret to inform you that yes, we're doing it all over again: A major TV network is giving Trump a megaphone, and a newspaper is promoting a thinly-sourced story based on hacked emails https://www.cjr.org/...
Jack Shafer / @jackshafer: “Sen. Josh Hawley...announced that he would investigate the platforms' [Twitter and Facebook] action as a possibly illegal contribution to the Biden campaign. (Which would make Fox News' prime-time lineup what, exactly?)” @CaseyNewton https://www.platformer.news/ ...
@barrydeutsch: Robby, does this mean your own policy at Reason is to carry every single story that's submitted or that you come across? And if you decide that some stories aren't worth carrying, does that mean you're suppressing information you don't want the public to read? https://twitter.com/...
Robby Soave / @robbysoave: It's a huge problem that many in the mainstream media and pundit class (i.e. the people attacking Maggie Haberman for daring to share NY Post's Hunter Biden scoop) now think its their job to suppress information they don't want the public to read. https://reason.com/...
Thuy Ong / @thuyong: i'm kinda biased but @CaseyNewton's newsletter is the best explainer on that nypost Hunter Biden article and its ramifications: https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Janira Planes / @janiraplanes: “These dumps, combined with the news media's obsession with campaign trivia and gossip, have resulted in whistle-drowning, rather than whistle-blowing: In a sea of so many whistles (...), we cannot hear a single one.” @zeynep cited in @platformer https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer: Really thoughtful post today from @CaseyNewton https://twitter.com/...
Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair: Everything About How the Hunter Biden-New York Post Story Came Together Reeks
BuzzFeed News:
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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@twittersafety: The policy, established in 2018, prohibits the use of our service to distribute content obtained without authorization. We don't want to incentivize hacking by allowing Twitter to be used as distribution for possibly illegally obtained materials. https://blog.twitter.com/...
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.
Jack Shafer / Politico: Facebook and Twitter Have Bitten Off Too Much
Joe Berkowitz / Fast Company: The last 36 hours of news prove that “fairness” further poisons politics
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.
@deanobeidallah: Here is the fact checking for the Hunter Biden email myth- the owner of a small computer store has no idea who gave him the mystery computer. Add to that he copied the hard drive and gave it to Rudy Giuliani. Hmmm, is giving a hard drive to Rudy standard? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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
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/...
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/...
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/...
Tom Dreisbach / @tomdreisbach: It's fairly clear that Twitter is making this up as they go along. “Illegally obtained materials” could include records that are widely considered in the public interest - the WikiLeaks release of Iraq War and State Department cables, Snowden's leaks, the Pentagon Papers... https://twitter.com/...
Conor Friedersdorf / @conor64: This would have resulted in censoring the Pentagon Papers https://twitter.com/...
@twittersafety: The images contained in the articles include personal and private information — like email addresses and phone numbers — which violate our rules. https://help.twitter.com/...
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.”
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/...
@twittersafety: As noted this morning, we also currently view materials included in the articles as violations of our Hacked Materials Policy. https://help.twitter.com/...
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: “Content obtained without authorization” is a hilarious standard that seemingly nobody at Twitter has spent any time thinking through. https://twitter.com/...
Asawin Suebsaeng / @swin24: “The latest round of Hunter Biden attacks come approximately one year after President Trump found himself embroiled in impeachment investigations for using the levers of government to try and help Giuliani dig up dirt in Ukraine on the Bidens.” https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: Here's the most detailed and best takedown yet of how the Post mishandled the Biden kompromat that Giuliani and Bannon managed to dump into its pages. Via @DavidCornDC https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
David Corn / @davidcorndc: JUST POSTED: I explain how the NY Post embraced and promoted Russian disinformation with its supposed Biden bombshell. Will the rest of the media do better? Please read, RT, like, and share. https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
@twittersafety: Commentary on or discussion about hacked materials, such as articles that cover them but do not include or link to the materials themselves, aren't a violation of this policy. Our policy only covers links to or images of hacked material themselves.
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/...
Senator Kelly Loeffler / @senatorloeffler: This is absurd. Here's yet another real-time example of the glaring need to reform Section 230 and hold Big Tech accountable for censoring conservative political speech. Big Tech must act as a platform, not a censor. #WheresHunter https://twitter.com/...
Ted Cruz / @tedcruz: Facebook official spox (who describes himself as an alum of the DCCC & former Dem Sen. Barbara Boxer) explains Facebook's active censorship of @nypost story alleging corruption by Biden. Who could doubt their impartiality? https://twitter.com/...
@twittersafety: We know we have more work to do to provide clarity in our product when we enforce our rules in this manner. We should provide additional clarity and context when preventing the Tweeting or DMing of URLs that violate our policies.
@twittersafety: We recognize that Twitter is just one of many places where people can find information online, and the Twitter Rules are intended to protect the conversation on our service, and to add context to people's experience where we can.
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: If I were Facebook, and I wanted to announce the systemic suppression of a questionable news story that reflected poorly on the Democratic presidential nominee, I probably wouldn't have a life-long Democratic Party operative make the announcement on my behalf: https://twitter.com/...
Jay Marshall Wolman / @wolmanj: Exercising the first amendment right to not speak isn't “election interference ” any more than your tweets amplifying the story. Why do you hate the first amendment? https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: Glenn makes a fair point here, even if only because people continue to stupidly and maliciously attribute decisions to those whose job it is to announce them rather than those who make said decisions. 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/...
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/...
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.
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/...
@twittersafety:
[Thread] Twitter clarifies why it blocked the sharing of NY Post's Biden story, saying it contained private info and violated its Hacked Materials Policy
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@jack: Our communication around our actions on the @nypost article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we're blocking: unacceptable. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News: Facebook Gave A Platform To The Shady Ukrainians Pushing The New York Post Biden Story
Thomas Rid / @ridt: Relax. Twitter and Facebook are not the internet, and they're not the government. These are private companies. A little bit like a supermarket asking you to wear a mask. You can just stay out or leave if you don't like it.
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: I tweeted a link to the NYP story right after it dropped yesterday morning. I immediately reached out to the Biden campaign to see if they had any answer. I wish i had given the story a closer read before tweeting it. @twitter suspended me https://twitter.com/...
Ted Cruz / @tedcruz: My letter to @jack regarding @Twitter's censorship of the @nypost. https://twitter.com/...
Trump War Room / @trumpwarroom: BREAKING: Twitter has locked the personal account of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany for sharing news Democrats don't like. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Amash / @justinamash: The First Amendment prohibits government censorship and protects private censorship. In a free society, Twitter and Facebook are allowed to make horrible decisions with respect to content moderation, and you are allowed to tell them off and use another service.
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: @Twitter my goal was not to spread informatoin. my goal was to raise questions about the story — as i did in subsequent tweets — and see how the biden campaign was going to respond. They later did respond.
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept: Facebook and Twitter Cross a Line Far More Dangerous Than What They Censor
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: @Twitter My account is clearly no longer suspended. I deleted the tweet.
Parker / @pt: I have read the argument a lot in the last day that social media is the Public Square. No. The internet is the public square, and it is infinite. Twitter is an Arby's on the Square, and you're inside yelling about their lack of vegan options being literal fascism.
Casey Newton / Platformer: YouTube comes for Q — I. — On Wednesday Facebook and Twitter sniffed out what appeared …
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: New: Facebook reduced the distribution of the NY Post story with unverified claims about the Bidens. But for a year+ it's given a platform to Ukrainian operatives—including one the US sanctioned & deemed an “active Russian agent”—to spread Biden disinfo. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jay Pinho / networked: But his emails — (Yup, like everyone else, I moved from TinyLetter to Substack.
Tom Cotton / @sentomcotton: There will be ... NO QUARTER for censorship by Big Tech Oligarchs. https://twitter.com/...
S.V. Dte / @svdate: It seems like maybe the real story here is the role of Giuliani and Bannon in obtaining and disseminating Russian disinformation to swing the US election. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Kopit / Bloomberg: N.Y. Post Biden Story Spreads Despite Censorship Claims
Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: US Senators Call for Increased Social Media Regulation After Blocking of NY Post Article
Marisa Schultz / Fox News: House Republicans call for emergency hearing on Twitter, Facebook censorship
James Todaro / @jamestodaromd: I'm waiting for the day when twitter issues a similar statement about actions taken against a Washington Post or New York Times article. I feel like I'll be waiting a while... https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Cox / VICE: Twitter Says It Blocked NY Post Hunter Biden Article Because It Contains Hacked Data
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart: Facebook and Twitter Censor Biden Bombshells Weeks After Execs Join His Transition Team
Sean Burch / The Wrap: Twitter Locks Trump Campaign's Account: ‘This Is Election Interference, Plain and Simple’
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: Twitter Goofed It — Yesterday morning, the New York Post published a bombastic and dubious report …
Michael McFaul / @mcfaul: Has the NY Post responded? These are some very definitive statements from former Biden officials. They either need to be challenged with factual reporting or apologies and retractions need to be issued. https://twitter.com/...
@garycoby: .@jack and @finkd are illegally interfering in the election. @HawleyMO we need leaders who will step up and take real action... deliver actual consequences to these corporations. Thank you for stepping up. USA needs it! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://twitter.com/...
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: Facebook and Twitter are finally using their most effective tool against disinformation
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason: Twitter Blocking a New York Post Article Was Dumb—but Not Illegal, Censorship, or Election Interference
Burgess Everett / @burgessev: Cruz and Hawley sent letters to Twitter within minutes of each other https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: It's because she tweeted out a screenshot containing an email address. This is a standard Twitter policy that gets regularly enforced across the political spectrum. It's a basic rule that applies to everyone. But ok. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Jacobs / @jenniferjjacobs: Twitter locks more White House posts. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: Remember when Ted Cruz used Cambridge Analytica's services to get elected? And now that we know that their whole model was basically disinformation and dirt, it sort of puts this little tantrum into perspective https://twitter.com/...
Kayleigh McEnany / @presssec: Censorship should be condemned! cc: @Twitter & Facebook NOT the American way‼️ 🇺🇸
Josh Hawley / @hawleymo: .@Twitter @jack this is not nearly good enough. In fact, it's a joke. It's downright insulting. I will ask you - and @Facebook - to give an explanation UNDER OATH to the Senate subcommittee I chair. These are potential violations of election law, and that's a crime https://twitter.com/...
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Ajit Pai says FCC will start a rulemaking to clarify the meaning of Section 230, and social media doesn't have “special immunity denied to other media outlets” — - Agency chief says it will conduct rulemaking Trump sought — Social media doesn't have special immunity, Chairman Pai says
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Ajit Pai / @ajitpaifcc: I intend to move forward with an @FCC rulemaking to clarify the meaning of #Section230. Read my full statement below. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Rosenworcel / @jrosenworcel: The FCC has no business being the President's speech police. #Section230 https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: FCC Chief Warns Social Media Firms That They Don't Have Right to ‘Special Immunity’
Tom Johnson / @tommjohnsonjr: I've informed Chairman @AjitPaiFCC that the @FCC has the legal authority to interpret #Section230. We now intend to move forward with a rulemaking to clarify its meaning. Read the Chairman's full statement below: https://twitter.com/...
Aditya Chunduru / MediaNama: US communications regulator to revisit Section 230 safe harbour protections for social media companies
Josh Hawley / @hawleymo: This is a major announcement from FCC on #BigTech. Now Congress must act on #Section230 https://twitter.com/...
Mike Solana / @micsolana: welcome to the new republican party. special thanks to all the short-sighted tech execs who made this possible. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Caruso / @jaycaruso: “But they do not have a First Amendment right to a special immunity denied to other media outlets, such as newspapers and broadcasters.” You're right and they do *not* have special immunity, Chairman Pai. https://twitter.com/...
@jisraelbalderas: Looking forward to see how the FCC avoids an arbitrary and capricious ruling when it “clarifies” 230 while simultaneously “clarifying” that in its RIFO final rule, it found 230 to be determinative that regulating broadband as info service means free market deregulation approach https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Carr / @brendancarrfcc: FCC Chairman Pai announced today that he is moving forward with clarifying Section 230. This is great news, and I applaud his leadership on this important issue. My full statement on the need to reform Section 230 and rein in Big Tech immediately: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jisraelbalderas: “The congressional record reflects that the drafters of Section 230 did ‘not wish to have a Federal Computer Commission with an ARMY OF BUREAUCRATS regulating the internet.’” See Restoring Internet Freedom Order 33 FCC Rcd 311 (1) (emphasis added) https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime: Lawyers Hit FCC Chairman for Joining Trump Admin Assault on Section 230: ‘The Law Is Pretty F***ing Clear, Ajit’
Brian Fung / CNN: FCC chairman says he'll seek to regulate social media under Trump's executive order
Marguerite Reardon / CNET: FCC's Pai takes aim at Section 230 protections for social media
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The FCC has no jurisdiction over Section 230, which was explicitly written to deny the FCC any authority over websites — For years, FCC Chair Ajit Pai has insisted that the thing that was most important to him was to have a “light touch” regulatory regime regarding the internet.
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Saagar Enjeti / @esaagar: Cannot overstate the importance of this announcement FCC Chairman @AjitPaiFCC says he has the legal authority to interpret section 230 and intends to do so with an eye towards transparency from social media companies on now clearly revealed biased content moderation standards https://twitter.com/...
@nxthompson: The Ajit Pai FCC until today: we need a light regulatory touch to keep innovation going. The Ajit Pai FCC today: the president is mad at Twitter and now we're going to dress up some bogus arguments and rewrite section 230 https://www.techdirt.com/...
Sarah Jeong / @sarahjeong: pretty much the tl;dr on this one!!! https://www.techdirt.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Adriana Lee / WWD: FCC Signals Regulation Following Social Media Controversy
Karissa Bell / Engadget: FCC's Ajit Pai wants to ‘clarify’ the meaning of Section 230
NBC News:
YouTube is now banning conspiracy theory content, such as QAnon or Pizzagate, that targets individuals and groups and is used to “justify real-world violence” — YouTube said Thursday that it would no longer allow content that targets individuals and groups with conspiracy theories …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times: YouTube Cracks Down on QAnon Conspiracy Theory, Citing Offline Violence
Steadman / @asteadwesley: maybe someone has reported this and I've missed it: but why are the tech companies Doing Things now when they have refused to Do Things for forever https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@glinklive: Now watch as all of the big youtubers stay silent and stay in line https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Threat of regulation https://twitter.com/...
Gavin Sheridan / @gavinsblog: Of course had YouTube had good policies in place to begin with, Qanon would not have become what it is now, helped in large part by YouTube itself.
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Yeah I wonder about this too https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: It stopped being just marginalized people (mostly Black women) and the media half covered it https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Uria / UPI: Experts testify online conspiracies ‘dismantling democracy,’ YouTube bans QAnon content
Susan Wojcicki / @susanwojcicki: Today we're taking another step in our efforts to curb hate and harassment by removing more conspiracy theory content used to justify real-world violence. Read more: https://blog.youtube/...
Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston.com: Watch: Donald Trump refuses to condemn QAnon conspiracy theory during town hall
Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: This matters—QAnon videos are still coming up in recommendations, and they act as the superhighway to red-pilling. BUT, so many folks have already been radicalized by this content. And YouTube acts less like a community than FB or Twitter. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Minitrue / @banthebbc: YouTube DELETES dozens more alternative media channels. Welcome to the west's own version of Communist China. https://blog.youtube/...
Marc-Andr Argentino / @_maargentino: Re-sharing my new piece I updated in light of YouTube's new policy announcement about “managing harmful conspiracy theories” “Facebook, YouTube moves against QAnon are only a first step in the battle against dangerous conspiracy theories” https://theconversation.com/ ...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: Just two and half years after a QAnon-inspired armed standoff on the Hoover dam, technology platforms have finally taken action to keep this death cult content off their platforms. They've got the break things part down. Not so much the move fast part. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
American Jewish Committee / @ajcglobal: Good news: @YouTube has announced that it will crack down on QAnon and other dangerous conspiracy theories. We applaud Youtube for taking crucial steps to curb the spread of antisemitism and all form of hate on its platform. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jonathan Greenblatt / @jgreenblattadl: Good to see @YouTube taking additional action to tackle #antisemitism, conspiracy theories, QAnon and other hateful activity on the platform. We will continue to watch to ensure that these new policies are enforced properly. https://blog.youtube/...
Dalvin Brown / USA Today: YouTube will remove videos making harmful claims rooted in conspiracy theories
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: YouTube bans QAnon conspiracy videos that target a person or group
Michael Vincent / @mvddm: Good! But I can't help but wonder if they're a little late https://twitter.com/...
Samuel Oakford / @samueloakford: Am I wrong in reading YouTube's release as not explicitly banning QAnon? https://blog.youtube/... https://twitter.com/...
Ej Dickson / @ejdickson: BREAKING: YouTube, one of the platforms that have arguably done the most to mainstream QAnon, is finally banning the conspiracy theory, removing tens of thousands of videos and hundreds of channels: https://blog.youtube/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: In our reporting, YouTube was QAnon's largest remaining radicalization driver. This enforcement action puts YouTube somewhere in between Twitter (make QAnon accounts harder to find, ban overt harassment) and Facebook (outright ban on QAnon content). https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: So many people we talked to who said they fell into QAnon during the pandemic claimed they got there through YouTube recommendations, or friends telling them to watch a ten-part YouTube series about the cabal. That recruiting engine is now under threat. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: NEW from @BrandyZadrozny + me: YouTube says it is banning QAnon, other conspiracy content that targets individuals https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Rhett Jones / Gizmodo Australia: YouTube Bans QAnon, With a Catch
Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal: YouTube Becomes Latest Tech Giant to Curb QAnon
David Cohen / Adweek: YouTube Ramps Up Its Efforts Against QAnon-Related Content
Matt Binder / Mashable: YouTube bans ‘harmful’ QAnon, Pizzagate, and other conspiracy theory content
Julia Alexander / The Verge: YouTube won't ban QAnon content, but will remove videos that could promote violence
Jason Koebler / VICE: YouTube Bans QAnon After Helping Mainstream QAnon
Jennifer Elias / CNBC: YouTube tightens rules on conspiracy videos, but stops short of banning QAnon
Rachel E. Greenspan / Business Insider: YouTube announces new action against QAnon conspiracy theory but stops short of ban
Nicolas Vega / New York Post: YouTube cracks down on QAnon content targeting individuals, protected groups
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch, semi-retired from operations at Fox News and News Corp, has told people he thinks Biden will win, as his NY Post blasts the candidate — The Australian mogul is disgusted by Trump's handling of COVID-19, remarking that the president is his own worst enemy and telling associates …
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Politico, Reason, @mattgertz, @kimmasters, New York Post, Breitbart, @juddapatow, @wajahatali, Slate, @thedailybeast, @goangelo, @karaswisher, @bettemidler, @amy_siskind, Politico, @monicalewinsky, Al Jazeera, @mattgertz, @billkristol, NPR, @lachlan, Boston.com, Associated Press, Vanity Fair, Top Celebrity News …, FactCheck.org, The Week, Fox News, Mediaite and The Wrap
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Jim Lindgren / Reason: A Way to Determine Whether the NY Post has a Trove of Hunter 's Biden's Emails
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: This was extremely predictable and I know that because I fucking predicted it! All it took was the basic understanding that the president of the United States believes the shit Rupert Murdoch's employees tell him and would act accordingly. https://www.mediamatters.org/ ...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Translation: “I am doing all I can for this mentality deficient monster but damn, he's killed a lot of people. Time to back away a step or two.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
David Harsanyi / New York Post: Twitter's squelching of The Post makes absolutely no sense
Kyle Olson / Breitbart: Ally Defending Joe Biden over Hunter Biden Allegations Once Lobbied for Russian Energy Company
Judd Apatow / @juddapatow: Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch are super spreaders of life costing bad information and propaganda. Shame on them. They know better. They are just prepping for a Biden administration. https://twitter.com/...
@wajahatali: Vote as if Biden is down 10. Also recognize Murdoch is one of the major villains of the 21st century who has done immense damage to democracy and truth. https://twitter.com/...
Heather Schwedel / Slate: That New York Post Story Raises One Legitimate Question: Is Hunter Biden Hot?
@thedailybeast: Murdoch had long prized having unfettered access to the White House, but people familiar with the matter say the two men have not spoken in several weeks after Murdoch grew tired of Trump's endless complaints about so-called negative coverage on Fox News https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: Uhm. Excuse me. Murdoch runs Fox News. Fox News flooded covid misinformation into the landscape. Murdoch has blood on his hands for what Fox News has done these past few months. Lots of blood. Don't anyone let him pretend otherwise. https://twitter.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: This is COLD: In response to an email inquiry for this report asking him if he believes Biden will win in a landslide and his thoughts on Trump's handling of coronavirus, Murdoch responded, “No comment except I've never called Trump an idiot.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@bettemidler: Never, never, EVER listen to anything #RupertMurdoch says, or take a cue from him or #Fox. This is probably a ploy to suppress #Biden voters, #JoeVoters may think, “well, he's got it in the bag” and stay home. Vote as if Joe were 10 points down. These creeps will try anything. https://twitter.com/...
Amy Siskind / @amy_siskind: Pretty rich for Rupert Murdoch to say he is disgusted with how Trump has handled the pandemic, when studies show his network is responsible for disinformation that causes sickness and death. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Monica Lewinsky / @monicalewinsky: i hope he's right but also feel like it's a ploy to make people voting “not trump” complacent. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Chaggaris / Al Jazeera: Trump, Biden go at it - from a distance - in US town hall events
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: “More Americans are going to die from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 because President Donald Trump is watching Fox News and listening when the network's hosts minimize the risks posed by the deadly epidemic.” — Me on March 6. https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Bill Kristol / @billkristol: Rupert Murdoch tries to exit the sinking Trump ship, hoping everyone will now forget or forgive the role he's played and plays today (who controls the New York Post?) in the degradation of American democracy. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Lachlan Markay / @lachlan: A story about a Lachlan, written by a Lachlan, confused for a different Lachlan. We're taking over https://twitter.com/...
Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: Is Rupert Murdoch Completely Off the Trump Train?
Brent Furdyk / Top Celebrity News, Hollywood Headlines: Celebrities React After Rudy Giuliani's Daughter Publicly Backs Joe Biden
Eugene Kiely / FactCheck.org: Trump Revives False Narrative on Biden and Ukraine
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week: Biden promises to focus on spreading ‘decency and honor’ if he loses election
David Bauder / Associated Press:
C-SPAN suspended editor Steve Scully indefinitely after he admitted he lied about his Twitter account being hacked following his tweet to Anthony Scaramucci — NEW YORK (AP) — C-SPAN suspended its political editor Steve Scully indefinitely Thursday after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed …
Discussion:
CNN, @sullydish, @davidfolkenflik, @davidmackau, @brianstelter, @asteadwesley, @davidfolkenflik, @alxthomp, @scaramucci, @megynkelly, @congressmanhice, New York Times, Washington Free Beacon, Newser, OutKick, Washington Post, TVNewser, Wall Street Journal, TVLine, Washingtonian, Mediaite, Axios, The Daily Beast, Deadline, The Hill, The Week, The Wrap, Variety and New York Post
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Brian Stelter / CNN: C-SPAN political editor Steve Scully suspended after admitting he lied about his Twitter feed being hacked
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: Compare with MSNBC and Joy Reid. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: New: CSPAN suspends political editor Steve Scully for falsely claiming his Twitter feed was hacked when he inadvertently sent public note to former Trump aide & current Trump critic @Scaramucci Scully was to moderate canceled event tonight with Trump & Biden Full Statements: https://twitter.com/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: 👀 https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A true WTF, what-was-he-thinking moment... causing real damage to the national news media's reputation https://www.cnn.com/...
Steadman / @asteadwesley: twas always dubious that a hacker would spend their precious time tweeting at anthony scaramucci https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Sadly, this looked doubtful from the start. Scully's reputation for probity won him some time, but the lie will now be part of the record. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alxthomp: Turns out “I was hacked” was a lie, part 738 C-Span suspends Scully indefinitely after he admitted it. https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Anthony Scaramucci / @scaramucci: Brutal outcome for a silly non political tweet. Nothing objectionable. Cancel culture going too far. https://twitter.com/...
Megyn Kelly / @megynkelly: Scully seems like a nice guy but C-SPAN did the right thing. Contrast w/MSNBC & its host who made up a fake hacking to excuse her bigoted blog posts re LGBT+. https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Jody Hice / @congressmanhice: WOW. Debate moderator @SteveScully suspended from @cspan after admitting he lied about being hacked — after we were told how nonpartisan he was for weeks... Folks, the fix is in. The media, the deep state, and big tech are all against @realDonaldTrump. https://apnews.com/...
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: C-SPAN suspended Steve Scully after he admitted to lying about his Twitter account being hacked.
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon: Journos Demand ‘Significant Consequences’ for False Hacking Claims. Joy Reid Too Busy Hosting Primetime Show to Comment.
Bobby Burack / OutKick: C-SPAN Suspends Steve Scully For Lying About Twitter Hack
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post: C-SPAN suspends Steve Scully after he says he lied about his Twitter account being hacked
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: C-SPAN Puts Steve Scully on ‘Administrative Leave’ After He Admits to Lying About His Twitter Account Being Hacked
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: C-Span Suspends Anchor Steve Scully for Lying About Twitter Post
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: BREAKING: C-SPAN Suspends Political Director Steve Scully For Admitting to Lying About Twitter Hack
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: C-SPAN Suspends Editor Steve Scully for Lying About Hacked Twitter
Ted Johnson / Deadline: C-SPAN Places Steve Scully On Indefinite Leave After He Admits To False Claim About His Twitter Hack
Brendan Morrow / The Week: C-SPAN suspends editor who falsely claimed his Twitter account was hacked
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: C-SPAN's Steve Scully Suspended After He Admits to Lying About Twitter Hack
Brian Steinberg / Variety: C-SPAN Places Host Steve Scully on Leave After False Hacking Claims
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Nielsen will include ads watched on YouTube apps on CTVs in its YouTube campaign measurements, which already cover mobile and digital screens, from 2021 — First phase, arriving in 2021, comes as viewership has soared — The move will let media buyers and sellers track audiences across …
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Andrew Blustein / Adweek: Nielsen Boosts Addressable TV Ambitions With Tru Optik Tie-Up
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: Nielsen to measure YouTube on CTV in US
Kelly Abcarian / @kellyabcarian: Critical piece in addressable TV is a strong household graph. Excited to be partnering with the best @TruOptik https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero:
Interview with Ben Smith on brutal internal politics and the use of Slack at The NYT, working remotely, and the inevitable regulation of social platforms — Plus, why Twitter is a double-edged sword … the Media Equation columnist at the New York Times, Ben Smith is covering an industry going through transformation and turbulence.
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@dlberes, @kantrowitz, @chrismegerian, @markbriggs, @haleaziz, @niemanlab and Big Technology
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@dlberes: “The Times' Slack is totally weird... Slack can get out of control and can really pick up the tone and vibe of Twitter, like a bunch of strangers yelling at each other.” https://onezero.medium.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Here's the transcript of my interview with Ben Smith on @ozm: https://onezero.medium.com/...
Chris Megerian / @chrismegerian: “Everything is so weird. Is my job weird? I don't know.” https://onezero.medium.com/...
Mark Briggs / @markbriggs: 2,000 people on a Slack channel? Not sure that's improving communication. Regardless, this a great Q&A. https://onezero.medium.com/...
Hamed Aleaziz / @haleaziz: “we're in that very frustrating period for journalists when everything you write is going to be just swept away in the noisy, screaming craziness.” @benyt https://onezero.medium.com/...
@niemanlab: “The Times' Slack is totally weird. I, in fact, basically tossed myself out of it because I'm not a Times insider, and I want to be able to report on the Times, and I don't want people to feel like I'm lurking around Slacks reporting on them.” @benyt https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic launches Planet, a section devoted to climate change, and Weekly Planet, a newsletter — I've been covering climate change for The Atlantic for five years, or nearly a sixth of the time I've been alive. That's long enough to watch the world change around me.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: With Planet, The Atlantic aims to unleash its entire newsroom on climate journalism
Ben Smith / @benyt: Atlantic launching “Atlantic Planet,” covering “climate change in the present tense.” It's nice and healthy to increasingly see a real,grubby media war on to cover a huge story. @climate also doing pretty amazing stuff lately. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Robinson Meyer / @yayitsrob: This is a really kind story by @SarahScire about what we're trying to do with climate coverage at The Atlantic. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Costa Samaras / @costasamaras: Things are, well, *gestures toward everything*. But it's an amazing moment, not for climate journalism, but journalism & discourse itself. That we have an abundance of top-shelf writers focusing on how climate is intertwined w/ everything, is a gift. Read everything Rob writes. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill / @jacquelyngill: Looks like a lot of new climate content will be coming out of The Atlantic! https://twitter.com/...
@emcollective: Climate change isn't going away. This new vertical by @TheAtlantic will be a vehicle to get grounded in the facts of our changing planet, so we all can meet them with bold, imaginative solutions. https://twitter.com/...
Emma Marris / @emma_marris: Psyched for this new focus on climate change at The Atlantic. I also ❤️ @yayitsrob's attitude: “You'll see journalists say, 'We're all doomed. Is it time to just admit that we're giving up?'... I just think that climate change doesn't work like that. There's no giving up.” https://twitter.com/...
Ed Yong / @edyong209: I have so much faith in Rob's ability to pull off this exciting project. His skill and values are certainly on display in this intro post, and... (1/2) https://twitter.com/...
Ed Yong / @edyong209: also, for example, in this superb piece from last year, which has really stuck with me. Such a vital beat, and it's great that the Atlantic has given it—and Rob—the prominence they need and deserve. (2/2) https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
David Roberts / @drvox: You're going to want to follow @yayitsrob and the Atlantic's new Planet section. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Bill McKibben / @billmckibben: Very pleased to see @TheAtlantic going all in on climate coverage, with @yayitsrob at the helm! https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Robinson Meyer / @yayitsrob: 3/ Today, I'm thrilled to introduce Planet, The Atlantic's new section devoted to climate change. We want to be your source of stellar reporting, expert information, and thoughtful analysis about how to live at this moment. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@theatlantic: 1/ Today, we're introducing a new section devoted to climate change, Atlantic Planet. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Paul Bisceglio / @paulbisceglio: I have so many good things to say about this. Welcome to Planet, The Atlantic's new home for climate-change coverage. Start with @yayitsrob's urgent and eloquent introduction: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Then more incredible stories are already waiting for you.
@kerrymflynn: Definitely great to see more investment in covering the climate crisis. But not sure I like the term “media war” to describe increased investments in important and necessary journalism for all audiences https://twitter.com/...
Jon Shieber / @jshieber: Huzzahs to @yayitsrob and the team @TheAtlantic for this: https://www.theatlantic.com/ .... The magazine has been a must-read for the past few years and this new effort will only solidify that status.
Sarah Laskow / @slaskow: And how should we think about climate change now? @yayitsrob has some very stirring thoughts: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Emma Green / @emmaogreen: A privilege of working at the Atlantic is getting to DM @yayitsrob with all my personal questions about climate and the environment and getting back informative, hilarious, poetic treatises. Friends, that opportunity is now available to you, too. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
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