Mediagazer: 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 (Scott Alexander/Astral Codex Ten)

7:25 PM ET, February 14, 2021

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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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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/...

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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Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters:

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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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Kerry Flynn / CNN:

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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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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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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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