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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
LAT Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine, who announced in October that he planned to retire, steps down, as a search for his replacement continues — The Los Angeles Times' leadership transition has accelerated with the departure of Norman Pearlstine, who served as executive editor for two and a half years.
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Laura Wagner / VICE: Los Angeles Times Editor Out Following Scandal-Plagued Tenure
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: The LAT newsroom will be led by @LATimeskraft and @kyoshino and the opinion section by @sewellchan - both reporting to Patrick Soon-Shiong
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: For now, LAT newsroom will be led by @LATimeskraft and @kyoshino and the opinion section by @sewellchan- both reporting to Patrick Soon-Shiong Search for permanent executive editor ongoing. (deleted earlier tweet to provide greater clarity.)
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: My earlier story on how the reckoning on race at LAT confronted Pearlstine - who had embarked on hiring spree that didn't address past racial imbalance in staffing. As of summer 2020, just one metro reporter out of 80+ was African-American. https://www.npr.org/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: NEWS: LA Times Executive Editor Norm Pearlstine steps down, will advise owners Patrick and Michele Soon-Shiong, per internal memos obtained by NPR. A giant of journalism, he led LAT's return to funded eminence but lost newsroom support during BLM protests & ethical debates
@vice: Norm Pearlstine, who presided over plagiarism and sexual harassment scandals, issued a memo to staff saying “I believe my work is done.” https://www.vice.com/...
Ben Welsh / @palewire: Norm Pearlstine has stepped down as @latimes editor. Until a replacement is found, a troika of top editors will run the paper and report to owner Soon-Shiong. https://www.latimes.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Way back in June, @davidfolkenflik's reporting on the troubles at @latimes, below. After months of turmoil, top editor Pearlstine is out Rancor Erupts In ‘LA Times’ Newsroom Over Race, Equity And Protest Coverage https://www.npr.org/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: “There are several people on staff who are ready to succeed me and several talented editors from elsewhere have also asked to be considered.” https://www.latimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Norm Pearlstine is out as @LATimes exec editor, effective immediately. Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong says Scott Kraft and Kimi Yoshino “will now be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the newsroom, reporting to me.” https://www.latimes.com/...
Laura Wagner / @laurawags: Los Angeles Times executive editor Norm Pearlstine is out, effective immediately, per internal memo https://www.vice.com/...
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: .@NPearlstine has been the best boss, advocate and mentor that a journalist could work for. He's a legend, for good reason. I'll always be grateful for our time together at @latimes. https://www.latimes.com/...
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: L.A. Times Editor Steps Down After Turbulent Summer
Freedom of the Press:
Report: arrests of journalists in the US grew to ~117 in 2020, up 1,200% YoY; the week of May 29 to June 4 had more arrests than previous three years combined — Promoting press freedom in the 21st century — Today, Freedom of the Press Foundation is releasing a report on the unprecedented number …
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Trevor Timm / GEN: There Was a 1,200% Increase in Journalist Arrests in 2020
Helen Davidson / The Guardian: China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists
@pressfreedom: In a year of nationwide protests, journalists in the U.S. have faced unprecedented arrests. @FreedomofPress' new report details the unprecedented number of journalists arrested in the U.S. this year, based on the data compiled by @uspresstracker. https://freedom.press/... https://twitter.com/...
@pressfreedom: In 19% of the 274 cases on CPJ's 2020 census of imprisoned journalists, no charges have been disclosed. More than half of those 53 journalists are in #Eritrea or #SaudiArabia. https://cpj.org/...
@pressfreedom: There are 274 journalists jailed worldwide for doing their job; the worst year on record. These are the worst jailers: China 47 Turkey 37 Egypt 27 Saudi Arabia 24 Eritrea 16 Vietnam 15 Iran 15 Belarus 10 Russia 10 Cameroon 8 Ethiopia 7 #pressfreedom https://cpj.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Beth Nakamura / @bethnakamura: No one should be surprised by this btw #PressFreedom https://twitter.com/...
Trevor Timm / @trevortimm: I wrote for @GENmag about the shocking, exponential increase in the amount of US journalists arrested on the job this year. https://gen.medium.com/...
@pressfreedom: There have been at least 117 verified cases of a journalist being arrested or detained on the job in the U.S. in 2020, according to the @uspresstracker's data. Arrests of journalists skyrocketed by more than 1200% in comparison to 2019. https://freedom.press/...
@freedomofpress: Arrests of journalists skyrocketed this year by more than 1200% in comparison to 2019. In just one week, from May 29 - June 4, more reporters were arrested in the U.S. than in the previous three years combined. https://freedom.press/...
Grayson Clary / @graysonclary: Not that smart folks haven't already been saying this, but for me the First Amendment story of the year was its practical irrelevance to policing at protests https://twitter.com/...
@freedomofpress: As protests swept the country this year, arrests of journalists documenting the demonstrations followed. Police arrested journalists in 40 different cities across the U.S. in 2020. https://freedom.press/... https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
FTC orders Amazon, ByteDance, Facebook, Snap, YouTube, and others to share info on how they collect and use personal data, including how they measure engagement — - The Federal Trade Commission is requiring nine tech companies to share information about how they collect and use data from their users, the agency announced Monday.
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Federal Trade Commission: FTC Issues Orders to Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Services Seeking Data About How They Collect, Use, and Present Information
Brian Fung / @b_fung: The FTC is kicking off a fresh study of how online platforms handle consumer data — sending letters requesting info from Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube, as well as apps like Discord, Snap and Reddit: https://www.ftc.gov/...
Makena Kelly / The Verge: The FTC is investigating data collection at YouTube, Facebook, and seven other companies
Justin Brookman / @justinbrookman: I am sometimes skeptical if 6(b) studies are the best use of FTC resources — final reports are deidentified and by their nature aren't designed to directly lead to change. But given the importance of these issues and power these companies have, this seems like a solid project. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search: FTC List of Entities of Interest
Mike Elgan / @mikeelgan: This is great news. Amazon never tells anyone what they do with user data. https://www.ftc.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Neil Chilson / @neil_chilson: Just compare it to the Platform 6(b) study that the FTC issued in Feb. That included 24 questions about different types of data, all focused on prior acquisitions. This study, by contrast, has 50 questions on a huge range of topics. From @FTCPhillips's dissent: https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Wow, this could also be big in parallel to Google and Facebook ubiquitous lawsuits all which will have likely continue to intersect with abuse of consumer expectations around data practices. https://twitter.com/...
Neil Chilson / @neil_chilson: Also, what do all those plans and financials have to do with privacy? The only theory I can come up with is that the FTC now thinks current social media business models themselves are inherently suspect. The agency has never taken that position in the past, for good reason.
Josh Hawley / @hawleymo: I called for this action against #BigTech over a year ago. But better late than never. Now Congress should BAN @Facebook and @Twitter and @Google stealing our data https://twitter.com/...
Neil Chilson / @neil_chilson: Just finished reading the sample order and I am frankly stunned. I worked on several 6(b) studies while at the FTC and I've never seen one go out the FTC's doors that is anywhere near this extensive and unfocused. It's like demanding a backdoor into the cos' networks. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Calo / @rcalo: Interesting perspective from former FTC staffer and Commissioner (in comments) https://twitter.com/...
Chris Messina / @chrismessina: Notably absent from the FTC's list? Apple. Incredible that Apple launched their #PrivacyNutritionLabels the same day the FTC announced this probe. Brilliant brand positioning! https://twitter.com/...
Neil Chilson / @neil_chilson: I nearly choked on chedder cheese I was chewing when I read Specification 12, which basically says “Send us all your plans and financials.” So they want all the competing business plans from 9 competitors? What could go wrong? https://twitter.com/...
Karissa Bell / @karissabe: FTC is demanding Snap, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook/WhatsApp, YouTube, TikTok and Discord answer questions about ad targeting, algorithms, tracking and “how their practices affect children and teens” https://www.ftc.gov/...
Jim Steyer / @jimsteyer: It's important to see the FTC is concerned with the data practices of social media companies, particularly how those platforms treat kids and teens and we look forward to working with the FTC and Congress to better protect families online. (1/2) https://www.axios.com/...
Caroline McCarthy / @caro: I'm curious as to whether any of you think there are companies that *should* have received one of these little Christmas cards from the FTC but didn't. https://www.ftc.gov/...
Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News: FTC seeks data collection information from Amazon, Facebook, TikTok and more
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: FTC orders ByteDance, Facebook, Snap and others to explain what they do with user data
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: FTC Launches Investigation Into Privacy and Data Collection of Streaming Video, Social Giants
John Eggerton / nexttv.com: FTC Investigating Video Streamer, Social Media Data Practices
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: FTC investigating privacy and data collection at top tech giants
New York Times:
As ratings hit new highs, executives and journalists at CNN and MSNBC say they are uneasy about a post-Trump future bereft of drama and scandal — Ratings have hit new highs, but executives and journalists at both networks are uneasy about the year ahead. — CNN and MSNBC thrived during …
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Tom Kludt / Vanity Fair: “Nobody Will Need MSNBC the Way They Needed It”: Can the Left's Favorite Network Break Through Post-Trump?
Jim Clancy / @clancyreports: The problem here is that 24-hour news networks may lavish air time on Trump after he leaves office for the sake of ratings and money. https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: “Kilar did little to help his case among CNN's journalists when he sent a note congratulating the network on its election coverage, only to include several factual errors in his opening two sentences.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Aditya Sood / @adityasood: How about just doing their job and not trying to rack up bigger Christmas bonuses by neglecting threats to American democracy in an effort to chase ratings? https://twitter.com/...
Ajit George / @ajitgeorgesb: What's next? How about shining a light on all the monstrous sidekicks of Trump and what they are STILL GOING TO BE DOING IN THE GOVERNMENT. I'm not even talking about the Congressional Republicans, who are awful, but all the POLITICAL APPOINTEES that cannot be dislodged. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Kraushaar / @hotlinejosh: Interesting that the left-of-center cable news networks betting that Trumpism will fade away in 2021 as part of corporate strategy, even as many left-of-center analysts betting on Trump's staying power. https://www.nytimes.com/...
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Report: WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar Met With Top CNN Anchors Earlier This Month to Discuss Their Journalism, Possible CNN-Branded Streaming Service
David Sessions / @davidsess: One of the few of Trump's hobby-horses absolutely based in fact: cable news would be nowhere without him. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@aghamilton29: The press and Trump have had a symbiotic relationship for years that has created toxic political and media cultures. It will be good to see these news networks be forced to adapt or lose their audiences post-Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ross Barkan / @rossbarkan: The worst kept secret in news was that every resistance journalist loved having Trump around. So much material! Anxiety and hysteria sells. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff: “What's next? Is there another racist sexist authoritarian monster we can normalize and give unlimited airtime to? Come on, gang, we need to figure out new ways to abdicate our responsibility as journalists.” https://twitter.com/...
Josh Kraushaar / @hotlinejosh: “People at both networks know that viewers who abhorred President Trump may no longer need their nightly therapy sessions with Rachel Maddow or Don Lemon.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@chrisreimer: “What happens,” asked one MSNBC on-air personality, “when you don't need us?” This makes me sad. Did we just use MSNBC & CNN to gin up our own anger over Trump? Can't they offer us reasoned political insights & discussion during the Biden administration? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ethan Nichtern / @ethannichtern: If there is any self-awareness behind this article—even a shred or a sliver—regarding how complicit the entire structure of mainstream media was in the trump era, then may that self-awareness lead to doing the job of true journalism from this point onward. No. More. Demagogues. https://twitter.com/...
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Voting machine company Smartmatic issued legal notices to Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN, demanding retraction of claims that its machines flipped votes to Biden — Florida-based electronic voting system company Smartmatic on Monday demanded three conservative media outlets retract their claims …
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Jemima McEvoy / Forbes: Voting Machine Manufacturer Demands Retractions From Conservative News Networks Over Fraud Claims
Michael Barbaro / @mikiebarb: False claims by irresponsible media have consequences: https://www.smartmatic.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: The legal notice to Fox News said the network participated in a “disinformation campaign” and “would have easily discovered the falsity of the statements and implications being made about Smartmatic by performing even a modicum of investigation.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Jacob Shamsian / @jayshams: SCOOP: I got a copy of the letter voting technology company Smartmatic sent to Fox News, demanding retractions for election conspiracy theories. It accuses Fox of “a concerted disinformation campaign” that's led to death threats against its employees. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: A lawsuit against @FoxNews, @newsmax and @OANN. Hope the damages are huge. https://twitter.com/...
James Surowiecki / @jamessurowiecki: The sheer amount of attention that's been paid to Smartmatic is a good measure of how nutty the post-election season has been, given that the only place in America it provided services to this year was Los Angeles County. https://twitter.com/...
Erick Erickson / @ewerickson: I expect Dominion to do the same shortly. https://www.smartmatic.com/...
Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan: Discovery is going to be lit https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Nearly all defamation cases are vexatious, nuisance lawsuits designed to suppress. This one, however, may have real legs https://twitter.com/...
Fadel Allassan / Axios: Voting machine company Smartmatic demands retraction from conservative news outlets
@slpng_giants: This is likely only the beginning for outlets like Fox, Newsmax and OAN. When it comes to COVID disinformation, they have very likely caused real death as a result of their misinformation. Wait until those lawsuits start piling up. https://twitter.com/...
Will Sommer / @willsommer: Between this and Dominion's earlier retraction demand, it looks like some big defamation cases are on the horizon. It's hard to see either a Republican official ever signing another contract with Dominion or Smartmatic, for one thing. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “ these organizations could have easily discovered the falsity of the statements and implications made about Smartmatic by investigating their statements before publishing them to millions of viewers and readers” https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Election tech company Smartmatic “announced today that it is issuing legal notices and retraction demand letters to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network for publishing false and defamatory statements...” https://www.smartmatic.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: I was wondering when these voting machine companies and conspiracy theory targets were going to fight back against Fox News, OAN and Newsmax. Now they're announcing legal action. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: “Smartmatic announced today that it is issuing legal notices and retraction demand letters to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network for publishing false and defamatory statements...” https://www.smartmatic.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Often in defamation lawsuits, the challenge is showing monetary damages; that may be easier here. https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCU says the first two seasons of The Office will stream on Peacock's ad-supported free tier and other seasons will stream on subscription tiers — “The Office” is flying back home to NBCUniversal — after it leaves Netflix at the end of 2020 — to alight exclusively on Peacock …
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Bloomberg, CNBC, @lucas_shaw, @dianelyssa, @vanthebrand, @pkafka, @stevekopack, @pierce, Business Insider, @ashtonlattimore, Reuters, The Week, MediaPost, Light Reading, The Verge, Cord Cutters News, /Film, UPROXX, Adweek, The Streamable, IndieWire and Bloomberg
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Alex Sherman / CNBC: The first two seasons of ‘The Office’ will be free on NBCUniversal's Peacock but the rest is paywalled
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: It's smart to ask if customers will follow The Office from Netflix to Peacock. But perhaps even more interesting: What older TV show will Netflix make a hit next? https://twitter.com/...
@dianelyssa: I will buy the complete dvd box set before I sign up for another streaming service. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Wait what? Who hasn't seen the Office on Netflix but will pay to see it on Peacock? https://twitter.com/...
Steve Kopack / @stevekopack: NBCUniversal is officially putting “The Office” on Peacock behind a paywall. The first two seasons will be available for all users, and seasons 3 through 9 will only be available to users on the platform's $4.99 or $9.99/month plans. https://variety.com/...
David Pierce / @pierce: Netflix is dead https://twitter.com/...
Mary Meisenzahl / Business Insider: ‘The Office’ fans might be stuck paying $5 a month to watch the show when it leaves Netflix next year
Ashton Lattimore / @ashtonlattimore: Seems like NBC's miscalculated what the show's popularity means. We're all watching it bc it's highly rewatchable & it's there, but nobody's paying for Netflix specifically for The Office. Once it's gone, the solution won't be “pay for Peacock,” it'll be “watch something else.” https://twitter.com/...
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: ‘The Office’ To Return To NBCU On Peacock — Free, Ad-Supported, Ad-Free Options
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Free Peacock to limit access to ‘The Office’
Ashley Carman / The Verge: The Office is leaving Netflix, but its first two seasons will be free on Peacock
Ben Pearson / /Film: ‘The Office’ Moves to Peacock in 2021, But You'll Have to Pay to Stream Seasons 3-9
Josh Kurp / UPROXX: ‘The Office’ Is Coming To Peacock For Free... Unless You Want To Watch The Best Seasons
Jason Lynch / Adweek: Peacock Will Exclusively Stream The Office Starting Jan. 1
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: Peacock Reveals Plans for “The Office”, First Two Seasons Free, Remaining on Peacock Premium
Axios:
Sources: PMC plans to merge back end operations of Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Vibe, including ad sales, marketing, and brand partnerships — Penske Media Corp. (PMC) is planning to merge the back end functions of three of the top music news publishers in the U.S., according to two sources familiar with the company's plans.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNBC let correspondents like Rick Santelli speak their minds on issues in the past but may now require rules of decorum as it becomes a part of NBCU News Group — Rick Santelli, the veteran CNBC correspondent, recently got into an on-air spat with one of his longtime colleagues.
Ben Paviour / VPM:
A columnist who also works for Dominion Energy wrote some of at least seven unsigned editorials in The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press about Dominion this year — The Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press published a handful of unsigned editorials related to Dominion Energy this year written …
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Ben Paviour / @bpaves: The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press published at least seven unsigned editorials this year about Dominion Energy. It turns out some of them were written by Gordon Morse, a columnist who writes occasional speeches for the company's executives. https://vpm.org/...
Brandon Jarvis / Daily Updates from Virginia Scope: Activists want more from Governor Northam in Shockoe Bottom & Amanda Chase wakes up (briefly)
Ben Paviour / @bpaves: Many of the pieces I found are pretty flattering toward Dominion. This one published in April, for example, hails the utility monopoly as a “a great Virginia entrepreneurial success story.” https://www.pilotonline.com/ ...
Ben Inskeep / @ben_inskeep: Dominion has has been paying an editorial writer at the second-largest newspaper in Virginia, where he has churned out unsigned pro-Dominion editorials https://vpm.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Paviour / @bpaves: The papers' editor-in-chief, Kris Worrell, told me that “some” of the pieces were written by Morse but would not identify them. A spokesman for Dominion denied any role in the editorials. https://vpm.org/...
Corey Hutchins / @coreyhutchins: “The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press published a series of editorials over the past year related to Dominion Energy. At least some of those pieces were written by a columnist whom the utility company keeps on retainer” https://vpm.org/...
David Pomerantz / @davidpomerantz: This is incredibly disturbing: https://vpm.org/...
Eben Novy-Williams / Sportico.com:
DAZN has sold Sporting News, of one of US's oldest sports publication, to Pax Holdings and several other soccer news sites for $100M+ to a group backed by TPG — Sports streaming service DAZN has sold Sporting News, one of America's oldest sports publications, to British family office PAX Holdings.
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Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Gigot, WSJ editorial page editor, equates the Biden team's reaction to an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of “Dr.” to Trump's “enemy of the people” tweets — Its strategists promote an identity politics campaign against an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of ‘Dr.’
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Dr. Jill Biden / @drbiden: Together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather than diminished.
Natasha Madov / agádoisesseóquatro: A polêmica da dona doutora Biden
Amy Widdowson / The Morning Missive: Can We Advertise The COVID Vaccine As BOGO? You Know, Two Doses For The Price Of One? …
@wsjopinion: These pages aren't going to stop publishing provocative essays merely because they offend the new administration or the political censors in the media and academe, writes editorial page editor Paul A. Gigot https://www.wsj.com/...
Neal Ungerleider / The Neal Ungerleider Newsletter: When Newspapers Publish Bad Opinion Columns On Purpose
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times: Column: Wall Street Journal, you ran a sexist essay on Jill Biden. Don't tell us to calm down
@womenatdj: We appreciate the need for reading different perspectives, but we're embarrassed that @wsjopinion published an op-ed this weekend that stooped to patronizing and denigrating her — and many other doctors' — many accomplishments. 2/2
Melissa Korn / @melissakorn: There is a thick wall between the news and opinion operations of @WSJ, but it still saddens me that they'd print it. Which is the way I've felt about many op-eds over the years. Pieces like that make it harder for me to do my job. 2/2
AlternativeGroupOfHats / @popehat: “Criticism is censorship” trope spotted from utterly predictable source. https://twitter.com/...
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Ben Shapiro Is Being Dragged After Throwing A Hissy Fit Over People Calling Jill Biden ‘Dr.’
Dr. Angela Rasmussen / @angie_rasmussen: How about you stop publishing “provocative” op/ed pieces when they are astonishingly stupid, misogynistic, irrelevant, out of touch with reality, irrational, illogical, facile to the point of insulting your readers, and fucking idiotic? https://twitter.com/...
Chris Geidner / @chrisgeidner: Or maybe it was just because the piece was shit, Paul. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Dear @WSJopinion stop the paranoia (Democrats? Coordinated response? I WISH). But most of all, stop digging https://twitter.com/...
Helen Kennedy / @helenkennedy: “he said criticizing Mr. Epstein's use of “kiddo” to refer to Dr. Biden was misplaced, since Mr. Biden has also used the term in reference to his wife.” 🙄 https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: @WSJ @almarlatour If poorly edited & fact-checked op-ed sections undermine the editorial integrity of the hard news people pay for, publishers need to either put in new editors, or spin out sections into new brands. Opinions are cheap, & in abundance. Knowledge & expertise are expensive & scarce.
Alex Howard / @digiphile: The @WSJ is one of the world's great papers. Its journalism is trusted around the globe & across ideological spectra: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... Lax standards in op-ed section have damaged brand, & make it harder for superb journalists to work. Past time to reboot, @almarlatour. https://twitter.com/...
Ed Bott / @edbott: Congratulations, @jamestaranto. The gross and disgusting follow-up from your colleague at @WSJopinion was enough to persuade this longtime subscriber to unsubscribe for good. It's not “cancel culture,” by the way. It's capitalism. You of all people should know that. https://twitter.com/...
Michael LaRosa / @michaellarosadc: .@jamestaranto, you and the @WSJ should be embarrassed to print the disgusting and sexist attack on @DrBiden running on the @WSJopinion page. If you had any respect for women at all you would remove this repugnant display of chauvinism from your paper and apologize to her.
Sam Adams / @samuelaadams: this is worse and more full of shit than the original op-ed, so ... congrats? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Naturally the @WSJ and @WSJopinion are the first lemmings off the reality cliff. They can't be WRONG or STUPID, so a wave of people telling them they are, must be a COORDINATED PLOT (probably involving Hugo Chavez and Lenin and Lennon) Fire this buffoon: https://twitter.com/...
Franklin Leonard / @franklinleonard: The @WSJ and its editorial features director @jamestaranto are really out here acting like an editorial chastising a woman for using an earned honorific isn't literally “identity politics” in the first place. https://twitter.com/...
Michele Norris / @michele_norris: @vivian And the problem — actually one problem with this — is that it will be considered a homerun become of all the clicks and attention.
Quentin Hardy / @qhardy: @vivian In 2000, Gigot wrote and talked on TV about the “Brooks Brothers Protest” over the Florida recount. He called it a “bourgeois riot,” abetting Roger Stone's stunt. He knew what it really was, and played along. Draw your own conclusions.
Dan Barkin / @dbarkin: Paul Gigot ran a misogynistic op-ed column and now he is playing the victim because people - including the WSJ higher ed reporter - pointed out obvious flaws. It was a mistake to run it. It was way below WSJ standards. The right thing would be to own up https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anne Ward / @annecw: Pushing back against misogyny is viewed by Paul Gigot, WJS opinion editor, as “playing the race or gender card.” It's okay to demean women in @WJS op-ed pages but don't you dare speak out against it, in his view. No thanks. https://twitter.com/...
Gregg Gonsalves / @gregggonsalves: Joseph Epstein has done it before, trashing gay people, making racist comments—it's his metier, his favored form, to speak out for all aggrieved straight, white men who never have enough. 4/
Gregg Gonsalves / @gregggonsalves: Oh and yeah, the @WSJ is gonna get “cancelled.” Give me a fucking break. The paper's been around for years and its op-ed page writes from a position of power, never risking getting “cancelled,” by anyone. 2/
Gregg Gonsalves / @gregggonsalves: So to editor in chief @murraymatt, for all the great reporting @WSJ on many topics, your editorial page has become a haven for hate. You have the right to publish it; Joseph Epstein & Paul Gigot can find a home with you, but no one has to keep silent in the face of such trash. 5/
Gregg Gonsalves / @gregggonsalves: Paul Gigot and the @WSJopinion page are a bunch of cowards. A columnist writes a misogynistic, racist piece and they call it “cancel culture.” It wasn't @JoeBiden creating the uproar is was ordinary Americans who were disgusted by the newspaper. 1/
Gregg Gonsalves / @gregggonsalves: The @WSJopinion can spit on the rest of us, but the right to free speech doesn't give you the right to remain unchallenged. If you can't take the heat that comes with platforming sexist, racist homophobes like Epstein, then get out of the 1950s kitchen of ideas you represent. 6/
@jrubinblogger: what a canard and a crybaby. no one is silencing him or Epstein. He owes women an apology and frankly has turned his editorial page into a joke. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: One reason the president assumes everything is coordinated against him is because he and his advisers often coordinate criticism of/political attacks on others. Weirder seeing it on the op-ed page of the WSJ. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: I wrote up WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot's response to the responses to The Op-Ed. If past is prologue, the op-ed and/or his response could stir tensions with newsroom, which have occurred several times this year. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: Shorter Paul Gigot: “You Ladies Really Need to Calm Down” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: Ludicrously thin-skinned description of criticism, and playing the victim: “These pages aren't going to stop publishing provocative essays merely because they offend the new administration or the political censors in the media and academe” Paul Gigot says https://www.nytimes.com/...
Christina Sommers / @chsommers: WSJ editor claps back: “These pages aren't going to stop publishing provocative essays merely because they offend the new administration or the political censors in the media and academe,” says editorial page editor Paul A. Gigot https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Brakkton Booker / NPR: Biden Team Response To Controversial Op-Ed ‘Clearly A Political Strategy,’ Editor Says
Justine Coleman / The Hill: Wall Street Journal opinion editor defends op-ed on Jill Biden: She 'can't be off-limits'
Carlos Lozada / @carloslozadawp: WSJ opinion editor says Jill Biden is “taking a leading role in education policy. She can't be off-limits for commentary.” Then explore her actual views on education. Read her dissertation instead of mocking it. Many smarter options for an oped page here. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Aylett Colston / @everyvoicenc: @chrisgeidner If they had read even half of the criticism, they would know much of the reaction wasn't about Jill Biden per se. It was really about every woman who has ever had a job & had a man like him intentionally demean her skills, experience, & education.
Chris Geidner / @chrisgeidner: Back to Paul. How bad of an opinion section editor is a person if they're pissed that ... people paid attention to the words published in their opinion section? https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Farley / @maggilista: @WSJopinion If you're going to provoke a debate, engage in the debate — and don't dismiss it as a political backlash. Thousands of people are making persuasive arguments why Epstein's article — and Paul Gigot— are hopelessly out of step. https://www.wsj.com/...
Aaron Pallas / @ampallas: WSJ Opinion Page editor Paul Gigot should acknowledge that much of Joseph Epstein's screed about Dr. Jill Biden reproduces a column Epstein wrote for the Weekly Standard in 2008. Tired editing of a tired argument. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
David Rothschild / @davmicrot: Victimhood of powerful, rich white men complaining about free market criticizing their attempts to cancel ... in this case, checks notes ... women (especially highly educated ones), is so pathetic, sad, infuriating. Especially when it comes from super-villain Murdoch Family. https://twitter.com/...
Preet Bharara / @preetbharara: This is an overwrought and really dumb defense by Paul Gigot of an even dumber op Ed about Dr. Jill Biden by Joseph Epstein https://twitter.com/...
Kate Aurthur / @kateaurthur: Among other things, Paul Gigot has never heard of a viral ratio on a Saturday — and instead sees a coordinated campaign! How embarrassing! https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Wow, that's not much of an apology to Jill Biden. It's almost as if they don't think their misogyny is misogynistic https://twitter.com/...
James Palmer / @beijingpalmer: what an absolute disgrace. just insultingly bad. https://twitter.com/...
Claire Splan / @clairesplan: @marcatracy The problem is Paul Gigot equates conservative outrage and bitchiness with provocative commentary.
Tim Wu / @superwuster: No one needed to orchestrate a campaign to condemn that Jill Biden honorific piece written in the style of the 1880s — a piece like that organizes its own orchestra of contempt https://www.nytimes.com/...
@bibliotecariarr: Indeed — much to @WSJopinion & Paul Gigot's chagrin, we “kiddos” have enough agency to speak for ourselves, thank you very much. I know, I know it's hard to believe educated women don't need to rounded up, campaign style and told what to think, and how to say it, concert. https://twitter.com/...
Heather Ferris / @bartferris5: @mediagazer @AmyArgetsinger There was not a “coordinated response.” We all read it at the same time...and he sounded like a misogynistic a*$hole.
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: If you're wondering why the @WSJ ran that misogynist piece about Dr. Jill Biden, lets take a closer look at James Taranto, the man in charge of op-eds. He's called efforts to stop military rape a “war on men” & “an effort to criminalize male sexuality” https://www.wsj.com/...
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: All of which is to say: Who leads publications is fucking important! If we continue to give misogynists power over some of the most influential column inches in the country, we can't be surprised when they, in turn, elevate other bigots.
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: Taranto has called feminism a “totalitarianism mindset” and said “the nastiness of contemporary feminism is an indication of its intellectual weakness.” He's also bemoaned that “women can have sex without the fear of pregnancy, just like men can.” (?!) https://www.huffpost.com/...
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: Taranto has also likened rape to drunk driving and said women “are absolved of responsibility [of rape] by virtue of having consumed alcohol.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Brian Flood / Fox News: Wall Street Journal editor defends paper amid liberal backlash for urging Jill Biden to ditch ‘doctor’ title
@gzgzgz____: @JeffreyASachs the possibility that no one at the WSJ saw the sympathy alley-oop coming is laughable. if it's that upsetting, consider keeping a journal on lieu of, you know, publishing in a major media outlet.
Frank Rich / @frankrichny: This guy was on board for the smearing of Anita Hill. The silence of @Peggynoonannyc about the misogyny and homophobia of her employer is predictable and deafening. via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Marc Ambinder / @marcambinder: I would not want everyone to be able to call my husband what I get to call him. :-) https://twitter.com/...
@ijbailey: Don't whine after you publish a provocative piece with some idiotic points and people respond passionately. You aren't a victim. You're a provocateur. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: Is... is Paul Gigot arguing that since Joe Biden has called his wife “kiddo” then everyone, including Joseph Epstein, gets to do so? https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeffrey Sachs / @jeffreyasachs: “When we published a purposefully obnoxious piece, we never imagined anyone would exploit our obnoxiousness to win sympathy. That's not how the WSJ editorial page is supposed to work.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Kate Bowler / @katecbowler: The @WSJ's horrifying op-ed on Dr. Jill Biden using her own title is a reminder that when women hold genuine authority, they are still reduced to “borrowed” credentials. She must only be a wife. We can be both ourselves and connected to others. Both experts and grateful to serve https://twitter.com/...
Edward Wong / @ewong: Respected journalists in @WSJ newsroom are sick of how the editorial pages and the top editor there, Paul Gigot, bring disgrace to the newspaper. They pushed back earlier against the @VP Pence op-ed boasting of Trump's pandemic efforts, which was full of falsehoods. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Davis / @bobdavis187: WSJ edit page editor @WSJopinion doubles down on op-ed on Jill Biden. Claims the criticism is the work of the Biden camp playing the gender card instead of commentary on an insulting opinion piece that was so dumb it could be read as parody. https://www.wsj.com/...
Katherine X Lewis / @katherinelewis: Please listen to the women in your newsroom, @WSJ Paul Gigot. It's disrespectful and reductive to paint all opposition to your (wrong) position as politically motivated. Methinks a few of the @WomenatDJ are Republicans. Reread that awful editorial & apologize. (Kiddo? Really?) https://twitter.com/...
Eva Dou / @evadou: Am incredulous that WSJ is doubling down on defending the sexist op-ed. Editorial page editor Paul A. Gigot writing, “The outrage is overwrought” & attributes the blowback to politically motivated attacks https://www.wsj.com/...
@womenatdj: Dr. Jill Biden is an example for all women and men — an expert in her field, dedicated to improving education and career outcomes for Americans. 1/2
Tim / @iamtimsteele: @WSJ doubles down on misogyny which Paul Gigot sees as a “relatively minor issue.” He doesn't live up to the generally high standards of the Wall Street Journal and it's time he was shown to the door.
Dodes / @racheld: I feel for my former WSJ colleagues on the news side, who shouldn't have to be associated with this bullshit.
Laureen Lazarovici / @laureennarro: @melaniesill @andyfurillo @WSJ I did not realize Paul Gigot was still ... around 🦖🦕
Neil Mackenzie / @mknz: Paul Gigot, @wsjopinion editor, goes balls-out in support of Joseph Epstein in an op-ed which befouls the @WSJ and the many fine journalists who work for it. This preening fool has already torched the op-ed pages. He needs to be fired before he burns the @wsj to the ground https://twitter.com/...
Dodes / @racheld: Here's the @WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot conflating criticism with censorship and comparing the Biden team's reaction to a sexist op-ed to Trump's attacks on the press as “the enemy of the people.” You don't need a PhD to see this thesis is indefensible. https://www.wsj.com/...
Bob Davis / @bobdavis187: @BGrueskin What makes it even more rich is that @WSJopinion constantly complains about media elitism when it comes to portrayal of conservative. Then it runs this ridiculously condescending op-Ed about Jill Biden.
Melanie Sill / @melaniesill: Note to self: Re-cancel @WSJ subscription, not just because of the op-ed but mostly because of Gigot's response to criticism and the overall poor leadership of what used to be a great opinion shop, whether you shared their views or not https://twitter.com/...
Barbara St Clair / @forconversation: @mediagazer @AmyArgetsinger Also said it was ok that he called her “Kiddo” because her husband, Joe calls her that sometimes. Well my husband has been known to call me “Baby.” Do we now expect to see that term when addressing a professional woman in WSJ as well?
Julie McClain Downey / @mcclainjulie: Erasing women's accomplishments is not new. But the @WSJopinion should be able to spot clear sexism and refuse to give it a platform by now. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses: So their position seems to be that the soon to be First Lady, our first with a Ph.d shouldn't be called Dr. but Fox should be called news. Got it. Makes sense. https://twitter.com/...
Halima Mansoor / @hmansoor: @MonicaHesse taking a scalpel to @WSJ piece on @DrBiden makes for a great pre-Monday pep talk: I do doubt Epstein would have written this column about, say, Dr. Henry Kissinger. I do believe Epstein wouldn't have called him “kiddo.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: @mediagazer Also concludes that “If you disagree with Mr. Epstein, fair enough. Write a letter or shout your objections on Twitter.” But.... that's exactly what happened, and he's mad about it.
Suleiman Alfred Massarweh / @drmassarweh: Mr. Paul A. Gigot needs to be removed from his @WSJ @WSJopinion role. There is no place in the 21st century for these prehistoric views that denigrate hard earned achievements because they don't meet your stale assessment. https://www.wsj.com/...
Ian Higham / @highamian: Again, Judith Martin and other etiquette experts have publicly stated opposition to social use of “Dr.” for PhDs. But they didn't do so by talking down to a prominent woman PhD. That's why @WSJ is indeed sexist.
Ian Higham / @highamian: The framing here doubles down on the disgusting sexism by calling the rebuttal of sexism “identity politics”. @WSJ is gross. https://www.wsj.com/...
Patrick Seitz / @patrickseitz: Jill Biden is an intelligent, accomplished woman. But she is no doctor. I'll stand with AP Style. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Nothing about that editorial page is worse than I thought. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: I'm fine if we're being sticklers for titles. If so, Paul Gigot is a Dick
Daniel Larison / @daniellarison: What a joke. They run a garbage op-ed and then whine when people call them on it https://www.wsj.com/...
@brad_polumbo: Good for the WSJ editorial staff for telling the outrage mob to piss off. I didn't agree with/like the Op-Ed but that's the point of pro active commentary & the reaction is absurd. You simply cannot bow to the mob. Ever. https://www.wsj.com/...
Varad Mehta / @varadmehta: Exactly the right response. https://twitter.com/...
Ankit Panda / @nktpnd: And once again: my thoughts are with the hard-working reporters on the news side of the WSJ, who deserve far better from their opinion colleagues https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Eric Topol / @erictopol: So what does the WSJ do after it published a misogynistic, egregious oped? It doubles down, and politicizes it, and says “The outrage is overwrought because, whether you agree or disagree, Mr. Epstein's piece was fair comment.” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: First: Write incendiary piece aimed to antagonize and anger. Then when the piece has desired effect, double down and write another piece claiming the outrage is example aggrieved party throwing their weight around and punching down in effort to silence dissension.
Prof Janine O'Flynn / @janineoflynn: This. That WSJ article was truly nasty. Perspective | The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Also, anyone who dares to criticize the WSJ edit page is a “political censor”??? Gigot: “these pages aren't going to stop publishing provocative essays merely because they offend the new administration or the political censors in the media and academe.”
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: “The outrage is overwrought,” claims Paul Gigot, about the storm over the Dr. Biden op-ed, while also claiming this outrage is a nefarious plot by the Biden administration https://www.wsj.com/...
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