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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Memo: Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular right-leaning US talk radio hosts, tells personalities to stop suggesting the election was stolen — After months of stoking anger about alleged election fraud, one of America's largest talk-radio companies has decided on an abrupt change of direction.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Cumulus Orders Radio Hosts — Which Include Dan Bongino and Mark Levin — to Stop Pushing Election Conspiracies
The Right Scoop: Cumulus Media sends out memo to stop saying election was stolen, but Mark Levin says he didn't get it...
Rodney Ho / Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Cumulus Media tells its conservative talk show hosts to stop talking about a stolen election
Gwynedd Stuart / Los Angeles Magazine: Conservative Radio Giant Tells Hosts to Stop Peddling Election-Fraud Talk
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / Context is King: The GM: Managing payroll as a bootstrapped startup's CEO
John Dankosky / @johndankosky: All of the sudden, the baseless, dangerous, racist fear-mongering of right-wing radio seems to be bad for business. The companies that have profited from it for years have had to tell their hosts to “help induce national calm.” Very thoughtful of them. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Zachary Petrizzo / @ztpetrizzo: Cumulus Media, which employs Dan Bongino and Mark Levin, “has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Donald Trump - or else face termination.” https://www.thetelegraph.com/ ...
Tommy McFLY / @tommymcfly: 📻 @CumulusMedia operated huge conservative talk stations WLS-AM Chicago KABC LA WMAL DC KFSO SanFran and many in small cities across the country. Big question though how do they enforce with shows like Rush, Bongino and Shapiro they don't own, but broadcast? https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: On Wednesday, right around the time DC erupted, radio giant Cumulus Media “told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Trump — or else face termination,” @farhip reports https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Cumulus threatens to fire talk show hosts who promote election conspiracies
John Schwartz / @jswatz: “If you transgress this policy, you can expect to separate from the company immediately. There will be no dog-whistle talk about ‘stolen elections,’ ‘civil wars’ or any other language that infers violent public disobedience is warranted, ever.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Will Doran / @will_doran: I tuned in to Raleigh conservative talk radio last week, just before the Capitol attack The first caller I heard was saying Biden's win was a hoax, and therefore Republicans should start cheating in elections—and they'd get away with it if only they could “get rid of the media” https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: The talk radio company that airs right-wing figures like Ben Shapiro and Mark Levin warned its hosts: “The election has resolved, there are no alternate acceptable ‘paths.’ Please inform your staffs that we have ZERO TOLERANCE for any suggestion otherwise."https://www.nytimes.com/ ...
Zachary Evans / National Review: Talk-Radio Owner Threatens to Fire Hosts Who Dispute Election Results
Nicholas A. Christakis / @nachristakis: It's too bad they didn't feel obliged to avoid trafficking in lies, a disservice to their listeners, before the attack on the US Capitol. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: As I've been saying, we've had a million takes about social media companies but the real issue is Trump's seemingly frayed relationship with right-wing broadcast media. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Jordan / @numbersmuncher: Why is big tech silencing conservative talk radio? Oh. https://twitter.com/...
Zack Budryk / The Hill: Talk radio company orders hosts to stop suggesting election was stolen from Trump
Marissa R. Moss / @marissarmoss: noteworthy, but also like trying to close Pandora's box after taking the entire box and throwing it into the fire 30 years ago and then being like,"but um how do we close this box?" https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Clark / @kyleclark: Cumulus doesn't have a Denver presence but if Salem or iHeartRadio told Denver's AM talk radio hosts to stop stoking election rigging conspiracies that would impact a lot of programs. #copolitics https://twitter.com/...
Natasha Dailey / Business Insider: A company that owns hundreds of talk radio stations has threatened to terminate hosts for suggesting the 2020 election was stolen
Joe Warmington / @joe_warmington: There's no free speech if you are not free to speak https://twitter.com/...
Kate Seamons / Newser: Radio Hosts Warned They'll Be Fired Over Election-Fraud Talk
John Rogers / @jonrog1: Yeah yeah, everyone's a capitalist until the free market bites them in the ass. https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Dupree / @jamiedupree: If you told your radio or TV station newsrooms *not* to use the phrase “President-Elect Joe Biden” during the news in November - because it might offend your talk radio / conservative viewers or listeners - you made a very bad choice. https://twitter.com/...
AllAccess.com: Cumulus Corporate Policy Telling Talk Hosts To Stop Denying Legitimacy Of Election Draws Attention
@slpng_giants: This is where the anger-for-ad-dollars business model finally crashes. When you cross from coded racism to full-blown insurrection-stoking, these media companies know it limits business Unfortunately, for people like Ben Shapiro, if you don't keep people angry, they leave. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular right-leaning talk-radio hosts in the United States, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Trump — or else face termination.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: Last Thursday Limbaugh fully embraced violence and Hannity continues to claim election was stole. Will @iHeartRadio draw a similar line as cumulus has? https://twitter.com/...
Sohrab Ahmari / @sohrabahmari: Huh? @benshapiro has never been an election truther to begin with. https://twitter.com/...
Jonah Goldberg / @jonahdispatch: Will Bongino and Levin cave to their corporate paymasters? https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Exum / @exumam: Less a case of “you can't yell ‘fire’ in a crowded theater” than “you might face legal liability if you employ people who suggest lighting crowded theaters on fire is a reasonable thing to do.” https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: This was always going to happen. You cannot have corporations pouring millions into racist and disinformation laden content without it eventually reflecting poorly on their brand when it finally ends in tragedy. https://twitter.com/...
Felonious Munk / @felonious_munk: They will all be quitting instead of being censored, right? Or do they all of a sudden understand capitalism... https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: They always knew what it wasn't they always knew the keywords. They workshopped and fine tuned them https://twitter.com/...
Scot Ross / @rossacrosswi: .@iHeartRadio, which employs white nationalist genital wart Klan O'Donnell and Vicki McKKKenna, is not taking this tact and as such, should have its radio monopoly boycotted into bankruptcy. https://twitter.com/...
Emma Kinery / @emmakinery: Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro and Dan Bongino's employer, Cumulus Media, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Trump — or face termination “immediately” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@seattletimes: Cumulus Media, which owns hundreds of stations and employs some of the most popular right-leaning talk-radio hosts in the U.S., has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen — or else face termination. https://www.seattletimes.com/ ...
Pete Dominick / @petedominick: This is unprecedented. These guys have NEVER had to edit themselves. I'm blown away https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: NEW from @farhip: “If you transgress this policy, you can expect to separate from the company immediately.” Cumulus Media orders conservative radio hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric. But will Dan Bongino and Mark Levin listen? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: THIS is good news! Their radio distributor has threatened to fire @marklevinshow @benshapiro and other Trump Whores if they keep selling the “stolen election” lie on-air. Can't wait to hear Levin's high-pitched whine about this just before midshow firing https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Britni de la Cretaz / @britnidlc: don't we love that it took a violent riot and an attempt at perhaps murdering members of congress for people to finally try to get white nationalist rhetoric under control? it's too fucking late, there's blood on so many people's hands. https://twitter.com/...
Paulette Feeney / @pauletteparis1: Toothpaste! Get back in that tube now, or else. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Walsh / @walshfreedom: I come from and am still in the conservative talk radio world. Hannity, Levin and all the rest will move on from the “stolen” election lie and move on to the next divisive grievance. That's what they do. Foster anger & resentment. It's what I used to do every now & then. https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Talk Radio, like television, is a massive source of misinformation & division in the U.S. that is under also examined. Young people may be radicalized on YouTube & Q but their parents & grandparents are being radicalized by Tucker & Rush. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Manik / @manikrathee: This is why even the slightest amount of accountability matters for these grifters. https://twitter.com/...
Carl Quintanilla / @carlquintanilla: “Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular right-leaning talk-radio hosts in the United States, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Donald Trump - or else face termination.” @farhip https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jack Brewster / Forbes: Stop Disputing Biden's Election Win Or Be Terminated, Radio Chain Tells Conservative Talk-Show Hosts
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Premiere Networks — which distributes the shows of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and others — hasn't appeared to take such action. In fact, when I asked Premiere last week for comment on Limbaugh seemingly endorsing political violence, the company said nothing.
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones: Cumulus Media Has Finally Had Enough
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik:
[Thread] Public radio stations have sent a protest to NYT after the collapse of Caliphate, citing actions of The Daily's Michael Barbaro, presence of Andy Mills — NEWS: Major public radio stations in Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Pittsburgh etc send joint protest to NYT in fallout over collapse of “Caliphate” series. They cite “troubling” actions of “The Daily” host Michael Barbaro & presence of producer Andy Mills. /con't
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@davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @erikwemple, @willmenaker, @eliztrovall, @tylerkingkade, @elizabeth_calo, @elizabeth_calo, @beijingpalmer, @paigepfleger, @loisbeckett, @seejanemarie, @bgrueskin, @ashleyfeinberg, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @erikwemple, @erikwemple and @erikwemple
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David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: 2/ “The Daily” runs on public radio stations around the country as a news program, distributed by American Public Media. Station officials: “We feel Barbaro's actions are in direct conflict with our ethical guidelines and they call his general credibility into question."/ con't
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: The letter also noted Barbaro pressured other journalists (at least 5 by my count) to pull back public criticism and to temper their language: “We... place tremendous value on the fact that our journalism is free from journalism of any kind.... This is our ethical compass.”
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Here's a look at a letter to the New York Times from the Public Radio Program Directors Assn. It criticizes the Times for recent actions surrounding its move to retract key portions of the 2018 podcast series “Caliphate.” https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Trovall / @eliztrovall: .@HoustonPubMedia is pulling The Daily from broadcast on KUHF until further notice: https://twitter.com/...
Tyler Kingkade / @tylerkingkade: “We feel [Michael] Barbaro's actions ... call his general credibility into question.” https://twitter.com/...
@elizabeth_calo: Barbaro's not disclosing his fiancée's involvement on The Caliphate (she was the executive producer!!!) but Andy Mills seeming to move on without any repercussions is beyond bizarre.
@elizabeth_calo: If you aren't familiar with Andy Mills and his behavior towards women. https://www.thecut.com/... https://twitter.com/...
James Palmer / @beijingpalmer: oh this is exactly the right level of news right now; fundamentally not that important and involving media infighting. https://twitter.com/...
Paige Southwick Pfleger / @paigepfleger: Pretty incredible that so many stations that have laid the foundation of audio journalism in our country are calling out the @nytimes for mishandling their podcast Caliphate and the subsequent fallout. Thread: https://twitter.com/...
Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett: Read this whole thread: https://twitter.com/...
Jane Marie / @seejanemarie: Please read https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: This could portend worrisome news for the NYT, given how much the company has staked on “The Daily” podcast —and especially if subscription growth slows post-Trump. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: the situation at The Daily has become dangerous and unacceptable https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: And here's my story on the controversy Barbaro stirred by his multiple roles in attempting to address the paper's journalistic failures https://www.npr.org/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Here's my original story on the NYT's retraction of the core of Caliphate https://www.npr.org/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: The letter noted that women have come forward from Mills' time at WNYC and also during his stint at the NYT and complained of degrading and entitled behavior toward female colleagues. Story to follow, with reax from NYT when available.
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: The Daily & the limited run Caliphate, had been very bright spots for the NYT as it looked to expand revenue beyond its phenomenally successful digital pay subscription business. Baquet said NYT's leaders had failed to pay sufficient attention to rigors of journalism in audio.
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: In addition, the letter noted that Caliphate host Rukmini Callimachi had been reassigned, while producer Andy Mills, her on-air sidekick and reporting partner, co-hosted the very next episode of the Daily after the heart of the series was retracted. /con't
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: As reported by NPR, Barbaro had interviewed exec editor Dean Baquet about severe reporting lapses in Caliphate. Barbaro did not disclose in interview that the team that created Caliphate came from the Daily, including his fiancée, the executive producer of Caliphate. / con't
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: @davidfolkenflik @AndyMillsNYT The letter is largely similar to a letter to staff from management at WAMU that I highlighted here on Saturday. It is signed by more than 20 affiliated organizations/stations across the country. https://twitter.com/...
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
In VOA speech, Secretary Pompeo says VOA too often demeans the US and that “It is not fake news for you to broadcast that this is the greatest nation” ever — - He says broadcaster isn't ‘Vice of America’ focused on wrongs — Whistle-blowers at agency challenged speech aired globally
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@pwidakuswara, @alexwardvox, CNN, The Hill, @dlind, @egkaur, @egkaur, @murray_nyc, @robcrilly, @faizelpatel143, @realbetycardens, @alexwardvox, @gyude_moore, @jason_a_w, @pwidakuswara, @jason_a_w, @pwidakuswara and @pwidakuswara
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Patsy Widakuswara / @pwidakuswara: The nation's top diplomat @SecPompeo ignoring my questions about what he is doing to restore US reputation and whether he regrets saying there will be a second Trump administration. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Ward / @alexwardvox: NEW: Per knowledgable source, VOA's White House senior correspondent Patsy Widakuswara was removed from her post after trying to ask @SecPompeo questions today, and later confronting VOA Director Reilly about the Pompeo session and lack of real questions. 1/n
CNN: Pompeo accuses VOA of “demeaning America” in speech that whistleblowers blast as “political propaganda”
Laura Kelly / The Hill: Pompeo feud with US global media agency intensifies
Dara Lind / @dlind: VOA is very high on the list of institutions I would watch in 2021 if I had infinite reportorial resources and were on the “recovering from Trump” beat. https://twitter.com/...
Esha Kaur Sarai / @egkaur: Per VOA's journalistic code: “VOA does not speak for the U.S. government. VOA staff do not accept treatment or assistance from U.S. government officials or agencies that is more favorable or less favorable than that of staff of private sector news organizations.”
Esha Kaur Sarai / @egkaur: . @VOANews is made up of brave, relentless journalists like my colleague @pwidakuswara . In the face of threats to our journalistic integrity, I'm proud to work alongside them. https://twitter.com/...
@murray_nyc: @pwidakuswara @SecPompeo Mike Pompeo gets enraged when women ask him tough questions. Kudos to you for pressuring him. He's a an A-grade coward and Trump apologist.
Rob Crilly / @robcrilly: @pwidakuswara @SecPompeo Good effort
@faizelpatel143: @pwidakuswara @Acosta @SecPompeo The mask was hiding his embarrassment. I still remember his presser where he was adamant that Trump was going to have a second term. I would've loved to see what he had to say. But he just took the easy way out. No pun intended...
Beatrice Cardenas / @realbetycardens: @AlexWardVox @jaketapper She was horribly rude. Who can blame them.
Alex Ward / @alexwardvox: Here's Widakuswara asking Pompeo questions earlier today. Source says she was supposed to be the radio pooler on AF1 tomorrow, but was just told not to go. Reaching out to Widakuswara and USAGM for comment. 2/2 https://twitter.com/...
W. Gyude Moore / @gyude_moore: Secretary of State Michael Pompeo delivers “a speech that appeared at odds with the news organization's mandate to maintain editorial independence from the government.” https://twitter.com/...
Jason Wilson / @jason_a_w: nah no policy, just scolding and anti-China posturing
Patsy Widakuswara / @pwidakuswara: “It's not fake news for you to broadcast that this is the greatest nation in the world,” @SecPompeo to @VOANews employees. Several employees have protested the speech, calling it propaganda. “I'm sure it was only a handful,” Pompeo said.
Jason Wilson / @jason_a_w: he is going after VOA for “wokeism”, comparing them to big tech and university campuses
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
From June 15, 2015 to the day he was suspended from Twitter, Trump posted 2,520 anti-press tweets, more than one a day, peaking in the last year — By the time the social media platform Twitter permanently suspended his account on Jan. 8, 2021, President Donald Trump had posted 2,520 tweets …
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Committee to Protect Journalists: Section 230 reform could have unintended consequences for the press
Robert Duff / Sports Betting Dime: Odds Trump Unbanned From Twitter Before Inauguration Set at +2000; Facebook Favored to Let Trump Back on First
Scott Austin / @scottmaustin: By the Numbers: Trump's anti-press tweets 2,520: Total blasting the media since 2015 810: Targeting specific news outlets 633: Total in final year of office (two a day) 510: Insults of specific journalists 125: Characterizing media as the opposition https://pressfreedomtracker.us/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Singman / Fox News: Twitter suspends more than 70,000 QAnon-linked accounts, resulting in ‘changes in follower count’ for some
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: By the time Twitter permanently suspended his account, Donald Trump had posted 2,520 tweets degrading journalists and the media https://pressfreedomtracker.us/ ...
Kirstin / @trackerkk: “The Last Trump Tweet Against the Media” is worth reading. And important to recognize the person-power behind this analysis: @uspresstracker reporter @stephanie_alena reviewed 24,500+ Trump tweets to cull, organize and analyze his 2,520 anti-press posts for this database : https://twitter.com/...
Tahir Imran Mian / @tahirimran: Meaning for 2520 time @Twitter @jack failed to do their job. Failed to enforce the rules they just decided to enforce when they know Trump is a gone. They still allow crooks like Gill & others to spew venom, spread fake news & do nothing. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News will replace one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further shift toward incendiary programming — New York (CNN Business)Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing …
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Variety, New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, Mediaite, @oliverdarcy, @caseynewton, @jayrosen_nyu, @alexweprin, @bristei, @drnic, TVNewser, @bristei, @brianstelter, @erickfernandez, Media Matters for America, @mattgertz, @alexstamos, @jon_allsop, @jeffjarvis, @mandacollins and Hollywood Reporter
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox News Channel Shakes Up Daytime Schedule
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: Fox News to Add Another Hour of Right-Wing Talk as Biden Takes Office
The Daily Beast: Fox News Swears It's Not ‘Demoting’ This ‘Straight News’ Anchor After Newsmax Ratings Loss
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Fox News Overhauls Daytime Programming; John Roberts Named Anchor
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: Key Takeaways From the Major Programming Changes at Fox News and CNN
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further shift toward the incendiary programming that Fox viewers overwhelmingly prefer.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: @alexstamos @karaswisher Yes please!!
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I was quoting from CNN's report, but the conventional terms used here — “news” vs. “opinion” shows — are misleading and inadequate, thoughtless and inane. There might be a difference between these two genres of Fox programming, but news vs. opinion is not a good name for it. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: Fox News is shaking up its daytime lineup, moving anchors and correspondents to new hours. But there is another big change too: It will add another opinion show at 7 PM: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: .@kilmeade will be the first in a rotation of anchors to lead Fox News' new 7 pm opinion hour
Dr Nic / @drnic: Rupert Murdoch is giving up on pretending Fox News provides news https://cnn.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Fox News Channel is revamping a significant chunk of its daytime lineup and adding an opinion program to its 7 p.m. hour, which was previously devoted to news-side content https://variety.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: BIG changes at Fox News: @MarthaMacCallum has lost her 7pm hour. Fox is putting in an opinion show instead, with a rotation of hosts for now. MacCallum is moving to 3pm, in what will surely be seen as a demotion https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Erick Fernandez / @erickfernandez: Martha MacCullum is an opinion host. She may act like she's a “news” anchor but it's clear as day she isn't. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Fox News is responding to ratings pressure from fringe-right competitors by cannibalizing its “news” hours in favor of additional “opinion” programming. https://variety.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: @CaseyNewton We should petition Queen @karaswisher to declare a day where the whole argue-about-tech ecosystem talks about Fox News. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: I've long said that what Fox needs is more opinion programming. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Nevermind Parler. WTF is to be done with Fox? I repeat until blue in the face: Rupert Murdoch is the single most malign influence in all of English-speaking democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Profile of an ex-BuzzFeed employee who livestreamed the Capitol riot; hooked on going viral, he ran BuzzFeed's Vine and Twitter before joining Milo Yiannopoulos — At BuzzFeed, we followed the signals of social media. A young employee followed them all the way to Charlottesville and Capitol Hill.
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Nieman Lab, @nytimes, @jeffjarvis, @georgeciveris, @helenlewis, @genepark, @anneapplebaum, @profcarroll, @huwlemmey, @hannahgais, @oliverdarcy, @doctor_eon, @jennycohn1, @the_rewm, @the_rewm, @elongreen, @jeremypgordon, @ericmgarcia, @amyspitalnick, @meredithdclark, @lexim, @rmac18, @tomwarren, @hotlinejosh, @thebradking, @asteadwesley, @heidilegg, @pdougherty, @moneyries, @jessienyc, @gitagovinda, @emilyctamkin, @rmac18, @hshaban, @katienotopoulos, @briannawu, @ekp, @mathewi, @kellyvhalen, @bernstein, @isaacfitzgerald, @jaketapper, @anildash, @dougjballoon, @willcarless, @conz, @goldman, @walterisaacson, @azi, @athertonkd, @cwarzel, @cameronwilson, @emilynussbaum, @nickmartin, @nicdawes, @williams_paige, @poniewozik, @benyt, @daveyalba, Context is King, @maxwelljosh, @raneyaronson, @hollyblomberg, @richardgarriott, @nytimesbusiness, @nytmedia, @kattenbarge, @samstrake and @varunvira_
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: After the Capitol riots, platforms, archivists, conspiracists, and investigators collide
@nytimes: At Buzzfeed in 2015, he helped make groundbreaking, viral content. In 2021, he went live from inside the trashed office of a senator. @benyt on a man who went from making mostly harmless Vines to streaming violence: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Years ago, colleagues of mine in the media blathering class scolded me for not getting BuzzFeed as “the first data-driven newsroom.” I said then there were skills BuzzFeed was honing I did not want to enter newsrooms; they would corrupt. https://www.nytimes.com/...
George Civeris / @georgeciveris: “His politics have been guided by platform metrics,” says the co-creator of Tasty who is now head of video for Joe Biden. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Helen Lewis / @helenlewis: Reading the accounts of those involved in social media optimisation in the late 00s and early 10s is increasingly like reading the memoirs of scientists on Manhattan Project: the awakening realisation of wielding terrible power. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Gene Park / @genepark: im barely joking. i thought about Death Stranding after reading @benyt's article yesterday reckoning with his former colleague Baked Alaska. it's a tragedy when our spiritual or political beliefs are fueled by metrics and “likes.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: fascinating - on how a master of viral social media posts and clickbait journalism became a far-right propagandist https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Remembering how the attention merchandising machine of “viral media” created the monster we now know as the (still at-large?) seditionist Baked Alaska. The audience for viral fascism was unleashed because people will do anything for attention. https://www.nytimes.com/... by @benyt
Huw Lemmey / @huwlemmey: Thought this was very interesting - founding editor of Buzzfeed talking about the relationship between the site, some of the people he employed (B*ked Al*ska) and its complicity in US fascist tactics online via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hannah Gais / @hannahgais: among other things, I think this hits the nail on the head with regards to what made Gionet's stream in the Capitol so surreal. he seemed more gleeful he was going viral; meanwhile, the people in the superchats were shouting odes to The Turner Diaries. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “His politics have been guided by platform metrics,” @AndrewGauthier tells @benyt. Gauthier was speaking about the MAGA troll Baked Alaska, but the quote can be applied to so many others as well. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dean Haddix / @doctor_eon: Who could have seen this coming? Who, I wonder. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Cohn / @jennycohn1: “It's the story of a man being rewarded for being a violent white nationalist, and getting the attention and affirmation [via social media] that he's apparently desperate for.” https://twitter.com/...
@the_rewm: Sure, most did not turn out to be white nationalists, but *many* people in both news and entertainment followed signals on social media without any scruple, fully exhausting a lot of good, thoughtful editors in the process and causing harm in a lot of different ways
Elon Green / @elongreen: But his interest was indeed journalism. The problem is that most conservative journalism is indistinguishable from propaganda https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Gordon / @jeremypgordon: I know the answer is probably very simple but I still wonder about what happened to BuzzFeed Benny to transform him from online, “fun” conservative to blood and soil MAGA lifer. Could've read another column on that alone https://twitter.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: If Dr. Frankenstein were to ever reflect on what he had wrought, I imagine it would read a lot like @benyt's column on Baked Alaska. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Amy Spitalnick / @amyspitalnick: “The only through line was his desire to build an audience.” Without necessarily intending to, @benyt makes a pretty effective case for why deplatforming extremists works. https://twitter.com/...
@meredithdclark: We warned y'all about giving prominence to everyday racists. And yet, here we are, @benyt. Despite the disclaimers, this is STILL a profile of a white nationalist. It's one that models the very problem media has right now. https://twitter.com/...
Lexi Mainland / @lexim: Great column, @benyt. (And would add: there will never be another @carr2n but your pieces really help fill that void in these intense/confusing media times.) https://www.nytimes.com/...
@rmac18: Live streaming may not be as valuable for a national outlet. But for individuals, it's invaluable, constant connection. It's why these idiots broadcast themselves doing crimes last week. They can't help themselves.
Tom Warren / @tomwarren: @RMac18 it's also a big source of revenue as people tip along while they watch
Josh Kraushaar / @hotlinejosh: A disturbing look at the perverse incentives in corners of social media — and the dangerous implications. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brad King / @thebradking: There's a really interesting theme about “going viral.” I have not enjoyed the three times it happened to me. But, I can understand the drug of it. We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Steadman&trade / @asteadwesley: assumption can be that these ppl are ideologically rigid and destitute. often times they're middle class white men seeking camaraderie thru the oldest of playbooks: exclusion and violence https://www.nytimes.com/...
Heidi Legg / @heidilegg: “To me, this story is about something different, a sort of social media power that we helped sharpen at BuzzFeed that can exert an almost irresistible gravitational pull.” @benyt. Former colleague at Buzzfeed storms the Capitol. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@pdougherty: Small world. This guy's father is building a subdivision 300 feet from my house. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Ries / @moneyries: Just realized @BuzzFeed was the original hype house https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jessienyc: Bit of an understatement here @benyt + not for lack of warning from lots of us: “While we were refining the new practice of social media at BuzzFeed, we were slow to realize that the far right was watching closely and eventually imitating us.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Patricia Sauthoff / @gitagovinda: Imagine getting a job for this. “Once, he poured a gallon of milk on his face and a clip of it drew millions of views, back when mostly harmless stunts amused millions of American viewers on the platform.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@emilyctamkin: “I was slow to realize that his interests weren't journalistic, or even ideological, as much as they were aesthetic, thrilled by the imagery of raw power.” A very good, and very sad, @benyt column https://www.nytimes.com/...
@rmac18: Something worth re-examining in @benyt's latest piece is the role of live streaming. BuzzFeed News moved away from it as the platforms slashed incentives but the white nationalists that learned that here continued to do so as a brand exercise. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: “Gionet's story isn't quite the familiar one of a lonely young man in his bedroom...It's the story of a man being rewarded for being a violent white nationalist, and getting the attention and affirmation that he's apparently desperate for.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: Not mentioned here is one of the only true acts of journalism B*ked Al*ska did was screenshotting and leaking BuzzFeed Slack chats showing employees expressing disappointment in election night 2016 to iirc Daily Caller? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brianna Wu / @briannawu: This is my favorite @benyt column ever. He hired a kid at Buzzfeed to do viral videos. He had a desperate need to get validation through vitality. Last week, he stormed the Capital. This is a story of two alt-right figures to come from Buzzfeed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ellen K. Pao / @ekp: @soledadobrien The subject of this article is not as different from the mainstream press as they would like to believe; the desire for online engagement has been toxic for the press, for the platforms, and for the individuals who create content for them https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: “If you haven't had the experience of posting something that goes truly viral, you may not understand its emotional attraction. The rush of affirmation can be giddy, and addictive. And if you have little else to hold on to, you can lose yourself to it” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kelly / @kellyvhalen: we've been telling you for fucking years you nerd and you know it https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joe Bernstein / @bernstein: Baked Alaska, who I've written about in the context of Milo Yiannopoulos, is a type - unmoored, not too bright, highly neurotic, vaguely aggrieved, obsessed with virality - who I think we'll associate with the 2010s https://twitter.com/...
Isaac Fitzgerald / @isaacfitzgerald: Ain't gonna pretend that I ain't mad that I *still* have to think about who ~Baked Alaska~ is in this, the Year of Our Lord, 2021. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: Powerful and troubling column by @benyt: “We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Anil Dash / @anildash: This story didn't go like I expected. That's an improvement over the kind of coverage we're used to getting on these things. https://twitter.com/...
Will Carless / @willcarless: This, by @benyt is a thoughtful and intelligent look at a bizarre moment in our history. Of the melange of ideologies present on Wednesday, the cult of ego was perhaps the most pervasive. https://twitter.com/...
Conz Preti / @conz: Loved reading this. LOVED. Also loved reporting Baked Alaska to the police as I saw his livestream. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Goldman / @goldman: Great column, great quote. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Walter Isaacson / @walterisaacson: Wow. @benyt is very good. https://twitter.com/...
@azi: “He first put a Bernie Sanders portrait on his desk, two former colleagues said. Then, he moved on to wearing MAGA hats...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kelsey D. Atherton / @athertonkd: Not sure this whole “at my old job, we hired two fascists to do webby spectacle and they used those skills to do webby fascism instead of webby journalism” story is as thoughtful and detached as it aims to be. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: this is an important piece of the bigger story. there is not 1 way to make an extremist. 1 thing the violent mob on weds showed is that there are a # of different types of people motivated to storm that building. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@cameronwilson: This really hits the cross-section of my interests: online right ecosystem x media x platform incentives https://twitter.com/...
Emily Nussbaum / @emilynussbaum: “You always think that evil is going to come from movie villain evil, and then you're like — oh no, evil can just start with bad jokes and nihilistic behavior that is fueled by positive reinforcement on various platforms.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nick Martin / @nickmartin: Ben Smith reckons with the fact that BuzzFeed used to employ Tim Gionet (aka “Baked Alaska"), who went on to become a neo-Nazi and was part of the group that stormed the US Capitol. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: “His politics have been guided by platform metrics” https://twitter.com/...
@williams_paige: “It seemed an apt conclusion to a recent career arc that some might see as trolling or internet pranks, but is probably best described as performative violence.” https://twitter.com/...
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: This @benyt column is fascinating and horrifying and just makes me sad for the world, though not for the guy involved https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: OK, Dlive. but your platform is also one of THE primary ways that insurrectionists organized and celebrated themselves, so https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / Context is King: Insecurities: The Real 20th Hijacker
Josh Maxwell / @maxwelljosh: Fairly shocking headline in my hometown newspaper. For this to be true, you'd have to ignore what they chanted, what they posted on social media, what flags they carried, and what words were on their clothes. https://www.pbs.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Raney Aronson / @raneyaronson: A @frontlinepbs-@propublica team that has been tracking far-right movements for the past 3 years reviewed the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. https://www.pbs.org/...
Holly / @hollyblomberg: Now I've seen it all: The miscreant formerly known as ‘Baked Alaska’ successfully monetized his foray through the Capitol building https://www.nytimes.com/...
Richard Garriott / @richardgarriott: Money made during illegal behavior should be seized! https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: A site called Dlive, where rioters broadcast from the Capitol, is benefiting from the growing exodus of right-wing users from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytmedia: Dlive's increasing popularity shows how an online exodus of far-right figures on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube since the November election has now moved beyond alternative social-networking, news and video sites like Rumble, Gab and Parler. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kat Tenbarge / @kattenbarge: Great piece by @TaylorLorenz and @Kellen_Browning about Dlive, the platform white nationalist Baked Alaska used to livestream and monetize himself from inside the Capitol https://www.nytimes.com/...
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
The informal image on Vogue's print cover of VP-elect Kamala Harris draws criticism for lacking respect, authority, and grandeur — The nation's first female vice president elect has been photographed for the cover of February's Vogue magazine and a vocal chorus on social media is displeased with the images.
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@voguemagazine: Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris is our February cover star! Making history was the first step. Now Harris has an even more monumental task: to help heal a fractured America—and lead it out of crisis. Read the full profile: https://vogue.cm/MHifmQS https://twitter.com/...
@yashar: Some fashion magazine news.... 1. The February Vogue cover featuring VP-elect Kamala Harris has been widely criticized on social media this evening But according to a source familiar with the publication plans, this is not the cover that the Vice President-elect's team expected https://twitter.com/...
Alexis Okeowo / Vogue: Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on the Road Ahead
David Gura / @davidgura: “There's nothing inherently wrong with this picture,” @RobinGivhan writes. “The problem is that it's on the cover.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Tyro / @doubleeph: @dr_yt Someone set the tone on social media before Vogue released the photos and I think that just got people angry in advance. I think I see what they were trying to do with the smart casual for the cover. But hey
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times: Column: Every outrage matters. But when you're as angry as I am, you have to pick your battles
Kim Willis / USA Today: ‘Washed out mess’: Vogue puts Kamala Harris on the cover, but Twitter users aren't happy
@letahong: This isn't just a fashion issue. Vogue is undermining the authority of our first Black and Asian American woman Vice President at a time when millions of Republicans don't recognize her as legitimate. https://twitter.com/...
Jess Cartner-Morley / The Guardian: Kamala Harris and why politicians can't resist Vogue (though it always ends in tears)
Josh Kurp / UPROXX: Vogue Is Being Criticized For Using A ‘Disrespectful’ Image Of Kamala Harris On The Cover
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times: How a Vogue Cover Created an Uproar Over Kamala Harris
Eugene Scott / @eugene_scott: “The cover did not give Kamala D. Harris due respect. It was overly familiar. It was a cover image that, in effect, called Harris by her first name without invitation ... Vogue overstepped. It got too chummy too fast,” @RobinGivhan https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rob Williams / MediaPost: ‘Vogue’ Cover Of VP-Elect Harris Spurs ‘Essence’ Critique
Isha Sesay / @ishasesay: Okay... it's time to weigh in... #Vogue says it was going for “approachable” with the “casual look” Madam VP cover, critics say it's just plain “disrespectful...” Where do you stand? #Voguecover https://twitter.com/...
Cindy Gallop / @cindygallop: Excellent from @RobinGivhan on @CondeNast @voguemagazine's treatment of @KamalaHarris: 'Nothing about the cover said, “Wow.” And sometimes, that's all Black women want, an admiring and celebratory “wow” over what they have accomplished.' @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tyro / @doubleeph: Really enjoying this contrived controversy. Photographer is black, stylist is black, subject (who chose her own clothes) is black. So who do we blame for the photos we don't like? Gotta be Anna Wintour https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Laura Norkin / @inlauraswords: Unsurprisingly @RobinGivhan put a fine point on exactly why this cover was so unsettling. And before you say so OF COURSE I am jealous that that magazine got the VP on its cover. But the criticism is absolutely fair. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@junesummer1: Not even a black writer and photographer could stop Vogue from its usual racism. They did America's first BW, first WOC, first daughter of immigrants VP dirty. An unapproved photo for its cover and a biased neg article. Does Anna Wintour respect black women? I don't think so. https://twitter.com/...
Gwynedd Stuart / Los Angeles Magazine: People Are Up in Arms Over VP-Elect Kamala Harris's Too-Familiar February Vogue Cover
Emily Rekstis / Us Weekly: Why People Are Upset With Kamala Harris' American ‘Vogue’ Cover
Samantha Powell / @sdpowell1: I think Givhan gets right to the point here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Erin Brockovich / @erinbrockovich: It may seem trite given what's going on so I hadn't commented on the @voguemagazine / @KamalaHarris cover but as someone who's been dismissed because of how I dress I truly would have hoped this moment would have been treated with more dignity & respect. https://www.google.com/...
Elizabeth Paton / @lizziepaton: Female politicians currently appear damned if they do/ damned if they don't with fashion mag covers. Too fashion forward or fantastical then critics say they look elitist and out of touch. Stick to their day-to-day uniform and many are disappointed boundaries weren't tested. 1/4 https://twitter.com/...
@voguemagazine: “I always say this: I may be the first to do many things—make sure I'm not the last,” says Vice President-elect @kamalaharris. Read the full February cover story: https://vogue.cm/7HwkGgt https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Epstein / @jeneps: When there's a story about race, gender and style, @RobinGivhan is the voice I want to read. Here explaining why Kamala Harris's Vogue cover didn't meet the moment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Danielle Prescod / @danielleprescod: BIG RT https://twitter.com/...
Erika Stallings / @quidditch424: Was waiting for this and I think it's spot on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Holly Bailey / @hollybdc: “Her history making rise is not telegraphed by a formal setting, a business suit or a confrontational stance. The only thing that announces the importance of the picture is the woman in it.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lauren N. Williams / @laurnwilliams: “The cover did not give Kamala D. Harris due respect. It was overly familiar. It was a cover image that, in effect, called Harris by her first name without invitation.” Givhan told not one lie. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Robin Givhan / @robingivhan: “The cover did not give Kamala D. Harris due respect. It was overly familiar. It was a cover image that, in effect, called Harris by her first name without invitation.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Karen Finney / @finneyk: Its a shameful, racist failure by @voguemagazine, we will no doubt see more like it as a mostly white mainstream media learn how to respectfully cover and report on our first Black woman Vice President. But she's our #MVP in part because it won't and can't stop her brilliance. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Thorp / @elizabethethorp: As a former editor in chief of a magazine who strategized and agonized over covers, this historic cover seems haphazard and DIY. What's up with the random sheets? They had an amazing creative opportunity and they blew it. https://twitter.com/...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: I feel like this is exactly the kind of low stakes media drama we need to soothe our troubled timelines. https://twitter.com/...
Alexis Okeowo / @alexis_ok: it's here! i interviewed and wrote about vp-elect kamala harris for the cover of vogue: https://vogue.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Timothy Perry / CBS News: Controversy surrounds Kamala Harris' first Vogue cover
Darlene Superville / Associated Press: Harris team says it was blindsided by VP-elect's Vogue cover
Ronnie Koenig / NBC4 Washington: Kamala Harris' Vogue Cover Prompts Backlash and Outrage: ‘Disrespectful’
Rachel Kiley / The Daily Dot: Vogue cover featuring Kamala Harris is so ‘bad’ that people assumed it was fake
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian: Vogue's Kamala Harris cover photos spark controversy: ‘Washed out mess’
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Since 2016, Trump moved from giving a large number of TV interviews to relying more on an “I type, you listen” Twitter presence, a stage he tightly controlled — Mr. Trump became a celebrity through television, but Twitter had given him a singular outlet for expressing himself as he is …
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@maggienyt, Business Insider, @benjysarlin, @kaitlancollins, @bwjones, @ritholtz, @lpdonovan, Gizmodo, @kyleorl, @mattyglesias, @maggienyt, @chrismegerian, @maggienyt, @tylerdinucci, @shannimcg, @dfrlab and @sarahnemerson
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Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Trump's conversion from an all-TV media diet to an “I type, you listen” Twitter presence came over 5 years as TV interviewers got tougher on him and his WH briefing room appearances were seen as calamaties. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Avery Hartmans / Business Insider: Jack Dorsey reportedly banned Trump's Twitter account while he was on vacation in French Polynesia
Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin: There is, in fact, an obvious solution to the problem of having no idea how to answer questions about the policy issues you're being asked about, but it takes some work https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins: “One Trump adviser was blunt, saying the president did not like most aspects of his job, & that included being asked questions for which he did not know the answers.” On Trump being stripped of one of his most prized possessions, Twitter, via @maggieNYT https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bryan William Jones / @bwjones: Can you imagine, what the withdrawal from the instant gratification of seeing the impact of his Tweets is like for Trump now that he has no mechanism for that dopamine hit? https://twitter.com/...
Barry Ritholtz / @ritholtz: Jack Dorsey doesn't have the nuclear codes, but he may be the most powerful person in America right now... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Liam Donovan / @lpdonovan: Late to this observation since @maggieNYT wrote it up what feels like a month ago, but it's pretty incredible how the President—he of the bully pulpit, whose chief superpower as a candidate was commanding cable news—has essentially deplatformed himself. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Novak / Gizmodo: San Francisco Prepares For Potential Pro-Trump Protest at Twitter HQ on Monday
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: He could have @PressSec livestream him talking! The social media bans have become a cover story for a withdrawal from public communication that has nothing to do with them. https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: “One Trump adviser was blunt, saying that the president did not like most aspects of his job, and that included being asked questions for which he did not know the answers.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Megerian / @chrismegerian: The issue isn't getting attention — it's getting attention on his own terms https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Trump has said he was “silenced” by Twitter. But unlike millions of people, he has a WH briefing room, an East Room, an Oval Office and the print pool nearby he could speak to. In some ways, he's muzzled himself https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tyler Dinucci / @tylerdinucci: just and absolutely brutal paragraph here. and it's all true. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shannon McGregor, PhD / @shannimcg: “Twitter's permanent suspension of Trump's Twitter account is long overdue,” said lil' ol' me, of @UNCHussman @unc_citap “This is the key de-platforming for Trump. The inability to tweet cuts off his direct access to the press — and, by extension, the public.” https://twitter.com/...
@dfrlab: “Removing Trump from Twitter does not fix our politics or bring millions of Americans back to reality... But it does make it significantly harder for disinformation to enter the mainstream. ” -@etbrooking in @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Washington Post:
As Trump searches for a new social network after his Twitter ban, a shift from mainstream platforms would mark a retreat to insular conservative communities
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@peterhamby, @edhere, Slate, Protocol, Tangle, @jdawsey1, SPLICETODAY.com, Breitbart, Beet.TV and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
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Peter Hamby / @peterhamby: Good @jdawsey1 and @TonyRomm here. Trump can't just build and scale a new social network or media company from scratch. It's always been a fantasy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Ed Here / @edhere: don jr. wants to keep the insurrection going. The attempted coup continues. “I'll let you know where I end up, my father ends up, where we can direct ourselves so we can keep this going.” Donald Trump Jr. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: Trump wants to strike back at Big Tech. There's not much he can do.
Isaac Saul / Tangle: Trump banned from Twitter.
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: Trump loved to brag of retweets and likes. He'd say “bing, bing,” hit send, and tell aides to watch it appear on TV. He liked firings, shock and awe, and to taunt and mislead. A waning presidency without a favored weapon, and what he can do w/@TonyRomm: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Crispin Sartwell / SPLICETODAY.com: Impeach Trump, But Don't Try to Silence Him
Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart: Social Media Exodus: Prominent Conservatives Abandon Twitter
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
After laying off half its staff in Feb. 2020, Protocol's president says it had 7M unique visitors last year and is planning an international expansion — Protocol, like most media companies in the spring of 2020, took a hit — and one that was especially acute just months past launching in February.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAP, the TV network ad group, launches a supply-side platform that lets advertisers see the commercial slots available from its members, including NBCU, Fox — Ad giant Omnicom is testing new technology that shows commercials available to purchase from large TV networks
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: OpenAP Launches SSP, Omnicom First To Begin Trading
Anthony Rifilato / AdExchanger: OpenAP Launches SSP To Show Inventory Availability In Linear TV
NBCU Together / @nbcutogether: .@OpenAPTV announces new technology for advertisers to see available commercial time from members, showcasing the value of strong industry partnerships. Learn about NBCU's commitment through OpenAP to further advance the ad buying process. Read from @WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/...
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: OpenAP Debuts New Platform in Expanded TV Advertising Push
Robert Andrews / Beet.TV: Omnicom Media Group First To Test OpenAP's New TV Ad Data
The Guardian:
UK TV streaming customers can no longer stream live sports, like the Premier League, when visiting the rest of Europe as the Brexit transition period ends — UK customers of TV streaming services can no longer watch live sport, including Premier League football, when visiting the rest of Europe …
Ryan Ori / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Tribune to move out of its downtown Prudential Plaza office to a printing facility north of downtown, three years after leaving Tribune Tower — The Chicago Tribune and its parent company will relocate out of Prudential Plaza at the end of this month, leaving the city's largest newspaper without …
Discussion:
Gregory Pratt / @royalpratt: The @chicagotribune newsroom is leaving its office at Prudential for the Freedom Center, a printing plant that's generally ill-equipped for such a move. This is another bad move.
Ben Bradley / @benbradleytv: This month the @chicagotribune is losing several of its top reporters to buy-outs and now comes word the paper is leaving its downtown newsroom and moving to the Freedom Center where the paper is printed. https://www.chicagotribune.com/ ...
Jeff Cercone / @cerconejeff: The @chicagotribune is moving its downtown office to the Freedom Center, its printing plant in the middle of nowhere with no access to public transit. I will not be going there.
Rex Huppke / @rexhuppke: I will continue to write my column IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!! https://twitter.com/...
Josh Noel / @hopnotes: At least eight Chicago Tribune journalists with decades of experience are taking buyouts this week as the company tries to save money. But wait, there's more! https://twitter.com/...
Lynn Becker / @lynnbecker: The Chicago Tribune is dead, ctd. They're also trying to sell/ develop their Freedom Center real estate, so who knows how long until they're bounced again. Soon, to work for the Trib, you'll have to agree to give them an office space in your home for free. https://www.chicagotribune.com/ ...
Elyssa Cherney / @elyssacherney: Sadly, this puts our reporters who must be proximate to City Hall, the Daley Center and other downtown buildings at a disadvantage. Another example of how management decisions affect coverage + why @chicagotribune needs a new, civically-minded owner.
Elyssa Cherney / @elyssacherney: @chicagotribune The last time I went to the our Pru office followed a tense protest downtown. It was a close refuge to regroup and write my story. Now what are we supposed to do? Take an Uber to the Freedom Center? How does this help us break news faster? Remember, Trib is PROFITABLE
John Greenfield / @greenfieldjohn: .@chicagotribune announced departure of talented arts critic @howardreich and architecture writer @BlairKamin... https://www.robertfeder.com/ ... ...plus it's moving its offices, as cost-cutting measures. https://www.chicagotribune.com/ ... Yet Trump-enabler @John_Kass keeps his 6-figure salary.
@chicagotribune: The Chicago Tribune and its parent company will leave their office space at Prudential Plaza at the end of this month, leaving the city's largest newspaper without a downtown office less than 3 years after exiting the landmark Tribune Tower. https://www.chicagotribune.com/ ...
Elvia Malagn / @elviamalagon: Wishing my former colleagues luck on this move that definitely seems straight from the Alden playbook. Here's to happier times when this giant cheesecake showed up at Pru https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Anna Bybee-Schier / @annabybeeschier: @royalpratt @chicagotribune Trib's regional suburban team used to work in that building, along with Hoy and Chicago Mag. It served us well because it's made up of many little fragmented office suites but IDK how it'll accommodate the full Trib newsroom without isolating teams to their own small domains.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN announces new assignments: Kaitlan Collins will be chief WH correspondent and Jim Acosta will be chief domestic correspondent and have a weekend anchor role — New York (CNN Business)Some of the most respected faces of CNN's marathon election coverage are being promoted to more prominent roles …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: CNN's Acosta moving away from White House
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Resuming this thread about CNN's DC moves! My full story just posted. Lead: Some of the most respected faces of CNN's marathon election coverage are being promoted to more prominent roles https://www.cnn.com/...
Tia A. Ewing / @tia_ewing: I was thinking if they don't promote them, they should bounce. They're all really really good. Congrats to @abbydphillip, she's stellar. https://www.cnn.com/...
Danny Manus / @dannymanus: Congrats to Abby Phillip, Dana Bash & Jim Acosta - all journalistic heroes the last 4 yrs. But HUGE Congrats to @kaitlancollins on her promotion - an incredible WH Reporter who seems to work 24/7. Imagine having this post & going up against McEnany & Trump at 28 yrs old!? Amazing https://twitter.com/...
Brian Flood / Fox News: CNN pulls combative questioner Jim Acosta from White House beat with Biden set to take office
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: New weekend anchors: @abbydphillip, @DanaBashCNN, @PamelaBrownCNN and @Acosta. New chief correspondents: @kaitlancollins at the WH, @mkraju on Capitol Hill, @jeffzeleny on national affairs https://www.cnn.com/...
@gayguycandleco: Some big changes coming for those of us who always have CNN in the background. Most significant: Jake Tapper is on the rise and Wolf Blitzer's role is fading. https://www.cnn.com/...
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Jake Tapper Named CNN's Lead Washington Anchor; Abby Phillip Named Anchor of Inside Politics Sunday
Brian Steinberg / Variety: CNN Expands Jake Tapper's Duties and Weekday Show
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