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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump media, led by Fox News and its leaders Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, and Suzanne Scott, fueled the mob that stormed and desecrated the Capitol — “Fair and balanced” was the original Fox News lie, one of the rotten planks that built the foundation for Wednesday's democratic disaster.
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Discussion:
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: Executives at social media companies have enabled conspiracy theories and hate for years — making billions of dollars — only taking piecemeal and sometimes bullshit steps to confront any of it. They should probably take a look in the mirror this morning. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: You own this, GOP. WSJ edit page. Fox News. Rupert and Lachlan. This is the logical conclusion of everything you have tolerated, encouraged and enabled for 5 years.
Kansas City Star: Assault on democracy: Sen. Josh Hawley has blood on his hands in Capitol coup attempt
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Since this is an especially good day for calling out the names of those to blame, here are a few more, from the leadership of Fox News: Rupert Murdoch. Lachlan Murdoch. Suzanne Scott ... My column, on the pro-Trump media that brought us to this hellscape https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mark Elliott / @markmobility: .@Sulliview: “Birtherism. The caravan invasion. Covid denialism. Rampant election fraud. All of these found a comfortable home at Fox.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tom Ashbrook / @tomashbrook: Fair. Now what? And what about social media's arsonist algorithm billionaires? https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: “The pro-Trump media — led by Fox News — has earned its disgraceful place near the top of the list of infamy. They own this.” - @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Judd Apatow / @juddapatow: Maybe someone who works for Fox or Murdoch's companies should say something. Even now none of the Fox stars or show runners or sports reporters out there saying anything. Athletes? Reporters for their papers? Anyone? https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Chip Stewart / @medialawprof: I think I've found week one reading for my intro to journalism class https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: Agree with @Sulliview: Fox News and conservative media “own this” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Aaron Bruski / @aaronbruski: Not only do they need to own it, but as of last night they were still spewing extremely dangerous misinformation. People at the top of that need to face big-time consequences for that, to the fullest extent the law (or future law) can permit. https://twitter.com/...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: And here's @Sulliview pointing the finger at a company that deserves it even more, Fox: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Fox, after some initial hesitation after the election, clearly decided to go as far as it had to keep its hold on the far right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: Margaret naming names and pulling zero punches. No punches pulled! https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Strong piece here by @sulliview placing Fox News at the center of the Jan. 6 riot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ballerina X / @ballerinax: We have a right to know who among our local elected officials are radicalized by same. https://twitter.com/...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: “What happened at the U.S. Capitol, with rioters disrupting the normally peaceful transfer of power, can in many ways be traced back to the lack of urgency over such situations from social media companies,” @Erika_D_Smith writes: https://www.latimes.com/...
@akurjata: “To put it bluntly: The mob that stormed and desecrated the Capitol on Wednesday could not have existed in a country that hadn't been radicalized by the likes of Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, and swayed by biased news coverage.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steve Davies / @ozloop: Read this and think about the Australian media and the @ScottMorrisonMP Government. Morrison is of the same ilk - he has a medal to prove it. Then look at the behaviour of his government. They gave to go. #auspol https://twitter.com/...
Mark Scott / @mscott: “Where on earth, I wonder — on what popular cable network — could so many people have gotten the idea, day after day, that the election was stolen and their values were being systematically denied? ” - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Benjamin Freed / @brfreed: “They own this.” — @Sulliview on how the lies and hysteria Fox News fomented for years resulted in death and destruction at the U.S. Capitol. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: “Even serious places like the WSJ editorial page have helped the cause... in editorials that failed to call out Trump's falsehoods... “But nobody has done it as destructively as Fox” Via @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: The disturbing scenes that played out on Wednesday were unquestionably incited by Trump. But his propagandists in right-wing media fostered the environment that allowed it to happen. They laid down gasoline-soaked wood for weeks and Trump lit the match. https://www.cnn.com/...
John Harwood / @johnjharwood: this is correct. Fox News bears an awful lot of responsibility for this https://twitter.com/...
Richard Deitsch / @richarddeitsch: “They own this.” @Sulliview on Fox News and pro-Trump media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@howardfineman: Fox News and other right-wing media gathered the tinder. Trump just lit it on fire - CNN https://www.cnn.com/...
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Pete Hegseth Defends Capitol Mob: ‘These Are Not Conspiracy Theorists,’ These are ‘Born-Again Americans’ Awake to What the Left Has Done
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
The Washington Times removed a post falsely saying facial recognition software ID'ed 2 Capitol protesters as antifa after the software maker sought a retraction — Matt Gaetz had cited the story in Congress as supposed evidence that antifa was involved in the Capitol assault.
Discussion:
@craigsilverman, @craigsilverman, Washington Times, @bostonjoan, Washington Post, Tampa Bay Times, Politico, The Daily Beast, Gizmodo Australia, The Hill, MIT Technology Review, @juliedicaro, @pbump, @julia_omalley, Law & Crime, Washingtonian, The Dispatch Fact Check, @mattbinder, Factual Dispatch, @quick13, @davidmackau, @parkermolloy, Fast Company, The Illustrated Primer, @tnyellowdog, @oneunderscore__, @brendankeefe, @craigsilverman, @rrtfb, @justinbaragona, @jaketapper, @ralphamsden, @ak_ok, @craigsilverman, @pbump, Media Matters for America, @nolanolegal, Mashable, The Wrap and New York Post
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Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: BREAKING: The facial reognition company the Washington Times claims IDd Antifa members among Capitol insurrectionists says the paper's story is completely false. “I don't know where the Wash. Times got that information.” Story was cited by Rep. Mat Gaetz. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: UPDATE: The Washington Times has removed its false story claiming that a facial recognition company identified Antifa members among the Capitol insurrectionists. My report: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Archive of the original Wash Times piece: https://archive.vn/fjjCO
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times: CORRECTED: Facial recognition identifies extremists storming the Capitol
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: This article is disinformation and, unsurprisingly, is rewarded with hidden virality on Facebook. No, a facial recognition firm did not uncover antifa inside the capitol. But, if you were wondering, yes, MANY people do believe this! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times: How Matt Gaetz spread a falsehood about antifa infiltrating the mob that attacked Congress
Politico: ‘Hashtags come to life’: How online extremists fueled Wednesday's Capitol Hill insurrection
Cam Wilson / Gizmodo Australia: Australian Politicians Keep Sharing Conspiracy Theories and Scott Morrison Won't Do Anything About It
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Washington Times removes article claiming facial recognition company identified some Capitol rioters as antifa
Bobbie Johnson / MIT Technology Review: How an internet lie about the Capitol invasion turned into an instant conspiracy theory
Philip Bump / @pbump: Weirdly enough, the massive mob blanketed with pro-Trump paraphernalia which stormed the Capitol was not a function of two antifa guys. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime: GOP Lawmaker Falsely Claims to Have Evidence That ‘ANTIFA Orchestrated’ Trump Supporters' Capitol Attack
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian: We Still Don't Have a Way to Stop the “It Was Antifa” Lie
Alec Dent / The Dispatch Fact Check: Did a Facial Recognition Software Company Identify Antifa Members at the Capitol?
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: lmao XRVision is disputing the claims that the Washington Times sourced to XRVision. they're demanding a retraction and apology https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Tarik Najeddine / Factual Dispatch: Afternoon Tea 1.7.21 - Transfer of Power
F. Quick / @quick13: And yet @kstp and @JayKollsKSTP have yet to issue a retraction, he jas yet to be fired... https://twitter.com/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: That Washington Times story Matt Gaetz cited in Congress last night about a facial recognition company identifying Antifa members in the mob? Completely false, according to the facial recognition company. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @CraigSilverman
Yaacov Apelbaum / The Illustrated Primer: Statement About The Washington Times False Claim that XRVision Detected Antifa in the Capital Building Riots
Yellowdog / @tnyellowdog: Washington Times should be one of the many conspiracy promoting outlets that need to be held accountable. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Damage is already done. This was on Fox News all last night. Spoken about by Matt Gaetz on the floor of the House last night. It was all transparent lies. And they'll just keeping doing it. https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Keefe / @brendankeefe: Like I said, #NotAntifa. The Washington Times has taken down its story, but Rep. Gaetz repeated this disinformation on the House floor with the world watching. Lies like this already have a literal body count. https://twitter.com/...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: The correction doesn't explain how the paper got it so completely wrong. And the end of the new story points to a thinly-sourced NY Post article to try and suggest the antifa claim still has legs. Their story: https://www.washingtontimes.com/ ...
Robert Randolph / @rrtfb: Even @IngrahamAngle debunked this story https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Besides being cited by Matt Gaetz to justify his baseless “antifa did it” claims, Laura Ingraham also pointed to this story last night as proof. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: Gaetz posts story so false the Washington Times removes it. He keeps up his false tweet tho https://twitter.com/...
Ralph Amsden / @ralphamsden: Washington Times writes story citing Facial Recognition company spokesperson Congressman cites story Company says spokesperson doesn't exist Washington Times retracts story Congressman says nothing https://twitter.com/...
@ak_ok: I've seen several Republicans in Alaska spreading this on social media, including Rep. @davideastmanjr, and it's worth addressing. #akleg https://twitter.com/...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: UPDATE: The Washington Times has published a new version of its false “antifa at the Capitol” story that acknowledges its mistake. New story says it was actually “neo-Nazis and other extremists” who were identified in the pics. Details: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Philip Bump / @pbump: As noted by @ZTPetrizzo, the Washington Times has now pulled the story that was the basis of some of these “antifa” claims. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America: Right-wing media spread a false Wash. Times report that “antifa” was identified at pro-Trump insurrection
Bodegaless Caiti / @nolanolegal: Unless @mattgaetz is willing to publicly own the error he repeated in a globally televised Congressional hearing, it's pointless, as the damage is done. In the Information Age, the retraction never echoes as loudly as the first tweet...or public statement. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Binder / Mashable: Facial recognition company says it did not provide proof that antifa stormed the Capitol
New York Times:
Journalists covering the mob at the Capitol and Trump protests elsewhere were surrounded and threatened; protesters smashed equipment and punched a photographer — “Murder the media” was scratched into a door of the Capitol. Violent protesters smashed equipment and punched a photographer.
Discussion:
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Discussion:
Zoeann Murphy / @zoeannmurphy: With @wleaming, still rolling the camera while we were being arrested for filming protests outside the Capitol. https://twitter.com/...
William Turton / @williamturton: Pretty chill vibe here in this hotel lobby, as Trump supporters decompress from today's events. All are violating local mask rules, despite multiple massive signs about the mask rule. https://twitter.com/...
Shomari Stone / @shomaristone: BREAKING. Mob of Trump supporters swarm the media near the US Capitol. They yell what Trump frequently says, “the media is the enemy of the people.” They destroy equipment and chased out reporters. I've never seen anything like this in my 20 year career: @nbcwashington @MSNBC https://twitter.com/...
Paul McLeod / @pdmcleod: A bunch of Associated Press equipment had to be abandoned and a crowd is trashing it. “We are the news now!” a man yells. Looks like they're going to try to light it on fire. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Some of Fox News's Trump supporters now declare his political career is ‘done’
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: 'We're the news now': Pro-Trump mob targeted journalists at US Capitol
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: Police arresting journalists while rioters who attacked police, broke into the Capitol, vandalized offices, stole things and menaced public servants were allowed to just...go home https://twitter.com/...
Alice Li / @byaliceli: A crowd mobbed and swarmed this media area where reporters were doing live hits, pushing down the barricade and vandalizing their equipment. @jribas and I were here just this afternoon. The vitriol towards us and other reporters is unlike anything I've experienced before. https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Jacobsen / Committee to Protect Journalists: ‘Three people threatened to shoot me.’ Journalists describe covering mob violence at the US Capitol
Christian Britschgi / Reason: Capitol Police Failed To Contain a Riot, Then Killed a Woman in the Chaos
Dr. Theresa Chapple / @theresa_chapple: The way news outlets shielded us from viewing the horrific murder of a white woman committing a criminal act at the Capitol Building yesterday, is the dignity that I desire from the media when unarmed Black people are murdered by the police. Instead we get trauma porn.
@kerrymflynn: “Bobic snapped a picture that showed a photojournalist calmly taking a photo of the chaos from the gallery — documenting the moment of history.” - @brianstelter Impt look at journalists doing their jobs, which also meant risking their lives: https://www.cnn.com/...
Steve Silberman / @stevesilberman: What happens when the President of the United States declares working journalists the “enemy of the people” because he wants no scrutiny of his crimes. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jennifer Hayden / @scout_finch: They painted ‘murder the media’ on the door to the Capitol building. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Funke / @politifact: There's no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway
Eric Feigl-Ding / @drericding: “Murder the Media” is not okay. Destroying @AP equipment is akin to modern book burning. It is right out of fascist playbook. ...aka Donald Trump's America. #CapitolRiots https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Melody Schreiber / New Republic: The Actual Death Toll From the Pro-Trump Riot Won't Be Known for Weeks
Sulome / @sulomeanderson: They arrested not the extremists and domestic terrorists but the journalists documenting them. Never forget that. https://twitter.com/...
Amol Rajan / @amolrajan: Appalling physical assault on the Media in Washington. Appalling - but not surprising, after the sustained verbal assault from @realDonaldTrump throughout his presidency. https://twitter.com/...
Nick Viveiros / Annals of American Life: Round them up. — Do not let them gaslight you. We saw what we saw.
Robert Evans / Business Insider: Extremists were able to lay siege to the US Capitol because America's law enforcement ignored warnings of right-wing extremism for years
Justine Coleman / The Hill: Washington Post reporters briefly arrested during unrest outside Capitol
@mediaite: Fox News Reporter Describes Being Intimidated By Trump Mob on Streets of Washington, D.C.: They Demanded ‘Oath of Allegiance to the President’ https://www.mediaite.com/...
@dylanburns1776: Was there when this happened. Saw some dude call them fag*ots, and fake news, before a crowd formed. The mob pelted the press with objects. They then tore down the divider, and chased them off before destroying the media equipment. Attacking the press is basic authoritarianism https://twitter.com/...
Brian Beutler / @brianbeutler: Peaceful Brett Kavanaugh protests: hundreds arrested. Violent coup attempt: Nabbed 13 proud boys and a couple reporters! https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: America in 2021: Arresting press while letting domestic terrorists go. I'm praying @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris are thinking about how to rebuild trust in media, institutions, science, & excise fascism & authoritarianism from the federal government. Restoration won't be good enough. https://twitter.com/...
Tal Kopan / @talkopan: Please remember that every amazing photo and video of these upsetting events unfolding is brought to you by a journalist putting themselves in harm's way so you may witness history.
Sonia Singh / @soniandtv: What an elected leader says matters . You can't keep inciting mob frenzy against media & what you describe as fake news and then not take responsibility for these consequences. Anywhere in the world https://twitter.com/...
bookforum.com: Facebook bans the president for inciting violence; Kathleen Belew on The Turner Diaries
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: Two of my WaPo colleagues were arrested at the Capitol. https://twitter.com/...
Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin: Can't arrest your colleagues! https://twitter.com/...
Lawrence Sonntag / @sirlarr: I always wondered what the modern equivalent of book burning looked like https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Continetti / National Review: Trump Must Pay
Alyssa Hui / @alyssahuitv: Thank you to all of the reporters and journalists for risking their lives and working hard every day to provide critical information to viewers, readers, and listeners. https://twitter.com/...
Shea Schrader / @sheaschrader: Mad respect to all the hardworking, amazing journalists that put their safety on the line today to keep the public informed. The media is not “the enemy of the people”. We wouldn't even know what was happening today without these journalists. https://twitter.com/...
Terry Reintke / @terryreintke: A German press team was attacked while covering the situation around the capitol. The hostility and violence towards media representatives speaks volumes. These people want to destroy democracy - including free media. #Capitol https://twitter.com/...
Molly Cantrell-Kraig / @mckra1g: It's Lord of the Flies. Sickening. https://twitter.com/...
Natasha Daly / @natashaldaly: Nauseated by the visceral hatred towards my profession and feeling deep respect and gratitude for all of the brave photojournalists and reporters who put their lives at risk today to document the insurgency. https://twitter.com/...
Ellen Licking / @ellenlicking: Culmination of a four year war on the media. We should not be surprised. https://twitter.com/...
@heckyessica: “Murder the media” written on a Capitol door where protestors were exiting the building https://twitter.com/...
Andrej Reisin / @andrejnalin77: @Journo_Christal German correspondents from @ARD_Presse @ZDF and @RTLde also among the victims. One guy can be seen holding a ZDF-microphone. https://twitter.com/...
William Turton / @williamturton: After I took this video, several Trump supporters harassed me and tried to follow me to my room. One accused me of being “antifa.” Hotel security intervened and moved me to new room. What a weird day.
Barry Yeoman / @barry_yeoman: Right now, on the @washingtonpost's web site, video journalist @ZoeannMurphy describes being told by police that she and colleague @wleaming were under arrest, no reason cited. Police changed their mind and told her she was free to go. Journalists are exempt from DC's curfew.
David Cay Johnston / @davidcayj: Something seriously wrong when rioters are allowed to walk away after looting the Capitol, but multiple journalists are being arrested for filming/covering the story. Only when they were about to be put on a bus to jail were these two journalists, apparently, let go https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Watts / @shannonrwatts: They're making arrests now... of journalists. https://twitter.com/...
Kimberly Wyatt / @tv_leader: What we do is protected by the US Constitution. @FBI @SecretService @MurrowNYC #JournalismMatters https://twitter.com/...
Anastasia / @luna_bane: We have the right to report on these events. Y'all don't have the right to assault us and destroy our property https://twitter.com/...
Jen Cardone / @card1reports: Be safe @mshilary and keep doing the great work you've always done! https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Landers / @jamielandersx: really getting tired of hearing “there's no better time to be a journalist!!!” when “Murder the Media” was carved into the Capitol building today and it was just...fine. Maybe it's never been more crucial, but I can think of some “better” times. This is so disheartening. https://twitter.com/...
Kelly O'Donnell / @kellyo: More disturbing images. Unacceptable behavior. https://twitter.com/...
@aprildryan: These people don't know there is a thing called Freedom of the press as they think they are patriots! They need a civics and U.S. Government lesson. Fast! https://twitter.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: they're still they're high fiving each other, destroying property, relishing their immunity https://twitter.com/...
Richard Hall / @_richardhall: This is why I stopped doing interviews after a certain point. Today was the first day I've felt uncomfortable identifying myself as a journalist in America. https://twitter.com/...
@nabj: Prayers for you @mshilary and all of our journalists on the field and in the newsroom today. https://twitter.com/...
David Begnaud / @davidbegnaud: America is aware of the Trump protest which turned into a riot & assault/attack on the U.S. Capitol because of the journalists who didn't drop their pen or cameras or recorder when all hell broke loose, but documented & reported what's happened. They are not fake, Mr. President.
Jim Acosta / @acosta: Trump called the press “the enemy of the people” earlier today at his rally. https://twitter.com/...
@spj_tweets: This is repugnant. Journalism is protected by the U.S. Constitution. Journalists must not be intimidated, attacked or harassed for doing their job. https://twitter.com/...
Samantha Manning / @sammanningnews: A group started throwing things at news crews and hit them with a flag pole. We are staying back. https://twitter.com/...
@derektmead: @margarita I heard something along the lines of “if you see them, take them out, if you see CNN, take them out”
Margarita Noriega / @margarita: Someone directing the mob, with a loud speaker, to go after journalists and news outlets in DC next
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Trump a few hours earlier: “The media is the biggest problem we have as far as I'm concerned, single biggest problem... It's become the enemy of the people.” https://twitter.com/...
Walter Smith-Randolph / @walterreports: This is scary. Stay safe @mshilary! https://twitter.com/...
Michael Schaffer / Washingtonian:
Newsrooms wrestle with what to call crowds that stormed the US Capitol, with WaPo Editor Marty Baron choosing “mob”, and WAMU choosing “insurrectionists” — The question of what to call people engaged in angry protests has been a recurring theme in media this year.
Discussion:
@crampell, @benyt, @maxwelltani, @maxwelltani, Columbia Journalism Review, Associated Press Stylebook, YouGov, @lourdesgnavarro, @talkopan, @johnmyers, @apstylebook, @daveweigel, @apstylebook, @rachelbitecofer, @maxwelltani, @apstylebook, TheBlaze, @steffdaz, @soledadobrien, @billpascrell, @msignorile, @thomboyd, @apstylebook, @damemagazine, @bjmendelson, @justinbaragona, The Rural Blog, BuzzMachine, @maggiekb1, @adamparkhomenko, @maxwelltani, @rickhasen, @isaacdovere, @joshuatopolsky, @cjmcginnis, @summerdharlow, @jordanchariton, @binghuihuang, @dangillmor, @juliareinstein, @tressiemcphd, @lyzl, @clarencehilljr, @jameshamblin, @noahshachtman, @richardgrenell, @paleofuture, @willmelfi, @erikwemple, @zeeshanaleem, @benyt, @dangillmor, @sammy_roth, @webjournalist, @parkermolloy, @deardara, @mattdpearce and @mgerrydoyle
Discussion:
Catherine Rampell / @crampell: 45% of Republicans approve of the storming of the Capitol building. https://today.yougov.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Gannett sends around a note reminding USA Today folks and others not to “take a political position” on social media today https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: CBS News standards told staff “protestors, violent protestors, a violent mob, pro-Trump protestors” were all fine to use. NBC News said the crowd could be referred to as a mob or rioters, but cautioned staff against referring to the act as a coup or attempted coup. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: CBS News internal guidance also advises staff to avoid the coup or insurrection label: “We don't need to go out of our way to give this an overly dramatic label, This story doesn't need that. We should not be calling this an attempted coup or a terrorist attack.” https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: The media and social networks struggle to frame events as Trump supporters storm the Capitol
John Daniszewski / Associated Press Stylebook: How to describe the events at the U.S. Capitol
Jamie BallardData Journalist / YouGov: Most voters say the events at the US Capitol are a threat to democracy
Lulu / @lourdesgnavarro: NPR guidance: we won't be calling the people who stormed the Capitol ‘protestors’ - they are ‘pro-Trump extremists’ and what they are doing is ‘insurrection’.
Tal Kopan / @talkopan: CNN has begun calling these individuals anarchists and the events an insurrection
John Myers / @johnmyers: Just got off a call of top Los Angeles Times editors, agreeing that we should not call those who stormed the U.S. Capitol “protesters.”
@apstylebook: There is little clear agreement around the world on what qualifies as terrorism, although it normally refers to the intentional use of force or violence to intimidate and demoralize for political gain. /2
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: Nobody's put me in charge of a TV network, for good reasons, but an interesting test here is: What would we call if it events unfolded the same way, but everyone involved was a foreign national? https://twitter.com/...
@apstylebook: John Daniszewski, AP's standards editor, issued detailed guidance this evening to help AP journalists choose words carefully and wisely around events at the Capitol: /1
@rachelbitecofer: This is ridiculous bc we need to capitalize on the momentum that even key Rs have used this terminology & framing. It underscores the seriousness of the situation. They likely intend to seize state legislatures next. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: CBS News has adjusted its guidance, per an internal note https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@apstylebook: Considering that armed protesters broke into the building, overwhelmed Capitol police, interrupted the process of certifying Electoral College votes and forced the evacuation of the vice president of the United States and members of Congress, “protest” may be too mild a word. /4
Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze: Conservative journalists who've closely covered Antifa violence say leftist militants were not behind Capitol siege
Stefanie Dazio / @steffdaz: This is @APStylebook's guidance on the words to use to describe yesterday's events. Note: @AP reporters + photographers + videographers on the ground and writing these stories do not set these parameters. These decisions are made by higher-up editors. https://www.apstylebook.com/ ...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Hey journalists! Don't take a position on Democracy, okay? https://twitter.com/...
Bill Pascrell, Jr / @billpascrell: “Overly dramatic”? The rioters who rampaged through the US Capitol yesterday are domestic terrorists trying to overthrow democracy. We need to drop the euphemisms and describe what we're dealing with and stop pretending it can only happen elsewhere. It's happening here. https://twitter.com/...
Michelangelo Signorile / @msignorile: CBS: Don't report the actual news, because we don't want to believe this can happen in America. https://twitter.com/...
@thomboyd: Mitch fucking McConnell called it a “failed insurrection” from the well of the Senate last night. You can look it up in the congressional record. If Mitch can call them insurrectionists, surely so can CBS and NBCNews. https://twitter.com/...
@apstylebook: AP generally avoids labeling someone a “terrorist” on its own, preferring to cite competent law enforcement officials or other credible authorities. Instead, we describe the specific actions we are reporting on and what we know about the perpetrators' motives. /1
Dame / @damemagazine: Not labeling this shit with “overly dramatic labels” is what got us here in the first place. Media's role is to tell the truth, not smooth the edges. This isn't PR. It was an attempted coup, it was a terrorist attack, it was insurrection. https://twitter.com/...
B.J. Mendelson / @bjmendelson: This is another good reminder that, while Fox News needs to be shut down, large corporations should not be the main group of owners behind our major media outlets. Viacom, Comcast, AT&T, Gannett should all be broken up ans divest from their news organizations. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Let's not “go out of our way” to use the words that accurately describe what happened because it is “overly dramatic.” https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine: The Counter-Reformation — Journalists are tying themselves in knots about what words to use …
Maggie Koerth / @maggiekb1: I'm going to be spending my morning tomorrow trying to figure out how to jump back and forth between talking about the extremists of yesterday and research done on right-wing protesters in the past. This distinction matters. But it's going to be messy. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Parkhomenko / @adamparkhomenko: Words matter. Use the accurate ones. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: CNN just sent internal guidance saying staff can refer to the Capitol Hill rioting today as “domestic terrorism.”
Edward-Isaac Dovere / @isaacdovere: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan, known Republican https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsky: This is the republican party https://twitter.com/...
Summer Harlow, Ph.D. / @summerdharlow: Nope. Today journalists needed to voice opinions, and acknowledge that what happened today is not ok. https://twitter.com/...
Jordan / @jordanchariton: We don't want to upset our corporate advertisers, so please remain neutral to sedition https://twitter.com/...
Binghui Huang / @binghuihuang: A better standard: Is it true? Ok it's true? Then say it. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: God forbid accuracy. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Reinstein / @juliareinstein: please remain objective about whether coups are good or bad thx https://twitter.com/...
Tressie McMillan Cottom / @tressiemcphd: I, for one, am grateful that no ethics will be injured during a violent white supremacist reclamation of public life. https://twitter.com/...
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: Media has a hand in all of this. It's not political to say “don't upend democracy” https://twitter.com/...
Clarence Hill Jr / @clarencehilljr: Is denouncing an insurrection to take over the United States government a political position? https://twitter.com/...
James Hamblin / @jameshamblin: That seems honest and accurate. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: Daily Beast sends around a note reminding staffers that armed mobs storming the United States Capitol are bad. https://twitter.com/...
Richard Grenell / @richardgrenell: This is a great step. More outlets should do this - and enforce it. The first I've seen. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Novak / @paleofuture: Don't take a political position about the fascist coup https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: “Pro-Trump supporters and protesters.” Irresponsibly charitable. https://twitter.com/...
Zeeshan Aleem / @zeeshanaleem: Yeah that doesn't make much sense: they're calling for the subversion of the democratic process to illegitimately keep a power-hungry demagogue in government. It's activism on behalf of an authoritarian cause — the opposite of anarchism. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Every honest journalist at Gannett should be shamed by this. https://twitter.com/...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: This is baffling. As journalists, we pride ourselves in helping to sustain a healthy American democracy, right? How does a violent insurrection incited by the president not strike at the core of what we claim to be trying to do? https://twitter.com/...
Robert Hernandez / @webjournalist: Is this what the new Diversity and Inclusion positions are for? This is a failure. A failure to recognize what is happening and the appropriate framing of reality. https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Things USA Today is okay with: Susan Page throwing a party for Trump administration officials Things USA Today is not okay with: Saying that it's bad to attack the US Capitol https://twitter.com/...
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl / @deardara: This is how we got here: Deny the evidence of your eyes and ears, says your boss. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
After Capitol breach, conservative media figures say “Trump supporters don't do these things” and baselessly claim “infiltration” by “agitators” like antifa — Pundits on the right condemned the violence but many maintained that “Trump supporters don't do these things.”
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Phil Owen / The Wrap: Xena KOs Hercules: Lucy Lawless Smacks Kevin Sorbo Down Over ‘Antifa’ Conspiracy Theory
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: There's No Evidence Antifa Was Involved In The Attempted Coup At The Capitol
CNN: Democracy prevailed — Joe Biden's victory was certified by the Congress at 3:40 in the morning …
Bill McCarthy / @politifact: Face-painted man in horned fur cap at Capitol riot supports Trump and QAnon, not antifa
Russell Brandom / The Verge: Online researchers scramble to identify Capitol raid participants
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times: Facial recognition firm claims antifa infiltrated Trump protesters who stormed Capitol
Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: If you're wondering what tomorrow's talking points are going to look like. . . . NEW from @jeremymbarr https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@bidenwarroom: It is UNACCEPTABLE for media outlets to publish blatant right-wing propaganda like this. Shame on the Washington Times. Most importantly, SHAME on Matt Gaetz for spreading baseless conspiracy and watering down right-wing terrorism. He must be expelled. https://twitter.com/...
Mark R. Levin / @marklevinshow: 2. Meanwhile, it and their ilk claim they support unity and peace. They provoke and fuel frustration, anger, and hate. And it's clear this morning that the media will continue to do so no matter what. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: Sinclair Broadcast Group propagandist James Rosen begins his report with: “Pro-Trump protesters, their ranks likely augmented by far-left infiltrators...” ZERO evidence to back up that claim. What an embarrassing hack. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Baron / @defensebaron: There is journalism, and then there is “conservative media”. Don't confuse the two. https://twitter.com/...
Mark R. Levin / @marklevinshow: 1. The Washington Post, which celebrates Black Lives Matter, downplays Antifa, and dismisses threats against Josh Hawley, doesn't like the way conservative hosts forcefully and unconditionally condemned the breach of the Capitol Building, cherry-picking comments and all the rest
Washington Post:
How news coverage of the violent storming of the US Capitol unfolded throughout the day, as congressional correspondents became war correspondents
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CNN, New York Times, Axios, @apbenven, @byersalex, @kzhill, @brianstelter, @davidgaw, @vinarmani, @hshaban and @amyargetsinger
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Brian Stelter / CNN: Congressional reporters became the country's eyes and ears as rioters stormed Capitol Hill
Alayna Treene / Axios: Inside the room as a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol
Alexis Benveniste / @apbenven: Scenes weren't shown live on TV because cameras in the House & Senate chambers are controlled by the legislative bodies. So journalists filled the void on social media, alerting the public to the rapidly deteriorating situation. Read @brianstelter's story.https://www.cnn.com/...
Alex Byers / @byersalex: @MEPFuller and @igorbobic may suck at poker but we still owe them (and many others) deep thanks for their journalism today https://twitter.com/...
@kzhill: Why were the cameras off in the house and senate chambers? Supposedly controlled by the congressional leadership. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: When pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol, the TV cameras in the House and Senate chambers were shut off. Thankfully there were quick-thinking reporters and photographers inside the Capitol who showed the world what happened next. I wrote about them https://www.cnn.com/...
David Gaw / @davidgaw: Oh, FFS, drama queens. Good work today, and brave, but anyone who thinks that covering this is remotely comparable to covering a war needs to get out more. We could use a lot less autofellatio in our politics, including from the press. https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: How today's violence unfolded on TV, as a slow-dawning and then sudden reaction to mayhem. I also read it as a kind of metaphor for US political journalism in the Trump era: the clearest, strongest language only came after events were painfully obvious https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
New York Times:
Simon & Schuster says it will not publish a planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, The Tyranny of Big Tech, after Hawley was accused of inciting the Capitol mob — The publisher faced calls to drop the Missouri Republican's upcoming book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” following criticism …
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@hawleymo, @jaketapper, Publishers Weekly, Business Insider, The Wrap, Mediaite, Mercury News, @aoc, @alexanderchee, @joshmankiewicz, @repleezeldin, Politico, TheBlaze, @adamserwer, @mikemiss25, @mariskreizman, The A.V. Club, @neal_katyal, @noahpinion, @datadrivenmd, @ciaspygirl, @nickbilton, @repswalwell, @maureenshaw, @steveschmidtses, @kylegriffin1, @profsunnysingh, @lesliemac, @morgan_m, @rebeccabuck, @kasparov63, @amy_siskind, New York Post and Bloomberg
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Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: A private publisher dropping a book bc it disapproves of an author's actions has nothing to do with the First Amendment. Either Hawley — who went to Yale Law and clerked for Justice Roberts — doesn't know that. OR he has such disdain for you he's lying with abandon. https://twitter.com/...
Azmi Haroun / Business Insider: Simon & Schuster cancels Josh Hawley's book deal due to his continued support for overturning election results, even after a mob stormed the Capitol
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Simon & Schuster Cancels Sen Josh Hawley's Book Deal for Seeking to Overturn Election
Rudy Takala / Mediaite: Simon & Schuster Cancels Josh Hawley's Book on Big Tech, Citing ‘Dangerous Threat to Our Democracy’
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / @aoc: You fist-pumped insurrectionists and baselessly attacked our elections. Your actions fueled a riot and you fundraised in the chaos. Five people are dead. Even your GOP colleagues have distanced from your acts. Yet here you are crying over a book deal. You should be expelled. https://twitter.com/...
Alexander Chee / @alexanderchee: Grateful to @simonschuster for taking this seriously. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Mankiewicz / @joshmankiewicz: At least the book would have had a spine https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lee Zeldin / @repleezeldin: Simon & Schuster is promoting democracy by silencing a Republican's book highlighting how big tech is silencing Republicans? It is so dishonest for anyone to try to define Hawley's purpose yesterday as being about “insurrection”, “treason” or “sedition”. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Breck Dumas / TheBlaze: Simon & Schuster cancels Josh Hawley's upcoming book citing ‘his role’ in what became ‘deadly insurrection’
@adamserwer: Josh Hawley is standing up for the important populist principle that federal legislators have a right to lucrative book deals with prominent publishing houses
Mike Missanelli / @mikemiss25: Ah. Good move. Free speech from a traitor isn't free speech. It's sedition. You should ashamed of yourself Hawley. https://twitter.com/...
Maris Kreizman / @mariskreizman: This is not censorship. This is a publisher deciding not to give a liar/traitor/conspiracy theorist a platform and a book advance and a marketing budget. https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Miller / The A.V. Club: Simon & Schuster no longer bound to former book deal with Senator Josh Hawley
Neal Katyal / @neal_katyal: You know the first amendment like you know election law. https://twitter.com/...
@noahpinion: Good. Drum Hawley out of polite society. Make him a lifelong pariah. No forgiveness for encouraging coups. https://twitter.com/...
Jorge A. Caballero / @datadrivenmd: 😂 Oh, sh—naps! Neal Katyal bringing down the hammer on Josh Hawley. 💯 https://twitter.com/...
Emily Brandwin / @ciaspygirl: And I was so looking forward to reading: “Irregardless, the Fleeting 15 Minutes of a Traitor ” https://twitter.com/...
Nick Bilton / @nickbilton: “We take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens” cc: @Twitter https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Eric Swalwell / @repswalwell: You led an effort to overthrow a peaceful transfer of power. The Capitol was overtaken by your terrorist friends. People died. You should resign and never serve in office again. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses: They cancelled your contract because of your Sedition. You are the definition of a “ Domestic Enemy” Your sociopathy and cynicism got people killed yesterday. You have carved your name into the unerasable hard granite of permanent ignominy. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: Simon & Schuster: “We take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens, and cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat.” https://twitter.com/...
Sunny Singh / @profsunnysingh: They signed him. Then waited this long? #ItTakesACoup 😏 https://twitter.com/...
Leslie Mac / @lesliemac: Now do his Senate seat. https://twitter.com/...
Morgan Matson / @morgan_m: Thank you S&S https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Buck / @rebeccabuck: Frankly, Hawley will be able to use this to his advantage. He'll raise $ and get Fox hits off of “being silenced,” & another publisher will pick up his book. (One, Regnery, expresses interest in the kicker.) Meanwhile, S&S avoids losing other writers in protest. Everyone wins 🙄 https://twitter.com/...
Garry Kasparov / @kasparov63: The German original is still available, however. https://twitter.com/...
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Neil Sheehan, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who covered the Vietnam War and obtained the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died at 84 — His exhaustive coverage of the Vietnam War also led to the book “A Bright Shining Lie,” which won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.
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Harrison Smith / Washington Post: Neil Sheehan, N.Y. Times reporter who obtained Pentagon Papers and chronicled ‘Bright Shining Lie’ of Vietnam, dies at 84
Brian Welk / The Wrap: Neil Sheehan Reveals He Swiped Pentagon Papers From Daniel Ellsberg to Break Story
Peter Spiegel / @spiegelpeter: For journalism junkies: the great Neil Sheehan, who just passed away, agreed 5 yrs ago to tell the tale of how he got the Pentagon Papers — on the condition it not be published until his death. @nytimes has now published the tale. And what a tale it is! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kashmir Hill / @kashhill: When you win a Pulitzer but embargo how you did it until after your death https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: Absolute giant of journalism. What a life. https://twitter.com/...
Reid Wilson / @politicsreid: Great story of Neil Sheehan, Daniel Ellsberg and how the Pentagon Papers got published, the golden age of journalism here - https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Vannini / @chrisvannini: This is wild. The Washington Post's catch-up to the NYT became “The Post” movie, but this is more incredible. https://twitter.com/...
Christiane Amanpour / @camanpour: A most brilliant and distinguished journalist, who blazed the trail and taught us all just how to expose even the biggest government lies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski: One of my heroes just died. “A Bright Shining Lie” was one of the best books I ever read and had a huge impact on me when I read it as a 19 year old Marine. If anyone is interested in the Vietnam War and only has time for one book, read Neil's. https://twitter.com/...
@jbwolfsthal: Bright Shining Lie still one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read. https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: R.I.P. Neil Sheehan, who obtained the Pentagon Papers for @nytimes. He died at 84. As a young journalist, I remember how his book “A Bright Shining Lie,” which was a brilliant expose about Vietnam, showed me the power of great narrative nonfiction. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Lyman / @lyman_brian: I don't know if there's a better account of what war does to a person's soul than “A Bright Shining Lie.” https://twitter.com/...
Dan Barkin / @dbarkin: Anyone who wants to run national security or cover the military should read the Pentagon Papers. It is a textbook on how governments slide into quagmires an inch at a time and how bad decisions are made. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Audra J. Wolfe, PhD / @coldwarscience: Journalist Neil Sheehan has died. His obit (rightly) focuses on his role in the Pentagon Papers, but Sheehan also reported one of the key articles on the CIA's funding arrangements with private partners in Feb. 1967. Obit: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Larry Brooks / @nyp_brooksie: A hero. RIP. https://twitter.com/...
Phil Rogers / @philgrogers: RIP, sir. You wrote one of the best books I've ever read. Terrific boots-on-the-ground reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Doc Hubbard / @hubbardjeff: My favorite of the many excellent Vietnam reporters - RIP https://twitter.com/...
@nixonron: Wow and wow: the story behind how Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers. Sheehan's book 'A Bright Shining Lie" was amazing. Confession: @michaelwhudson loaned me his copy in 1998 and I never gave it back. Sorry Mike! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jordan Novet / @jordannovet: 'Mr. Sheehan repeatedly ran out of money. His subjects, humanity and war, proved more complicated than even he had known. ‘Disciplined and nocturnal, he worked regularly until 4 a.m.’ https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Corn / @davidcorndc: “A Bright Shining Lie” is one of the best American nonfiction books. Period. Buy it. Read it. Thank you, Neil, for showing us how to cover and understand power and people and how to pursue the truth. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Kessler / @glennkesslerwp: RIP —> “A Bright Shining Lie” is truly one of the most remarkable books of the last half century. Neil Sheehan, Reporter Who Obtained the Pentagon Papers, Dies at 84 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Paul Szoldra / @paulszoldra: A legendary journalist and shining example for all to follow. Rest In Peace, Neil. https://twitter.com/...
Quentin Sommerville / @sommervilletv: “Over the next two months, he strung Mr. Ellsberg along. He told him that his editors were deliberating about how best to present the material, and he professed to have been sidetracked by other assignments” https://twitter.com/...
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff: A giant. Rest In Peace. https://twitter.com/...
Hope Hodge Seck / @hopeseck: Oh my word. A few years ago I was in an advance screening of Ken Burns' Vietnam documentary and Neil Sheehan was there. I talked myself out of going up to him afterward to shake his hand. I'll always regret it. RIP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: I met Neil Sheehan, a few years ago, and it was such an honor. RIP to one of the greats. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Friedman / @dfriedman33: Best Vietnam book maybe. RIP. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Overbey / @erinoverbey: Neil Sheehan, the reporter who obtained the Pentagon Papers for the @nytimes, has died. There's a lot going on right now, but everyone should read his epic four-part report in @NewYorker on the consequences of the Vietnam War, published in 1988. https://www.newyorker.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Don Van Natta Jr / @dvnjr: “A Bright Shining Lie” is a masterpiece. RIP, Neil. https://twitter.com/...
@timothys: A terrible loss to journalism. Neil Sheehan was one of the greats. I devoured his book on Vietnam. I have a note on my desk from an interview I saw with him recently, talking about the Americans who masterminded the war: “A team of deluded sleep walkers.” We need more like him. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Fagin / @danfagin: So terribly sorry to hear this. A Bright Shining Lie was a profound influence on me as a young journalist, and still. It's a staggering work of narrative non-fiction that deserves to be read for as long as delusion infects public life (hint, hint). In other words, forever. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol:
Interview with FCC chairman Ajit Pai, who will leave the agency on Jan. 20, as he backs away from his stated plans to clarify the meaning of Section 230 — For the bulk of his tenure, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has avoided wading into the relentless controversies that defined President Trump's presidency.
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Emily Birnbaum / @birnbaum_e: Ajit Pai told me he will not move forward with a Section 230 rulemaking, ignoring the president's request in the final days of his presidency. https://www.protocol.com/...
Washington Post: Calls intensify to remove Trump from office even as he acknowledges ‘a new administration’
Corinne Reichert / CNET: Will Trump be impeached a second time? What to know and where the situation stands
William Roberts / Al Jazeera: Top Democrats in US Congress seek Trump's removal after riot
Sean Hollister / The Verge: FCC chairman Ajit Pai gave up on his legally dicey attempt to ‘clarify’ internet law
Parker Higgins / @xor: This has been just a banner week for the absolute worst people not quite doing the absolute worst thing https://twitter.com/...
Emily Birnbaum / @birnbaum_e: This was also an unexpected moment: Pai said he agrees with Twitter and Facebook's decision to suspend Trump from posting. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Jordan / @maggiejordanacn: Pai said he does not intend to move forward with a rule-making on Section 230 He said he won't “second-guess” the decisions made by FB and Twitter to bar Trump from posting He said trump bears some responsibility for the riots that engulfed Capitol Hill https://www.protocol.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hari Kunzru / @harikunzru: Another brave man of principle prepared to stand for, oh, days against overwhelming etc etc https://twitter.com/...
Eric Goldman / @ericgoldman: FFS. On Oct 15, @AjitPaiFCC knew that he couldn't move the #Section230 rulemaking forward (he didn't have the votes). Despite his post hoc protestations now, that tweet was a pure PR stunt to support Trump's reelection. Never forget or forgive https://twitter.com/...
Philip Klein / @philipaklein: In effect, it seems the 25th Amendment may have been informally invoked. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
FTC settles with mobile ad company Tapjoy over deceptive practices, but Democratic commissioners call Tapjoy “a minnow next to gatekeeping giants” Apple, Google — Mobile advertising company Tapjoy has settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over allegations …
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Federal Trade Commission: FTC Requires Mobile Advertising Company to Stop Misleading Users About In-Game Rewards
Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo Australia: Tapjoy Settles With U.S. Federal Trade Commission After Years of Cheating Mobile Gamers
Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: Tapjoy Settles With FTC After Years of Cheating Mobile Gamers
Wendy Davis / MediaPost: Tapjoy Settles With FTC Over In-Game Rewards
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
LG Electronics takes a majority stake in Alphonso, a data and ad targeting company for smart TVs; sources say LG invested almost $80M for a nearly 60% stake — The deal comes as TV makers seek to build streaming-TV ad businesses — LG Electronics Inc. has taken a majority stake in Alphonso Inc. …
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John McCarthy / The Drum: Future of Media: Morning Brew review, Channel 4's 2020, funding capitol misinformation
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: LG Electronics buys into data firm Alphonso
Ben Munson / FierceVideo: LG buys stake in TV data firm Alphonso for $80M
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Sports business news site Sportico, launched last year by Penske Media, has struck a deal with Bloomberg News to provide content to the financial news service — Sports business news site Sportico has struck a deal with Bloomberg News to provide its content to the financial news service's readers.
Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter:
Profile of Pete Docter, co-director of Soul and now Pixar's chief creative officer, as he navigates a new leadership role, replacing John Lasseter — After John Lasseter's exit, the ‘Soul’ co-director has reinvigorated Disney's multibillion-dollar Oscar-winning powerhouse by ushering …
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@dputtnam, @discussingfilm, @josemluna, @brooksbarnesnyt, @thatrebecca, @thatrebecca and @pratt_kristin
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David Puttnam / @dputtnam: A really interesting read - great insights into the challenges Pixar has faced recently, and how the studio is going about resolving them. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@discussingfilm: Pete Doctor says Pixar sequels are necessary for financial safety. “In the past we had a big run of sequels, too many in a row.” (Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...) https://twitter.com/...
Jos Mara Luna / @josemluna: In love with this profile of Pete Docter and the rare semblance of hope it gives me for a healthier entertainment industry https://twitter.com/...
Brooks Barnes / @brooksbarnesnyt: Reanimating ‘Pixar’: How Pete Docter Steered the Studio Out of Scandal. “You cut Pete open and inside is a ride from Disneyland and a scene from Lady and the Tramp.” @ThatRebecca on the absolute treasure that is @DocterPete https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Rebecca Keegan / @thatrebecca: “Pete's in such a bad mood he swore in a meeting today.” Yesterday wasn't the greatest day to drop a story. So I'm re-sharing my Pete Docter cover. You might enjoy reading an article about a leader so lowkey his colleagues called his wife once to tell her he swore. #animation https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Keegan / @thatrebecca: “I did wonder, ‘If I say no, what happens?’” For the cover of this week's @THR, I interviewed Pixar's Pete Docter about taking over the studio after John Lasseter left, the role of women at Pixar and making Soul, the studio's first film with a Black lead. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
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Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
