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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Some Politico staffers raised concerns internally about the decision to allow Ben Shapiro to guest-write Playbook; editor Matt Kaminski defended the move — Several staffers expressed dismay over handing the keys to the outlet's influential newsletter product to a pundit with a “long history of bigoted and incendiary commentary.”
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Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Politico has released a statement on the backlash against using @benshapiro as a guest-writer for Playbook. It says, “we rise above partisanship and ideological warfare.” https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: There are now upwards of 225 people on the @politico Zoom call convened to hash out the decision to invite @benshapiro to guest-write an edition of Playbook. People are very mad, I am hearing.
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Just chatted with a pair of @politico staffers who dissent from the prevailing outrage over the @benshapiro guest-hosting gig. They say they didn't speak up on the call because the sentiment is so heated and one-sided.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post: Politico brought Ben Shapiro on as a ‘Playbook’ guest author to bring balance. It brought a backlash instead.
Ben Smith / @benyt: Politico editor-in-chief Matt Kaminski told staff they're not going to apologize for having Ben Shapiro guest edit Playbook, then listened to staff complaints (esp from Congress team) on an internal call.
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: In response to staff concerns, Kaminski reiterated his perspective about the need for ideological diversity, and has rebuffed suggestions for Politico to apologize: “We're not going to back away from having published something because some people think it was a mistake to do so.”
Nick Robins-Early / HuffPost: Politico Newsroom In Uproar Over Ben Shapiro's Guest Playbook Column
Katie Robertson / New York Times: Politico Staff Objects After Right-Wing Star Ben Shapiro Writes Newsletter
Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Politico Employees, Leftists Whine Because Ben Shapiro Guest Edited the Politico Newsletter
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Politico brought Ben Shapiro on as a ‘Playbook’ guest author to bring balance. It brought a backlash instead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Backlash from their own people, I should add. The editors' view: We're not ideological. We asked Chris Hayes too. What's your problem?
Emily Jashinsky / The Federalist: Politico's Ben Shapiro Freakout Is A Perfect Illustration Of A Much Bigger Problem
Elie Mystal / @elienyc: MOREOVER, the fact that they think Chris Hayes is the “both sides” of Ben freaking Shapiro is, again, how white supremacists win. I look forward to the day @politico lets Louis Farrakhan and Mitt Romney edit dueling playbooks.
Grace Segers / @grace_segers: @maxwelltani “mischief making” ?
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Politico just said on this call that the plan is to announce the new Playbook team tomorrow https://twitter.com/...
Owen Ellickson / @onlxn: btw: the safest assumption here is Shapiro got Politico some oil money and they grabbed some other opeds to launder his byline in through “ideological diversity.” might not be what happened, but would love to hear that from Politico!
Megyn Kelly / @megynkelly: Grow up, people. https://twitter.com/...
Russ Read / @russcanread: @brianstelter I sincerely believe that there is a huge portion of Playbook readers who wouldn't even have realized Ben guest edited today if certain folks on Twitter hadn't made such a big deal about it.
Anthony Leonardi / @tonydleonardi: New: @benshapiro explains to @dcexaminer that this reaction proves the point in his article. “The staff at Politico actually proved my point: that the goal for much of the Left is complete ostracization of the Right from cultural and political life” https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jamison Foser / @jamisonfoser: Saying “we rise above partisanship and ideological warfare” the same day you made Ben Shapiro your guest editor is like claiming to be a law and order president while the mob you incited seizes the Capitol. https://twitter.com/...
Berny Belvedere / @bernybelvedere: The most preposterous thing about this reply is it requires flattening conservatism into the person and work of Ben Shapiro. “Oh, you have a problem with Ben? You must want to cancel all of conservatism!” As if Shapiro is basically interchangeable with Ramesh Ponnuru or whoever https://twitter.com/...
@gina_goldberg: if this is considered mainstream conservatism count me out https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Karla Monterroso / @karlitaliliana: If they rise above ideological warfare so much, I wanna see the last 5 op-eds by Black progressive women. https://twitter.com/...
Zac Petkanas / @zac_petkanas: There are just conservative voices who aren't openly pro-coup, homophobic, anti-trans and White supremacist. https://twitter.com/...
Seth Friedermann / @sethfriederman: @ElieNYC @politico I checked twice to make sure there wasn't some other Ben Shapiro. Feels like a cash grab by @politico to me.
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: ‘We are happy to platform racists and bigots and those who spew disinformation, if we think it will go viral but also not hurt our brand’ Anyway—as I keep telling you guys—Politico is mostly trash. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: On the editorial call, staff reaction to Shapiro's Playbook authorship was overwhelmingly negative. Some compared Shapiro to Alex Jones, and said Kaminski was dismissive of concerns. But a few staffers reached out to me to defend the decision (anonymously) https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Gabriella Hoffman / @gabby_hoffman: Kudos, @politico . Wish more news outlets would give consideration to other views. Discourse is healthy, debate is necessary, and we all benefit when we can freely read different views in major publications. https://twitter.com/...
@jrubinblogger: Employees are well justified in anger. It's not that he is on the right but that he lies and fans bigotry. Politico giving him a platform is no different than Fox putting Laura Ingraham on air. Shameful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeremy Gordon / @jeremypgordon: “The backlash is a little strange to observe since we're supposed to represent all respectable voices on the ideological spectrum.” Pretty damning indictment of a lot of things if Shapiro, who is 1000000% full of shit, is a “respectable voice” on the right https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: @ElieNYC @politico Feel like I have some authority on the topic of journalistic mischief making and I don't think giving a pint sized squeaky racist the keys to the car qualifies.
Sarah Weinman / @sarahw: what a hill to die on https://twitter.com/...
Abdallah Fayyad / @abdallah_fayyad: This is who Politico gave their platform to today. And the editor in chief refuses to apologize. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nu Wexler / @wexler: Politico can turn Playbook over to anyone they want, but amplifying Shapiro makes it harder for their reporters to criticize politicians and social platforms for spreading racist and anti-Muslim crap.
Will McAvoy / @willmcavoyacn: “Which is why we gave our most visible column to a partisan, racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic zealot.” https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Good piece by @maxwelltani on Politico erupting over @benshapiro guest-hosting Playbook. You know, if you want to hear Shapiro's opinions, there's a place to go for that. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Noah Berlatsky / @nberlat: why does everyone think that platforming a rabid racist is “rising above” partisanship? maybe it's sinking below partisanship? https://twitter.com/...
@corb_the_lesser: @HolmesJosh Why not ask how conservatism got to the point of believing Ben Shapiro should speak for it?
@adotsad: One of the things conservatives do really well is take criticism of one of their millionaires/celebrities/politicians etc and pretending its a literal attack on the livelihood of every random conservative in the country. Same shit Trump does, but Shapiro et al do the same thing. https://twitter.com/...
David Sirota / @davidsirota: The newsletter bankrolled by the fossil fuel industry will not apologize for letting a right-wing zealot guest post mere days after a violent insurrection. Got it. https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: One staffer in today's meeting @politico over the @benshapiro guest-written Playbook argued that the decision to publish his thoughts complicates frequent conversations with Republicans and conservatives: https://twitter.com/...
Mike Futter / @futterish: This minimizes the misogyny and racism that Ben Shapiro spews. It is Both Sidesism's ultimate form, and we should never forget this. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Pfeiffer / @danpfeiffer: This is a bizarre and non-sensical statement — saying that Politico's brand is being non-partisan is not a great explanation/defense for handing over your flagship product to a discredited partisan on one of the biggest news days in recent memory https://twitter.com/...
Eugene Scott / @eugene_scott: Given this, really interested in who they have lined up as future guest writers ... https://twitter.com/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: This criticism-proof logic is a big problem in media: if you criticize our conception of political evenhandedness, you are trying to politicize us, thus proving the merit of our conception https://twitter.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: 👇 I feel bad for the journalists of color who work there. https://twitter.com/...
NYC Weboy / @nycweboy: I get that there's a lot of negative feeling about Shapiro. I think it might be more productive to focus on the content - the Playbook wasn't especially well written, contained little that was news, and didn't seem especially accurate. https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: I would like coins for the years I spent watching these chuckle muppets do this and be told to calm down . Then I would like to fight some folks https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: In a tense afternoon meeting attended by over 240 Politico employees, dozens voiced their concerns. “Everyone noted it wasn't that he's a conservative but has a history of bigoted comments,” said one reporter. Some demanded apologies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Katie Hill / @katiehill4ca: Perhaps if a publication wants to “rise above partisanship and ideological warfare” it shouldn't feature one of the worst perpetrators of said warfare. Just a thought. https://twitter.com/...
Gregg Carlstrom / @glcarlstrom: What everyone needs to register is that the operative distinction in American politics right now isn't between left and right. It's been people who engage in good faith and people who are bad-faith charlatans and grifters happy to poison the well https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Piers Morgan / @piersmorgan: How pathetic. I hope @benshapiro sticks it to these illiberal ‘liberal’ twerps. https://twitter.com/...
Andi Zeisler / @andizeisler: Look just because Ben Shapiro is a tiny leprechaun doesn't mean you can dismiss his bigotry, racism, obtuseness, and commitment to intellectual dishonesty as “mischief making” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Travis Owen / @alqabadai: @RussCanRead @brianstelter That's not really a good thing. It just allows him to launder bullshit claims through the Politico brand with less pushback because people will assume it's reliable.
Justin Higgins / @justin_higgins2: @benyt They picked the worst time to do this with the recent launch of @PunchbowlNews. This will hurt them financially.
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Pushing off from left and right to clear editorial space for yourself doesn't make you independent. It makes you a difference splitter, a triangulator. Independent is when you hold to your own standard. It's not Chris Hayes + Ben Shapiro = we rise above. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Atkin / @emorwee: Love when a news outlet with half its content sponsored by Chevron brags about its “independent journalism” https://twitter.com/...
@sorayamcdonald: If a Black person trafficked in as many lies and bad faith characterizations as Shapiro, they wouldn't be allowed to guest edit a neighborhood newsletter, ffs https://twitter.com/...
Marlow Stern / @marlownyc: strange that politico ceded its newsletter to ben shapiro on the same day his/the daily wire's big movie is premiering? that seems like pretty clear promo to me. anyway, here's more on this mess https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@samthielman: It's amazing how people don't realize that if you hire and promote white nationalists, you will lose the far more valuable voices of thoughtful nonwhite people who won't want to be associated with you https://twitter.com/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: not sure how you can rise above those things while handing your audience to a person who celebrates those things https://twitter.com/...
Drew Savicki / @senhorraposa: They should not have published Ben Shapiro. It does a disservice to Politico by publishing him. Shapiro is deeply Islamophobic and homophobic. He has a long history of racist statements. https://twitter.com/...
Wagatwe Wanjuki / @wagatwe: This is why Black folks didn't trust any of these white led organizations statements about doing better. Because it's just about not looking bad vs an actual, consistent commitment to not being active tools of white supremacy that'd require true overhaul. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Holmes / @holmesjosh: It blows my mind how journos insist on validating conservative criticism at every turn. https://twitter.com/...
@casmudde: There is nothing admirable about being “non-partisan” or “neutral” when one party is anti-democratic. @politico https://twitter.com/...
@kimcrayton1: “Mischief making has always been a part of @politico's secret sauce” @KaminskiMK this decision isn't mischief, it's harmful & ur dismissive response is an ex of the role u play in maintaining the systems, institutions & policies of white supremacy https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Elie Mystal / @elienyc: Can't make this up. @politico's official defense for promoting white supremacy is “mischief making.” This is how too many white people think. That allowing white supremacists to tout their views is just... impish. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Max Kennerly / @maxkennerly: TFW u “rise above partisanship and ideological warfare” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@caitleg: The analogue to Ben Shapiro is not Chris Hayes. It is someone like Cenk Uygur, whom Politico would never deign to give a platform. And the fact they can't make that distinction is a big part of the problem. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Specifically, two of the people who spoke were front that team; many others also upset. Others apparently not. https://twitter.com/...
Susan Bordson / @susanbordson: @maxwelltani Exactly. Politico was recently receiving some praise for its maturing as a publication in positive ways. To then have the poor judgment to provide amplification to THAT guy can't be rationalized as mere pot-stirring.
Ari Fleischer / @arifleischer: Good statement. But what does it say about the left that they became unglued because Ben Shapiro wrote something, which, if the critics read it, was quite thoughtful. It's stunning the only news rooms some reporters want are news rooms where everyone is just like them. https://twitter.com/...
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: Politico Editors Stand By Ben Shapiro as Playbook Guest Author
Jordan Williams / The Hill: Ben Shapiro stirs controversy by guest writing Politico newsletter
The Right Scoop: Media staffers OUTRAGED after Ben Shapiro was chosen to write today's Politico Playbook
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Politico Under Fire for Letting Ben Shapiro Guest Edit Newsletter
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Leia Idliby / Mediaite:
Politico draws criticism for having Ben Shapiro serve as a guest writer of Playbook; he wrote about “the real reasons” most Republicans opposed impeachment — Politico has drawn heat for handing over the most recent edition of their Playbook newsletter to conservative radio host Ben Shapiro.
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Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: Personally I only want to hear from people I agree with so that I am completely caught off guard when my bubble is punctured by the reality of what others care about. I find it keeps life exciting to always be at risk of not knowing what the fuck is happening around me.
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Politico EIC Matt Kaminski briefly addressed the concerns today, saying the decision to have Shapiro guest author Playbook was part of the publication's commitment to reflecting a range of views https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@mattnegrin: I got my start in news at @politico. I would quit on the spot today. Handing their newsletter to a proudly bad-faith Republican to spread this pure shit is the grossest thing I've seen happen there This isn't even part of the “is this journalism” debate. This is just sickening https://twitter.com/...
Liam Donovan / @lpdonovan: Tomorrow's Playbook guest editor—wrong answers only
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: 1. Here is some information you won't read about in Politico Playbook today. On Jan 5, @benshapiro turned over his “Daily Shapiro Action” email to Ted Cruz. Cruz used the opportunity to push his bogus allegations that the election was invalid. https://twitter.com/...
Sabrina Siddiqui / @sabrinasiddiqui: I would appreciate if someone from @politico would read all the racist things Ben Shapiro has said about Arabs and Muslims here and then explain why they chose to give him a platform https://bridge.georgetown.edu/ ...
Ben Shapiro / @benshapiro: People losing their s*** over me writing @politico Playbook this morning are pretty much proving my point. So keep at it guys, you're doing great! https://www.politico.com/...
Jason Campbell / Media Matters for America: What Politico Playbook didn't tell its readers about Ben Shapiro
Tom Jones / Poynter: What a week it was. Will it get worse? — We close another tumultuous week with relative calm …
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Politico handed over its Playbook today to Ben Shapiro, who used it to (falsely) accuse Bernie Sanders of inciting the shooting of Steve Scalise and to equate Bernie's rhetoric with Trump's. I kid you not. (h/t @MattNegrin) https://www.politico.com/...
@mattnegrin: There's no doubt they defend this by saying they're letting Democrats write Playbook some days and Republicans on other days to get Both Sides. This is a fundamental misunderstanding—or willing buy-in of the lie—of the way the parties approach the truth (big thing in journalism)
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: @benshapiro 2. @benshapiro guest-edited Politico Playbook today, which was a coup for him because he likes to posture himself as an “intellectual” who rejects conspiracy theories and misinformation. But that's not what happens behind the scenes. And I have receipts. https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: you can either be an outlet whose reporters we respect, take seriously, share ... or you can publish Ben Shapiro. you can't do both.
Dana Houle / @danahoule: I like hearing from people I don't agree with about ideas, opinions, why some facts are more important or relevant than other facts, & such. But if they don't respect facts I don't respect them & I assume just about everything they say is bullshit. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: How as a journalist do you defend giving equal time to people who are making bad-faith arguments and inciting people with misinformation? At Politico, you pat yourself on the back for not taking sides and mischief-making. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Sharlet / @jeffsharlet: Politico giving space to Shapiro — who among many, many attacks on Muslims has said “Arabs”—he conflates them with Mulsims—"like to bomb crap and live in open sewage."—is a deeply disturbing sign of its willingness to normalize the now explicitly fascist wing of the GOP. https://twitter.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: “He was never cancelled,” said the Narrator rolling his eyes upon hearing the whining lament and battle cry of “Cancel Culture.” https://twitter.com/...
Sabrina Siddiqui / @sabrinasiddiqui: This is not about a range of views. It's about downplaying and normalizing bigotry toward black, brown, Muslim and LGBTQ people. Understanding that is fundamental to how we got here. And to dismiss it as “mischief making” is as offensive as it is absurd. https://twitter.com/...
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: @SabrinaSiddiqui @politico Here's hoping they didn't know versus they did know and just didn't care.
Dan Friedman / @dfriedman33: A problem with this take is that Shapiro is dishonest. So he's not an especially helpful interpreter of the far right. “Everyone owns zip ties” is not an earnest explanation of values; it's a dumb troll of mainstream media, schtick performed for his audience's enjoyment. https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Thornton / @pwthornton: @jbouie @SabrinaSiddiqui @politico To not know that Ben Shapiro is racist is to not know who Ben Shapiro is. They knew. Just didn't care.
Charles Johnson / @green_footballs: And they'll do it again, because they want those sweet, sweet right wing clicks. https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: @politico There's plenty more to be said about Shapiro, but it's not necessary. That tweet does it. And you're damn right @politico that it undermines the work your reporters are doing. It's a choice. https://twitter.com/...
Charles P. Pierce / @charlesppierce: Please tell me this is a prank gone terribly wrong. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kotch / @alexkotch: This is brain rot. If you simply want to reflect the views that are out there, you would let a Nazi guest write for you if Nazis were just slightly more prominent than they are today. Utter denial of newsmakers' responsibility to their readers. https://twitter.com/...
Meredith Shiner / @meredithshiner: this is honestly a worse and more deranged justification—and in a more chef's kiss context—than I imagined it would be. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: I don't recall; did Chris Hayes turn his tv show over to Bernie Sanders or AOC to push their bogus allegations that people deserve a living wage and health care? https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: There are plenty of great thinkers across the political spectrum. Ben Shapiro is a podcaster who raised money from fracking tycoons to do their bidding by starting a network of other podcasters to push racial grievance, xenophobia and transphobia to make ad dollars off of anger. https://twitter.com/...
Charles Johnson / @green_footballs: If I didn't already think Politico was hot garbage, this would make it appallingly clear. https://twitter.com/...
Kelly Ellis / @justkelly_ok: Politico just lost all credibility by publishing Ben Shapiro. https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: This tweet is enough evidence to end Shapiro's access to respectable publications. @politico published a vile bigot as if this kind of thing is just a matter of debate. Which I guess for that outlet's leaders it is. https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: 3. In July, I reported how there was “an undisclosed financial relationship between The Daily Wire, the website founded by Ben Shapiro, and Mad World News, a notorious outlet that exploits fear and bigotry for profit.” https://popular.info/...
Jon Favreau / @jonfavs: One thing about Ben's analysis for the last four years is how boringly predictable it always is. Oh, you think Republicans defended Trump because the mean Democrats made them do it? Tell me more! https://twitter.com/...
@taradublinrocks: Why are you giving that traitorous little shitbag any oxygen? There's a whole great big Internet where he can do that without your help, thanks (I'm available FYI) #DoBetter https://twitter.com/...
@gothamgirlblue: Not even a white supremacist insurrection will keep white journalists from insisting that we should give white nationalists and their enablers a “fair” hearing. Surprised but not shocked. https://twitter.com/...
John Iadarola / @johniadarola: Letting him use your platform to spread obvious lies is a choice. https://twitter.com/...
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: @jonathanchait “if you criticize my bad takes you are hysterical” is typical for this guy
Kate Aronoff / @katearonoff: The American Petroleum Institute sponsoring Ben Shapiro's edition of Politico Playbook is about as strong an indictment of the media establishment as I can imagine https://twitter.com/...
Barry Petchesky / @barry: Giving a platform to dishonest arguments from dishonest people makes readers less informed, not more https://twitter.com/...
Zachary Siegel / @zachwritesstuff: Definitely think the guy who said “normal people” walk around everyday with zip ties in the shape of handcuffs contributes meaningful ideas to the discourse. https://twitter.com/...
@marcformarc: Ben Shapiro has 3.3M followers on Twitter before you get to his other media platforms. Your point about echo chambers isn't bad but using Ben Shapiro to make it is intellectually dishonest and a boring analysis of what it would mean to seriously engage with alternative views https://twitter.com/...
Greg Sargent / @theplumlinegs: Some performative cursing here but no conceptual work. The point is not to suppress all differing points of view. It's that sometimes particular arguments are rendered in such naked bad faith that there's no *actual* value in platforming them. If you think it has value, say why. https://twitter.com/...
@breenewsome: This is how the vast majority of white society operates on a daily basis tho & giving Ben Shapiro a platform is not an exception https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: I think she's saying “let's hear from Ben, darn it” but framing it as somehow there's a bubble around the misinformation he's been spewing forever. Which is bs. I always enjoy the doubling down on errors and as i've long said: a lot about Politico has long been bad. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: @LPDonovan Tiffany
Jeff Hauser / @jeffhauser: @MattZeitlin @LPDonovan Liam specified “wrong.”
Josh Barro / @jbarro: The more I think about it, the more I want Politico to invite James Comey to guest-edit Playbook. 1) He'd totally do it (he loves a soapbox) 2) Everyone would hate it 3) The reactions would be really funny https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: @jeffhauser @LPDonovan Oh, ok, Barron
Depressed & Incredulous / @abrowngaywrites: POLITICO publishing a Ben Shapiro piece is a pitch-perfect example of “treating white supremacy as an idea to debate rather than a movement to be defeated.” (Quote attributable to @RottenInDenmark) https://twitter.com/...
@mattnegrin: When we say the news industry is broken beyond repair we mean that decisions like this are made by people once thought of as titanic geniuses but have somehow been poisoned by a desire to so blindly trust a party of strategic liars that they give them full editorial control
@mattnegrin: Ben Shapiro lying about Republicans' role in the terrorist attack as the author of Playbook is an extreme result of that false belief. Platforming Republicans is already a huge issue but this is something else entirely. And if I worked there now I would have quit immediately
Jonathan Chait / @jonathanchait: I'm fine with Ben Shapiro guest-writing Playbook and providing this absurd specimen of anti-anti-Trump illogic https://nymag.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@bridgeinit: In June 2007, Shapiro wrote that the “Palestinian Arab population is rotten to the core” and that “Palestinian Arabs have demonstrated their preference for suicide bombing over working toilets.” https://bridge.georgetown.edu/ ... https://twitter.com/...
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: @Olivianuzzi Yes Olivia, this is about ideological bubbles and cancel culture. https://twitter.com/...
Zack Beauchamp / @zackbeauchamp: 15. Coda: there is an argument that Playbook is helping its more left-leaning readers understand the right better by publishing this. That's false, for reasons @AsteadWesley, @AdamSerwer, and @cjane87 explain here: https://twitter.com/...
Chris Geidner / @chrisgeidner: @Olivianuzzi It's almost impossible to more intentionally misread Ben Shapiro's history in order to be able to imagine that this is the issue presented by this.
@shotpooter: @tomscocca @jbouie @Olivianuzzi We're at most 5 or 6 years from Shapiro getting Bret Stephens' job, aren't we?
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: Ben Shapiro is a racist liar, but he also arranged for an oil company to give Politico a massive bribe, so, it;s impossible to say if hes bad or not, https://twitter.com/...
Zack Beauchamp / @zackbeauchamp: 14. So the real problem with today's Playbook isn't Ben Shapiro's identity. It's that the piece itself is poorly reasoned and outright dishonesty in a way that was predictable given his past work — and that no editor fixed the piece. It's just below decent journalistic standards.
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: @Olivianuzzi Shapiro is a liar and a bigot who is simply not a reliable source of information and does not even provide an especially interesting or penetrating look into what Republican politicians think or believe. So I am interested to know what you think is his value in the discourse.
Tom Scocca / @tomscocca: @jbouie @Olivianuzzi There is some real value in creating the chance for other people to tell the world they consider a gutter racist a worthy part of their discourse community though
Zack Beauchamp / @zackbeauchamp: 1. The problem with the Ben Shapiro Playbook isn't primarily the author. It's that the *content* of the piece is bad, in a way that was eminently predictable given the author. I'm going to go through the entire piece and explain why.
Tristan Justice / The Federalist: Politico Staff Uproar Over Ben Shapiro Playbook Cameo Proves Newsrooms Are The New College Campuses
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Republicans Oppose Impeachment Because It Makes Them Look Pro-Riot
Brian Beutler / @brianbeutler: Real reporting was that many Republicans voted no because they're scared of being murdered. Politico responded by lending a huge platform to a propagandist to claim the real reason is they were triggered by Dems, and now influential journos are amplifying that b.s. uncritically. https://twitter.com/...
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: my favorite part of this is how shapiro speaks as if this is simply something happening in the air and not a sense of siege that he's dedicated his life to stoking and cultivating https://twitter.com/...
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Axios publishes a new Bill of Rights: no opinion section ever, most content free for all people, staff pledge to not take public political positions, more — Axios is expanding into local news this month, and broadening our mission to help restore trust in fact-based news with an audience Bill of Rights.
Laura Poitras / Praxis Films:
Laura Poitras says she was fired from First Look Media in November 2020 after speaking to the press about The Intercept's failure to protect Reality Winner — I was fired from First Look Media, an organization I co-founded. My termination came two months after I spoke to the press …
Discussion:
Washington Post, @timothys, @dalemaharidge, @doctorow, @doctorow, @ggreenwald, @sarahellison, @doctorow, @snowden, @naomibrockwell, @sarahellison, @dhh, Mediaite, @froomkin, @jesselynradack, @zenjournalist, @snowden, @farhip, @bgrueskin, @trevortimm, @iwelsh, @aaronjmate, @jennycohn1, @marlownyc, @doctorow, @snowden, @doctorow, @froomkin, @amyargetsinger, @william_fitz, @doctorow, @kgosztola, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @doctorow, @katecrawford, @ggreenwald, @doctorow, @runasand, @joshsternberg, New York Times, The Hill and IndieWire
Discussion:
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post: Laura Poitras says she's been fired by First Look Media over Reality Winner controversy. Now she's questioning the company's integrity.
@timothys: I don't know why anyone trusted this billionaire-funded publication in the first place. Omidyar always had close ties to the national security state. He was hanging out at NSA as a private investor in 2004. The writing was always on the wall. This is no surprise whatsoever. https://twitter.com/...
Dale Maharidge / @dalemaharidge: What is happening here with the @theintercept is retaliation. Laura is all about source protection, and the intercept blew it. https://twitter.com/...
@doctorow: First Look says Poitras's dismissal was “natural,” and the result of her “stepping away” from her duties at the company to do “her own projects.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... 4/
@doctorow: Despite all that, I have no personal knowledge of any of the underlying facts. Here's what I do know, though: Laura Poitras is one of the bravest, most talented filmmakers and journalists I know. She is both a good person and very good at what she does. 7/
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: The reality is top Intercept editors never provided any accounting of what happened in the Winner case - who fucked that up and why? - because they knew I was being widely blamed, despite having *zero involvement in the story and were happy about that & didn't want to come clean.
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: Laura Poitras says she's been fired by First Look Media over Reality Winner controversy. Now she's questioning the watchdog's integrity. My latest https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@doctorow: When you put those two facts together, here's what you get: profound sadness. A media entity that means a lot to me has fired one of their best journalists, who also helped found the organization. This is not a good day. Poitras's work is critical to this ghastly moment. 9/
Edward Snowden / @snowden: Nobody outside the story understood how much pressure we were under. It is not an exaggeration to say that a single mistake could have sent everyone involved to prison—or worse. And during the most sensitive period of the reporting, Laura had the hardest part of it.
Naomi Brockwell / @naomibrockwell: Deeply disappointing to learn this about @theintercept. First @ggreenwald and then @laurapoitras. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: This piece is something of a bookend to one I wrote in 2014 at Vanity Fair, about the turmoil at First Look, back when @ggreenwald @mtaibbi @johnjcook were still there. Holds up: https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@dhh: “Tragedy here is that First Look Media and The Intercept had all the financial resources and digital security expertise to do this right, and yet they failed to apply their basic founding principles of source protection and accountability to themselves” https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ...
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite: Intercept Co-Founder and Whistleblower Champion Laura Poitras Says She Was Fired for Criticizing Editors Over Reality Winner Reporting Failures
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Laura Poitras is a brave, principled and heroic journalist. And what she describes here is, indeed, a tragedy. https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ...
@jesselynradack: @theintercept fired Laura Poitras bc she (correctly) criticized their burning #RealityWinner. Another alleged source, #DanielHale, goes on trial soon. Accused of leaking to @jeremyscahill. “SourceProtection” must be more than a slogan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Andrew MacGregor Marshall / @zenjournalist: What a disaster @theintercept and @firstlookmedia turned out to be. They had so many talented people and funding on a scale most journalists could only dream about, but are imploding due to epic mismanagement https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ...
Edward Snowden / @snowden: I've said before that of all the journalists I worked with to break the mass surveillance story, none of them took operational security or source protection as seriously as Laura. I never once saw her cut a corner or break a rule. She was the only one who could make me feel lax.
Paul Farhi / @farhip: One of @theintercept's co-founders, Pulitzer Prize winner Laura Poitras, says she's been fired for...talking to the news media. @sarahellison reports: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: One more reverberation from the botched story that led to Reality Winner's imprisonment https://twitter.com/...
Trevor Timm / @trevortimm: There's no one I admire more than Laura Poitras. So lucky to have her as a friend and colleague at @FreedomofPress. https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ...
Ian Welsh / @iwelsh: The Intercept does some good work, but Poitras is a legend who has put her ass on the line repeatedly. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Mat / @aaronjmate: The Intercept co-founder Laura Poitras says she has been fired following her criticism of TI's handling of the Reality Winner leak. A damning letter about TI's editorial leadership. Those who defend them ought to reflect on whether the money is worth it. https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ...
Jennifer Cohn / @jennycohn1: Poitras says she was fired in retaliation for speaking to the media re: First Look's failure to protect #RealityWinner “who is now serving 5 years in prison 4 leaking confidential intelligence documents to one of First Look's publications, the Intercept.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Marlow Stern / @marlownyc: What a mess. Free Reality Winner. https://twitter.com/...
@doctorow: And I also know that The Intercept publishes some of the best investigative journalism today. Their work has been hugely important to me and my understanding of the world. Not a day goes by that I don't learn something profound from its work. 8/
Edward Snowden / @snowden: This is Laura's statement: https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ...
@doctorow: First Look is much poorer without her. Image: Katy Scoggin https://commons.wikimedia.org/ ... CC BY: https://creativecommons.org/ ... eof/
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: No one involved with @theintercept's irresponsible outing of Reality Winner has been fired or demoted. But lots of other people have. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amy Argetsinger / @amyargetsinger: NEW from @sarahellison Laura Poitras says she was fired from First Look Media over her criticism of the Reality Winner debacle. Now only one of the original founders remains. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
William Fitzgerald / @william_fitz: NEWS: First Look Media fired Laura Poitras, the co-founder and Oscar winning film director. Today Laura is speaking out about huge gulf between the organization's purported values and its practice. https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ...
@doctorow: I have an interest here. I have sincere, deep admiration for Poitras. I contributed to the program book for her one-woman show at the Whitney, reported out a Snowden leak with her team, and one of my proudest moments was the cameo my book HOMELAND got in her doc CITIZENFOUR. 5/
Kevin Gosztola / @kgosztola: Intercept co-founder Laura Poitras says she was fired for speaking out against the media organization's failure to protect whistleblower Reality Winner. Singles out editor-in-chief Betsy Reed and First Look Media CEO Michael Bloom. https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Here's Laura Poitras' post-firing letter, with a focus on the key role of the top Intercept editors - Betsy Reed and Roger Hodge - in the Reality Winner debacle. https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ... I explained what happen in my article announcing my resignation. https://greenwald.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Many people (including myself & Laura) spent months demanding that accounting. Their original excuse was they didn't want to help DOJ in its prosecution. But that prosecution has been over for 2 1/2 years. Where is that accounting? Provide the transparency you demand of others.
@doctorow: The Intercept investigated its handling of the Winner leaks, and concluded that it made mistakes. But Poitras says that the internal investigation was never independent, and allowed people who were implicated in the failures to oversee the postmortem on those failures. 3/
Kate Crawford / @katecrawford: I've known Laura Poitras for years and her integrity and brilliance are unparalleled. Without her, First Look wouldn't exist. It's their loss, and I can't wait to see what she does next. 💜https://www.washingtonpost.com / ...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: This @WashingtonPost article today on Laura Poitras' firing from First Look Media (parent company of @TheIntercept) again notes that Intercept editors *still* refuse to provide any public accounting of the newsroom fuck-up on the Reality Winner story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@doctorow: And I have worked with First Look; I worked for months on a video project with them, and then they optioned my novella UNAUTHORIZED BREAD. Everyone I've worked with there was bright, committed, passionate and good at their jobs. 6/
Runa Sandvik / @runasand: I've always admired Laura Poitras for her integrity, her determination to protect her sources, and her courage to speak up about wrongdoing. Bad move by @theintercept. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: Laura Poitras, co-founder of The Intercept, was fired in November for talking to the media about the outlet's “failure to protect whistleblower Reality Winner and the cover-up and lack of accountability that followed” https://www.praxisfilms.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
VOA staffers circulate a petition seeking resignations of execs Robert Reilly and Elizabeth Robbins, saying they failed to be independent of political influence — Simmering tensions between journalists and managers at Voice of America grew into open rebellion Thursday …
Discussion:
@w7voa, Voice of America, @w7voa, @brianstelter, @reinlwapo, @egkaur, @farhip, The Hill and Government Accountability …
Discussion:
Steve Herman / @w7voa: “As the incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I join the dozens of brave VOA employees who have openly called on Director Reilly to resign—his actions have no place at the VOA, nor in the United States of America,” says @SenatorMenendez in statement. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Jerreat / Voice of America: Whistleblowers Demand VOA Director Resign Over Pompeo Speech, Staff Moves
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Twenty-six @VOANews journalists are demanding their director resign after a series of alleged retaliatory measures and firewall violations culminated in the reassignment of one of the network's most high-profile reporters, @pwidakuswara. https://www.voanews.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: VOA reporting on itself: “26 journalists have demanded that Voice of America's director resign after a series of alleged retaliatory measures and firewall violations culminated in the reassignment of one of the network's most high-profile reporters.” https://www.voanews.com/...
Lisa Rein / @reinlwapo: Some great reporting these past months on the mess at @VOANews by @farhip https://twitter.com/...
Esha Kaur Sarai / @egkaur: In regards to @farhip calling this an “open rebellion”, I'd like to clarify we're unarmed. #AFreePressMatters https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: New: @VOANews journalists demand resignation of news agency's top leadership after “propaganda” event, reassignment of colleagues. Latest by me: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Group Nine, owner of Thrillist, NowThis, the Dodo and more, goes public via a SPAC to raise $200M to fund acquisitions — The special purpose acquisition company set up by Group Nine Media announced that it priced its initial public offering of 20 million shares at $10 per unit, for total gross proceeds of $200 million.
Discussion:
Lucinda Southern / Adweek: Group Nine's Blank-Check Company Goes Public, Seeks to Raise $200M
Felix Salmon / Axios: The complex new landscape of going public
Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero:
Smaller services like Substack, Spotify, and Clubhouse are coming under scrutiny now that the big platforms have warmed to aggressive moderation — Smaller services are coming under scrutiny now that the big platforms have warmed to aggressive moderation — Glenn Greenwald was pissed.
Discussion:
@kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, @abbyatwork, @dlberes, Big Technology, @smorgasboredom and @markstenberg3
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Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Interesting little nugget about why Rogan had Alex Jones on as soon as he joined Spotify: https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Excited to share a new feature I wrote for @ozm: Where the content moderation war goes now that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube have warmed to moderation. Next up: A battle over content on smaller, mainstream networks like Substack, Spotify, Clubhouse. https://onezero.medium.com/...
Abby Reutzel / @abbyatwork: It'll be interesting to watch the debate around platform moderation now that there is explicit proof what a lack of moderation can lead to. https://onezero.medium.com/...
Damon Beres / @dlberes: New feature from @Kantrowitz on @ozm: How are Spotify, Substack, and Clubhouse going to handle moderation challenges that are only becoming more numerous and intense? So far, there's room for improvement. https://onezero.medium.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: A new front in the content moderation war; An expected outcome in the old one
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Axios will launch AxiosHQ, its internal company communications service, starting at $10K a year with $1M already booked and Delta and AT&T among its clients — AxiosHQ communications platform to launch with Delta Air Lines and AT&T among early customers
Discussion:
@benmullin, @roylschwartz, @thekendallbaker, The Fix, contextisking.com, @binarybits, @taylorlorenz, @sub8u, @jbenton, @mattdpearce, @mattyglesias, @moorehn, @stevesi, @zackkopplin, @dellcam, @ourobororoboruo, @sarafischer, @bigblackjacobin, @caseynewton, @alex, @nickwingfield, @film_girl, @ajs, @sarafischer, @joshsternberg, @martinsfp, @studyhallxyz and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Remember that $10,000-a-year subscription @JimVandeHei talked about when he was launching @axios? The company is launching its first paid product next month, a communications tool, with prices starting at $10,000: https://www.wsj.com/...
Kendall Baker / @thekendallbaker: Only 5% of staff make it past the first few lines of any internal update. AxiosHQ will change that. This is how we communicate ourselves at Axios, and it's amazing how helpful weekly company/team newsletters can be for keeping everyone in the loop — especially when we're remote. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Tvrdon / The Fix: European publishers should pay attention to US local news experiments in 2021
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / contextisking.com: The Closer: The CRO is Dead, Long Live the CRO
Timothy B. Lee / @binarybits: If anyone needs me to convert their memos into one-sentence paragraphs with bullet points or bolded words in front of them I will happily provide this service for less than $10,000 per year. https://www.wsj.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Corporate commutations is really tough especially at large companies. I think this is a great idea for a software product and can't wait to see how it turns out https://www.wsj.com/...
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: Step 1: Fire the people who can write sharp. Step 2: Take a subscription and hope a word processing application, a CMS and a clippy with tips improves how you write. Step 3: Realize it's not easy. Step 4: Sign up for Axios' human writer service. Step 5: 🤦♂️ https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Hey, go make money, and there's plenty I like and admire about Axios, but...is the secret sauce all that secret here? https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: and all this time I've been sending my powerful emails for free https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Be smart: I will do this for $5k https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: Congratulations to Axios on inventing PowerPoint. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: Axios Wants to Help Companies Write Like Its Reporters—for $10,000 a Year, or More // all memos will be less than 1000 words and 4 minute reads https://www.wsj.com/...
@zackkopplin: This will end with Axios turning into a military contractor. No joke. I'm calling it now https://twitter.com/...
Frankie Huang / @ourobororoboruo: Lol isn't this kind of like a supermodel selling lingerie that promises to make the wearer look like a supermodel? https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: I want this as a T shirt
Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin: Honestly? Good for Axios for convincing companies to just hand over money for this https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: I'm giving up a lot of revenue by tweeting this, but you can create a bulleted list in Google Docs by hitting ⌘+Shift+8 https://twitter.com/...
@alex: this is good https://www.wsj.com/... happy that Axios is making the news/software hybrid work — here's hoping that they also drop a prosumer version
Nick Wingfield / @nickwingfield: Axios is finally launching a newsletter platform that @jtoonkel first wrote about back in 2019 in @theinformation https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://www.wsj.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: This from @axios is brilliant. Productizing some of their own tools/style guides to sell to businesses who can find value, while also acting as ancillary revenue to support the core journalism https://www.wsj.com/...
Alyson Shontell / @ajs: I'm confused. Is Axios charging companies $10,000 to essentially have a CMS with a word count limit? https://www.wsj.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW: Write less. Say more. AXIOS HQ. https://www.axios.com/hq https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: @BenMullin @JimVandeHei @axios Journalism-as-a-service
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Interesting. Basically a version of Axios' CMS for internal comms at businesses. Although I wonder how much of Axios' unique value is really in the skill of writing ‘smart brevity’ rather than the software they use to publish it. https://twitter.com/...
Study Hall / @studyhallxyz: we'll teach u to write like study hall for $1 https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Medium is acquiring Glose, a digital platform for buying, reading, and discussing books; Glose's 20 employees, most of whom are based in Paris, will join Medium — New York (CNN Business)Substack has become synonymous with writers looking to go independent.
Discussion:
TechCrunch, 3 min read, @anildash, @thebolditalic, @sandeeroston, @calexity, @mason, @caseynewton, @yambhands, @alex, @jadagomez, @chronotope, @baekdal, @keccers, @martinsfp, @henrikberggren, @alexislloyd and @whatthebit, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Medium acquires social book reading app Glose
Sandee Roston / 3 min read: Medium acquires social ebook platform Glose
Anil Dash / @anildash: This is nice to see compared to the newsletter platform that's explicitly courting P*rler's audience. https://www.cnn.com/...
@thebolditalic: Proud to be owned by @Medium and excited to see this news. If you don't subscribe yet, it's only $5/month, y'all. You get your fav local pub (US!) + thousands of other pubs and content from writers around the world. https://twitter.com/...
Sandee Roston / @sandeeroston: With the integration of Glose, @Medium will have 1.5M books in its ecosystem https://twitter.com/...
Lex Roman / @calexity: .@Medium once asked me to put one of my blog posts in their publication. They pay me 8 cents for it every couple months no joke https://www.cnn.com/...
Bryan Mason / @mason: So excited to share the news of this big project I've been working on at Medium! A great collaboration! https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: My main takeaway from this is that Substack is already distributing more money to writers after three years than Medium is after 9. https://www.cnn.com/...
Yamini Bhandari / @yambhands: So excited to finally announce a project we've been working on. @Medium has acquired @Glose and is expanding into books 📚 🎉 https://www.cnn.com/...
@alex: re: the CNN piece on Medium, has any indie writer had M and Substack kinda bid for their custom? https://www.cnn.com/...
Jada Gomez / @jadagomez: .@Medium is expanding into books. Translation, I'm super elated at work today! https://www.cnn.com/...
Aram Zucker-Scharff / @chronotope: 2 things: 1. This lede is a brutal burn of Medium lol, way to frame them as has-been. 2. 100% the opening salvo of an ad play. 1st you get the connection to books, then you get strong user preferences via well-defined book metadata, finally you use the user data to sell stuff. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Champagne / @keccers: 👀 could this light a fire under goodreads or does Amazon truly not give an f about that platform https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Medium the Goodreads rival is a twist I didn't see coming. https://twitter.com/...
Henrik / @henrikberggren: I met with @ev to discuss @Readmill and how books/annotations could work with @medium back in 2013. Excited that they finally made an acquisition in the space! Congrats to team Glose! https://twitter.com/...
Alexis Lloyd / @alexislloyd: Exciting day at work today! “If I'm reading a book and some particular passage speaks to me, I can very seamlessly take that to my blog, maybe write about it, maybe have a discussion about it.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Paul Bennun / KCRW:
California public radio station KCRW drops The Daily, over concerns about NYT's handling of issues surrounding Caliphate — We have concerns about how the Times has handled the aftermath of the erroneous reporting in its audio series Caliphate, which was featured on The Daily …
Discussion:
@kcrw, KUT Radio …, @sorayanelson, @akmcglinchy, @thebenbergman, @nwquah, @reblavoie and Business Insider
Discussion:
@kcrw: KCRW joined with 26 fellow public media organizations in co-signing a letter to The New York Times, concerning issues surrounding its audio productions, including Caliphate and The Daily. Ultimately, KCRW has decided to cease airing The Daily: https://www.kcrw.com/...
Erin Geisler / KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station: KUT Statement on “The Daily”
SorayaSarhaddiNelson / @sorayanelson: Good call by @kcrw, deciding to cease airing The Daily from The New York Times. https://www.kcrw.com/...
Audrey McGlinchy / @akmcglinchy: As of today, @KUT has pulled The Daily from our airwaves. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Bergman / @thebenbergman: KCRW becomes the second station to drop The Daily, after Houston Public Media. https://twitter.com/...
Nick Quah / @nwquah: KCRW is dropping The Daily from its broadcast schedule i believe this is the second station to do so https://www.kcrw.com/...
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
A look at Judd Legum's Popular Information newsletter, which helped push companies to suspend donations to politicians who objected to election results — - Companies stop contributions after Popular Information article — Judd Legum's newsletter has amassed 138,000 subscribers
Discussion:
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Popular Information is profiled this morning in Bloomberg @business https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: A good rule for all sorts of reporting: “My guiding principle is to find something that's so monotonous and boring that it's unlikely to be duplicated,” he said in an interview https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Nick Turner / @newsynick: Having an influential Substack newsletter is the new golden ticket of journalism https://twitter.com/...
Brian M. Rosenthal / @brianmrosenthal: This. This is so much of what truly impactful journalism is. It should be drilled into every journalism student: https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: A very good read. And good insight on modern day reporting: https://twitter.com/...
Eli Rosenberg / @emrosenberg: Nice piece on Judd Legum, whose style of reporting has had real impact but might have run into real institutional barriers at many traditional publications https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Jesse Lehrich / @jesselehrich: great story on @JuddLegum's tour de force to get corporations to stop funding Trump's anti-democratic enablers in Congress: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@slpng_giants: Would argue that no one in this time has had such a dramatic effect on the environment of corporate and institutional dollars flowing to media and politics than @JuddLegum. He's an absolute beast and you should subscribe to https://popular.info/ to support his important work. https://twitter.com/...
Pup Vidhra / @shitthepupsays: “Legum said he looks for angles to stories that he thinks media outlets are unlikely to pursue. Last week, he and his research assistant spent four days finding the corporate donors for senators who objected to the election results, then contacted all 144 companies for comment” https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Reza Aslan / @rezaaslan: I'm one! https://twitter.com/...
Simon Owens / @simonowens: It really is amazing how much political impact Judd Legum has achieved using nothing but a Substack newsletter. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: The Popular Information newsletter is likely making more than $300,000 a year for @JuddLegum. @gerryfsmith on a newsletter that supports investigative journalism. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
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