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Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter allows NY Post's account to tweet again, updating its practice of “not retroactively overturning prior enforcement” — Social-media company reverses policy that previously required newspaper to delete old tweets before being able to tweet again
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@twittersafety: Our policies are living documents. We're willing to update and adjust them when we encounter new scenarios or receive important feedback from the public. One such example is the recent change to our Hacked Materials Policy and its impact on accounts like the New York Post.
Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter Unblocks Account of New York Post, Which Claims Victory in Standoff Over Biden Stories
Bruce Golding / New York Post: How tweet it is: Twitter backs down, unlocks Post's account
@twittersafety: This means that because a specific @nypost enforcement led us to update the Hacked Materials Policy, we will no longer restrict their account under the terms of the previous policy and they can now Tweet again.
@twittersafety: In response, we're updating our practice of not retroactively overturning prior enforcement. Decisions made under policies that are subsequently changed & published can now be appealed if the account at issue is a driver of that change. We believe this is fair and appropriate.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: Twitter backs down, lifts New York Post's suspension after lengthy standoff over Hunter Biden report
Deadline: Twitter Unlocks New York Post Account, Claims It Revised Policy And Allows Hunter Biden Links
Ben Domenech / @bdomenech: After CNN's precious flower @jaketapper begged the @nypost to just lie and sign away their honor earlier today, Twitter acknowledges the truth and finally bends. https://twitter.com/...
Breck Dumas / TheBlaze: Twitter finally unlocks New York Post's account after two-week ban over Hunter Biden report
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: In its latest confusing decision, Twitter reinstates The New York Post
@stonekettle: Point to the part where any person or business is constitutionally guaranteed access to any particular social media platform. Also, remind me: back when we were arguing about a citizen's right to access the internet without gatekeeping by ISPs, what was the Republican position? https://twitter.com/...
Mairead McArdle / National Review: Twitter Relents, Unlocks New York Post's Account after Blocking Hunter Biden Reports
Nancy Scola / @nancyscola: Twitter just changed course & unlocked the @nypost's account. Its previous approach was to say the even though the relevant policy had changed, its application of it wasn't ‘retroactive.’ https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alxthomp: Murdoch wins Nypost is unlocked https://twitter.com/...
Brit Hume / @brithume: Thread. Twitter backs down, which is the right thing to do. (wonder if I can get @Twitter to stop slapping “sensitive content” warnings on my posts, including one that was a golf tip.) https://twitter.com/...
Sean Davis / @seanmdav: Bravo to the New York Post, founded by Alexander Hamilton and in continuous circulation in the U.S. since 1801, for refusing to bend the knee to the corrupt technocracy that is Big Tech. Never bow before totalitarians. https://twitter.com/...
Sohrab Ahmari / @sohrabahmari: As early as this afternoon, prominent journalists [!] were urging us to back down in the face of lefty-tech-bro bullying. The lesson: Never, ever give up when you have truth on your side. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Fitton / @tomfitton: .@Twitter is engaged in deceptive business practices. Political censorship under the laughable guise of a “hacked materials policy” is false advertising and a fraud on the public. @FTC @TheJusticeDept @SEC https://twitter.com/...
Tyler Sonnemaker / Business Insider: Twitter allows New York Post account to tweet again after contested Hunter Biden story led the company to update hacked materials policy
Miranda Yaver / @mirandayaver: The First Amendment protects against government censorship of speech and the press. Twitter is not the government. You know this. https://twitter.com/...
House Judiciary Gop / @judiciarygop: Free speech wins. @jack caves. Welcome back, @nypost! https://twitter.com/...
Brian Rosenwald / @brianros1: FFS. Facebook and Twitter are not the government. They can ban whoever they want and no one's freedom of speech is affected. Thank you for attending my Ted (Correction) Talk. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios: Twitter unlocks New York Post's account
Corinne Reichert / CNET: Twitter is no longer restricting the New York Post's account
Sebastian Tong / Bloomberg: Twitter Clears the N.Y. Post to Tweet Again After Policy Change
Peter Sterne / New York Magazine:
Greenwald's break with The Intercept was inevitable: he planned to leave, viewed editing as censorship, and Substack may be able to match his six-figure salary — On Thursday, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald denounced The Intercept, the news outlet he co-founded six years ago, and announced his immediate resignation.
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Alexa O'Brien / @alexadobrien: Glenn Greenwald lied in his account in the Edward Snowden saga, (from Bart Gellman's Dark Mirror). https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shuja Haider / @shujaxhaider: gonna remember how everyone insisted “editing is not censorship” next time i ask one of you to cut a tangential personal anecdote
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: “Glenn's idea of The Intercept was a chorus of Glenns, people who agree with Glenn,” Hodge said. “That was his vision, and that was why he became increasingly frustrated with the newsroom.” https://nymag.com/... via @intelligencer
Justin Miller / @justinjm1: NEW: Intercept staff say Greenwald was distancing himself from for years and was increasingly upset by “cancel culture” from younger journalists protesting certain speech. @petersterne reports: https://nymag.com/...
Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: @Sulliview Honestly, my impulse after that letter was to rage-edit, but then you turned in 93% flawless copy, so what could I do?
Amy Plitt / @plitter: ""Glenn considers editing censorship," Hodge said. “That's his general position. He regards any editorial intervention as censorship."" 🙄🙄🙄 https://nymag.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Every editor in America is saying, “Damn, I wish they'd let me write notes like that” https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: My editor is being very nice to me today. The Greenwald Effect???
Anna Holmes / @annaholmes: They were not “glamorous portraits,” and the idea that I needed to be - or was being - defended because of anything but self-interest is laughable. https://nymag.com/...
@jslez: @Sulliview Hahaha 💛 i want it on the record that I am an automatic subscribe to your substack should the need arise
@petersterne: @BGrueskin @theintercept When I called @rogerdhodge, I asked if he wanted to go on background and he said, no I want to talk on the record.
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: He “never, ever soiled himself with the day-to-day business of news gathering” — the brave, globally acclaimed and extremely accomplished Intercept Deputy Editor @RogerdHodge, suddenly courageous enough to voice little sniping grievances to @NYMag. https://nymag.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: @BGrueskin I think it's worth investigating Greenwald's claim that he had a contractual right not to be edited. (What a terrible idea.) That would seem to trump any discussion about normal editorial practice.
@intelligencer: Glenn Greenwald says he was being canceled, but insiders at The Intercept say he ostracized himself. @petersterne reports on Greenwald's resignation from the news outlet he co-founded six years ago https://nymag.com/...
@petersterne: @ggreenwald I'm about to publish an article about you and The Intercept, with a particular focus on the cultural climate of the newsroom. So far, I haven't been able to get in touch with you to hear your perspective directly, but I'd still like to at some point.
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Gotta hand it to @theintercept editors: When they criticize Greenwald, they do it on the record. None of that anonymous backstabbing stuff you get from most news orgs. via @petersterne https://nymag.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Greenwald's draft clocks in around 5,700 words. His editor suggests it be cut to around 2,000
@pbmcbeth: Good piece in ny mag - interesting shifts going on with some marquee journos out there https://twitter.com/...
Anna Holmes / @annaholmes: GG didn't give a shit about me, about black people, or about anything other than scoring points against the idea that there was a censorious cadre of youngs within FLM. So please spare me the idea that he was in any way a defender.
Anna Holmes / @annaholmes: Also: “financial reasons.” 🙄
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: I would subscribe to a Substack that consists solely of editors' and reporters' nasty notes to each other.
Brian Flood / Fox News: Glenn Greenwald quits The Intercept, which he co-founded, claims editors censored story critical of Biden
Phillip Nieto / The Daily Caller: Glenn Greenwald Resigns From The Intercept After Editors Reportedly Refused To Publish Article Critical Of Joe Biden
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Glenn Greenwald / Greenwald:
Glenn Greenwald publishes his email exchange with Intercept editors about his Biden story, which he says precipitated his resignation — Given The Intercept's vehement denials, readers are entitled to see for themselves what the truth is: transparency journalism with integrity requires.
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Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: What does the brouhaha over media and the Hunter Biden allegations tell us? First, it's about attention, not speech. Second, I'm baffled that we're not paying attention to the blatant blackmail. Why aren't we discussing that? I wrote about it for @insight. https://zeynep.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Emails With Intercept Editors Showing Censorship of My Joe and Hunter Biden Article There's no reason for anyone to have to decide who to believe. Feel free to see for yourselves what really happened: https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: “Why isn't the media covering the Hunter Biden emails???” @KenDilanianNBC and @Tom_Winter show their work. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Paris Martineau / @parismartineau: “none of my articles is edited” https://greenwald.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: The amazing self-own of “unless it presents original reporting...” https://twitter.com/...
Zaid Jilani / Quillette: How The Intercept Abandoned Its Truth-Seeking Mission—And Lost Its Best Journalist
Jack Crosbie / Discourse Blog: What We're Reading This Week
Bruce Golding / New York Post: Glenn Greenwald says mainstream media is ‘desperate to see’ Trump lose
Mark Hemingway / Real Clear Politics: A Campaign to Neuter the WSJ Opinion Page?
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: Well, damn. https://theintercept.com/...
Hunter Walker / @hunterw: It also seems pretty clear based on the materials Glenn Greenwald put online that his editors were not actually asking him to remove all materials relating to Joe Biden as he has alleged https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Matthew Garrahan / @mattgarrahan: Glenn Greenwald torpedoed by his own editors https://theintercept.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Katie Halper / @kthalps: I sincerely don't understand what my fellow lefties, even the ones who object to Greenwald's appearances on Tucker Carlson, think he did wrong here. Can you articulate it? Here's @mtaibbi's piece, which documents the exchange between GG & TI. https://taibbi.substack.com/ ...
Andrew Prokop / @awprokop: Greenwald's editor: Hey, keep in mind that Tony Bobulinski was Trump's debate guest Greenwald: I saw Bobulinski on Tucker and have concluded he's “inherently credible” (Not mentioned: Bobulinski reportedly worked with Trump's team for weeks beforehand) https://greenwald.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Evan Hill / @evanchill: These emails show an extremely generous editor trying to ensure his publication adheres to the facts and a mission of informing the public and a writer whose primary goal seems to be neither https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Laura Bassett / @lebassett: This is a self-own. All the emails show is impressive editorial rigor. The editor is worried Greenwald's claims aren't factual, as he hasn't backed them up. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Beck / @glennbeck: Another journalist censored. How do those who thought Greenwald was a ‘brave journalist’, now call him crazy, reckless or on the ‘Trump train.’ It just might be possible, the guy that broke the news on national surveillance - just reports the truth. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Alexa O'Brien / @alexadobrien: I can't find the tweet now (I read it earlier, & looked and looked), but I support the sentiment that if Pulitzer were given for editor's note, this one surely deserves the prize. https://theintercept.com/...
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: This piece is unreadable and nuts and filled with inaccuracies. Greenwald citing Taibbi citing Vogel on Ukraine and Shokin and Burisma is 🤯🤣. None of these guys are well sourced in Ukraine, they've inaccurately reported on the country and fueled right-wing conspiracy theories. https://twitter.com/...
@edburmila: I am just embarrassed for him, choosing Tony Bobulinski as the hill to die on. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Stacy Lee Kong / @stacyleekong: Imagine your editor sends you a super specific and detailed edit note explaining just how badly you argued your thesis and then you post it for everyone to see 🤯 https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: This is all very good, thorough feedback. It's a good thing when editors ask questions and point out inconvenient facts. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: I have been friends with @maassp for years. He's a mensch. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Berlatsky / @nberlat: rarely has anyone self owned this hard or this self righteously. or at such interminable length. https://twitter.com/...
Delian / @zebulgar: can you imagine telling @hamishmckenzie a few years ago that substack would be national news because one of america's most prominent journalists left the media org they founded... so they could join substack?? and publish their take on the biden emails??? wowieeee wowieeee https://twitter.com/...
@taber: facing accusations that he was just throwing a gigantic fucking hissy fit, Greenwald boldly chooses to prove it beyond all doubt, and additionally instill in writers a sense of awe at what kind of excellent guidance you can get from a really sensational editor if you're Important https://twitter.com/...
Charles Gasparino / @cgasparino: Most baffling for me: MSM continues to blow it off this story even though neither @JoeBiden nor Hunter have denied the authenticity of the emails -Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept - @ggreenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Um. Those seem to show some pretty decent editing, in that your editors asked you to fix some problems in your piece that you did not support with much evidence, and then you losing it over some good suggestions? Is this really the stand you wanted to take? https://twitter.com/...
Matt Novak / @paleofuture: what if glenn got hit by that secret cia microwave thing and it scrambled his brain tho https://twitter.com/...
Tyler DiBOOcci / @tylerdinucci: it's unreal but also unsurprising that Glenn thought these emails made him look good. read them! have a laugh. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: for a long time at splinter i had a running bit where @kath_krueger was censoring my ideas by turning down pitches related to the fast and furious series but i never thought i'd see someone commit to it this hard
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: Emails With My Very Patient and Professional Editors That Show They, Not Me, Are Cowardly Propagandists With No Moral Values
David Klion / @davidklion: I cannot imagine anyone who has ever worked as an editor reading this exchange and thinking Glenn is the victim here https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Tucker Carlson / Fox News: Mainstream media's Hunter Biden lies have consequences. Ask Glenn Greenwald
Charlie Nash / Mediaite: NEW: Glenn Greenwald Resigns From The Intercept With Scorched Earth Letter Accusing Editors of Censoring His Article on Joe Biden
Daniel Funke / @politifact: Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden and China: an explainer
Glenn Greenwald / Greenwald:
Glenn Greenwald quits The Intercept, saying its editors refused to publish a post unless he removed parts critical of Biden; he will now publish on Substack — The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed …
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Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Intercept EIC Betsy Reed sent me this statement regarding the departure of @ggreenwald, saying there's a “fundamental disagreement over the role of editors in the production of journalism and the nature of censorship.” https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: My Resignation From The Intercept The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Jacob Silverman / New Republic: Glenn Greenwald Throws a Fit
Tpampalone / Global Investigative Journalism Network: What We're Reading: Greenwald Out of The Intercept, Collaborating on Pandemic Data, and Bellingcat's Updated Toolkit
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Here's the article that I wrote about Joe Biden's conduct in Ukraine & China, based on Hunter's emails and other witness testimony, along with a critique of media lies designed to protect the Democratic candidate, which The Intercept refused to publish: https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
@newrepublic: In his spectacular departure from The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald previewed a new media venture that seems destined to showcase the most insufferable people in American media, writes @SilvermanJacob. https://newrepublic.com/...
Reza Aslan / @rezaaslan: Raise your hand if Glenn Greenwald used to be your friend until you gently, slightly criticized a take of his on twitter and then he immediately blocked you. 🙋🏽♂ ️ Temper tantrum indeed. https://twitter.com/...
Tana Ganeva / @tanaganeva: Sometimes when I work with female editors, they're profoundly apologetic about edits and I'm like “Why are you saying sorry for making my crappy writing better?” And now I realize it's because they have to deal with ... https://newrepublic.com/...
Joe Berkowitz / @joeberkowitz: The Intercept: *applies editorial standards* Glenn Greenwald: https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Walther / The Week: How the liberal consensus exercises its power
Ben Smith / @benyt: Big chunk of the top of Substack is very in sync w where Greenwald is. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: This is a pretty wild statement and a pretty crazy chain of events. I really don't know enough abt the particulars to understand post-2015 Glenn. But I do know that the defining thing abt Glenn has always been the Manichaean worldview. Humanity is divided into three groups. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Jill Stein / @drjillstein: Assange is in solitary. Snowden's in exile. Corbyn's suspended by his own party. Now Glenn Greenwald's been censored by The Intercept. There's a war on truth-tellers & you could be next. “First they came for Assange and I said nothing...” https://twitter.com/...
@theintercept: Glenn Greenwald's decision to resign from The Intercept stems from a fundamental disagreement over the role of editors in the production of journalism and the nature of censorship. https://theintercept.com/...
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost: Founding Editor Glenn Greenwald Leaves ‘The Intercept,’ Claims Censorship
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: “But the pathologies, illiberalism, and repressive mentality that led to the bizarre spectacle of my being censored by my own media outlet are ones that are not unique to The Intercept.” I'll be doing my journalism at Substack for now. Subscribe here: https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Charlie Nash / Mediaite: Glenn Greenwald Defends Going on Tucker Carlson's Show Despite Barrage of Criticism
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Read @mtaibbi's new article, with lots of new facts, about the Intercept and the repression taking place at unprecedented levels in numerous major newsrooms right now. https://taibbi.substack.com/ ... He is absolutely right about this; it's a crisis and a scandal. And dangerous: https://twitter.com/...
Ben Rhodes / @brhodes: One of many things that Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald have in common is a relentless insistence that they are somehow victims, even as they have enormous platforms which they use to dishonestly attack others. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Finney / @finneyk: Having been the subject of baseless biased attacks from greenwald I have to ask @betsyreed2 and @ryangrim are you truly just realizing this now? You provided a platform for him to unfairly attack people. https://twitter.com/...
Thealtworld / TheAltWorld's Newsletter: The Knives Come Out as Greenwald Splits From the Intercept Citing Censorship
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: I won't do a tit-for-tat with The Intercept. I get that need to defend themselves. But just note: 1) Ask Betsy Reed why they won't publish an accounting of what happened with Reality Winner & who that cover-up is protecting. 2) “Great journalism” that nobody reads isn't great.
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: I should finally add here two things: 1) None of this conflict has anything to do with @TheInterceptBr, whose journalism I continue to have the highest regard for and hope it remains supported 2) @jeremyscahill is in the same position as I: not part of these decisions at all.
Michael Barbaro / @mikiebarb: “He believes that anyone who disagrees with him is corrupt....and anyone who presumes to edit his words is a censor.” https://twitter.com/...
Elie Mystal / @elienyc: God DAMN: “all of them designed to make him appear a victim, rather than a grown person throwing a tantrum.” ... “We have the greatest respect for the journalist Glenn Greenwald used to be.” Ain't this a full read. https://twitter.com/...
Erick Erickson / @ewerickson: Oliver is right. This looks more like a temper tantrum or a way to get a jump on substack subscriptions. https://twitter.com/...
Will Chamberlain / @willchamberlain: Are you illiterate? The editors' objections were *already accounted for in the draft.* @ggreenwald correctly identified the objections as a facade. This isn't a copy-edit: The Intercept's editors demanded a restructuring of the piece for pretextual reasons. https://twitter.com/...
Ari Fleischer / @arifleischer: I disagree with Glenn a lot, but I have always been impressed by his willingness to stand on his principles. The MSM as a fair and impartial news source is collapsing around us. His story is a good example how and why. https://twitter.com/...
@unburntwitch: Ah, a hack refuses to be edited so that he can graduate to not being read at all https://twitter.com/...
Joe Gabriel Simonson / @sayssimonson: Agreed. Seems like a totally appropriate series of questions and analysis on blatant media hypocrisy here. Always happy to see bipartisan engagement with matters of high political important. As always, I'll shamelessly plug the work @JerryDunleavy and I have done on this topic. https://twitter.com/...
Robby Soave / @robbysoave: UPDATE: I've just read the article @ggreenwald says @theintercept wouldn't publish. Except for the part about the Ukrainian judge (a story I simply haven't followed closely), I can't find virtually any fault with it. I'm shocked they wouldn't allow this. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: These emails seem to show thoughtful editors trying to responsibly publish this piece and you going nuclear and immediately accusing them of censorship? https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: pulling out increasingly larger magnifying glasses trying to find the damning part https://twitter.com/...
Noam Blum / @neontaster: Subo Stack House https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: The intercept comes off pretty damn good here. Also editors are good. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: This response from the publishers to Glenn quitting The Intercept is straight 🔥🔥🔥 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Hayes / @chrislhayes: If Hitchens had lived he'd be making a $1 million dollars a year on substack writing exclusively about woke mobs and why the US must got to war with China.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: The coming moderation controversaries around @SubstackInc will be fascinating due to: 1) Their explicit goal of supporting free expression 2) Their function as a direct financial intermediary 3) Tech-critical journalists likely having empathy for the rights of other journos
Dorian Lynskey / @dorianlynskey: In a year when so many journalists have seen their livelihoods disappear, it is hard to look kindly on the bombastic rage-quitting of another well-paid narcissist.
Mike Elk / @mikeelk: Man the photo editor at the New York Times today - just brutal! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Resigning from The Intercept, @ggreenwald tells me his arrangement with The Intercept “since it began is my opinion pieces are not edited by anyone” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: “We have the greatest respect for the journalist Glenn Greenwald used to be” is a burn for the ages https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera: Humble suggestion: Substack should distribute a different 1% of Greenwald's unpublished Snowden docs to each of the top 100 Substack writers. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Spiegel / @spiegelpeter: If the @PulitzerPrizes ever decide to create a “Best Editor's Note” category, this has got to be an early front-runner. https://twitter.com/...
@onekade: this is the funniest sentence wow. everyone who posted “they edited me, which is basically murder” was too right https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: Wow, @theintercept does not hold back re @ggreenwald: “The narrative Glenn presents about his departure is teeming with distortions and inaccuracies — all of them designed to make him appear as a victim, rather than a grown person throwing a tantrum.” https://theintercept.com/...
@medialens: ‘Glenn demands the absolute right to determine what he will publish.’ As a journalist with his record absolutely should. This is a horrible response from The Intercept. Unfollowing. https://twitter.com/...
@digiphile: In which the Editor-in-Chief of @theintercept makes an eloquent case for the role of editors: https://twitter.com/...
@angryblacklady: Whew. This is a dragging for the ages. “We respect the journalist Glenn Greenwald used to be.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
My Pal Andy / @andylevy: lol holy crap https://twitter.com/...
Faderian Brrrrrmeule / @arguendope: If I were Glenn Greenwood I would simply allow the person who wrote this work of art to edit my work rather than making her an enemy https://twitter.com/...
Garrett M. Graff / @vermontgmg: Every paragraph of this is brutal in new and creative ways. Holy moly. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: DAMN! The Intercept's editor not holding back AT ALL on Greenwald, saying his narrative is “designed to make him appear a victim, rather than a grown person throwing a tantrum.” “We have the greatest respect for the journalist Glenn Greenwald used to be...” https://twitter.com/...
Michael Arrington / @arrington: Wow. Wow. Wow. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Wieder / @benbwieder: “We have the greatest respect for the journalist Glenn Greenwald used to be” https://twitter.com/...
Lara Logan / @laralogan: Bravo to Glenn Greenwald for his courage in standing up for what journalism is supposed to be.Without those committed to the standards/principles that protect a free press &shield the first amendment from totalitarian tactics like censorship, we're nothing https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
@therealhoarse: My Resignation From The Jelly Of The Month Club. The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the jelly community generally have engulfed the subscription-based jam cooperative I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own storied preserves. https://twitter.com/...
@adamlehrer: I'm not going to suggest anyone should leave behind a salary they need, but for the few talented and principled journos left at the Intercept (Lee, Scahill), a mass walk out would be a beautiful show of force against the joke that this company has become https://twitter.com/...
Yung Fred / @waywardwinifred: I'll def subscribe to Glenn's substack. I love to read. https://twitter.com/...
Lee Fang / @lhfang: Glenn Greenwald is the most principled person in media today. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: Pro tip: if you're a writer, at least use accurate language in your self-dramatizing, self-righteous huff — 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘵𝘴 that prevent or interfere with free speech are guilty of “repression and censorship,” but not editors of a news organization when they edit.
@leahmcelrath: LOL. And LIRL at, “No one can say he isn't principled.” Yes, yes we can, Bari. I actually never thought about how similar you two are, but this totally tracks now that I am thinking about it. https://twitter.com/...
Laura Bassett / @lebassett: I think there's an important distinction between being principled and being a contrarian for the sake of attention, and Glenn crossed that line at some point. https://twitter.com/...
Joanne Lipman / @joannelipman: Just as much an indictment of Media Twitter: “online enforcement mobs” of “center left Twitter luminaries” that the Intercept has “a deep fear of offending.” @ggreenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
David Klion / @davidklion: The real crisis in media is that publications are too tolerant of dissenting viewpoints, forcing staffers who are wrong about everything to resign in a fit of pique in order to achieve their desired martyrdom.
David Frum / @davidfrum: Wanted: smart, non-polemical assessment of emergence of Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, Glenn Greenwald, Donald Trump Jr., Matt Taibbi, the Federalist group of writers etc. as a coherent and cohesive faction in American politics. They share more than just the same dislikes.
Jake Swearingen / @jakeswearingen: my 4000-word resignation letter is proof positive i do not require editors anymore
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: “The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept's editors censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression.”
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: one more and we've got a trend baby let's go https://twitter.com/...
C. August Elliott / @caugustelliott: With Greenwald's salary now off the books, @theintercept should be able to hire 6-8 new reporters. That's a substantial boon to American investigative journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Jimmy / @jimmysecuk: He absolutely isn't principled. He has no principles. Zero. None. Nada. They do not exist. If he ever had principles, they are no longer there. They've departed. His principles have left the building. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Domenech / @bdomenech: In an era of corporate media corruption, the voices of rebellion against the dominant narrative are increasingly striking out on their own. Glenn is the latest and he won't be the last. https://twitter.com/...
Drew / @imnotowned: “Self deports.” Amazing that Glenn and Bari both pulled the same move, they voluntarily quit their cushy jobs and try to cry victim as if they were unjustly fired/cancelled. Voluntarily quitting isn't being cancelled. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Emerson / @sarahnemerson: Never self-deport or else you won't qualify for the deportation severance package https://twitter.com/...
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: Wow. @ggreenwald self-deports from publication he founded with a must-read resignation letter that also is an autopsy of @theintercept and so much of American journalism. Say what you want about Glenn's views. No one can say he isn't principled. https://twitter.com/...
Sohrab Ahmari / @sohrabahmari: Glenn: I can't overstate how much I admire your integrity and intellectual independence. We'd be honored to have you contribute op-ed columns to The Post on any theme you wish. https://twitter.com/...
@sjgrunewald: I say it every day, Bari. It's super easy. Glenn Greenwald is a fascist chaos agent and has no principles or integrity or ethics. See? Super easy. Also fvck you for just being you. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: Just realized that if he's ever released from prison, Julian Assange is going to have an amazing newsletter
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: I say this as a former editor who had to run things by lawyers: making an ethically and legally sound decision not to publish disinformation is not censorship by your editor.
Rat King / @mikeisaac: im about to “self-lobotomize”
Dan Seifert / @dcseifert: you don't actually have to read the rambling words of the whiny man claiming to be censored and rage quitting over it
Gregg Carlstrom / @glcarlstrom: Do I even want to try and find out why y'all are subtweeting The Intercept
Joseph Cox / @josephfcox: i have no idea what the intercept pays, but will say that, generally speaking, a media outlet could hire like 7 or 8 journos who will probably do exponentially more work than greenwald with that. its totally insane.
Joseph Cox / @josephfcox: Greenwald once made $500,000 a year for barely blogging https://twitter.com/...
Matt Taibbi / @mtaibbi: I will have more on this on Substack soon. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: @ggreenwald says he is quitting The Intercept, an outlet he co-founded, because editors “censored” an article he wrote about Joe Biden. Greenwald says he will be publishing now on Substack. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
@kerrymflynn: “...I will be publishing my journalism here on Substack, where numerous other journalists... have come in order to practice journalism free of the increasingly repressive climate that is engulfing national mainstream media outlets across the country.” https://greenwald.substack.com/ ...
Yael Halon / Fox News: Glenn Greenwald speaks out on leaving The Intercept over censorship: ‘Embarrassed and angered’
Matt Taibbi / Reporting: Glenn Greenwald On His Resignation From The Intercept
Kerry Flynn / CNN: Glenn Greenwald is quitting The Intercept, claiming editors ‘censored’ his article about Joe Biden
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller: ‘People Are Going To Cancel Their Subscriptions’: If Biden Wins, Greenwald Says, Expect Media To Target Trump Supporters
Chris Pandolfo / TheBlaze: Journalist Glenn Greenwald resigns from The Intercept claiming censorship of Biden-critical article — Intercept fires back
Robby Soave / Reason: Glenn Greenwald Resigns from The Intercept, Citing ‘Pathologies, Illiberalism, Repressive Mentality’ of Pro-Biden Newsroom
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart: Glenn Greenwald Resigns from The Intercept, Claims Editors Refused to Publish Biden Criticisms
Katie Robertson / New York Times: Glenn Greenwald Leaves The Intercept, Claiming He Was Censored
Tristan Justice / The Federalist: Intercept Co-Founder Resigns Because Colleagues Wouldn't Let Him Criticize Joe Biden
Zachary Evans / National Review: The Intercept Co-Founder Glenn Greenwald Resigns, Alleging ‘Censorship’ of Views ‘Critical’ of Joe Biden
Joe Concha / The Hill: Glenn Greenwald resigns from The Intercept
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fact-checking finds more problems with The Atlantic story on niche sports by Ruth S. Barrett, who had a scandal-ridden record when using the byline Ruth Shalit — Over a couple of paragraphs in a recent story on niche sports and college athletics, Ruth S. Barrett writes of two injuries sustained …
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Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: >>@ErikWemple truth-squadding the hell out of that Atlantic story about rich-kids sports is exactly what I needed on the last weekend before Election Day, and it may be what you need too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Elon Green / @elongreen: just thinking back a decade, when, on the occasion of Dave Weigel's move to the Post, Jeffrey Goldberg said the paper “hires people who came up in journalism without much adult supervision, and without the proper amount of toilet-training.” https://twitter.com/...
Jim Manley / @jamespmanley: Ruth shalit. Now here is a name I never wanted to hear again. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Das / @andrewdasnyt: Just re-upping this story because it turns out the author is a convicted plagiarist and some of the best details in the piece don't stand up to scrutiny. Man, you can't even trust in your schadenfreude in 2020. This year sucks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dr. Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen / @alixabeth: Been waiting for this. To me the tip off was an article about non-revenue sports that didn't touch Title IX. But that wasn't the only clue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: “bloody themselves in medieval fashion to advance their parents' college-admissions schemes.” #medievalwatch But also possible fabulism https://twitter.com/...
Mike Pesca / @pescami: Nice job from @ErikWemple. But @stefanfatsis @josh_levin and @byjoelanderson made an great point on https://podcasts.apple.com/.... The young affluent athletes are extended anonymity. Why? AAU kids are not extended such courtesy https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Megan Greenwell / @megreenwell: As a former elite junior fencer who loves a good journalism scandal, I must thank @ErikWemple for targeting my particular interests so precisely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jack Shafer / @jackshafer: @ErikWemple with more goods on Ruth Shalit's Atlantic story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ryan McCarthy / @mccarthyryanj: Some classic Wemple-ing here on the Atlantic's story about Fairfield County parents https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dracubert Nosferatko / @albertburneko: oh wow, the story that instantly set off every reader's bullshit alarm, by the famous bullshitter, appears to have in fact been a bunch of bullshit https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: What's weirdest for those of us who remember the 1990s @newrepublic is that what @ErikWemple finds here is much more Stephen Glass than Ruth Shalit https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Oblivier Knox / @oknox: For a certain generation of Beltway reporters, this is a little triggering. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael Caley / @mc_of_a: we now have confirmation that the confessed plagiarist hiding her identity behind a married name made up this story and also it was obviously insane to start with I fenced for years and this NEVER happens, the blades aren't like that https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Erik Wemple gets results. The Atlantic tells him: “We are conducting a review of charges related to the accuracy of certain sections of this piece. When we complete our review, we will report to our readers fully any information that needs to be corrected https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Byron York / @byronyork: From Washington Post: 'The Atlantic's troubled niche-sports story.' Atlantic seems to have more than its share of troubled stories these days... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: A deeper look at that story on niche sports in The Atlantic by Ruth Shalit Barrett: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Leon Neyfakh / @leoncrawl: i love @ErikWemple for insisting on calling himself “this blog.” blogs forever https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
The NYT podcast The Daily plans to host its first-ever live show, from 4pm to 8pm on Election Day, anchored by Michael Barbaro and Carolyn Ryan on the NYT site — New York (CNN Business)The New York Times' (NYT) news podcast, “The Daily,” is planning to host its first-ever live show on Tuesday to cover Election Day.
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Sam Dolnick / @samdolnick: The Daily — LIVE BROADCAST! This is going to be really fun. https://www.cnn.com/...
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie says that BBC journalists can attend Pride marches, if they aren't seen as taking a stand on “politicized issues”, though what that means is unclear — Non-politicised participation allowed, Tim Davie says, as newsrooms call for clarity on new impartiality rules
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@benjaminbutter, inews.co.uk, @andrew_adonis, @thestephenralph, @mdiasabey, @europride, @alextaylornews, @jonvanbondy, @theperezhilton, @sciencenelson, @peterjukes, @milesking10, @emilygorcenski, @technicallyron, @bootstrapcook, @femi_sorry, @sebdance, @ianbetteridge, @miqdaad, @peterrneumann and Press Gazette
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Benjamin Butterworth / @benjaminbutter: Exclusive: BBC staff have been banned from attending LGBT pride events and told they could be suspended if they breach the new rules. David Jordan, the head of editorial policy and standards, took the decision on Wednesday. https://inews.co.uk/...
Benjamin Butterworth / inews.co.uk: BBC staff told they could be suspended if they attend LGBT pride events under new rules
Andrew Adonis / @andrew_adonis: It is unacceptable that BBC staff, or anyone employed anywhere in Britain, should be banned from attending pride marches. A real blow to equal rights. If this is accurate, Tim Davie & the BBC need to reconsider urgently https://inews.co.uk/...
@thestephenralph: I had a pretty low opinion of Lord Hall because of how he ruined @BBCNews. Today, my view of Tim Davie has already fallen to the same level and he's only been in the job 5 minutes. 😒 #BBC #TimDavie #BBCNews https://twitter.com/...
Manoj Dias-Abey / @mdiasabey: Once you start drawing artificial boundaries between the political and non-political, you end up in all sorts of stupid places https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@europride: The UK's national broadcaster has made a serious error of judgment. More than 250 journalists worldwide are in prison (according to @pressfreedom) and support for human rights and equality should never be contentious. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Alex Taylor / @alextaylornews: What on EARTH does this now mean ? 😀 In 40 yrs I've never been to a 🏳️🌈 Pride which wasn't “politicized” (legal discrimination, Clause 28, gay marriage, gay adoption, transgender rights etc) So BBC employees can go just as long as they only wear glitter and disco-dance ??? 😀😀 https://twitter.com/...
@jonvanbondy: Because apparently my rights as a gay man, or a black person's rights, are controversial and ‘still up for debate’. The blinding irony here is that this rule is itself the opposite of impartial. Trans people exist. Gay people exist. https://inews.co.uk/...
Sue Nelson / @sciencenelson: This could also apply to a female staff member in news/current affairs taking part in a Women's Day March on her day off. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: Davie “staff need to ensure that they are not seen to be taking a stand on politicised or contested issues” But genocide, apartheid, civilian war casualties, racism, climate change - they're all contested by someone. This isn't a policy. It's retreat https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Miles King / @milesking10: oh. err.... how would they express their non-politicised attendance. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Gore-Censki / @emilygorcenski: Weird... you mean to tell me that not pushing back on a culture of rampant transphobia turns out to have wider reaching implications for civil rights and free expression? https://inews.co.uk/...
@technicallyron: BBC: “We have to be completely impartial” Also the BBC: “Let's put Nigel Farage on every programme” Also the BBC: “We better not say transgender people need rights so pride is now banned for some reason” https://twitter.com/...
Jack Monroe / @bootstrapcook: Can somebody explain how an employer barring an LGBT employee from attending a core community celebration for their protected characteristic is not an explicit contravention of the Equality Act? https://twitter.com/...
Femi / @femi_sorry: This is where you inevitably end up with a BBC so manically committed to the concept of “balance” that everything had to have two sides. Employees can't celebrate the rights of LGBT people. Next week they'll fire someone for saying racism is bad.... https://inews.co.uk/...
Seb Dance / @sebdance: This cannot be true? I'm absolutely stunned. To have the affirmation of LGBT rights contextualised as a matter of controversy is staggeringly offensive - not to mention unbelievably retrograde. There's more to this, surely?? https://twitter.com/...
Ian Betteridge / @ianbetteridge: Tim Davie's “clarification” that Pride is OK as long as you don't take part in anything “political” is pathetic, particularly given that last year the BBC withdrew from Belfast Pride because the issue of same-sex marriage is seen as “political” there. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Miqdaad Versi / @miqdaad: If I've understood this correctly, it says that BBC guidelines now allow staff to attend Pride marches but do not allow staff to attend a BLM rally? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Peter R. Neumann / @peterrneumann: Not a lawyer, but pretty sure such a massive restriction of freedom of speech would be unlawful in most countries, definitely the US and Germany. He's essentially banning staff from expressing political views even outside work and in private capacity. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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BBC issues social media guidelines prohibiting staff from criticizing colleagues, “virtue signaling”, and expressing personal opinions on public policy, more
BBC issues social media guidelines prohibiting staff from criticizing colleagues, “virtue signaling”, and expressing personal opinions on public policy, more
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@jimwaterson, @dylanreeve, @fleetstreetfox, @jimwaterson, @sdp, The Independent, BBC, @zevshalev, @mjowen174, @rickburin, @mattnavarra, @goodjobliz, @russbengtson, @rachelcoldicutt, @mathewi, @jayrosen_nyu, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @markpack, @markpack, @simonblackwell, @kieran_hurley, @theangelremiel, @mattnavarra, @pressgazette and The Daily Caller
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Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: New BBC social media rules explicitly ban their journalists from criticising fellow BBC journalists on Twitter. Which would be an interesting policy to see implemented across the industry.
Spooky Dylan Reeve / @dylanreeve: This BBC Social Media policy is unlike anything I've seen! A job (or freelance contact) at the BBC, especially in news, basically removes your right to have or express opinions on social media, even if your account is private! Even likes are policed! https://www.bbc.com/...
@fleetstreetfox: Well, I for one am looking forward hugely to the public and embarrassing employment tribunals of BBC freelancers dumped for retweeting a request for charity sponsorship on a personal account. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: Other things explicitly banned: -"Virtue signalling" that indicates a personal view even for “worthy causes” -Bio disclaimers saying “my views not the BBC's” -Revealing how you vote -Putting your “personal brand” on Twitter ahead of the BBC's reputation
Sameer Padania / @sdp: Next edition of @amolrajan's #MediaShow should be a humdinger (+ his @BBCNews coverage of this story). Even producer @HooperRJ has bio disclaimer currently... https://twitter.com/...
Tim Wyatt / The Independent: BBC journalists question new tougher social-media guidelines that ban them from ‘virtue signalling’
Zev Shalev / @zevshalev: This is a genuine crisis in journalism. If journalists cannot fully share analysis and opinion, we'll miss the next big story. More troubling, this policy effectively censors some of the better informed (by virtue of their jobs) people around. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Owen / @mjowen174: In short, the BBC are now a middle aged man who's Twitter account tells us he loves his football club, loves Europe, hates the EU and says Gary Lineker should shut up and stick to football. https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Rick Burin / @rickburin: Journalists for the most part seem habitually unable to criticise one another. Every time some ex-Guido psychopath gets a new job, they get 100 replies from broadsheet blue ticks saying “Well deserved, you'll smash it! x” https://twitter.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: BBC issues staff with new social media guidance https://www.bbc.co.uk/... H/T to @sambrook who led the independent review of how the BBC uses social media
Hubie Hannahween / @goodjobliz: very cool and normal https://twitter.com/...
Russ Bengtson / @russbengtson: well this thread is disturbing. your entire life should not be subsumed by your employer. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Coldicutt / @rachelcoldicutt: Over the years, many organisations have ended up re-using BBC digital guidelines (the BBC digital Ts&Cs are an often under-rated public service in their own right). The ripples of this will be worth watching - and interesting to see emoji use by journalists being flagged. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: New rules also explicitly ban disclaimers in your bio saying “my views not the BBC's.” You can't say that any longer. (In other words, your views ARE seen as the BBC's by the Corporation's enemies...) https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: BBC: “Following social media accounts which reflect only one point of view on matters of public policy, politics or ‘controversial subjects’ may create a similar impression.” Following these accounts is part of *reporting* and *listening.* That is or was a journalist's job.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: From the BBC: “f) Do not offer judgements beyond your specialism.” Do not show yourself to be a well-rounded human being with many interests.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: The BBC: “j) Do not break news on a personal account; if you have a story to break, the BBC platforms are your priority, even if it takes slightly longer.” Informing the public is a lower priority than filling the air.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: The BBC: “g) Do not support campaigns, (eg. by using hashtags) no matter how apparently worthy the cause or how much their message appears to be accepted or uncontroversial.” How about hashtag campaigns to free imprisoned journalists, for example? #FreeAustinTice
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: From the BBC: “l) Do use separate posts on public issues rather than join threads started by others.” I read this as: Do not join the public conversation. Call your own. This cuts off the opportunity to add journalism to that conversation.
@markpack: The BBC face a similar challenge to the one political parties face. Having all your internal disagreements played out in public and via the anger-raising medium of social media is a path to failure. But the answer isn't to silence all public disagreement on social media.
@markpack: So the next time @TimHarford and the More or Less team spot a mistake in the use of numbers on another BBC show, they're not allowed to highlight that via social media? https://twitter.com/...
Simon Blackwell / @simonblackwell: Shades of the 1948 Green Book about these new BBC social media guidelines. https://twitter.com/...
Kieran Hurley / @kieran_hurley: I know there's other bigger news today but that the BBC has adopted and legitimised the phrase “virtue signalling” by using it in its new social media guideline rules (banning it no less) is extremely grim imo https://twitter.com/...
Ian Rennie / @theangelremiel: BBC social media guidelines now ban “virtue signalling”, a wholesale adoption of right wing talking points. We're two and a half steps from them yelling about “cultural marxism”. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: BBC warns its celebs about using emojis in tweets ❌🙄 Full list of BBC social media rules: https://www.bbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
YouTube TV says it is dropping NESN, the sports network for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins, on Saturday; NESN will only stream on fuboTV and AT&T TV NOW — Just a few weeks after losing Fox Sports RSNs, YouTube TV will be dropping NESN, the regional sports network coving the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins.
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Priyanjana Bengani, who began researching “pink slime” journalism in 2019, on how it scales and the role of local outlets in discovering the phenomenon — Last week, outlets like the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the New York Times reported the emergence …
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Lauren Harris / @lharriswrites: Local news outlets are cutting back; shadowy partisan outlets with algorithmically-generated content are on the rise. @acookiecrumbles began investigating these sites a year ago, and she spoke with me about what she has observed in her research since then. https://www.cjr.org/...
Connie Guglielmo / CNET:
Interview with Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias as the company finalizes its purchase of CNET Media Group, on media disruption and the crisis of consumers' trust — Ric Elias says the best conversation he ever had was the 30 seconds he spent shaking the hand of the man who saved his life, neither one of them saying a single word.
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Stephen Shankland / @stshank: CNET is under new management today — Red Ventures bought us from ViacomCBS. Here's a little about the rationale for the deal. https://twitter.com/...
Connie Guglielmo / @techledes: Thanks @RicElias for answering questions about why it makes sense to bring Red Ventures & the CNET Media Group together. Looking forward to being part of an even stronger team building a successful digital media co & redefining publishing in 2020 & beyond. https://www.cnet.com/...
David Bauder / Associated Press:
How news outlets are preparing for election night, with plans for extended live coverage and transparency about what's known and what isn't — NEW YORK (AP) — This coming weekend, CNN's Sam Feist will distribute to his staff copies of the testimony news executives gave to Congress …
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Poynter, @niemanlab, @vivian, @rasmus_kleis, @ap_christina, @ap, @ap_politics and Financial Times
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter: The AP and other media players have changed their game for making election night calls
@niemanlab: “Our byword of the night is transparency,” @MarcBurstein said. “We will tell people what we know. We will tell people what we don't know, and we will tell them why.” https://apnews.com/...
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: Cannot say this often enough. News organization do not ‘call’ the Presidential elections. That is the job of the electoral college. Projection, fine. This year precise language matter more than ever. https://www.ft.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “Arnon Mishkin, director of the Fox News “decision desk” [and] Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton [said]"We will give that guidance to all of our reporters: do not draw conclusions if you're seeing a lead that's inconsistent with pre-election polling"" https://www.ft.com/...
Christina A. Cassidy / @ap_christina: @AP: “We need to prepare ourselves for a different kind of election night,” said Sam Feist, CNN's Washington bureau chief, “and the word I keep using is ‘patience.’” https://apnews.com/...
@ap: News organizations preparing for next week's vote count are preaching caution. The onslaught of early voting and mail-in ballots will complicate what used to be a fairly cut-and-dried process of reporting election results. https://apne.ws/l3h8Snb
@ap_politics: The media, for its part, is preparing itself for what it expects will be a very long Election Day and night because of the crush of early voting and a president who raises the specter of a disputed election. https://apne.ws/WnM9Q5d
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: US media companies prepare for messy election night
Lara O'Reilly / Digiday:
Interview with Petra Wikström, director of public policy at Schibsted, on joining the Coalition for App Fairness to pressure app store owners to change rules — Nordic publishing giant Schibsted became one of 20 new members of the recently formed Coalition for App Fairness earlier this month.