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Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Biden deputy press sec T.J. Ducklo threatened Politico's Tara Palmeri after finding out she was reporting on his relationship with an Axios journalist — Deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo lashed out at journalist Tara Palmeri, spurring conversations between Politico's brass and the White House …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Politico Editor on Ducklo: Biden ‘Set a High Bar’ for Staffers and ‘They Will Be Held to It’
Washington Post: Deputy White House press secretary resigns amid fallout from contentious phone call with reporter
Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: Didn't see this earlier: Psaki claimed Ducklo's apology to Palmeri had been “profound,” but @oliverdarcy obtained a copy of the apology. It's profoundly half assed. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hanaa' Tameez / Close Tabs: This might be a lot for Valentine's Day
Alex Burns / @alexburnsnyt: I've been a reporter for 13 years, had many adversarial and even hostile conversations with spokespeople and have never been spoken to like this or anything close. And it's not hard to figure out why. This sexist bullying is unacceptable. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: For the record: if we're talking off the record and you begin threatening me we are no longer talking off the record
Michael D. Shear / New York Times: White House Press Aide Resigns Over Call to Reporter
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: White House suspends senior press aide accused of threatening reporter
Caleb Ecarma / @calebecarma: scoop by me: WH comms aide TJ Ducklo threatened to “destroy” Politico's Tara Palmeri for reporting on his relationship with an Axios reporter and accused her of just being “jealous” of his girlfriend. Jen Psaki and Kate Bedingfield then defended him https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@nbcnews: Deputy White House Press Sec. TJ Ducklo statement: “I am devastated to have embarrassed and disappointed my White House colleagues and President Biden, and after a discussion with White House communications leadership tonight, I resigned my position” https://twitter.com/...
@nbcnews: JUST IN: Deputy White House Press Sec. TJ Ducklo has resigned, White House says. “We are committed to striving every day to meet the standard set by the President in treating others with dignity and respect, with civility and with a value for others,” Press Sec. Psaki says. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: Jen Psaki: “We accepted the resignation of TJ Ducklo ... We are committed to striving every day to meet the standard set by the President in treating others with dignity and respect, with civility and with a value for others through our words and our actions.”
Umberto Gonzalez / The Wrap: White House Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo Resigns After Threatening Reporter
Doug Heye / @dougheye: I so respect this as a real apology, not a “I regret if my words were misinterpreted.” This shows character. I wish TJ well. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: WH spokesman TJ Ducklo resigns - publicly offering the profound apology he failed to provide at outset https://twitter.com/...
Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins: The White House says TJ Ducklo has resigned. “We accepted the resignation of TJ Ducklo after a discussion with him this evening,” Jen Psaki says. Says it was with support from chief of staff and they are “committed to striving every day to meet the standard set by the President.”
Adrian Carrasquillo / @carrasquillo: Ahh reminds me of an operative who calmly asked if we could go off the record circa 2015 and when I said yes laid into me, yelling about my questions. For the rest of that campaign I conducted our communication via email but we're cool now! https://twitter.com/...
@firstpost: In a statement, #TJDucklo said he was “devastated to have embarrassed and disappointed my White House colleagues and President Biden.” https://www.firstpost.com/...
Josh Caplan / @joshdcaplan: WHITE HOUSE: Deputy White House Press Sec. TJ Ducklo has resigned https://twitter.com/...
Kathianne Boniello / New York Post: WH spokesman TJ Ducklo resigns after allegedly threatening reporter: Psaki
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: 10 things you need to know today: February 14, 2021
Kassidy Vavra / The Sun: Biden's deputy press sec TJ Ducklo RESIGNS after ‘threatening reporter’ who asked about his fling with journalist
Bradford Betz / Fox News: WH aide TJ Ducklo resigns after demeaning reporter despite Biden's warning of firing
@_jacquelyn2020: Let's help lift up @TDucklo He did what any HUMAN would do, WE sometimes make mistakes and an apology and change is the best way to go! Nothing but the highest respect and Honor for this man and his success. God bless us all! ❤️❤️ #Apologyaccepted 🤓 https://twitter.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline: White House Deputy Press Secretary Resigns After Report He Threatened Politico Journalist
Alex Woodward / The Independent: White House aide resigns after suspension for sexist comments to reporter
Michelle Mark / Insider: A top White House press staffer has resigned after threatening to ‘destroy’ a reporter
Tim Alberta / @timalberta: Imagine if a male Trump staffer threatened a female reporter, leveled obscene sexualized insults against her, and then, after the WH failed to sweep it under the rug, he received a *one week* suspension. The outrage would be universal and unrelenting. Justifiably so. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian: The White House Response to the TJ Ducklo Story Should Remind Reporters: Press Staff Are Not Your Friends.
John Eggerton / nexttv.com: TJ Ducklo, Biden Assistant Press Secretary, Resigns
Chris Ariens / TVNewser: Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo Resigns, Expresses ‘Regret’ Over Comments to Tara Palmeri
Ben Gittleson / ABC News: White House suspends deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo for threatening reporter
Josh Barro / @jbarro: yeah I'm not sure how tenable it is to have a high-ranking press official who isn't allowed to work with one of the most prominent outlets. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: An update to this: I am told that Ducklo wrote *another* apology note just today. In that second note he expressed his regret in more personal terms, per people briefed on it. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Mitchell / Between Rock and a Hard Place: The Fools on the Hill — Some last-minute revelations about Trump's behavior on January 6 emerge …
Mary Margaret Olohan / @marymargolohan: “It feels like she is punishing us more than him,” one of the staffers said, noting that her solution is for Politico reporters to lose access to one of the highest ranking officials in the White House communications department. https://www.cnn.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: They're gonna have to try again on this one. https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Imagine the (justifiable) reaction if someone working at the Trump White House had done this https://twitter.com/...
Clay Aiken / @clayaiken: Your move @PressSec and @POTUS https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Lol. This happened to me only once. I said: hang on. Let me roll on this so I can play it back for folks. https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Egan / NBC News: White House deputy press secretary suspended after allegations of verbally harassing a reporter
Steadman&trade / @asteadwesley: you don't say stuff like this overnight, you do it because the behavior has been tolerated and even encouraged. too many press aides think off the record is grounds for disrespect https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: There will be Q's about this at today's @PressSec briefing, and rightly so: https://twitter.com/...
@charles_gaba: Ugh. From the story, it sounds like @TDucklo isn't denying the conversation or what he said. Unless there's some other factor to this, he should step down today. https://twitter.com/...
Connie Schultz / @connieschultz: I may have some thoughts about this. In summary, disclose, disclose, disclose — and be transparent in your efforts to avoid ethical conflicts. Also, never threaten journalists. It seldom goes the way you planned. https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: Going off the record is a two-way agreement that doesn't go into effect until both parties agree and any one party can end it any time. https://twitter.com/...
EdAsante / @edasante77: For the record I don't want the guy fired. It's just amusing these standards Biden and the Left put up as some sort of cudgel against Republicans that end up ensnaring themselves.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Politico staffers are outraged about @PressSec's solution here: “It feels like she is punishing us more than him,” one tells me, noting the outlet will lose access to one of the highest ranking White House comms officials. https://www.cnn.com/...
@gormogons: GP Don't forget that the White House knew this occurred for several weeks and only suspended Mr. Ducklo when his behavior leaked. https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Reza Aslan / @rezaaslan: Fire him now https://twitter.com/...
Piers Morgan / @piersmorgan: First test of President Biden's zero tolerance policy on this kind of behaviour.... https://twitter.com/...
Caroline Anderegg / @cfanderegg: What I can't get over: his female bosses giving him a gentle slap on the wrist for berating and harassing another woman. And y'all wonder why we roll our eyes when women on the Left lecture us about having the moral high ground. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: What's described in here is misogynistic, deranged, and absolutely unacceptable behavior. @tarapalmeri was doing her job. https://twitter.com/...
Meghan McCain / @meghanmccain: I cannot tell you how angry misogynists who speak this way towards women makes me - this is disgusting, blatant sexism and it's beneath the Biden administration. @tarapalmeri is one of the best journalists out there and deserves better than this. https://twitter.com/...
Byron York / @byronyork: How a Biden press aide dealt with a reporter pursuing an uncomfortable story: ‘I will destroy you.’ From @VanityFair: https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@zachdespart: Glad the White House suspended him but if anyone ever talks to my female colleagues like this they can go to hell. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Not even a month into the Biden Administration and a very senior WH official is explicitly threatening a reporter and subjecting her to degrading, misogynistic abuse for trying to do her job as a reporter. Democracy dies in darkness. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Ada Chvez / @aidachavez: I love how Axios pulled a reporter off the White House beat because she's dating a Biden press secretary, and instead assigned her to cover progressives in Congress and the Vice President — subjects that famously have nothing to do with the President. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: 👇 Off the record is an *agreement* between a source and a reporter, not something a source can just demand. It's not a magic word. And if you threaten a reporter, your OTR privileges are moot. https://twitter.com/...
Haley Byrd Wilt / @byrdinator: Can you imagine saying this to someone unironically and thinking it is a normal, well adjusted thing to do as part of your job https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: Also: when I was still a full time working journo, nothing motivated me more than a hostile subject or source threatening to destroy and / or ruin me. This does not have the effect on journalists that people think it will. https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Fleisher / @wakeup2politics: Two examples of male operatives attacking female reporters, surfacing within 24 hours of each other. As @espiers writes here, this kind of stuff does not often end up reflecting well on the operative! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alyssa Farah / @alyssafarah: Yikes. This is wildly unprofessional & deeply misogynistic. No woman should be subjected to this kind of bullying and berating on the job. Also, @tarapalmeri is a pro. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Whitlock / @mattdizwhitlock: “If you ever work with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I will fire you on the spot. No ifs, ands or buts.” -President Biden https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: Having been on the receiving end of aggressive (& personal) pushback from BIDEN press team, I can tell you it's not fun, but this seems like another level entirely. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Noah Kulwin / @nkulw: Don't even think the inauguration had even happened yet when a WH reporter told me that Biden ppl were far more privately aggressive w press than Trump https://twitter.com/...
Kai Ryssdal / @kairyssdal: Soon to be Former WH Deputy Press Sec'y, I'll wager... https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Kessler / @glennkesslerwp: Possibly a firing offense but at the very least it looks like someone should be reassigned from ever dealing with reporters. Curious to see how this WH handles this. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: The really noxious thing here is that it looks like Ducklo went after Palmeri even though she wasn't the reporter pursuing the story. That just reeks of misogyny. https://twitter.com/...
Rodericka Applewhaite / @rodericka: If someone in Trump's orbit talked to a reporter like this we would call for their head and they would deserve it. Let's not excuse stoops to their level just because the previous administration maintained a standard of classlessness. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: This is well, well beyond the bounds of okay. And no-one should try to let the behaviour of the last administration change what's within the boundaries for this one. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Katie Glueck / @katieglueck: “instead of calling the male reporter who initially contacted,” per the story https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ryan McCarthy / @mccarthyryanj: Biden WH: so that conversation in which a male aide threatened to “destroy” a female Politico reporter, called her “jealous” and made misogynist comments? That was off the record. Unbelievable stuff. https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lissandra Villa / @lissandravilla: There's always a way to make a bad story worse, and speaking so inappropriately to a reporter, is one: https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Jerry Dunleavy / @jerrydunleavy: How it started vs. How it's going https://people.com/... https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: Hey @PressSec has @tducklo46 been fired yet, and if not, why not? https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: “Off the record, I will destroy you.” https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Hong / @chrishongtu: Terrible treatment of the media has always been, and always will be, a bipartisan problem. https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Susan Ferrechio / @susanferrechio: I've experienced this kind of crap from “aides” and “officials.” Believe me, THEY MEAN IT. “I Will Destroy You”: Biden Aide Threatened a Politico Reporter Pursuing a Story on His Relationship https://www.vanityfair.com/... via @VanityFair
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: If confirmed, this would not build back better Biden WH-press relations VF reports that WH deputy press secy @TDucklo threatened @tarapalmeri as she reported on his relationship w a reporter - and made vile & misogynistic remarks to boot 👇🏼 https://twitter.com/...
Jim Swift / Overtime: Reforms to Repair Our Democratic Guardrails
Bob Cronin / Newser: Biden Press Aide Suspended Over Threat
Rebecca Morin / USA Today: White House deputy press secretary suspended for 1 week after threatening reporter over story
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: White House aide threatens reporter: “I will destroy you”
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
T.J. Ducklo announces his resignation on his personal Twitter account, saying he “embarrassed and disappointed” his White House colleagues and President Biden — White House Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned after his controversial harassment of a Politico reporter came to light.
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo Resigns After Threatening Politico Reporter: ‘I Will Destroy You’
Grace Panetta / @grace_panetta: .@PressSec: “We accepted the resignation of TJ Ducklo after a discussion with him this evening. This conversation occurred with the support of the White House Chief of Staff.” https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: White House suspends deputy press secretary for one week for threatening reporter over story about him
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg: Biden Aide Ducklo Resigns Over Report He Threatened Reporter
Bradford Betz / Fox News: WH aide resigns after demeaning reporter despite Biden's warning of firing
Li Cohen / CBS News: “Abhorrent, disrespectful, and unacceptable”: White House aide TJ Ducklo resigns after reports he threatened reporter
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces the resignation of Deputy TJ Ducklo: “We are committed to striving every day to set the standard set by the president in treating others with dignity and respect.” Note: Psaki was aware of the Palmeri harassment for 3 weeks and did nothing. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Diamond / @jdiamond1: TJ Ducklo has resigned from the White House, 1 day after he was suspended without pay for a week for comments he made to a reporter. Here is his statement on the incident & his resignation: https://twitter.com/...
Amy Hayes / @tangentsafari: Thank goodness! I was going to muster some phone calls from folks into the WH public comment line about this on Monday. @tarapalmeri should not have been treated like that. https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Bardella / @kurtbardella: No one believes in second chances more than I do. @TDucklo is a fighter, a surviver, supremely talented. He made a mistake. It happens. He's accepting responsibility for it and I believe will bounce back and be better than ever. Lord knows I've been there and then some. https://twitter.com/...
Weijia Jiang / @weijia: NEW: @PressSec announces @TDucklo has resigned after using sexist and threatening language with a female reporter. The President had said he would fire someone on the spot for being disrespectful, and that he wanted to restore decency to the White House. https://twitter.com/...
@jerseydeanne: Biden's deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo resigns for threatening to ‘destroy’ reporter if she revealed details of his secret relationship with an Axios journalist - after White House only suspended him for a week https://jerseydeanne.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy:
Jen Psaki says T.J. Ducklo has been placed on a one-week suspension without pay and will no longer be assigned to work with any Politico reporters — TJ Ducklo has been placed on a one-week suspension without pay, @PressSec says. https://twitter.com/...
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Jen Psaki / @presssec: TJ Ducklo has apologized to the reporter, with whom he had a heated conversation about his personal life. He is the first to acknowledge this is not the standard of behavior set out by the President.
Jen Psaki / @presssec: With the approval of the White House Chief of Staff, he has been placed on a one-week suspension without pay. In addition, when he returns, he will no longer be assigned to work with any reporters at Politico.
Marc Istook / @marcistook: I get the point Tapper is trying to make. But I'm not sure reporters are considered a press official's colleagues. And Ducklo has stage IV lung cancer. Keeping his job means keeping his health insurance. Feels like there's more to the story. https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: 10 things you need to know today: February 13, 2021
Caleb Ecarma / @calebecarma: worth re-upping this zero tolerance policy re: unprofessional behavior that Biden made during his staff's swearing in https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: The note from Ducklo to Palmeri: “Last night on the phone with you I lost my temper in a way that was unprofessional, and I apologize for that. I should have done a better job at keeping my emotions in check during our conversation. It won't happen again.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: @kerrymflynn Any other communications professional would be fired on the spot for this. I cannot believe he is still employed and I'm even angrier people are defending him.
@kerrymflynn: This was sexual harassment. The consequence from his employer: A one-week suspension https://www.vanityfair.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Liz Mair / @lizmair: By Biden's own standards, he should have been fired. I get that maybe that standard was untenable, but ONE WEEK SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY? That is serious weak sauce. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Taylor / @scotttaylorva: Is this a joke? He needs to be fired. Where are Democrat women and reporters' voices on this? https://twitter.com/...
Pete Evans / @911corlebra777: Good on Jake for pointing this out. Biden is definitely an improvement on Trump, but reporters aren't there to be sycophants and drink the kool aid blindly cc @thespybrief @JamesFourM @lauferlaw https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: Btw this isn't just a violation of the Biden pledge, or his broader promise of decency. I've had verbal fights with press secretaries for more than 20 years and no one has ever spoken to me like this. It's misogyny and emblematic of the double standard women reporters face. https://twitter.com/...
Sophia A. Nelson / @iamsophianelson: Heated conversation or threat? https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: One of your deputies went on a screaming tirade at me in front of a bunch of reporters and staffers in the lower press office because he didn't like my answer to a survey question about your boss calling reporters “the enemy of the people.” You did nothing about it. Sit down. https://twitter.com/...
Sean Spicer / @seanspicer: Did he see this? “I am not joking when I say this: If you are ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot. No ifs, ands, or buts,” President Biden https://twitter.com/...
Steve Krakauer / @stevekrak: So Ducklo is banned from working with any reporters at Politico, because of his misogynistic insults aimed at a Politico reporter, but he can still work with reporters at Axios, where his girlfriend is employed as a reporter covering the VP. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Whitmire / @warondumb: No good enough, @POTUS. Are you a man of your word or not? https://twitter.com/...
Neal Rogers / @nealrogers: This is weak sauce. Ducklo's behavior was completely unprofessional and unacceptable. He failed to live up to the “treat colleagues with respect” standard Biden mandated just weeks earlier. He should be — as Biden said — “fired on the spot.” https://twitter.com/...
Jen Psaki / @presssec: In addition to his initial apology, he has sent the reporter a personal note expressing his profound regret.
Andrew Therriault / @therriaultphd: He literally has one job, which is to maintain healthy and productive relationships with the press, and he's clearly incapable of doing that. There are many better people for that job, and they deserve a first chance far more than he deserves another one. https://twitter.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: Keep in mind the WH has known about this since January. https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: This is, of course, not what Biden promised just three weeks ago. He said specifically at that time he would fire “on the spot” anyone who treats “another colleague with disrespect” or talks “down to someone — no ifs, and or buts.” https://twitter.com/...
Jim Rooney / @roon0292: TJ has stage 4 cancer. While what he did is inexcusable, firing him now would basically be a death sentence. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: President Biden on Jan 20: “I'm not joking when I say this: If you ever work with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I will fire you on the spot. No ifs, ands or buts.” President Biden on Feb 12: https://twitter.com/...
Hans Mahncke / @hansmahncke: Turns out this was just virtue signaling bluster. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Cillizza / @chriscillizza: One week? Didn't Biden say he had a “zero tolerance” policy for this sort of behavior. https://twitter.com/...
Space Lazar Wolf / @nathanwurtzel: So it appears there are ifs ands or buts. FWIW, I never believed him. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: @PressSec adds that when @tducklo46 returns, he will “no longer be assigned to work with any reporters at Politico.”
Israel Salas-Rodriguez / The Sun: Who is TJ Ducklo dating?
Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten:
New York Times's recent article on Slate Star Codex was flawed and dishonest, and an attempt to punish the blog's author for embarrassing them last summer — There was recently a negative article about me and my blog in the New York Times. Most of you already know the history behind this …
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Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Having read this NYT piece, the Astral Codex response, and all of the related posts, including from Matt Yglesias and Noah Smith, I've come to the conclusion that the Times piece should never have been published in its current form https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Victoria Cavaliere / Insider: Venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan reportedly suggested doxxing a journalist who reported on narratives he didn't like
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: Deep cut here from @mattyglesias https://www.slowboring.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Timothy B. Lee / @binarybits: This is a remarkable level of dishonesty from the Times. Scott Alexander once expressed agreement with Charles Murray on a topic unrelated to race and IQ. The Times wrote a paragraph strongly implying Alexander endorsed Murray's views on race and IQ. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@blakehounshell: Am I the only one who finds this guy Scott Alexander's blog really boring and desperately in need of editing, setting aside the controversy over this article and his views? https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Askell / @amandaaskell: I decided to go for a walk to the beach rather than engage in the New York Times kerfuffle this time around. Matt Yglesias has a pretty nice piece on it though. https://twitter.com/...
Eliezer Yudkowsky / @esyudkowsky: This is an unremarkable level of dishonesty from the NYT and must be expected from their other articles too. This article was a Big Deal, and it represents the best work the NYT can put forth when their remaining editors are paying lots of attention. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Galef / @juliagalef: This is a great discussion of @slatestarcodex, the rationalist community, and norms of discourse I don't agree with 100% of it, but it's a lot more well-informed & perceptive than average, and even the criticisms of the rationalists are pretty fair IMO https://www.slowboring.com/...
Austen Pompliano / @austen: In which Scott Alexander is a better writer and clearer thinker than the folks who wrote about him and far, far too nice to those people who are blatantly lying about him in a sad attempt to destroy him https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
@nytimesbusiness: “It is the one place I know of online where you can have civil conversations among people with a wide range of views.” For a while, it vanished. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jesse Singal / @jessesingal: Scott Alexander's response to the New York Times hit piece against him just went live: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Gerald Butts / @gmbutts: I often disagree with @mattyglesias, but this is a strong piece. Worth your time. In defense of interesting writing on controversial topics - Slow Boring https://www.slowboring.com/...
Robin Hanson / @robinhanson: “Predictably, the NYT piece came out soon after, and predictably, it was very negative. I want to respond to four main negative claims in the article - there are more, but these should give a general sketch of why I feel it was unfair” https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Richard Florida / @richard_florida: Until yesterday I had no idea who these people were. I find the whole thing so very interesting ... https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Jonathan Chait / @jonathanchait: The important takeaway from @mattyglesias is that there's too much pressure for ideological conformity and not enough value on learning from writers with whom we disagree https://www.slowboring.com/...
Tom Chivers / @tomchivers: Given that 1) the @nytimes has published its long-awaited story about @slatestarcodex and the rationalist community, and 2) it's kind of weak and uninformative and mean-spirited, perhaps now is the time to read my book on the subject! https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas A. Christakis / @nachristakis: “I don't want to accuse NYT of lying, exactly, but if they were truthful, it was in same way as Wizard of Oz review: ‘Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.’ https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Steven Pinker / @sapinker: National treasure Scott Alexander on the uncomprehending New York Times article about him. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Molson Hart / @molson_hart: It apparently has become fashionable to criticize and discredit big media (NY Times, WSJ, etc.). I'm not a journalism expert, but in my experience it makes more sense to criticize particular journalists than their employers. There are good and bad journalists at every paper. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Galef / @juliagalef: For no particular reason, today seems like a good day to remind people about the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect Nice explainer by @heyitsnoah: https://www.noahbrier.com/...
Jacob Grier / @jacobgrier: It's debatable whether I qualify as a west coast nerd, and I'm not particular immersed in rationalist discourse or SCC, but this is a good post (especially the last section, which gets at how Twitter encourages users to unproductively engage with writers they disagree with). https://twitter.com/...
Timothy B. Lee / @binarybits: I'm enjoying post-Vox Matt Yglesias. https://www.slowboring.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Some thoughts on the NYT @slatestarcodex article, but more broadly on the need for antidotes to conformism and mediocrity enforced via Twitter dunk. https://www.slowboring.com/...
Justin Kan / @justinkan: NYT's coverage on Slate Star Codex is depressing. This HN comment articulates it better than I can. https://news.ycombinator.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Caplan / @bryan_caplan: “I believe they [@nytimes] misrepresented me [@slatestarcodex] as retaliation for my publicly objecting to their policy of doxxing bloggers in a way that threatens their livelihood and safety.” https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Stephen Maher / @stphnmaher: Hard to avoid the conclusion the Times sought to create a false impression here https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Anders Sandberg / @anderssandberg: The NYT article on @slatestarcodex seemed to have real trouble with the idea of broad intellectual discourse and interests, and that a wide range of people with different views could actually care. I think @mattyglesias got it roughly right in https://www.slowboring.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: This is good. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Scott Alexander responds to what he says was a bad faith attack by the New York Times, which cherry-picked blog posts to make him look bad https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Mike Solana / @micsolana: slate star codex thoroughly dismantles the nyt hit, though expresses justifiable concern that on account of the times' power and reach far more people will read the distortion than will read his response. let's make sure that doesn't happen: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Geoffrey Miller / @primalpoly: You guys really need to read this, to understand how shamelessly vengeful & creepily unprincipled the @nytimes has become. https://twitter.com/...
@jonst0kes: No, Scott, they misrepresented you because you are in the enemy camp and they are at war. They are not playin' with you, man. They're out for scalps. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: I agree with some of what he writes in the post, but here, Matt might be projecting a bit. https://twitter.com/...
Felix Holtwell / The Anti-Apocalyptus Newsletter: Issue 25: the rationalist row
@noahpinion: I read the NYT article about Slate Star Codex, and I don't like it. It traffics in a certain inaccurate, worn-out stereotype of Silicon Valley and the tech industry, and doesn't do a good job of describing the Rationalist subculture. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Peg / @pegobry: “I have 1,557 other posts worth of material he could have used, and the sentence he chose to go with was the one that was crossed out and included a plea for people to stop taking it out of context.” https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
Mike Pesca / @pescami: That's it? That's the story? Did I miss a page? its a bunch of guilt-by association charges and then...the consequences of reporting the actual name of the blogger who used a pseudonym. Oof. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Don't normally post articles at 11:15 PM on a Saturday night, but I figure most of the people interested in this topic are west coast nerds so.... https://www.slowboring.com/...
Tim Miller / @timodc: The Times letting these types of smears get through fact checking in a piece they've been working on for ages is just crazy. https://twitter.com/...
David French / @davidafrench: Please read. The NYT has some explaining to do. Again. https://twitter.com/...
Talia Ringer / @taliaringer: So I disagree with Scott Alexander on most things (though he writes well), and I think Rationalism is a bizarre hypermasculine cult aspiring for an impossible and undesirable goal, progressing poorly at this goal. But the NYT article is hilariously bad. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sam Bowman / @s8mb: Here's Scott's response, which highlights a few examples of distortions the piece makes to make him sound like a racist and misogynist. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ ...
@hdxacademy: “the way you learn things and get smarter is to read strong writers and try to understand what they're saying. Not try to pick it apart for clout or find ways to caricature and snark about it.” @mattyglesias https://www.slowboring.com/...
@noahpinion: My response to the Times article about Slate Star Codex: 1. There's no evidence it was very popular or influential in the tech world 2. Techies (including founders) are OVERWHELMINGLY liberals 3. Rationalists care mostly about esoterica, not politics https://noahpinion.substack.com/ ...
Megan McArdle / @asymmetricinfo: I assume it wasn't deliberate, but that paragraph is extremely misleading, and should be corrected. https://twitter.com/...
@jason: Interesting to see so many @nytimes reporters come out this strongly in support of one story 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kaschuta / Alex Kaschuta's Garden …: The Pot-O-Gold #5 - The SSCeaquel — The most riveting conversations this week happened …
@erratarob: This hit piece by the NYTimes against the “Slate Star Codex” is strangely self-unaware, exactly the demonstration why people don't trust mainstream media outlets like the NYTimes. https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera: Ok, this post is a more effective and measured response than relying on the old sic-dark-enlightenment-on-vulnerable- reporter-and-dox move: https://twitter.com/...
Niall Ferguson / @nfergus: The @nytimes has become wholly unscrupulous in its efforts to police the public sphere on behalf of the “Blue Tribe.” Scott Alexander destroys their hit piece here. https://twitter.com/...
Jill Abramson / New York Post:
Jill Abramson responds to unrest at NYT, saying “the constant harping and carping of media reporters” has made the “environment more poisonous” — I have been called by many reporters about the controversial departure of reporter Donald McNeil from The New York Times.
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Aymann Ismail / Slate: An Exhausting Week at the New York Times
David Gura / @davidgura: “I know what it feels like to be pushed out of an important job at The Times in a public manner, as was the case when I was fired as executive editor in 2014.” In a @nypost op-ed (https://nypost.com/...), @JillAbramson addresses Don McNeil's and James Bennet's departures: https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: @JillAbramson writes a piece about NYT's divided newsroom, lashing out at media reporters for the “the constant harping and carping” that has “only made the environment more poisonous.” https://nypost.com/...
Byron York / @byronyork: A former executive editor of the New York Times takes to the pages of the New York Post to criticize current Times management. https://nypost.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Former executive editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson, gives her view of recent controversies. https://nypost.com/... The only question that really matters, she says: “Have readers been adversely affected by what's happened inside the NYT or by Mr. McNeil's behavior?”
@davewiner: Brilliant: “Have readers been adversely affected by what's happened inside the NYT or by Mr. McNeil's behavior? Given what I know, and there is still information I don't know, I think not.” https://nypost.com/...
Daniel Goldblatt / The Wrap: Former NY Times Chief Jill Abramson Says Reporter's Use of N-Word Did Not ‘Hurt Readers’
Joshua Holland / @joshuahol: Does @JillAbramson really not understand the degree to which whining about the NYT in Murdoch's NYPost undermines her credibility? We all assume that CJR wouldn't publish it. https://nypost.com/...
Matt Karnitschnig / @mkarnitschnig: Former NYT editor asks “Is there any news report that equals the Times in excellence?” I can actually think of several. But might it be that this attitude is at the core of the endless string of scandals at the paper? https://nypost.com/... via @nypost
@caro: .@JillAbramson got screwed over by a sexist takedown that I thought was justified at the time, but the more I have learned about her and seen what she's had to say, the more I realize the NYT stupidly rid itself of someone incredible https://nypost.com/...
@howardfineman: With utmost diplomacy and expressions of love and respect for the @nytimes, the paper's former editor, @JillAbramson, suggests that #DonaldMcNeil should not have been fired. https://nypost.com/...
@nytimesguild: “We needed transparency. Particularly for journalists who write about racism, racial inequality, for the New York Times, our own colleague is being accused of this and we don't have information...And we're just supposed to just trust you. That's not what journalists do.” https://twitter.com/...
Charles Gasparino / @cgasparino: Great stuff by @JillAbramson — Ex-New York Times boss Jill Abramson responds to unrest at the paper https://nypost.com/... via @nypost
@colinflaherty: Now this is the kind of bogus story, that reporters should rise up in anger about. https://nypost.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: “Stop caring so much about drama at the New York Times” is an interesting argument coming from a person who recently wrote a book partially about drama at the New York Times https://twitter.com/...
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: For the record, I never called for Don McNeil to be further punished nor to resign. I did ask the NYT for transparency. But let's also be clear, there was no need to for Don McNeil to say that word in that context.
Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel: Dean Baquet addresses Donald McNeil episode on NYT in-house broadcast: “Of course intent matters,” he says, reversing a statement about McNeil earlier from top brass that “We do not tolerate racist language, regardless of intent.” 1/
Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters:
Settlement agreements for the copyright dispute between French media and Google show Google will pay $22M annually in total to 121 publications for three years — PARIS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has agreed to pay $76 million over three years to a group of French news publishers …
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Ted Gioia / @tedgioia: Google will pay $76 million to 121 French news publishers for use of parts of their articles in search results. https://www.reuters.com/... This will happen in other countries, but not in the US—where Google has successfully “lobbied” so many politicians.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Once again, the unintended consequence of regulating platforms to reduce their power gives them more. Now Google is in a position to decide which news organizations are helped (as it decides what must be forgotten and Facebook decides what is hate). https://www.reuters.com/...
Ian Welsh / @iwelsh: This is French publishers cutting their own throats for a few pence. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
A look at the challenges of podcast moderation: the difficulty of finding infringing content, the plethora of players, and philosophical objections to the idea — When former White House adviser-turned-podcaster Steve Bannon called for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray, the tech platforms reacted.
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Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: is podcast moderation possible? i wrote about what it would take to moderate and whether doing so is feasible with podcasting's open ecosystem. i also dont know if moderation is something people want, especially if it means crowning one platform king https://www.theverge.com/...
John Bergmayer / @bergmayer: Anyway the way Apple handles podcasts is pretty good. There is no denying the importance of its directory but there is a significant difference between being a index of links and being a hosting platform like YouTube or Spotify when it comes to moderation
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Interview with the executive director of the Corporation for New Jersey Local Media on the process of converting a chain of newspapers into a nonprofit — Last week, the Corporation for New Jersey Local Media announced that the New Jersey Hills Media Group had committed to a partnership …
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@cjr: “If you don't have people who are able to donate a paper, but who are interested in keeping the newspapers alive and in keeping that community service going, how can you do that?” https://www.cjr.org/...
@cjr: Amanda Richardson discusses making what she hopes will be the largest nonprofit weekly newspaper chain in the country. https://www.cjr.org/...
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Bookazines, which are in-depth special issues focusing on a single topic and are cheaply produced, are flourishing at publishers; Meredith released 331 in 2020 — New York (CNN Business)Shopping in the pandemic often means buying supplies for working, cooking and exercising at home.
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Sam Jacobs / @sampjacobs: “Time sold more than 2 million copies of bookazines in 2020.” “A really nice pandemic treat.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Anna Maltby / @amalt: Great overview. I'm actually a fan of bookazines! I used to help make them and I loved how they were like best-of roundups, with really rich, helpful, specific content and no skeezy product placement. One of the ones I made even won a @foliomag award 😍 https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: The business of bookazines has some key benefits compared to traditional rate-based titles — Not reliant on advertising — Often lower production costs (using archived content) — Very responsive to trends and cultural moments https://www.cnn.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Last year, Meredith published 331 different bookazines Hearst published 80 issues Bauer Media Group USA published 60 and plans to release more than 100 this year — TIME is moving from Meredith to Bauer Condé Nast isn't invested in it... anymore https://www.cnn.com/...
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Vivendi says it plans to list 60% of its share of Universal Music Group in an Amsterdam IPO by the end of the year, with a minimum target value of €30B — Vivendi plans to list 60% of its share of Universal Music Group on the Euronext market in Amsterdam by the end of the year …
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Music Business Worldwide, @gerberkawasaki, CityAM, Music Business Worldwide and Financial Times
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Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: Universal's Amsterdam adventure will leave even slender shareholders of Vivendi loaded
Ross Gerber / @gerberkawasaki: This must be the top for streaming music valuations... all the artists selling rights. Now this. https://twitter.com/...
James Warrington / CityAM: Vivendi plots €30bn stock market listing for Universal Music Group
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: Confirmed: Universal Music Group set to go public on Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange this year
Leila Abboud / Financial Times: Vivendi to spin out Universal Music Group
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Michael Pack cited security concerns for not extending J-1 visas, but a memo shows the rationale was to prioritize jobs for US citizens, which VOA does anyway — Nabila Ganinda was awaiting a green light from the U.S. Agency for Global Media. — The agency had hired Ganinda …
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@davidfolkenflik, @kaedotcom, @thisiswenhao, @5dollarfeminist, @wiczipedia, @mattboxer94, @beijingpalmer, @davidfolkenflik and @davidfolkenflik
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David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Also: VOA Urdu language editor Tabinda Naeem, who was suspended by VOA in August under duress from Trump appointees over a segment about Biden, is back on the job Then USAGM CEO Pack called it tantamount to an ad VOA now says she had little to do with it https://www.npr.org/...
Kim Andrew Elliott / @kaedotcom: “The Oct. 18 memo sent by [Pack's chief of staff, Emily Newman] ... said that Pack would soon receive a recommendation that the agency terminate its involvement in the J-1 visa program altogether.” #USAGM https://www.npr.org/...
@thisiswenhao: “I was crying in front of my bosses,” Ganinda told NPR from Indonesia. “My chief was fighting for me to stay there. But I don't know — what was my mistake? Like, what have I done that they do that?” -The answer is simply being a foreigner. https://www.npr.org/...
Liz Dye / @5dollarfeminist: The absolute chaos they're having to clean up at the VOA — it's just shocking. https://www.npr.org/...
Nina Jankowicz / @wiczipedia: This is obscene. The credibility of USAGM outlets is dependent on hiring journalists from the countries they cover, not blasting out poorly translated propaganda because of a misplaced prejudice about hiring “temporary workers.” https://twitter.com/...
Matt Boxer / @mattboxer94: So they wanted to kill Voice of America. Thank god Trump lost is all I can say https://twitter.com/...
James Palmer / @beijingpalmer: vile. absolutely vile. a deliberate attempt to sabotage a great American institution with global reach. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Trump officials cited security in killing visas for dozens of VOA foreign journalists. Privately, officials invoked Trump-like rhetoric to proclaim need to preserve jobs for Americans - a tough charge for a network in 47 languages My latest NPR story https://www.npr.org/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Trump appointee Michael Pack had basically pocketed VOA's requests for J-1 visa extensions for months. In October, Pack's chief of staff sent him a memo that led him to formally deny the request for the Indonesian journalist Nabila Ganinda. Security was listed as 7th cause. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Glader / Poynter:
Vett News launches Cx, a tool that allows readers to more easily report corrections of online articles to their publishers — We can thank and reward readers who help us improve accuracy rather than treating them as nags. — The path to improve reader trust may be simpler than we realize.
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Paul Glader / @paulglader: Can better corrections improve news readers' trust? https://www.poynter.org/... Here is my piece @Poynter today that explains why the @VettNews Cx tool is important and why we are an ally to friends like @TrustingNews @mayerjoy @_trustproject @knightfdn @alanmillerNLP in this quest.
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