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Eric Ting / SFGATE:
Emily Wilder, fired by AP after harassment from conservatives prompted a review of her social media, says her firing was “selective enforcement” of AP's policy — Emily Wilder, a journalist and 2020 graduate of Stanford University, started a new job as an Associated Press news associate based …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: The Associated Press terminates new staffer amid uproar over tweets about Israel and Palestinians, sparking backlash
@mattdpearce: “They told me that I violated their social media policy and would be terminated immediately, but they never said which tweet or post violated the policy,” she said. “I asked them, ‘Please tell me what violated the policy,’ and they said, ‘No.’” https://www.sfgate.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Associated Press Defends Firing of New Reporter, Says Social Media Rules ‘Keep Our Journalists Safe’
@newsmediaguild: The News Media Guild, which represents the rank-and-file members of The Associated Press' editorial and technology units, was notified today by The Associated Press of the firing of Emily Wilder. Here is our statement (1/4)
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post: AP rookie staffer Emily Wilder fired over ‘biased’ pro-Palestinian tweets
@sara__pequeno: The firing of Emily Wilder, as another young female journalist, makes me really sad. I kept my mouth shut in college on a lot of things that the publication I work at now is vocal about. And I worry if I tried to move to a daily I'd be penalized for that.
Raymond Hicks / The Madison Leader Gazette: AP's Emily Wilder fired over ‘biased’ pro-Palestinian tweets
Maanvi Singh / The Guardian: Outcry after Associated Press journalist fired amid row over pro-Palestinian views
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: not that it should matter but it just magnifies the absurdity of this that she was reporting *local arizona news* and graduated from college in 2020, this isn't exactly the beirut bureau chief sounding off after getting loose with a militia chief https://www.sfgate.com/...
Feven Merid / Columbia Journalism Review: Remote Possibilities — Recently, Cathy Merrill, the chief executive of The Washingtonian …
Zakir Khan / @zakirspeaks: AP looking real bad. https://twitter.com/...
@janinezacharia: “I love journalism and part of what I think makes me such a capable, powerful journalist is how much I care about the people I write about, particularly the marginalized. That's why I joined the Associated Press, and they saw me as capable.” https://twitter.com/...
McCaffrey Blauner / The Daily Beast: New Hire Fired by AP After Conservatives Unearth Pro-Palestinian Activism, Posts
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: two big stories this week of cancellations by the right. https://twitter.com/...
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: It's always hard to know from the outside why someone really got canned, but as a general rule it's dumb to fire people for high school or college tweets, and it will only get dumber as the social public record gets deeper and longer. https://www.sfgate.com/...
@newsmediaguild: The union investigates every termination to ensure employee rights are protected. It has contacted Wilder for details. The union should be in a better position to respond tomorrow. (4/4)
Paul Szoldra / @paulszoldra: Journalists have opinions and they're allowed to have them in college and after. This was the wrong decision, @AP. Bowing to a partisan smear campaign against @vv1lder instead of standing up for a member of your team is disappointing, to say the least https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Wittes / @benjaminwittes: This is indefensible. In no sane world should one's views of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in college disqualify you from covering local matters in Arizona. The @AP should explain its behavior toward @vv1lder. https://www.sfgate.com/...
Seth Abramson / @sethabramson: Most news organizations will fold under literally any pressure whatsoever if the person they are throwing under the bus means less than nothing to them https://twitter.com/...
@newsmediaguild: The company told the Guild that Wilder had violated the Social Media Policy that was negotiated with the union and by which all employees are required to comply. (2/4)
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: Explain a world where this gets you fired but doing PR for your governor brother does not. https://www.sfgate.com/...
Anna Lekas Miller / @agoodcuppa: Just pointing out that @JeffreyGoldberg has written publicly about serving in the IDF and has a thriving journalism career while @vv1lder was fired from @AP when Republican student groups dug up “pro-Palestine” social media posts to essentially blackmail her. https://twitter.com/...
Megan K. Stack / @megankstack: Hang on. You can be a former Israeli soldier/parent of a current Israeli soldier+still write/edit stories about the conflict itself but you can't work in the Arizona AP bureau if you were a Palestinian rights activist in college? I hope there's some explanation/context missing. https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: What role did the incoming editor of the Washington Post play in this disastrous decision? https://twitter.com/...
@sareemakdisi: Two of Israel's recent @nytimes correspondents (Kershner and Bonner) had sons in the Israeli army while they were uncritically covering that army. Wolf Blitzer of CNN actually worked for the main Zionist lobby in DC. This aspiring journalist was in SJP *in college.* https://twitter.com/...
Mx. Dianna E. Anderson / @diannaeanderson: She was fired not because of tweets she made while at the job - which she was at only two weeks! - but for things she said in public prior to any relationship with the AP. Unless AP's social media policy is retroactive, this is the AP bowing to a harassment campaign. https://twitter.com/...
Natalie Shure / @nataliesurely: Many people have already made the point that this would never happen to a Zionist reporter, but it's also crazy that things like protest participation are seen as political conflicts of interest in journalism, whereas having worked in finance for years is not https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Becker / @amandabecker: “They told me that I violated their social media policy and would be terminated immediately, but they never said which tweet or post violated the policy,” she said. “I asked them, ‘Please tell me what violated the policy,’ and they said, ‘No.’” https://www.sfgate.com/... via @SFGate
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Due process at @AP. “Wilder was not told which of her social media posts had violated company policy, she said, just that ‘I had showed clear bias.’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mallika Sen / @mallikavsen: Our @AP guild statement on the termination of Emily Wilder. Two things we need to see: transparency and solidarity, forever. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Jacob / @markjacob16: The young journalist fired by the Associated Press as demanded by a right-wing media mob says her AP bosses wouldn't tell her which of her social media posts violated their policy. AP is looking really bad here. https://www.sfgate.com/...
@newsmediaguild: AP noted that the policy was specifically brought to her attention after her hiring but did not specify which comments caused her termination. The Guild asked if the comments that caused her termination were posted before or after her hiring and awaits a response. (3/4)
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: also the idea that the AP should be on its back foot for perceived pro-palestinian bias *after it got its bureau destroyed by the idf* is too ridiculous to even comprehend
Will Stancil / @whstancil: Wilder's firing points to a longstanding issue in news organizations - one that impacts their coverage as well as episodes like this - which is how they've all somehow come to believe that attempting to ascertain whether a partisan is speaking in good faith is a kind of bias. https://twitter.com/...
@petersterne: @MattZeitlin It's incredible, but the Right is using the fact that the AP's bureau was destroyed as evidence that the AP is anti-Israel. This was how Fox News framed it: https://twitter.com/...
Danielle Tcholakian / @danielleiat: This is shameful, @peterprengaman. This isn't how you manage people, and it isn't how you train a new generation of journalists. You couldn't tell her what she did wrong? https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: Associated Press fires reporter after pro-Palestinian social media posts from college go viral
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Ray Stern / Phoenix New Times:
AP has fired reporter Emily Wilder after conservative media wrote about her prior pro-Palestinian activism; AP told Wilder she violated social media policy — The Associated Press' Phoenix bureau fired former Arizona Republic writer Emily Wilder this week following negative articles …
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Suhauna Hussain / @suhaunah: Associated Press staff received a memo this morning that @vv1lder is no longer with the company, after conservatives rallied to get her fired because she was part of Students for Justice in Palestine in college https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Kessler / @glennkesslerwp: Amazing how quickly a talented young reporter's career can be snuffed out by a Twitter mob that decided to feign outrage over some college tweets. And if @vv1lder somehow violated @AP's social-media rules, the solution is to offer guidance, not termination, to a new reporter. https://twitter.com/...
@washingtonpost: Emily Wilder started a new job at the Associated Press on May 3. Just 16 days later, she was called and told that she had been terminated for violating the company's social media policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steven Rich / @dataeditor: the punishment disparities between Chris Cuomo and Emily Wilder is a good example of how this industry often works
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: ‘Canceled’ Journalist Fired for Social Posts Blasts AP for Caving to Republican ‘Witch Hunt’
Keyvan / @islamphobiacow: this is just an absolutely unhinged thing to tweet https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: always wild to me how conservatives can *instantly* pivot from a shrieking panic over “cancel culture” to getting people fired for thinking Palestinians are human beings https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Wolf Blitzer used to work for AIPAC decades ago. Should he be fired by CNN or barred from reporting on Israeli issues? This is gross. https://twitter.com/...
Julin Castro / @juliancastro: This is terrible from @AP. This is a media organization sacrificing their own journalist to a misinformed, right-wing media mob. She should be reinstated and formally apologized to. https://twitter.com/...
@mattdpearce: I don't know what this accomplishes other than signaling that it's open season for troll campaigns on AP journalists. AP must acknowledge it made a mistake and rehire @vv1lder.
@phoenixnewtimes: Wilder confirmed to New Times that she's been terminated and said that the AP had “done a thorough review of my social media and said I had violated company policy.” https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/ ...
Ken Klippenstein / @kenklippenstein: Watching Israel bomb your Gaza bureau into dust and then firing one of your reporters for not being sufficiently pro-Israel *in college* is some of the most cucked shit I've ever seen https://twitter.com/...
Norman Ornstein / @normornstein: This is a huge stain on AP. What a cowardly move. https://twitter.com/...
Melody Joy Kramer / @mkramer: This is an attack on the press. It's coordinated, calculated, and it will happen again and again.
Mark Berman / @markberman: Embarrassing actions from the AP here https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kim Bellware / @bellwak: Newsroom leaders have to get a lot savvier a lot faster when it comes to how they deal with bad-faith attacks against their reporters https://twitter.com/...
@mattdpearce: This is completely unjust and outrageous and unaccountable behavior from AP management. If you can't explain to someone what policy they've violated, you have no business firing them. And if there was a violation, give them a written warning or something! Totally out of control.
Gabe Hoffman / @gabehoff: Your attempt to make a false equivalence is pathetic. Emily Wilder is a documented CURRENT radical anti-Israel activist who posted cartoons that were “largely indistinguishable from classic Nazi Jew hatred” https://canarymission.org/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@mattdpearce: I think I am missing the clause in the Associated Press' ethics policy that says editors can travel back in time to punish low-level assistants for opinions they expressed in college. It must be in an appendix. https://www.newsmediaguild.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Julia Shumway / @jmshumway: In 2018, the Iowa AP bureau hired and then parted ways with a legislative relief reporter after the state GOP found her posts/articles about being a Democrat. I get the need for objectivity, especially at AP, but it sucks that AP let both reporters go through online firestorms. https://twitter.com/...
Ghazala Irshad / @ghazalairshad: @mattdpearce There's also this: https://twitter.com/...
Barry Petchesky / @barry: People shrieking about cancel culture have never, ever done so in good faith. It's long past time to stop engaging with them as if they were. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Cohen / @rmc031: “I asked them, ‘Please tell me what violated the policy,’ and they said, ‘No.’” https://www.sfgate.com/...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: Cancel culture on college campuses has indeed gotten out of control https://twitter.com/...
@wajahatali: If you're cool with the firing of @vv1lder and believe in both sides, then are you also cool firing US journalists who did birthright trips, took part in pro Israel groups and rallies as students, have children in the IDF, have served in the IDF, and so forth? This is terrible. https://twitter.com/...
Melody Joy Kramer / @mkramer: I see a lot of people talking about journalism employers atm. I can't help think what this does to *potential journalists* as well: - It may make them not touch certain story topics - It may make them less likely to include certain viewpoints That's by design.
Joseph Saltarelli / @joejsaltarelli: Make no mistake. This happens in a lot of different contexts if you express opinions in support of Palestinians. This is deeply, deeply disturbing. Shame on @AP https://twitter.com/...
Corey Friedman / @coreywrites: This is shameful. If you really believe in free speech and oppose cancel culture, you're gonna have to be consistent. Politically motivated firings are bad, full stop. The particular politics at issue are immaterial https://twitter.com/...
Mollie / @mzhemingway: Maybe newspaper that routinely attempts to destroy lives of Republicans for things they *didn't do* in high school (Covington boys, Kavanaugh, etc.) shouldn't pretend to be upset about firing of a fellow activist from a purported journalism position https://twitter.com/...
@stanford_gop: .@vv1lder has been terminated from the @AP. Emily Wilder is not a journalist, she is an unhinged, Marxist, anti-Israel agitator. We are proud that our efforts directly led to this outcome - the leftist media must be held accountable, and that happened in this case. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: @tempehlover @suhaunah @vv1lder Seconding this, that's a terrible decision by @AP that gives me no faith in their ability to effectively cover disinformation and smear campaigns — considering they were unable to recognize this for what it was
Adriana Lacy / @adriana_lacy: We're doing this again? “The agency had “done a thorough review of my social media and said I had violated company policy” after her hiring date of May 3, she said.” https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/ ...
Ari Fleischer / @arifleischer: But when a Senator goes after a nominee's high school yearbook, that's ok. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey D. Atherton / @athertonkd: Took what, less than a week between the IDF destroying AP offices to AP deciding to fire a staffer because of invented outrage over her past activism? https://twitter.com/...
Mark Berman / @markberman: Two media stories published today, just a few hours apart 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... 2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Hoffman / @gabehoff: Emily Wilder engaged in constant radical anti-Israel activism She once posted cartoons on flyers that were “largely indistinguishable from classic Nazi Jew hatred” AP expressly “requires employees to abstain from political activity” She can go work at MSNBC or Al Jazeera https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Abby Martin / @abbymartin: Days after Israel intentionally blows up their office, @AP capitulates to pro-Israel smear campaign to fire a reporter. Breathtaking cowardice https://twitter.com/...
Melody Joy Kramer / @mkramer: It would be smart for employers to come together with funders and other organizations, identify these bad faith attacks, and dismiss them publicly. @petersterne
@stanford_gop: Yes. She also referred to Sheldon Adelson as a “naked mole rat” and defended people who physically threatened supporters of Israel. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey Mckinney / @mckinneykelsey: The message here seems to be that the only political view at any time that is acceptable is one that props up a powerful country and adopts the United States government's stance???? Which is literally the opposite of what journalism is supposed to do. https://twitter.com/...
Danielle Tcholakian / @danielleiat: can't fathom how embarrassing it is for America's foremost news outlet to allow their hiring practices to be dictated by a group of college students who took time away from supporting the fraudulent Arizona “audit” to harass a former classmate. https://twitter.com/...
Melody Joy Kramer / @mkramer: For employers: - It may make them less likely to hire certain people - Assign certain stories - Devote money to a type of beat That's also by design.
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Emily Wilder spent only 16 days as a news associate before the AP terminated her for violating the company's social media policy. “It was really devastating,” she said. “They told me I showed clear bias,” she said, but the AP wouldn't specify the tweets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Riffle / @danriffle: A thousand people have already said this, but if the people who purport to be concerned about cancel culture actually wanted to do anything about it they'd be pushing to end at-will employment. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Pegoraro / @robpegoraro: What my old colleague said. Plus this: @AP, this is chickenshit behavior. You will never convince ideologues like the Fox News commentariat of your objectivity until you hire mostly from their staffs, so giving them a heckler's veto only signals that you can be rolled. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: @jayrosen_nyu bombing AP building paid dividends
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: If bad faith critics can edit your staff based on the appearance of bias, then you have surrendered power to people who want you dead. Forget appearances. Was her work biased? Did she introduce bias into the AP's report? If so, her firing may be justified. If not, you got played. https://twitter.com/...
@petersterne: UPDATE: The AP has reportedly fired news associate @vv1lder. This follows social media criticism of Wilder by the Stanford College Republicans, which was later amplified by conservative media and GOP politicians. https://twitter.com/...
Adam H. Johnson / @adamjohnsonnyc: Aside from all the horrific racist and anti-labor implications of this decision, it's worth noting that this is exactly how you create a generation of timid careerists who take zero risks, totally disengage from politics, and become dead-eyed Politico and WaPo stenographers https://twitter.com/...
David Sirota / @davidsirota: this is a feature, not a bug https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Kendzior / @sarahkendzior: People drone on and on about “cancel culture” but the two stances I've seen journalists and academics punished for most in the US are supporting Black rights and supporting Palestinian rights. On top of that, the people screeching about “cancel culture” often oppose both causes. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Tribune shareholders vote to approve Alden's $633M purchase of the chain; Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns a 24% stake in Tribune, abstained from voting — The bid by Alden, which already owns about 200 local newspapers, had faced resistance from Tribune staff and a last-ditch rival offer.
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NPR, @davidfolkenflik, MediaPost, Washington Post, The Wrap, Poynter, @elaheizadi, Robert Feder, @sulliview, @davidfolkenflik, @sulliview, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, @davidfolkenflik, @dicktofel, @brianstelter, @kateconger, @rhodes_dawn, @amykpoulter, @daveweigel, @bencjacobs and @royalpratt
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David Folkenflik / NPR: ‘Vulture’ Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Alden will win Tribune: LAT owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who holds 24 percent stake in Tribune, says he has abstained from voting as it has been a passive investment. Full statement from Soon-Shiong spokesoman Hillary Manning👇🏼 https://twitter.com/...
Ray Schultz / MediaPost: Tribune Shareholders Approve Alden Purchase Bid
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Tribune Acquired by Alden Global Capital
Rick Edmonds / Poynter: Alden Global Capital closes in on Tribune Publishing acquisition. Shareholders vote Friday.
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: Joint statement from employee unions representing Tribune newspapers/outlets on Alden takeover https://twitter.com/...
@sulliview: The grim news: Tribune shareholders vote to sell legendary chain of newspapers to a hedge fund. By @sarahellison and @ElaheIzadi who've been on the story for months. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: One wrinkle in the Tribune sale: SEC filing says “Patrick Soon-Shiong's vote in favor of the transaction is required, based on his current ownership of the common stock.” It also said abstentions would be counted as a vote against the Alden bid - so PSS abstention would doom it
@sulliview: As noted in this story, it's possible that @DrPatSoonShiong's abstention will keep the deal from completion despite the vote https://twitter.com/...
Robert Channick / New York Daily News: Hedge fund Alden's bid to buy Tribune Publishing newspaper chain approved by shareholders
Meg James / Los Angeles Times: Controversial hedge fund Alden Global wins bidding for Chicago Tribune, N.Y. Daily News
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: This possible twist in Tribune sale is crazy. Seeking clarity - were rules of vote changed somehow that we have not been able to find? Did he sell off shares before the sale, diluting his stake? https://twitter.com/...
Richard Tofel / @dicktofel: I presume Soon-Shiong will keep the cash proceeds of his abstention. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Alden Global Capital president Heath Freeman says “the purchase of Tribune reaffirms our commitment to the newspaper industry and our focus on getting publications to a place where they can operate sustainably over the long term.” We'll see...
Dawn Rhodes / @rhodes_dawn: Gee thanks for your “passive investment” in this company. Glad to see you're having fun playing with this part of your fortune. Good to know it doesn't really make a difference to you one way or another while the fate of a major institution hangs in the balance. https://twitter.com/...
Amy Poulter / @amykpoulter: Why would you own 24 percent of anything if you don't care enough about it to participate in decision making? Especially when it's this important. What a HUGE disappointment, @DrPatSoonShiong. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: Hopefully no news needs to be covered in San Diego! https://twitter.com/...
Ben Jacobs / @bencjacobs: In other words, Patrick Soon-Shiong made the active and knowing decision to let a number of major newspapers be destroyed but is too cowardly to own up to it https://twitter.com/...
Gregory Pratt / @royalpratt: I will never be able to fully express my disappointment in @drpatsoonshiong for betraying journalism with his cowardly abstention. As owner of one of America's great newspapers @latimes, your responsibility to society extends beyond the bottom line. The right thing here was clear https://twitter.com/...
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Orlando Sentinel:
While a spokeswoman for Patrick Soon-Shiong said he abstained, Tribune officials said his ballots lacked a check in the “abstain” box and were tallied as “yes” — Shareholders of the parent company of the Orlando Sentinel, Tribune Publishing, voted Friday for the company …
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A look at big Tribune shareholder Patrick Soon-Shiong's early days as owner of The LA Times, ahead of the vote on Tribune's sale to Alden
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American Press Institute: Need to Know: May 21, 2021 — OFF THE TOP — You might have heard: Ad initiative aims …
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Who reporters choose to talk to as the (male) experts, about attempts to save a local newspaper, in an area that is nearly 50% non-white, is part of the problem ailing American journalism Patrick Soon-Shiong is still trying to save the @latimes https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jean Marbella / @jean_marbella: (*gasp*) But no worries, @DrPatSoonShiong, it's the same issue you faced when you bought the @latimes: 'All I knew in my heart of hearts was we need to protect the newsroom. . . . I came in there with an inner belief it's all or nothing.' https://twitter.com/...
Mary Schmich / @maryschmich: Patrick Soon-Shiong “professed this week that he only recently realized that the shareholder vote to determine the future of (Tribune Publishing) is Friday.” But it is. We hope he'll vote to save us from a hedge fund known for decimating papers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alexa Philippou / @alexaphilippou: Patrick Soon-Shiong says he felt compelled to buy the LA Times because “All I knew in my heart of hearts was we need to protect the newsroom.” @DrPatSoonShiong, the only way to protect Tribune newsrooms is to block the sale of the company to Alden. Our communities depend on it. https://twitter.com/...
Hayley Tsukayama / @htsuka: As a CA news consumer and former Postie, I'm delighted to find myself in a market with @meridak at the @latimes and @garciaruize at the @sfchronicle. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Funabiki / @funabiki: I'm rooting for Patrick Soon-Shiong as he tries to turn around the @latimes, but the odds are long. On the other hand, he did invent a cure for cancer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jennifer W. Sheehan / @jenwsheehan: No matter what happens tomorrow, I am so proud of the work our unions did. I have absolutely no regrets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Thornton / @thorntonaustin: Spoiler alert: “I think he's been surprised by how tough the newspaper business is,” Greif added. “It's not susceptible to any easy solutions.” Or, perhaps, any solutions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
DFM Workers / @dfmworkers: This is a CRITICAL moment for local news in the US. Please step up and do the right thing for democracy's future, @DrPatSoonShiong! #SaveLocalNews https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@latimesfreshink: @DrPatSoonShiong spoke w/ @sarahellison about becoming a newspaper owner 3 years ago & what's ahead for @latimes & @sdut. We won't spoil the kicker but, yes, the doc is still be asked to compare saving local news and curing cancer. More in @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@ctguild: Until local Chicagoans step up, the most direct path to fending off Alden ownership right now is through the LA Times owner voting ‘no.’ We urge him to do the right thing. For more, see below... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Noel / @hopnotes: “We understand that not every fight is your fight. We're not asking you to buy the company, though that would be great. But we are asking you to use your power to stop Alden from consolidating its own.” https://twitter.com/...
Sara Gregory / @saragregory: WaPo says Patrick Soon-Shiong is undecided ahead of tomorrow's vote on the future of Tribune. So here's my plea, as a Tribune employee: Please vote no, @DrPatSoonShiong. Help folks like @stewbainum do for the rest of Tribune's papers what you've done in LA. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Ellison / @sarahellison: Patrick Soon-Shiong is still trying to save the Los Angeles Times. Some hope he'll do more than that. My latest https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
The Information:
Sources: Axios is in talks to be acquired by Axel Springer, which owns Insider and is an investor in Group Nine Media — German media conglomerate Axel Springer is in talks to acquire Axios, according to people familiar with the matter, continuing a consolidation of the digital media sector.
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Dave Winer / @davewiner: @mathewi @MediagazerChat axios is uniquely useful. hope they don't screw it up. ;-)
@rafat: Makes total sense, smart: Axel Springer Is in Talks to Buy Axios https://thein.fo/... via @theinformation
Travis Bernard / @travisbernard: The hollowing of media's “middle class” continues https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: This seems like something so obvious that it will probably happen — but will Axel Springer overpay for Axios as much as it did for Business Insider? https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Interesting to buy Axios alongside already having Insider 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Adam White / @fosadam: Interesting, but makes sense considering their other acquisitions. Essentially building a funnel to own a business-centric audience from college onward. Morning Brew ⤵️ Business Insider ⤵️ Axios Would imagine a sub-bundle too at some point for BI and Axios. https://twitter.com/...
CNN:
In 2020, the Trump administration secretly sought and obtained two months of phone and email records from 2017 of CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post: Trump Justice Dept. secretly obtained CNN correspondent's phone, email records
Ben Leonard / Politico: Trump Justice Department seized CNN records tied to correspondent's phone and email
Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian: Trump justice department secretly seized CNN journalist's phone records
Barbara Starr / @barbarastarrcnn: These were my records. https://www.cnn.com/...
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Trump Administration Secretly Obtained 2017 Phone, Email Records of CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr
Elliot Hannon / Slate: Trump Justice Department Secretly Obtained CNN Pentagon Correspondent's Phone and Email Records
Rob Quinn / Newser: DOJ Secretly Obtained CNN Reporter's Records
Alex Horton / @alexhortontx: It didn't start and end there; my colleagues were also targeted, along with other outlets. It's revealing how many guardrails within DOJ needed to fail for officials to go along with this https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Chris Young / The Reporters Committee …: Reporters Committee statement on Trump Justice Department obtaining CNN journalist's phone, email records
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason: Biden Wants To Spy on American Bank Accounts
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Another one? Incredible abuse of power which serves to chill a free and plural press as they protect sources and hold that power in check. US needs to recognize this prior abuse and work to regain leadership in press freedoms. https://twitter.com/...
Hugo Lowell / @hugolowell: Wow — Trump admin secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of CNN's Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, the latest instance of federal prosecutors targeting reporters in leak probes.
Peter Weber / The Week: Justice Department leaders to meet with reporters after more revelations of Trump DOJ surveilling journalists
Dr. Jeffrey Guterman / @jeffreyguterman: Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of CNN correspondent @barbarastarrcnn. Nixon did this kind of thing (e.g., @DanielEllsberg), but I think most of us are convinced Trump was more corrupt. https://www.cnn.com/...
Hil.i.am / @hilaryluros: Remember “tapp-gate”? If the former guy is accusing someone of doing something, he's doing that thing. https://twitter.com/...
Paige Williams / @williams_paige: pay attn https://twitter.com/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: The absolute fire from the Garland DOJ spox in here 👀👀 https://twitter.com/...
Joe Walsh / @walshfreedom: Hey Republicans, isn't this the “deep state” stuff you always screamed about? https://twitter.com/...
Nick Walden Poublon / @nwpinpdx: The Trump admin got the phone and email records of a CNN reporter in 2017. Riddle me this: If CNN is fake news why were Trump and cronies so keen on spying on them? Who is fake now? https://twitter.com/...
Christine / @christinelu: This is what they do in authoritarian countries with paranoid dictators. https://twitter.com/...
Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins: The Trump admin secretly obtained @barbarastarrcnn's phone & email records, another instance where federal prosecutors took aggressive steps targeting reporters in leak investigations. It included the CNN Pentagon office number, her home & cell. Shameful. https://www.cnn.com/...
Olga Lautman / @olganyc1211: Trump's regime secretly obtaining reporters records was predictable and such an authoritarian move. This should be a much bigger story and everyone involved needs to be investigated. https://www.cnn.com/...
Craig Whitlock / @craigmwhitlock: This is nuts. @barbarastarrcnn is a terrific, unimpeachable bulldog of a reporter. https://twitter.com/...
Carl Lavin / @fromcarl: The free press powers democracy. Protect journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Desiderio / @andrewdesiderio: Chilling and deeply troubling. And it comes after we learned that the Trump DOJ similarly went after Washington Post reporters. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: “The seizure of Starr's records is the third disclosure in as many weeks where the Trump administration used its Justice Department to secretly obtain communications of journalists or to expose the identity of critics of former President Donald Trump's allies.” https://twitter.com/...
Manu Raju / @mkraju: “CNN strongly condemns the secret collection of any aspect of a journalist's correspondence, which is clearly protected by the First Amendment,” said CNN President Jeff Zucker. “We are asking for an immediate meeting with the Justice Department” https://www.cnn.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: Trump's administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent, Barbara Starr. She was reporting about a number of issues at the time, including North Korea, Syria and Afghanistan. https://www.cnn.com/...
Shawn Utley / The Madison Leader Gazette: Trump DOJ secretly obtained CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr's phone and email records
Alex Noble / The Wrap: CNN's Barbara Starr Targeted by Trump Administration in Secret Seizure of Email and Phone Records
The Information:
Sources: Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into video games, as it considers options including an Apple Arcade-like games bundle — Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into videogames, a sign it is stepping up its efforts …
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Insider, The Wrap, Reuters, Kotaku, @zhugeex, @alexhern, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia and @rameeztase, more at Techmeme »
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Grace Kay / Insider: Netflix is reportedly looking to hire an executive to expand its gaming content
Sean Burch / The Wrap: Netflix Eyes Big Expansion Into Video Games (Report)
Daniel Ahmad / @zhugeex: Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee an expansion into video games. Reminds me of how iQiyi has been doing this in China for a while. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: This week in news: AT&T is a phone company again Netflix is now a games company Disney is back to being a parks company And ViacomCBS is just honored to be considered https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: I love the beautiful irony of Epic and Apple lawyers spending nearly four weeks using Netflix as an example when debating whether something is a game or not, only to end with Netflix going, “Actually, we're gonna be a games company, too.” https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Reed Hastings, June 2020: “Video games, a great and interesting area...But Ted's got big plans to spend future billions in our movies, in series, in animation. And so we've got lots of places to put the money. Netflix, today: https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Rameez / @rameeztase: Media bundles of the future will be multi-media & audience-focused rather than multi-audience & medium-focused. It's a folly to assume video-only will prevail in a world where technology means distribution of video, audio, text, interactive can happen on the same surface. https://twitter.com/...
Nir Eyal / OneZero:
NYT uses “dark patterns” to make it harder for readers to cancel subscriptions, even as a member of its editorial board derided such tactics in a recent op-ed — ‘Dark patterns’ aren't always malicious mind control. They're often a symptom of disjointed company culture.
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Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting: Bait and switch — This week, I explore the underbelly of the pivot to subscriptions …
David Skok / @dskok: One of the riskiest decisions we made @the_logic was making it easy for our subscribers to cancel. No customer service wait times, no labyrinth. It's terrifying, but it builds trust with our customers. Kudos to @amandaannroth for pushing me in this direction when I was reticent. https://twitter.com/...
Vivek Srinivasan / Learning by Proxy: Learning by Proxy | Dark Patterns
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
UK justice secretary says the government has to investigate “whether the governance of the BBC does need reform” after report on Bashir interview with Diana — PM says he is ‘obviously very concerned’ after inquiry condemns Martin Bashir's 1995 broadcast
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Mark Landler / New York Times: 25 Years Later, BBC Apologizes for Diana Interview
Joe Sommerlad / The Independent: Martin Bashir's most contentious documentaries, from Diana to Michael Jackson
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post: Boris Johnson ‘very concerned’ over BBC tactics to land Diana interview
Pippa Crerar / @pippacrerar: I'm not sure journalistic ethics are Boris Johnson's strong point 🤨 https://twitter.com/...
Justin Madders MP / @justinmadders: The Prime Minister now believes using deceit to achieve your goals isn't acceptable https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@mafevema: All sadly predictable: the government will bring the BBC editorial board - already practicing self- censorship massively- under its total control., perhaps nominally though a supposedly “independent ” board packed with Brexiters. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Tony O'Shaughnessy / @tonyonthephone: I'm guessing a lot of BBC journalists who have never used fake bank statements to get interviews will now have to do an online course on how not to use fake bank statements to get interviews. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Michael Holden / Reuters: BBC under pressure over Diana interview after princes launch scathing attack
@guardiannews: Government considers BBC shake-up after damning Diana report https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
Open letter expresses concern that the UK government is being advised on the BBC by a panel that meets in secret with no public record of its agenda or advice
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Tony Ageh Obe / British Broadcasting Challenge: Open Letter — An open letter to the Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
@financialtimes: More than 120 public figures including actor Steve Coogan have warned that the BBC is facing a ‘severe threat’ from Boris Johnson's government https://www.ft.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “The BBC is facing a “severe threat” from Boris Johnson's Conservative government, according to a group of high-profile authors, academics and film producers who claim that ministers are reviewing the future of the UK's national broadcaster in secret.” https://giftarticle.ft.com/...
CNN:
BBC apologizes after a report finds Martin Bashir used “deceitful” methods to get his interview with Princess Diana and that BBC covered up Bashir's behavior
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The Guardian, Variety, bbc.co.uk, @royal_suitor, Business Recorder, @variety, @adetolaov, @oliverdowden, @bbcdaniels, ABC7, The Madison Leader Gazette, Page Six, Reuters and The Week
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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian: Diana interview whistleblower demands face-to-face apology from BBC boss
Manori Ravindran / Variety: Princes Harry and William Respond to Bombshell Investigation Into BBC Diana Interview: ‘Unethical Practices Took Her Life’
Tim Davie / bbc.co.uk: BBC publishes Lord Dyson's report
Royal Suitor / @royal_suitor: Bashir resigned as the BBC's Religion Editor last week citing health reasons. He apologized calling mocking up bank statements a “stupid thing to do” but maintains “the bank statements had no bearing whatsoever on the personal choice by Princess Diana.” https://www.bbc.com/...
@variety: Prince William on the investigation into the BBC's Princess Diana interview: “The deceitful way that the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said. The interview was a major contribution to making my parents' relationship worse” https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Dowden / @oliverdowden: I welcome the fact that the new leadership launched this independent inquiry and expect them to ensure that this can never happen again. (2/2) https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Daniel Sandford / @bbcdaniels: BBC Director-General, Tim Davie: “Although the report states that Diana, Princess of Wales, was keen on the idea of an interview with the BBC, it is clear that the process for securing the interview fell far short of what audiences have a right to expect.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Shawn Utley / The Madison Leader Gazette: Prince William and Prince Harry react to ‘failings’ behind Princess Diana's infamous 1995 BBC interview
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Twitter will soon let US users with 1,000+ followers who've hosted three Spaces in the past 30 days apply to host Ticketed Spaces, with Twitter taking a 20% cut — After Apple and Google's cut — Twitter's getting ready for the launch of its Ticketed Spaces feature, and today …
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Ben Thompson / @benthompson: A creator sells a Ticketed Space for $5. The creator, who people are willing to pay for, gets $2.80. Twitter, who facilitated the connection and created the product, gets $0.70. Apple/Google, who leverage OS API control into a tax on all activity, do nothing and get $1.50. https://twitter.com/...
John Gary / @johngary: The replies to this tweet are mostly “So what, Apple and Google don't deserve *anything* for creating these devices and operating systems?????” Say it with me: brands are not your friends. https://twitter.com/...
Mikey Smith / @mikeysmith: See, I don't buy this argument at all. Part of “the product” users and devs having a humane, relatively-safe, non-wild-west environment in which to do business - and usable devices and OS on which to run software. It might not be 20%, but it's not “nothing.” https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg:
Sources: Sinclair's RSN unit, Diamond Sports, has entered talks with creditors about addressing its ~$8.1B debt; Sinclair bought Diamond for $9.6B in 2019 — - Diamond Sports asks creditors to sign NDAs for negotiations — Broadcaster received proposals from secured, unsecured groups
Discussion:
Jeff Kotuby / The Streamable: Sinclair Sports Networks Seeking Better Debt Terms
Gilad Edelman / Wired:
A look at CaliberAI, a company that develops a tool for detecting potentially libelous claims, which may be particularly valuable for short-staffed newsrooms — CaliberAI wants to help overstretched newsrooms with a tool that's like spell-check for libel. But its potential uses go far beyond traditional media.
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Associated Press:
Police in Nicaragua raided the offices of news outlet Confidencial, run by a former president's son, detained an AFP photographer, and are holding a cameraman — MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan national police raided offices of a prominent nongovernmental organization …
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Silvia Higuera / LatAm Journalism Review: Nicaraguan police raid Confidencial's newsroom for second time
Mariana Alfaro / @marianaa_alfaro: Police in Nicaragua are detaining journalists. Wilfredo here says AFP reporter Luis Sequeira is missing after authorities went after a group of journalists from different news orgs. Police weren't able to stop them all because it was a large group of reporters. https://twitter.com/...
Associated Press:
The Knight Foundation, which funds the UNC professorship offered to Nikole Hannah-Jones, is urging the university to reconsider its decision to deny her tenure — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The foundation that funds the University of North Carolina professorship offered to investigative …
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@dlboardman, Poynter, @ananny, @ananny, @franklinleonard, @dangillmor, @ananny, @uosojc, @mpamer, @doktorzoom, @jcstearns, @ryandenos, @ibarguen, The Hill and @johnrobinson
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David Boardman / @dlboardman: There are many journalism professors (and deans) around the country who were granted tenure based on their professional achievements. I'm one. This is drivel. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: The UNC-Nikole Hannah-Jones controversy rages on
Mike Ananny / @ananny: You can love or hate tenure (I get both views) but it's a key institutionalized form of privilege & power that distinguishes universities from other organizations. If you want your school to include people who know the privilege & power of risk-taking, you tenure people like NHJ
Mike Ananny / @ananny: Yes. Tenure recognizes a significant body of work that peers judge to be stellar & showing trajectory of excellence. It also signals rights+obligations to take risks in work+university governance. Research+practice are both tenure paths @ many JSchools & NHJ *easily* qualifies https://twitter.com/...
Franklin Leonard / @franklinleonard: I absolutely cannot with any of this. https://apnews.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: UNC trustees are brazenly lying about the Hannah-Jones situation, claiming her non-academic background prevented her from getting tenure. Journalism schools frequently grant tenure to distinguished professionals (which she certainly is). https://apnews.com/...
@uosojc: In light of the recent denial of Nikole Hannah-Jones' (@nhannahjones) tenured position at UNC, journalism profs. from across the country (including several SOJC faculty) have signed a Statement of Protest to the UNC Board of Trustees: https://medium.com/...
Melissa Pamer / @mpamer: I do believe many journalism schools have tenured professors who aren't from a “traditional academic-type background.” You don't get a PhD in the practice of journalism. https://apnews.com/...
Doktor Zoom / @doktorzoom: This is mendacious bullshit. The Knight Chair in Journalism usually goes to working journalists, not to academics. Previous Knight Chairs at UNC received immediate tenure. The trustees are pulling a nonexistent standard out of their asses. https://apnews.com/...
Josh Stearns / @jcstearns: We have funded Nikole Hannah-Jones's work at the Ida B. Wells Society since 2017 and are deeply invested in journalism in NC. Our staff are outraged by the decision to deny her tenure. Our full statement is below. https://democracyfund.org/...
Ryan D. Enos / @ryandenos: Many colleagues have spoken eloquently about the dangers posed by the denial of tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones. I agree with all of these. I sincerely hope that we will remember these principles when faced with a choice to defend speech with which we disagree.
Alberto Ibarguen / @ibarguen: We strongly support @UNCHussman faculty statement on Knight Chair #NikoleHannahJones tenure decision. There is an opportunity to reverse course and do the right thing. https://link.medium.com/...
Mychael Schnell / The Hill: Hannah-Jones's tenure stopped because her background was not ‘traditional academic-type’
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Hussman Faculty / Medium:
About 40 members of UNC's journalism school faculty sign a letter demanding tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones as Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism
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NABJ, Poynter, Faculty Governance, @sullydish, The Atlantic, The Objective, PRIMER, Reason, @heerjeet, @kat__stafford, @marissaaevans, @drallirich, @danikathleen, @dorothy4nabj, @ruthesamuel, @jelani9, @alexkotch, @chronicle, @crisalexjimenez, @davidgura, @jesslahey, @jmarkockerbloom, @amzam, @vanityfair, @amy_siskind, @jayrosen_nyu, @cynthianixon, @teonbrooks, @jonathanalter, @danieltorday, The Time of Monsters, @shannimcg, @jelani9, @arthomason, @jeffjarvis, CNN, Democracy Fund, @shannimcg, @kreissdaniel and @joyannreid
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Clay B. Morris / Poynter: Why UNC's denial of Nikole-Hannah Jones' tenure devalues the degrees and work of Black student journalists
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: I agree. The faculty should decide. But this is not a huge scandal or a cancellation it seems to me. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic: Why Conservatives Want to Cancel the 1619 Project
Jeffrey Billman / PRIMER: It's Been 0️⃣ Days Since UNC Was a National Embarrassment
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: Hannah Jones is a good example here because like many on the left I don't care for her politics & have issues with her contribution to 1619 (too nationalist). But she's a super-accomplished writer & a politically motivated denial of tenure is a scandal. https://twitter.com/...
Kat Stafford / @kat__stafford: “The failure to offer Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure with her appointment as a Knight Chair is the latest in the history of unfair treatment of Black women in academia, who are often denied promotion despite exceptional work.” -via @NABJ https://nabjonline.org/...
Marissa / @marissaaevans: “If the speculations are true, then we denounce any decision to deny a distinguished journalist tenure because she simply did her job by reporting facts about slavery in America.” Let's go @NABJ 🔥 https://twitter.com/...
Allissa V. Richardson, Ph.D. / @drallirich: Thank you @NABJ for taking up this important fight. I stand with @nhannahjones and with all Black journalists who have had to endure immense pain simply for telling the truth. https://twitter.com/...
Danielle Kilgo, Ph.D. / @danikathleen: Thank you @NABJ for standing up for Hannah-Jones and all Black women academics. Her fight is our fight. https://twitter.com/...
Dorothy Tucker / @dorothy4nabj: “NABJ has reached out to the university to determine their reason for failing to grant tenure to Nikole.” Read our full statement here: https://nabjonline.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Ruth Etiesit Samuel / @ruthesamuel: “The university would be sending a message to its students that it does not support press freedom and that seeking the truth and reporting it is not a pillar it believes should be a part of our profession, and that the work of Black journalists...is unmerited.” https://twitter.com/...
Jelani Cobb / @jelani9: It should also be pointed out that this is not simply about NHJ or even the 1619 Project but the spear's tip of a broader assault on academic freedom — the attacks on Critical Race Theory and antiracism are part of this. It may silence and intimidate young untenured scholars.
Alex Kotch / @alexkotch: This was the doing of the right-wing UNC Board of Governors (and megadonor Art Pope, a member), which the legislatures appoints. “Cancel culture is bad except when the person I'm canceling doesn't support white supremacy.” https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ...
@chronicle: UNC called Nikole Hannah-Jones “one of the country's leading voices in journalism” and offered her a job. Then it denied her the tenured status it had granted her predecessors. https://www.chronicle.com/...
Cristina Jimnez / @crisalexjimenez: The decision by #UNC to deny @nhannahjones tenure after racist criticism from the right is shameful. It's clear which side #UNC is picking. Standing in solidarity w/ my friend and fellow MacArthur fellow Nikole. #UNC the world is watching! https://www.nytimes.com/... #TeamNikole
David Gura / @davidgura: After an exhaustive process, UNC's faculty recommended @nhannahjones receive tenure. Its board of trustees rejected that recommendation. Today, faculty chair @MimiVChapman addressed members of the board directly. Here are her remarks, in full: https://facultygov.unc.edu/...
Jessica Lahey / @jesslahey: Beautifully articulated, @MimiVChapman. “Faculty Chair Remarks to the UNC-CH Board of Trustees” on their ignorant and cowardly decision to deny Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure despite faculty endorsement. https://facultygov.unc.edu/...
John Mark Ockerbloom / @jmarkockerbloom: UNC Faculty Chair to Board: “I am inviting you to trust us in the exhaustive work that we do to make tenure recommendations. For me, I would choose to be your partner... but partnership requires respect and at this moment, the faculty is not feeling that.” https://facultygov.unc.edu/...
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: Seriously hope this fires up an army of reporters digging into governance of public universities across this country. https://slate.com/...
@vanityfair: UNC's decision to deny Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured professorship—seemingly due to conservative backlash—sent shockwaves throughout the journalism community. https://vntyfr.com/UR6CJfz
@amy_siskind: UNC denied tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the 1619 project after conservative complaints. This is so incredibly wrong. And after all their whining about so-called cancel culture! https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “To take this decision is to say to the faculty—intentionally or not—that our expertise, our judgement, our devotion to this institution, and indeed our time is not something you value.” —Chair of UNC faculty (all faculty, all fields) to Board of Trustees. https://facultygov.unc.edu/...
Cynthia Nixon / @cynthianixon: Nikole Hannah-Jones: -Pulitzer Prize -MacArthur Fellow -UNC Master's in Journalism -Approved for tenure by J-school Dean and Faculty UNC Board of Trustees: “She's unqualified.” Something is rotten in the state of North Carolina https://www.nytimes.com/...
@teonbrooks: What a sad day for NC. What a shameful silencing from the Board of Trustees. This is part of a concerted effort ever since NC State Legislature became Republican-led in 2010 for the first time since 1898. Stripped the gains NC has been painstakingly making over the past decades https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Alter / @jonathanalter: You don't have to love everything about the 1619 Project to agree with @jelani9. The fig leaf that Jones is “outside academia” is pathetic.The Knight chair is supposed to be for journalists, not narrow academics. This is so transparently political that my guess is it won't stand. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Torday / @danieltorday: The very concept of tenure arose in the late 19th century to protect professors' academic freedom from capricious political decisions of exactly this kind. Every principled academic organization & dept in America should be preparing a statement on their boycott of UNC. https://twitter.com/...
Shannon McGregor, PhD / @shannimcg: 40 @UNCHussman faculty & more than 50 other UNC faculty & Hussman grad students have signed our statement calling on @UNC to tenure @nhannahjones as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism https://hussmanfaculty.medium.com/ ...
Jelani Cobb / @jelani9: The UNC BoT decision to deny tenure to Nikole Hannah Jones is wildly intimidating to junior scholars working on topics of race without the protection of tenure. This is about the freedom to produce critical scholarship in an alleged democratic society.
Andy Thomason / @arthomason: Wow. UNC wanted to give Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure but the Board of Trustees refused to approve it, according to @NCPolicyWatch: https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I just got carpal tunnel in the good cause of adding scores more signatures to this letter of protest for the administration of UNC. Journalism profs: Tweet or DM me and I'll add you. https://link.medium.com/...
Brandon Tensley / CNN: Nikole Hannah-Jones won't get tenure at UNC. The politics in that decision is hard to miss.
Democracy Fund: Democracy Fund Statement on the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees Decision to Deny Tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones
Shannon McGregor, PhD / @shannimcg: Failure to tenure Hannah-Jones in her role as Knight Chair in Race & Investigative Journalism is a departure from UNC's traditional process, breaks precedent w/ previous tenured full prof appointments of Knight chairs, & undermines the university's plan to prioritize diversity
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