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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
WaPo, NYT, and NBC News issue significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Giuliani and OAN had been warned by the FBI about Russian disinfo — New York (CNN Business)The Washington Post, The New York Times, and NBC News on Saturday issued significant corrections …
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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Big retraction from WaPo: “This version has been corrected to remove assertions that OAN and Giuliani received the warnings...” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Ken Dilanian / NBC News: FBI prepared briefing for Giuliani warning he was target of Russian spies, says source
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: CORRECTION: We reported the @FBI warned @RudyGiuliani in a defensive briefing that some of the information he was pushing on the Bidens was tainted by a Russian disinformation campaign. But Giuliani did not receive such a defensive briefing. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kathianne Boniello / New York Post: Fake News: New York Times, WaPo, NBC forced to retract false claims about Giuliani
@washingtonpost: We've deleted an earlier tweet saying the FBI warned Rudolph W. Giuliani that he was the target of a Russian misinformation campaign, which he has since disputed. This story has been corrected.
Daniel Politi / Slate: NBC, WaPo, NYT Retract Reports FBI Warned Giuliani of Russian Disinformation Campaign
@mikeelgan: OK so the White House was warned while Giuliani worked for the President and the fact was in all the papers. Here's the story everybody, including Giuliani, saw: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://www.cnn.com/...
Matt Gaetz / @mattgaetz: The Fake News being Fake News on Rudy and so much more... https://twitter.com/...
Kate Hyde / @katehydeny: What's most disturbing is seeing how yet again major news outlets seem to “independently verify” their stories by taking another outlet's word for it. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: The Washington Post, the New York Times and NBC News all copied each other's “scoop.” Now they've been forced to issue the same retraction because the “scoop” was bogus. https://www.cnn.com/...
@nytpolitics: Federal prosecutors want to scrutinize Rudy Giuliani's communications with Ukrainian officials about the ouster of the U.S. ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: Washington Post, New York Times, NBC retract reports that said Giuliani was warned by FBI he was target of Russian disinformation operation // fascinating how multiple outlets can all be wrong the same way and time. https://www.cnn.com/...
Kevin Hitt / @kevin_hitt: It's sad that this is where the state of media who people trust to tell the truth. They put trust in us to tell them what actually happened so they can make opinions about what we write. This isnt about Giuliani, so get that straight. It's about the truth https://www.cnn.com/...
Sean Spicer / @seanspicer: wow - this is an actual @cnn headline @WashingtonPost, @NYTimes, and @NBCNews retract reports on Giuliani https://www.cnn.com/... “issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy Giuliani had been directly warned by the FBI”
Ross Garber / @rossgarber: This is embarrassing for those news orgs and reflects problems with the common use and attribution to anonymous sources Washington Post, NYT, NBC retract reports that Giuliani was warned by FBI he was target of Russian disinformation operation. https://www.cnn.com/...
Aaron Mat / @aaronjmate: When it comes to anything Russiagate, US media outlets are a reliable source for what they constantly accuse Russia of: disinformation. A “big retraction” is a feature, not a bug. #BlueAnon https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Yet another false but serious claim retracted. Note that — as Darcy documents in the subsequent tweet — the NYT also reported this false claim, but rather than correct or retract it, they just quietly removed it with no comment. Stealth editing of major errors is unethical: https://twitter.com/...
Adam Rawnsley / @arawnsley: Any law folks want to explain this to me? “a second source now says the briefing was only prepared for Giuliani and not delivered to him, in part over concerns it might complicate the criminal investigation of Giuliani.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Nicholas Grossman / @ngrossman81: This changes the Giuliani story. Not entirely, but in significant ways. Big error to have trusted the original source, and worth asking if reporters were quicker to believe it because it made someone they don't like look bad. Harms credibility; will feed victimization narratives. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The @washingtonpost, the @nytimes, and @nbcnews have issued “significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy Giuliani had been directly warned by the FBI that he was the target of a Russian disinformation campaign,” @oliverdarcy writes https://www.cnn.com/...
Greta Van Susteren / @greta: (Below is disturbing..we in the media must get it right or we lose all credibility) Washington Post, New York Times, NBC retract reports that said Giuliani was warned by FBI he was target of Russian disinformation operation - CNN https://www.cnn.com/...
Zachary Cohen / @zcohencnn: “NBC News said in its correction that its story ‘was based on a source familiar with the matter, but a second source now says the briefing was only prepared for Giuliani and not delivered to him, in part over concerns it might complicate the criminal investigation of Giuliani.’” https://twitter.com/...
Richard Grenell / @richardgrenell: They use “sources” that they know are partisan. But they don't care. The editors allowing this practice should be fired too. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Kredo / @kredo0: Man, I wish I could just report whatever the hell I want without performing actual journalism. Work would be so much easier: “Washington Post, New York Times, and NBC News retract reports on Giuliani” https://www.cnn.com/...
Daniel Goldman / @danielsgoldman: Very significant correction. There is previous reporting that senior WH officials got a briefing that Giuliani was being targeted by Russian agents in Ukraine, which is still important. But this is why we wait to see what the evidence — not reporting — shows. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze: And they offer no reason or explanation as to why we are supposed to keep reading, trusting or listening to them, and they have given us no intention of trying to get any better. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: When you get something this wrong, journalistic ethics requires a public explanation and retraction, of roughly the same prominence, not a correction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Before and after in NYT's story. The NYT story does not include a retraction or acknowledgment that the reporting on a defensive briefing was removed. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Porter / Insider: News outlets including the Washington Post have retracted or amended reports claiming the FBI warned Giuliani he was the target of a Russian influence operation
Stephen Sorace / Fox News: NYT, Washington Post, NBC News retract reporting that Giuliani got FBI Russia warning
Jordan Williams / The Hill: New York Times, WaPo, NBC retract reports about Giuliani's contact with FBI
Bente Birkeland / Colorado Public Radio:
Newsmax settles with a Dominion Voting Systems staffer after airing false claims of voting machine manipulation, issuing an apology; the staffer dropped suit — The far-right media outlet Newsmax, which amplified former President Trump's false allegations of election rigging and widespread voter fraud …
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@ap, Washington Post, CNN, Insider, @drvolts, @ritholtz, @jeffjarvis, @marceelias, @svdate, @joestarr187, @jahimes, @matthewstoller, @davidlaz, @andrewfeinberg, @heathergtv, New York Times, @nycjim, Slate, @marmel, @emilybell, Mediaite, @joncoopertweets, @obedmanuel, @jayshams, @jayshams, @jayshams, @fpwellman, Forbes, @katestarbird, @kimmasters, @sdaitch, @mastersonmv, @billchristeson, @markos, @votinggeek, @mattcrane_, @bentebirkeland, Associated Press, @cprnews, The Wrap and Law & Crime
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@ap: The conservative news network Newsmax has apologized for airing false allegations that an employee for Dominion Voting Systems manipulated machines or tallies on Election Day to the detriment of former President Donald Trump. https://apne.ws/D1nFZii
Amy B Wang / Washington Post: Newsmax apologizes to Dominion employee for falsely alleging he manipulated votes against Trump
Jacob Shamsian / Insider: Newsmax settles a defamation lawsuit from a Dominion executive at the center of election conspiracy theories and issues an apology
David Roberts / @drvolts: Denying consensus reality — insisting on an alternative reality — is the most fundamental act of cult membership. It's like crossing a chasm on a rope bridge & then burning the bridge, putting yourself so far out there's no going back. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Barry Ritholtz / @ritholtz: Part of the outrage industrial complex, and a danger to society. Smaller than Fox News but just as damaging ands dangerous. You cannot have a functional democracy with 20-40% of population radicalized via misinformation. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Not good enough. Damage done. Newsmax apologizes to Dominion employee for falsely alleging he manipulated votes against Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Marc E. Elias / @marceelias: Most important, but missing from the story, is that fealty to this lie threatens the future of American democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
S.V. Dte / @svdate: When people like Joe Walsh call their old party a cult, this is what they are talking about. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Himes / @jahimes: How 'bout that? “A lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes” —Not Mark Twain (or Winston Churchill) https://twitter.com/...
Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller: Defamation law works. This is why repealing Section 230 is important, it would allow defamation law to work on platforms that profit from libelous content. https://twitter.com/...
David Lazarus / @davidlaz: Nothing like the threat of a lawsuit to get right-wing media to tell the truth https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: Newsmax tries to make nice with future part-owner... https://twitter.com/...
Heather Gardner / @heathergtv: Happy for the accountability, but the damage NewsMax and the other right wing outlets caused is irreversible. Unfortunately, viewers hear the lie, not the correction. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Levenson / New York Times: Newsmax Apologizes for False Claims of Vote-Rigging by a Dominion Employee
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: Facing a potentially crippling lawsuit, Newsmax apologizes to the security director of Dominion Voting Services and backs off from bogus claims of mainipulated vote counts. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: Newsmax Apologizes to Dominion Employee for False Claims He Helped Rig Election
Steve Marmel / @marmel: Sue them into dust. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Libel has its uses https://twitter.com/...
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Newsmax Posts Retraction, Apologizes to Dominion Employee for False Election Claims
Jon Cooper / @joncoopertweets: Far-right media outlet Newsmax issued a retraction and apology after it falsely accused Dominion Voting Systems and one of its employees of manipulating 2020 election results. The employee has lived in hiding for nearly 6 months after facing death threats. https://www.npr.org/...
Obed Manuel / @obedmanuel: Far-right outlet Newsmax retracted support for an election conspiracy theory that forced a Colorado Dominion Voting Systems employee into hiding. The retraction was posted online Friday and has not yet been aired to viewers, via @BenteBirkeland: https://www.cpr.org/...
Jacob Shamsian / @jayshams: Newsmax issued a retraction and apology where it says it found “no evidence” that the claims against Coomer are true. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Shamsian / @jayshams: Coomer sued more than a dozen right-wing media figures in addition to Newsmax, including the Trump campaign, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and OAN. All those other guys are still defendants in the lawsuit. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Jacob Shamsian / @jayshams: It's also worth noting that Coomer's litigation is separate from that of Dominion itself, which is very much still ongoing. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Fred Wellman / @fpwellman: I'm sure he did. “Coomer's attorneys said he has reached a financial settlement, but terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.” https://www.npr.org/...
Joe Walsh / Forbes: Newsmax Apologizes To Dominion Exec As It Settles Lawsuit Over False Voter Fraud Claims
Kate Starbird / @katestarbird: Unfortunately, a correction like this one (likely forced by a lawsuit) won't undo the damage that this false narrative had on the millions of people for whom it strengthened a false belief (generated by a multi-narrative disinformation campaign) of mass voter fraud. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Daitch / @sdaitch: “if a Lie be believ'd only for an Hour, it has done its Work, and there is no farther occasion for it. Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that when Men come to be undeceiv'd, it is too late; the Jest is over, and the Tale has had its Effect” J. Swift, 1710 https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Masterson / @mastersonmv: Great to see Newsmax face even minimal accountability for their lies. In this case the consequences of the lies were that a man was threatened w/ death and forced to go into hiding. The lies continue & the consequences on people & our democracy do as well. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Christeson / @billchristeson: “Newsmax ... found no evidence that such allegations were true. Many of the states whose results were contested by the Trump campaign after the November 2020 election have conducted extensive recounts and audits, and each of these states certified the results as legal and final,” https://twitter.com/...
Markos Moulitsas / @markos: Too late. Pay up. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Morrell / @votinggeek: “Newsmax has found no evidence that Dr. Coomer interfered w/Dominion voting machines or voting software in any way, nor that Dr. Coomer ever claimed to have done so. Nor has Newsmax found any evidence that Dr. Coomer ever participated in any conversation with members of “Antifa"" https://twitter.com/...
Matt Crane / @mattcrane_: These lies and disinfo have had a devastating affect on Eric, his family, election administration, public trust, and so much more! Glad to see them acknowledge it's bullshit, but so much work is needed to repair the massive damage done! https://twitter.com/...
Bente Birkeland / @bentebirkeland: Newsmax Issues Retraction And Apology To Dominion Employee Over Election Stories https://www.npr.org/... #copolitics #cogov #elections #Colorado
@cprnews: JUST IN: The far-right media outlet Newsmax, which amplified false allegations of election rigging and widespread voter fraud, said on Friday that there is no evidence that Dominion Voting Systems or one of its top employees manipulated election results. https://www.cpr.org/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter to launch ad campaign to promote local journalism, starting with 28 full-page ads in local papers across the Gannett/USA Today and McClatchy networks — Twitter on Monday will launch a major advertising and social media campaign urging people to follow local journalists and support their work.
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@wolfejosh, @kerrymflynn, @vermontgmg, @ofirahy, @scottnover, @thischrishorne, @sarafischer, @raju, @niketa, @stphnfwlr, @larakate, @evelyndouek, @donlday, @mollybeck, @kerryleary and Insider
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Josh Wolfe / @wolfejosh: The BEST thing about this? It will ultimately put cash in the ACCOUNTS of those we take for granted who help to uncover corruption + put spotlight + sunshine on shady dealings—and hold politicians, public servants, private businesses, pastors, unions, school boards—ACCOUNTABLE https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Twitter wants us all to #FollowLocalJournalists “The campaign will launch with 28 full-page, color ads in local newspapers across the Gannett/USA Today and McClatchy network.” - @sarafischer https://www.axios.com/...
Garrett M. Graff / @vermontgmg: Hard to think of something less meaningful than Twitter launching a national full-page-ad campaign promoting “local journalism.” Yes, they're sending revenue to some local papers, but many of Gannett's papers are already irrelevant zombie papers. https://www.axios.com/...
Ofirah Yheskel / @ofirahy: It would make a helluva lot more sense to urge people to subscribe https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: The best this will do is give ad revenue to media local media congloms, which will hopefully (but not necessarily) reinvest that in their reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Horne / @thischrishorne: Bless your heart, @Twitter. The threat to local news is coming from inside the house. Ownership mostly motivated by quarterly profits makes attracting attention it can sell the purpose of journalism. This doesn't address the problem. It rewards the incentives that led us here. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW: Twitter is launching a big national campaign to boost local news - Running ads across 28 local papers to encourage people to #followlocaljournalists https://www.axios.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: If nothing else, some print ad revenue from this @Twitter to launch national ad campaign in US to boost local news https://www.axios.com/...? via @axios
Niketa Patel / @niketa: #FollowLocalJournalists is Twitter's first global campaign centered around news and the goal is to help elevate local journalists stories and raise awareness about their work, further increasing their followings. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Fowler / @stphnfwlr: That'll solve it! https://twitter.com/...
Lara Cohen / @larakate: #FollowLocalJournalists so proud of this campaign. Can't wait to see the conversation on the platform tomorrow. https://twitter.com/...
Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek: That should do it! Getting more local news on twitter is definitely the solution we need! https://twitter.com/...
@donlday: *whispers* Most local journalists don't work for Gannett #FollowLocalJournalists #NotJustTheGannettOnes @LIONPubs https://twitter.com/...
Molly Beck / @mollybeck: Twitter launches national campaign urging people to follow local journalists on Twitter and support their work: https://www.axios.com/...
Bloomberg:
Sources: Verizon is nearing a deal to sell its media division, including AOL and Yahoo!, to Apollo; deal could be worth ~$5B and be announced as soon as Monday — - Deal for Verizon Media could be announced as soon as Monday — Division includes online brands Yahoo!, AOL and TechCrunch
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Insider, @pkafka, @martinsfp, @ashkan, @harrymccracken and @devindra, more at Techmeme »
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Lauren Johnson / Insider: Facebook puts ad agencies under the microscope
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Recall that for the last few years - and as recently as this spring - Verizon has been trying to convince people that Yahoo/AOL/TechCrunch were now subscriptions businesses and that Verizon was totally into that. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: My thoughts with TechCrunch and Engadget friends 😬 https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: Verizon Media (TechCrunch, Yahoo! Finance) had Q1 revenue of $1.9 billion, up 12% YoY. If that's the case, a $5B bid by Apollo isn't crazy, especially if they can further expand into a) video with the right editorial sensitivity per brand, b) global. https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: Who could have guessed that Verizon's priority would turn out to be a wireless communications network? https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Devindra Hardawar / @devindra: This isn't going to be a fun week https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Of the 60+ journalists CPJ and RSF helped evacuate from Daraa, Syria, only ~6 remain in journalism, including 4 who started Spain's first refugee-run news site — Two years after fleeing their homes in Syra and resettling in Spain, four exiled journalists recently launched the country's …
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Joel Simon / @joelcpj: The recent launch of @baynanaes, a refugee-run news website in Spain, is a triumph. But for the Syrian journalists behind it, it's also a story a loss and the pain of exile. My take in @CJR. #WPFD https://www.cjr.org/...
Rachel Del Valle / Nieman Lab:
A look at the Mountain West News Bureau, a consortium of NPR stations in seven states, whose six embedded reporters collaborate with local stations and papers — Last summer, I drove cross country. I found that in parts of the Mountain West — Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Montana, Colorado …
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
EU charges Apple with antitrust violations, alleging it squeezed rival music streaming apps by requiring them to use Apple's in-app payments system — EU accuses Apple of forcing many apps to use its in-app payment system on which it takes commissions, saying it ‘distorted competition’ in music streaming
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European Commission, @jason_kint, @neil_chilson, @dhh, @pkafka, @eu_commission, @carnage4life, CNBC, Fast Company, Forbes, Light Reading, The Verge, The Week and Reuters
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European Commission: Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Apple on App Store rules for music streaming providers
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Congrats, all four companies now have antitrust charges against them. Here are the size of case rankings: 1) Google 2) Facebook 3) Amazon 4) Apple and against Facebook's deepest wishes, the Apple case has nothing to do with IDFA and user data. :) https://www.wsj.com/...
Neil Chilson / @neil_chilson: EU “preliminary conclusions” sure sound like “We've definitely decided.” https://twitter.com/...
@dhh: “If found guilty, Apple could face a fine of up to 10% of its annual revenue and be forced to adjust its business practices, though it can also appeal any decision in court”. Okay, that'll do 😂 https://www.wsj.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Spotify gets a big antitrust victory against Apple in Europe. Epic's antitrust case against Apple starts Monday in the US. https://ec.europa.eu/...
European Commission / @eu_commission: Our preliminary view is that Apple's rules distort competition in the market for music streaming services by raising the costs of competing music streaming app developers. More on our statement of objections to Apple → https://europa.eu/!nc46Dx Executive Vice-President @vestager https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: There are a bunch of rules in the App Store that exist to funnel companies into giving Apple a 30% cut. The Spotify example is most egregious because Apple Music directly competes with them. Many other app categories in a similar situation. Interesting. https://www.wsj.com/...
Pdraig Belton / Light Reading: EU regulator Vestager: Apple's App Store is anticompetitive
Brendan Morrow / The Week: European Union regulators accuse Apple of violating antitrust laws
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Roku has removed YouTube TV from its channel store after Roku and Google failed to come to a distribution agreement; existing users will continue to have access — If you've already got the app, be careful not to delete it — Roku has pulled YouTube TV from its channel store.
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YouTube Official Blog, The A.V. Club, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Cord Cutters News, @necn, Variety, @karlbode, @geoffreymiller, The Streamable, @tomwarren, @sarafischer, @richlightshed, The Bulls Market, Axios, The Streamable, Wall Street Journal, Observer, The Wrap, MediaPost, Gizmodo, Protocol, Cord Cutters News and 9to5Google
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William Hughes / The A.V. Club: This new Roku-Google fight has big divorced parent energy
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Roku vs. Google: Who's really to blame in this battle that only stands to hurt customers?
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Roku removes YouTube TV from its channel store following failed negotiations
@necn: The YouTube TV will still be available for existing YouTube TV customers, but new users won't be able to download the channel. https://www.necn.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Roku Pulls YouTube TV From Channel Store Over Fight With Google, but Keeps Access for Existing Subscribers
Karl Bode / @karlbode: I love how we swapped out annoying cable/broadcaster retrans feuds for annoying hardware vendor/app maker feuds. grown adults should be able to negotiate without putting consumers in the crossfire https://www.theverge.com/...
Geoffrey Miller / @geoffreymiller: Cord cutting used to be much more fun. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: YouTube TV Removed From Roku Devices for New Subscribers, As Deal Expires
Tom Warren / @tomwarren: the world if tech companies just got along https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: .@YouTube responds: “To be clear, we have never, as they have alleged, made any requests to access user data or interfere with search results. This claim is baseless and false.” https://blog.youtube/... https://twitter.com/...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Losing the @youtubetv app is not catastrophic for @Roku — the new chromecast is actually better experience for YouTubeTV users if they lost the @YouTube app, that would be huge problem as YouTube now represents over 22% of time spent on connected TVs in the US $ROKU $GOOGL https://twitter.com/...
Aubrey Meister / The Streamable: YouTube TV Responds to Roku, Vows to Continue Fighting
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: Roku Drops YouTube TV App in Carriage Dispute
Brandon Katz / Observer: Why Roku Shot at Google by Cutting YouTube TV From Its Store
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Roku/YouTube TV Contract Expires, But Roku Continues Access For Existing Subscribers
Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: Roku Pulls Support for YouTube TV, Says Google Wants Special Access to Data
Jane Seidel / Protocol: Roku removes YouTube TV from channel store
Jess Barnes / Cord Cutters News: YouTube TV Has Been Dropped from Roku
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK publishers and broadcasters, including Sun, Guardian, and Sky Sports, join four-day social media boycott led by English football to protest online racism — Publishers joining the social media boycott led by English football to protest racist abuse and discrimination online include The Sun …
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Dominic Ponsford / @domponsford: The Sun is leading the way among news publishers on the #stoponlineabuse football racism protest. It's halting activity across all its Twitter accounts which will impact traffic, so it is putting money where its mouth is https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ ...
@pressgazette: Sun, Guardian, i, Reach, Newsquest, JPI, Archant, Talksport, Evening Standard, Jewish Telegraph all among those taking part in the #StopOnlineAbuse social media boycott this weekend https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ ...
Jamie Carragher / Telegraph: I am backing the social media boycott - and it could be the first of many
Peter Storey / Burnley Express: Why our writers will join social media boycott
Sky Sports: Sky Sports joins social media boycott this weekend to combat online abuse and discrimination
Dorany Pineda / Los Angeles Times:
Joshua Wolf Shenk resigns as EIC of The Believer magazine and from Black Mountain Institute posts, saying he made a dumb choice about attire for a Zoom meeting — Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of the books “Lincoln's Melancholy” and “Powers of Two,” has resigned from his positions as editor …
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@ericlevitz, @sblahov, @bykowicz, @juliacarriew, @nataliesurely, @nickconfessore, @thefunfury, @katierosman, @chsommers, @kittypurrzog, @helaineolen, @damonlinker, @jlnevadasmith, @gcaw, @slooterman, @lindaholmes, @bdmcclay, @mattyglesias, @ebruenig, @ruizzoe, @readdanwrite, @kateharding, @rgay, @timmarchman, @annaham360, @annaham360, @stevesilberman, @mariemyungoklee, @nausjcaa, @docfreeride, @josephglangdon, @emilyhughes, @maegan_poland, @moorehn, @j_zimms, @_cingraham, @brittanybronso1, @annamerlan, @bradfordpearson, @latimes, @kateaurthur, The Wrap and Jezebel
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Eric Levitz / @ericlevitz: If it's true that Shenk suffers from fibromyalgia, and that his (reckless) decision to Zoom from the bathtub derived from a desire to alleviate his chronic pain, then I personally feel it's a failure of empathy not to extend forgiveness in this case. https://www.latimes.com/...
Sarah Blahovec / @sblahov: Raise your hand if you have chronic pain and have never exposed yourself to others in a meeting “because of treating your chronic pain.” 🙋♀️ https://www.latimes.com/...
Julie Bykowicz / @bykowicz: Let's just return to conference calls. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew: If your boss exposes his penis to you during a work call, you have neither a moral nor a legal obligation to keep that a secret for him. This should be obvious to anyone who has any sense of labor rights or power dynamics in the workplace. https://twitter.com/...
Natalie Shure / @nataliesurely: Likely unpopular opinion, but I sympathize with Shenk (as I did with Toobin.) I think both incidents boil down to: if they genuinely didn't realize they were visible to colleagues on camera, then were they at work or at home? I think the answer is “home” https://www.latimes.com/...
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: Unexpected second-chance opportunity here for everyone's “what if you are accidentally naked on a work zoom” takes. https://www.latimes.com/...
Lisa Duggan / @thefunfury: What? How can it be that seeing someone accidentally naked for a minute can lead to “harm” and job loss?? This is an insane level of “sensitivity.” The exposure was an accident for g-d's sake. What is wrong with people that they complain over this?? https://www.latimes.com/...
Katie Rosman / @katierosman: He did two things that were ill conceived, one of them was to plug in a device while in a bathtub. https://www.latimes.com/...
Christina Sommers / @chsommers: The poor guy made a humiliating mistake. The proper response from colleagues should be sympathy, understanding—even humor. What happened to that? “Joshua Wolf Shenk resigns as editor of the Believer magazine” @LosAngelesTimes @believermag https://www.latimes.com/...
Katie Herzog / @kittypurrzog: Ok so let me get this straight here—it's *not* ok to bathe during a work meeting and accidentally expose yourself to your staff? Really wish someone had spelled that out in the handbook before I installed the desk in my bathtub. https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Damon Linker / @damonlinker: More evidence our culture is going through some spasm of resurgent Puritanism. https://twitter.com/...
John L. Smith / @jlnevadasmith: Tequila needed to get this image out of my brain. Joshua Wolf Shenk has resigned as editor of the Believer magazine https://www.latimes.com/...
Graeme Wood / @gcaw: I wonder if the two people who reported Joshua Wolf Shenk to the Title IX office for this mortifying accident were conflicted about their decision: https://www.latimes.com/...
Sara Luterman Acceptance Month / @slooterman: I am not at all sympathetic of what Jeffrey Toobin did, but this seems like an honest mistake. https://www.latimes.com/...
@lindaholmes: “If you have a medical situation that requires you to soak in the tub naked during a meeting, turn your camera off” seems reasonable, since I turn my camera off when the light is unflattering. https://twitter.com/...
BDM / @bdmcclay: unless more stuff comes out i basically sympathize with this guy. managing chronic pain is not easy. working from home can be good in those conditions precisely because it lets you do things like take meetings in the bath https://www.latimes.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: I find this puzzling unless there's something more to the story https://www.latimes.com/...
Elizabeth Bruenig / @ebruenig: I can remember a time — I'm only 30 years old, so it couldn't have been that long ago, maybe 10, 15 years? — when, if you accidentally saw someone naked, you felt bad *for them.* Now seeing someone naked is a huge crisis *for you.* https://www.latimes.com/...
@ruizzoe: .@DoranyPineda90 from @latimes reports Joshua Wolf Shenk has resigned from @believermag and @BlackMtnIns. As someone who worked closely with staff during two festivals, I'm not surprised by a) the incident and b) the silence surrounding it. https://www.latimes.com/...
Daniel Roberts / @readdanwrite: When you say in your resignation letter “I made a dumb, reckless choice to disregard appropriate setting and attire for a Zoom meeting” but you mean “I did a work Zoom while naked in a bathtub” https://www.latimes.com/...
Kate Harding / @kateharding: Weird how millions of women manage chronic illnesses without ever accidentally showing colleagues their naked genitals.
Roxane Gay / @rgay: @j_zimms This man once got like viscerally angry at the thought of having to pay me to appear at an event for which he was paying all the other speakers. I've never met or interacted with him.
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: Being sure your camera is off, covering your camera with duct tape, and not being naked during work meetings are all viable ways to keep from getting into this sort of embarrassing situation
Anna Hamilton / @annaham360: I have fibromyalgia and have never bathed during a work Zoom because that is UNPROFESSIONAL???? WTAF is wrong with this guy https://www.latimes.com/...
Anna Hamilton / @annaham360: not showing your junk to colleagues 2021 challenge
Steve Silberman / @stevesilberman: This is sad news. @JoshuaWolfShenk was a brilliant editor at @BelieverMag and my old friend. Hard to make out what exactly happened in this “incident” from this article. https://www.latimes.com/...
@mariemyungoklee: This mesh shirt thing is confusing me - is the epsom salts, fibromyalgia, etc., all “dude protests too much” or ?? Joshua Wolf Shenk has resigned as editor of the Believer magazine https://www.latimes.com/...
Nausicaa Renner / @nausjcaa: Publishing this with no quotes from staff, anyone in the meeting, is really something https://www.latimes.com/...
@docfreeride: Y'all, a backache that requires a soak seems like a good excuse to skip or reschedule your Zoom meeting. This, too is part of professionalism! Joshua Wolf Shenk has resigned as editor of the Believer magazine https://www.latimes.com/...
MC Oatmeal / @josephglangdon: It's too bad that literally the entire staff of BMI and many students, faculty, and board members didn't express their concerns to @UNLV and Dean of Liberal Arts Christopher Hudgins. It's almost as if this could have been avoided. https://twitter.com/...
Maegan Poland / @maegan_poland: I recently had to teach class with a migraine. I had to turn off video & complete class using just audio. I have Zoomed professionally while in pain, but I do not get naked-bath-Zoom-work meeting, nor using pain management as an excuse for exposing one's genitalia. https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: I am so confused by the “mesh shirt” on a video-enabled call while in the bath (!!!) https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jess Zimmerman / @j_zimms: “Oh, sorry, I just stepped on a rake while getting the pills I need for my illness and then the rake hit a switch and the fan turned on and blew the balloon which made a brick fall off a shelf and then a rope attached to the brick made my pants fall down” https://www.latimes.com/...
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: Imagine logging on to a work Zoom from your bathtub, apparently wearing nothing but a “mesh shirt.” https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brittany Bronson / @brittanybronso1: Pretty flattering article for someone who, beyond a dick-slip, had a history of crossing personal boundaries and making women in Vegas literary circles very uncomfortable. https://www.latimes.com/...
Anna Merlan / @annamerlan: Can everyone turn to the person closest to you and confirm they know how to turn the camera off on Zoom and ensure that their penis is not currently out? Can we all just take a moment and do that for one another https://www.latimes.com/...
Bradford Pearson / @bradfordpearson: That classic “taking a bath during an all-staff meeting” situation we can all relate to. https://www.latimes.com/...
@latimes: Shenk said in his letter that his resignation followed “a dumb, reckless choice to disregard appropriate setting and attire for a Zoom meeting. I crossed a line that I can't walk back over.” https://www.latimes.com/...
Megan Reynolds / Jezebel: Yet Another Man Has Resigned After Exposing Himself on a Zoom
Cathy Burke / New York Daily News:
Workers at the New York Daily News voted on Friday to join The NewsGuild of New York in an election verified by the NLRB with a vote of 55-3 — Workers at the New York Daily News on Friday voted to join The NewsGuild of New York in an election verified by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Benjamin Dictor / @benjamindictor: @NYDNUnion wins union election with 95% of the vote at the New York Daily News! Historic! Amazing work by @nyguild! https://twitter.com/...
Chris Sommerfeldt / @c_sommerfeldt: We told Daily News management that newsroom support for the union was basically unanimous, but they forced us through the NLRB process anyway — and here we are: 55-3. https://twitter.com/...
John Annese / @johnannese: Breaking news! The Daily News Union is officially certified! Tribune forced a vote, which we won by a massive landslide. Not that there was any doubt — 80 percent of us had already signed union cards by early February. We were always a union. https://twitter.com/...
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
WNYC lays off 14 staff members, including Gothamist EIC, saying a 27% plunge in sponsorship funding during the pandemic had left it with “a sizeable deficit” — Three years after being rescued by listener-supported WNYC radio, NYC-focused website Gothamist suffered a jolting round …
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@raju, @carolinedraws, @carolinedraws, @traciehunte, @wperiyasamy, @jangelooff, @stu_rush, @wyszniewski, @wyszniewski, @jangelooff, @annietodd96, @ryeh, @joshnathankazis, @christrobbins and @gwynnefitz
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Raju Narisetti / @raju: Meanwhile their diversity mess remains The latest layoffs are part of deeper cost-cutting @WNYC that eliminated 14 positions, or 4% of staff, as it sees dramatic fall off in contributions due to COVID-19, despite $8.9 mil in US federal aid. https://nypost.com/...? via @nypost
Caroline / @carolinedraws: And, frankly, @Gothamist is a large part of why I've continued to give to @WNYC over the years, so seeing a lot of senior folks there losing their jobs with no statement from the station, and to the seeming confusion of your employees, is incredibly disconcerting.
Caroline / @carolinedraws: Hey @WNYC as a longtime sustaining member I would really like a little clarity or honestly any statement about the layoffs you guys are making between WNYC and @Gothamist of some of the people who are the reason I support your station.
Tracie Hunte / @traciehunte: Richard was one of my first bosses and first friends at WNYC. I've seen him train and mentor countless people and he's also been a leader in the effort to make this a more equitable and inclusive place to work. I can't express how much he's given to this institution. https://twitter.com/...
@wperiyasamy: .@wnyc was where I took my first steps into audio producing, learned the joy of story via sound. While I know so few there now, to see the layoffs there & at @gothamist today make me so sad: wishing @ryeh @SchuermanTweets & others a fast job hunt. Journalism needs you & so do we.
Jake Offenhartz / @jangelooff: New York Public Radio has decided to lay off two of Gothamist's longest tenured and most integral journalists. They're also the two people who've done the most to shape my thinking about journalism and power in NYC. It's heartbreaking
Stu Rushfield / @stu_rush: So sorry to hear about the reported layoffs of 14 friends and colleagues @wnyc & @Gothamist. Wishing all those affected the best. And... @NPR is hiring. Tell them Stu Rushfield sent you. And please reach out if I can be of any assistance. https://recruiting.ultipro.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
John Wyszniewski / @wyszniewski: Layoffs at @WNYC / @Gothamist break my heart & make me question the org's leadership. Hasn't the consumption of audio content, especially podcasts, increased? As a member, I don't recall recent appeals hinting that layoffs were coming. This would have motivated me to give more.
John Wyszniewski / @wyszniewski: Furthermore, I value the journalists who work at @WNYC / @Gothamist, which is why I'm a sustaining member. They are not nameless content creators, but individuals who I trust. They are the ones who bring me great joy, knowledge, and many good cries.
Jake Offenhartz / @jangelooff: Chris's switchblade wit and blogging chops are outmatched only by his ability to report and edit impactful journalism. It's a frankly unfair skill set. He is a genius who makes everyone around him better. https://twitter.com/...
Annie Todd / @annietodd96: Absolutely gutted about today's layoffs @WNYC/@Gothamist. While at my internship and later doing temp work, I learned so much from @ChristRobbins and @johndelsignore. I really just can't express what a loss this is.
@ryeh: After 14 years of working at my hometown public radio station, today my position was eliminated. It's been a tremendous privilege and honor. I will remain a listener and supporter, and always root for the station's success.
Josh Nathan-Kazis / @joshnathankazis: WNYC is doing these layoffs and other cost cuts to save $3M, which really makes you think about the $100B+ in charitable dollars parked in donor advised funds in the U.S. https://nypost.com/...
Christopher Robbins / @christrobbins: Got laid off from @Gothamist/@WNYC today. Grateful for the work I was able to do, for my wonderful colleagues, and for my time as a @SAGAFTRANY shop steward. Please do send any work leads my way!
Gwynne Hogan / @gwynnefitz: .@WNYC and @Gothamist laid off some of the sharpest, most hard-working journalists I know today. Literally the people that glued the place together. @ChristRobbins @johndelsignore and others who haven't posted. Big loss for us, big gain for the newsrooms that scoop them up.
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