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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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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
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: The Associated Press terminates new staffer amid uproar over tweets about Israel and Palestinians, sparking backlash
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/...
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/...
Steven Rich / @dataeditor: the punishment disparities between Chris Cuomo and Emily Wilder is a good example of how this industry often works
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: Associated Press Reporter Out After Conservatives Flag Pro-Palestine Activism in College
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/...
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/...
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/...
Rachel Cohen / @rmc031: “I asked them, ‘Please tell me what violated the policy,’ and they said, ‘No.’” https://www.sfgate.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/...
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/...
@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/...
@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.
@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/...
@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.
Ghazala Irshad / @ghazalairshad: @mattdpearce There's also this: https://twitter.com/...
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/ ...
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/...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: Cancel culture on college campuses has indeed gotten out of control https://twitter.com/...
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/ ...
@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/...
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/...
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/...
@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/...
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/...
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
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/...
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.
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/...
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/...
Melody Joy Kramer / @mkramer: This is an attack on the press. It's coordinated, calculated, and it will happen again and again.
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.
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
@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/ ...
Ari Fleischer / @arifleischer: But when a Senator goes after a nominee's high school yearbook, that's ok. 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/...
@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/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: @jayrosen_nyu bombing AP building paid dividends
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/...
Marisa Kabas / @marisakabas: The AP building in Gaza is leveled by Israeli airstrikes and they fire a young reporter for being pro-Palestine? Unreal. 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/...
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/...
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
Azmi Haroun / Insider: 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
Joseph Choi / The Hill: CNN reporter's phone and email records secretly obtained by Trump administration: report
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: JUST IN: Trump Administration Obtained CNN Correspondent Barbara Starr's Phone and Email Records
Barbara Starr / @barbarastarrcnn: These were my records. https://www.cnn.com/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Chris Young / The Reporters Committee …: Reporters Committee statement on Trump Justice Department obtaining CNN journalist's phone, email records
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/...
Carl Lavin / @fromcarl: The free press powers democracy. Protect journalism. 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/...
Washington Post:
Sources: Chris Cuomo took part in Governor Cuomo's strategy sessions on how to respond to harassment allegations; CNN says his involvement was a mistake — CNN anchor Chris Cuomo advised his brother, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and senior members of the governor's staff on how to respond …
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Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: NEW: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo took part in a series of strategy calls with his brother and his brother's staff on how the governor should respond to misconduct allegations. Network says he shouldn't have participated and won't going forward. w/@sarahellison: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: CNN's Chris Cuomo admits ‘mistake’ to advise brother amid scandal, denies influencing network's coverage
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: ‘My Family Means Everything To Me’: Chris Cuomo Defends Advising His Brother, Apologizes to CNN Colleagues For Putting Them ‘In A Bad Spot’
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal: Criminal Probe of Andrew Cuomo Administration Broadens to Covid-19 Testing Issues
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: CNN won't discipline Chris Cuomo for advising his brother to fight sexual harassment allegations
Gene Park / @genepark: Chris Cuomo faces no penalties by CNN despite having engaged in an easily-fireable and inexcusable offense. The actual ethical rules of journalism don't matter when you're popular enough. When you're a star, you can get away with anything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tyler Hersko / IndieWire: CNN's Chris Cuomo Coached New York's Governor on How to Respond to Allegations of Sexual Harassment
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Chris Cuomo Somehow Claims He ‘Knows Where the Line Is’ After Scandal Erupts
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: CNN's Chris Cuomo Advised Gov. Cuomo, Raising Ethics Questions
Rita Panahi / @ritapanahi: Yikes, I'm shocked the Democrat's propaganda arm was colluding with the Democrats. It's not Fredo's advice that was valuable but the 24/7 propaganda CNN ran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jake Lahut / Insider: CNN's Chris Cuomo helped his brother NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo with ‘strategy calls’ to craft his response to sexual-harassment allegations: WaPo
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: How many non-ethically-challenged journalists could CNN hire using Chris Cuomo's $6,000,000/year salary? This would be a fireable offense in many newsrooms. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Smith / New York Post: Chris Cuomo proves that nothing will get you fired from CNN if you're liberal
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: Even more than a norm, it's an *ethical requirement* for journalists to stay out of politics in any official capacity. Chris Cuomo officially advising his brother is not a violation of norms, it's a violation of ethics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Chris Cuomo Helped Advise Gov. Andrew Cuomo on How to Respond to Sexual Harassment Allegations
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: That's pretty bad. And obviously something a journalist should not do. Not a close call. Not even a call. Just... wrong. https://twitter.com/...
John Johnson / Newser: CNN Calls Chris Cuomo's Advice to Andrew Inappropriate
Demetri Kofinas / @kofinas: Q: Why did neither @ChrisCuomo or @CNN never inform his viewers that their lead anchor took part in strategy calls advising his brother, NY governor @andrewcuomo, on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo: CNN's Chris Cuomo Coached NY Guv. Brother On Handling Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Karol Markowicz / @karol: So the thing is that Chris Cuomo *did* cover his brother at a very important time. His softball interviews, and the softball intvws of his CNN coworkers, were deeply inappropriate and helped cover up Gov. Cuomo's misdeeds. All of CNN complicit in this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Simmons / @sarahsimmonstv: This is so damaging to the members of the true Journalism profession. Massive conflict of interest. NEVER, EVER should this happen. Makes me sick https://twitter.com/...
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: “Chris Cuomo was among the governor's relatives who gained special access to state-administered coronavirus tests last year” — this is just a footnote in the article b/c the Cuomo bros have too many other ethical violations to cover https://twitter.com/...
Tutul Rahman / @tutulismyname: I know Hannity & Fox / Friends do this all the time but Chris Cuomo should be fired. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: Yeah, I'm still pissed. This is what happens when someone has never actually had to apply for a job because he's the sort of person for whom positions are created, then posted to fulfill legal requirements after management offers it to him. Pathetic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
James Queally / @jamesqueallylat: “The network said Cuomo will not be disciplined.” I'm sorry ... what? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jerry Iannelli / @jerryiannelli: It's so ridiculously insulting that Chris Cuomo can get away with this while other news outlets are barring people with lived experience from covering sexual assault, police, etc https://twitter.com/...
Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq: Why won't the MSM cover this scandal? Oh wait, this is the MSM again with the scoop. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: CNN's @ChrisCuomo: 1) Repeatedly used CNN's airwaves to create hagiography for his own brother at the time his brother was concealing and lying about COVID deaths. 2) Received special COVID treatment from his brother, who abused state resources to provide it. 3) Did this: https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Moore / The Hill: Chris Cuomo advised brother Andrew Cuomo on handling sexual misconduct allegations
Johana Bhuiyan / @jmbooyah: Black and brown reporters are being pulled off assignments bc we're too biased to cover our own communities but ok. https://twitter.com/...
Dennis DiClaudio / @dennisdiclaudio: No love for the Cuomos, but didn't he refrain from reporting on this story? I remember people getting mad over that. https://twitter.com/...
Ron T. Kim / @rontkim: If the Cuomo brothers had an ounce of integrity, they would apologize, step down from their powerful positions, and face the consequences of their unethical, corrupt, and illegal actions. https://twitter.com/...
@omarsrashad: Chris Cuomo will always be a reminder for me that I shouldn't feel like an imposter in journalism because at the very least I'd never do THAT. And each time his name comes up it's always a new “that.” https://twitter.com/...
Dilan Esper / Dilan's Newsletter: About Those Cuomos — CNN is apparently pissed that Chris Cuomo, its star anchor …
Oliver Darcy / CNN: CNN says it was ‘inappropriate’ for Chris Cuomo to participate in strategy sessions advising brother on sexual harassment allegations
Jay Caruso / @jaycaruso: .@ChrisCuomo on March 1st: “Obviously I am aware of what is going on with my brother. And obviously, I cannot cover it because he is my brother. Now, of course, CNN has to cover it. They have covered it extensively and they will continue to do so.” They missed this part... https://twitter.com/...
Lyndsey D'Arcangelo / @darcangel21: This is a major conflict of interest and CNN is like, “he won't do it again.” https://twitter.com/...
Chad Hartman / @chadhartmanshow: It's simple, you can't do this, he knows and so does CNN, he should be fired. https://twitter.com/...
Tsar Becket Adams / @becketadams: fascinating stuff, considering Chris Cuomo said in March: “Obviously, I'm aware of what's going on with my brother. Obviously, I cannot cover it because he is my brother.” https://twitter.com/...
@journalistslike: The ethical rules of journalism don't apply if you're really not a journalist tho https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: Look, I get that it's normal to want to be there for family. But there's a difference between supporting your brother and participating in DAMAGE CONTROL STRATEGY CALLS WITH HIS STAFF WHEN YOU'RE A F*CKING JOURNALIST EMPLOYED BY A NETWORK THAT COVERS HIM.
Brendan Morrow / The Week: CNN won't discipline Chris Cuomo for strategy calls with brother's staff about sexual harassment scandal
Brian Steinberg / Variety: CNN Won't Discipline Chris Cuomo After He Aided His Brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Amid Harassment Accusations
The Verge:
Twitter is rolling out its new verification program, with revamped categories that include activists and journalists; applications will be reviewed by humans — It also previewed potential changes coming to profiles — Twitter is relaunching its public verification program, allowing anyone to apply for a coveted blue check mark.
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Sara Fischer / Axios: Twitter says anyone can now apply to have a verified account
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: There are about 360,000 verified accounts on Twitter today https://www.axios.com/...
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: The fact that verified accounts make up about 0.1% of Twitter users, but they flood so many people's timelines really underscored how Twitter has a hardcore group of power users, and a vast audience of consumers. https://twitter.com/...
help.twitter.com: About verified accounts — Important: Users may now apply for verification by going to their Settings > Request Verification.
Lara Cohen / @larakate: I love you. But please don't ask me to get verified. Do it your dang self https://blog.twitter.com/...
José Adorno / 9to5Mac: Twitter relaunches its verification program, here's everything you need to know
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Twitter is finally verifying people again
David ImeI / @durvidimel: Honestly I just want the @davidimel handle that has been suspended for *checks calendar* 𝟔 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐒 https://twitter.com/...
@verified: Check out more on our improved verification policy, the lowdown on the new application, and what we're working on next: https://blog.twitter.com/... And if you're planning to apply, follow this thread for what you need to know about our eligibility criteria 👇
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter opens account verification applications to the public under new guidelines
Anil Dash / @anildash: One of the questions I've most liked asking folks who insist I help them get verified (something I do not, and gave never, have any power over) is “what does the check mark represent to you?” Answers are always interesting. https://twitter.com/...
Claire Willett / @clairewillett: MY DAY HAS FINALLY COME https://twitter.com/...
Michael Jones / The Supercreator: The Supercreator Weekly: Go get your blue check
Nu Wexler / @wexler: Nobody is happier about this announcement than Twitter employees themselves. https://blog.twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Guess I'm going to have to shut down my “Sure, I can totally get you verified” payment program https://www.theverge.com/...
Luca Hammer / @luca: You can get verified on Twitter once again. If you fit one of these groups - Government - Companies, brands and organizations - News organizations and journalists - Entertainment - Sports and gaming - Activists, organizers, other influential individuals https://blog.twitter.com/...
Manish Maheshwari / @manishm: Self-serve verify. No bitcoins needed. Not kidding. @verified https://blog.twitter.com/...
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Twitter reopens its verification process for first time since 2017
Nathan Baschez / @nbashaw: I hope they build a way to let verified people change their usernames. Lots of people change their real names! (Asking for a friend 😅) https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Willis / @owillis: Oh no they're letting in the peasants https://twitter.com/...
Theo Francis / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: Discovery gave CEO David Zaslav 14.8M stock options, valued at ~$190M, the day before the company and AT&T announced the Discovery/WarnerMedia merger — David Zaslav is expected to run the newly combined media firm, and received the award as part of a new employment contract
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Brent Lang / Variety: Discovery Chief David Zaslav Gets $190 Million in Stock Options After Pulling Off WarnerMedia Deal
Theo Francis / @theofrancis: Two from me today, both on Discovery/AT&T/WarnerMedia: Some Discovery investors will get a better deal than others: https://www.wsj.com/... And Discovery gave CEO Zaslav options valued at $190 million with his new employment agreement: https://www.wsj.com/... $DISCA $T @WSJ
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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Mychael Schnell / The Hill: Hannah-Jones's tenure stopped because her background was not ‘traditional academic-type’
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
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/...
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/...
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/...
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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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Discussion:
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/...
Rebecca Onion / Slate: The Real Reason UNC-Chapel Hill Is Withholding Tenure From Nikole Hannah-Jones
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.
Brandon Tensley / CNN: Nikole Hannah-Jones won't get tenure at UNC. The politics in that decision is hard to miss.
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.
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
@joyannreid: Universities should not be denying tenure based on right wing sensitivities to the uncomfortable truths of history. That just goes flat out against the supposed goals of a university education. This is just dead wrong. https://19thnews.org/...
Daniel Kreiss / @kreissdaniel: People watching this space about @nhannahjones: It was deliberate that our @UNCHussman statement was general about the university's “leadership” and did not name any specific body as being responsible. https://indyweek.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: NABJ ‘Disappointed’ in UNC-Chapel Hill Not Giving Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure
@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/...
@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
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/...
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/ ...
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/...
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: Seriously hope this fires up an army of reporters digging into governance of public universities across this country. https://slate.com/...
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: The Birds and the Bees — Yesterday was unusually befouled by hate-reads so let's …
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/...
Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian: Protests after North Carolina university denies tenure to 1619 Project journalist
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: UNC's board of trustees needs to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones today
@thefireorg: Our statement on the reports that @nhannahjones was denied tenure at @UNC for viewpoint discriminatory reasons. https://www.thefire.org/... @adamsteinbaugh https://twitter.com/...
@ijbailey: The right is using a distorted-conjured up boogeyman they've deemed “critical race theory” to squash speech they don't like, by law and political pressure on every level. And on days like this, the silence of those who have made “cancel culture” their top concern is deafening. https://twitter.com/...
Wendi C. Thomas / @wendi_c_thomas: As @RevDrBarber said: You know how powerful you are by how hard they try to fight you. https://twitter.com/...
Jelani Cobb / @jelani9: The UNC decision to deny tenure to Nikole Hannah Jones is obscene. Tenure exists precisely to protect faculty from this kind of politicized decision-making. We need to compare the credentials of people who *did*get tenure this year if a Pulitzer & MacArthur winner did not.
@superchunk: Wow the same @UNC that fought removal of a racist statue is still doing racist things? https://twitter.com/...
Charles P. Pierce / @charlesppierce: Somebody wake up Sully and Bari Weiss and tell them ti get on this. https://twitter.com/...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: The thing that's wild about the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure thing is that based on her *pre* 1619 work alone she would be an incredible candidate for a tenured journalism position. She has been dropping instant classics of investigative journalism for *years.*
Gerry Doyle / @mgerrydoyle: that's because cancel-culture warriors like weiss, taibbi, tracey, greenwald, et al are not arguing in good faith https://twitter.com/...
Dominique Baker / @bakerdphd: How do you have a serious conversation with untenured scholars at UNC about their prospects for getting tenure when they conduct research on “controversial” topics? Will their tenure get overturned as well? https://twitter.com/...
Adriana Lacy / @adriana_lacy: Thinking about this a lot. I want my phd one day and I want to teach. But when I hear stories like what's happening with NHJ and the countless tenure horror stories I've heard from my Black professors, it's so disheartening https://twitter.com/...
Howard Dean / @govhowarddean: This is a real blow to a great University. I predict they will have trouble getting their first choice for Moorhead Scholars as a result. And I have no doubt that the professor will be offered tenure at a higher status university. https://twitter.com/...
Haley O'Shaughnessy / @haleyosomething: the myth of american exceptionalism depends on discrediting and hiding people for telling the truth about its history and current inequity but her project has already proven to be so important that i'm sure years from now its initial reception will be whitewashed. this is awful https://twitter.com/...
Daryle Lamont Jenkins / @dlamontjenkins: Damned curious how this board came to this decision. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Liz Hannah / @itslizhannah: The Board of Trustees at UNC needs to rectify this immediately. @nhannahjones has more than earned tenure and denying her this because of conservative backlash is the antithesis of what UNC stands for. https://twitter.com/...
Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: @sullydish The faculty *had* decided. The University had also decided. It got overruled at the university system level, which, as far as I remember, does not have a recent precedent. This is more like the Queen of England deciding she doesn't like a local election result and overturning it.
W. Kamau Bell / @wkamaubell: UNC-CH: “What are your qualifications for tenure?” Nikole Hannah-Jones: “I have a MacArthur Fellowship AKA a genius grant.” UNC-CH: “What else?” NHJ: “A Pulitzer. The highest award for journalism.” UNC-Chapel Hill: “Hmmm... Let me talk to my manager & see what I can do.” https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Kreiss / @kreissdaniel: Maybe you should let the faculty decide whether it is a “huge scandal.” We are overwhelmingly clear that it is: https://hussmanfaculty.medium.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@joyannreid: Pulitzer, Peabody, MacArthur ... no tenure? Make that make sense, @UNC. https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Williams / @laurenwilliams: I'd love for someone to quiz the board of trustees on the 1619 project just to see how they'd fare. https://twitter.com/...
@ummodern: While we are on this topic, remember that pro-Israeli Zionist groups and donors have tried to deny tenure or fire pro-Palestinian scholars. This happened both to Edward Said, Nadia Abu Al Haj & Joseph Massad at Columbia, though failed. In the case of @stevesalaita they succeeded https://twitter.com/...
Errin Haines / @emarvelous: Despite approval from faculty and the tenure committee, @nhannahjones will be the first Knight Chair professor at UNC to be denied tenure by the board of trustees. https://19thnews.org/...
Reginald Hudlin / @reghud: I can't wait to see what universities will jump on this opportunity to have her at their school. https://twitter.com/...
@tiffanydcross: I swear. Racism is exhausting. They've tried EVERYTHING. And still we rise. https://twitter.com/...
Deen Freelon / @dfreelon: Not sure how they fumbled the most slam-dunk tenure case in our department's history, but here we are. https://hussmanfaculty.medium.com/ ...
Chad / @chadheartwood: Incredibly proud of @UNCHussman faculty for standing in solidarity with @nhannahjones! And unbelievably disappointed in this institution. Our statement: https://hussmanfaculty.medium.com/ ...
Abigail Disney / @abigaildisney: Oh. And.... https://twitter.com/...
Deborah Blum / @deborahblum: Did ‘conservative ire’ keep journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones from getting tenure at UNC? https://www.newsobserver.com/ ...
Matt Shipman / @shiplives: TL;DR: yes. https://twitter.com/...
Alberto Cairo / @albertocairo: Same here: https://twitter.com/...
Alberto Cairo / @albertocairo: (Continued) As I know I have conservative followers who object to the 1619 project: Yes, I agree; there are genuine objections to its premises and conclusions. But that's a bullshit excuse for not granting tenure when tenure is 1,000% deserved.
Tori Smith Ekstrand / @vekstra: Does not the UNC system remember this case? https://centerforacademicfreedom.org/ ...
Tori Smith Ekstrand / @vekstra: A reminder to the BOT and the UNC system that the 4th Circuit stands firmly behind academic freedom. @JoekillianPW @DeanSusanKing https://www.aaup.org/...
Whither news?:
Over 200 journalism faculty from across the US protest UNC's declining of tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones, calling the move “blatant partisanship and racism”
Discussion:
@nhannahjones, @jeffjarvis, @ryandenos, @johnrobinson, @jcstearns, Democracy Fund, @sistertoldjah, @sivavaid, @jayrosen_nyu, @ruthesamuel and @billadairduke
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Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: I've been staying off of here today, but just know I see you all and I am grateful.
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/...
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.
John Robinson / @johnrobinson: Thanks, Jeff and the hundreds of signatories here. Now we eagerly await the UNC-CH board's explanation of how -somehow - it is the one upholding the school's academic integrity or some such. If the board actually explains. https://twitter.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/...
Democracy Fund: Democracy Fund Statement on the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees Decision to Deny Tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones
Sister Toldjah / @sistertoldjah: 🙄 https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: Statement of Protest to the UNC Board of Trustees by @jeffjarvis and a lot of journalism professors (including me). https://link.medium.com/...
Ruth Etiesit Samuel / @ruthesamuel: “We, the undersigned journalism faculty from across the United States, write to protest the action of the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees in declining to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones at UNC-Chapel Hill's Hussman School of Journalism and Media.” National. https://twitter.com/...
NC Policy Watch:
UNC backs down from offering Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure, instead offering a fixed five-year contract, after conservatives object to her work on The 1619 Project
Discussion:
New York Times, Reason, The Time of Monsters, Poynter, @arthomason, Washington Post, @yamiche, Mediaite, @crisalexjimenez, @cynthianixon, Vanity Fair, Newser, @teonbrooks, @jonathanalter, @amy_siskind, @alexkotch, @danieltorday, PLURIBUS, @jeligon, Hobbservation Point, @jeffreyasachs, @jduffyrice, @jemelehill, @maragay, @arthomason, PRIMER, PRESS RUN, @adamserwer, Stone Walls, @wesleylowery, @justinwolfers, Nieman Lab, @4evernevertrump, @abigaildisney, @rasmansa, @itaisher, @jjrodv and @samseder
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Katie Robertson / New York Times: Nikole Hannah-Jones Denied Tenure at University of North Carolina
Tom Jones / Poynter: A look inside the controversy involving UNC and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones
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/ ...
Nick Anderson / Washington Post: UNC faculty upset that prizewinning 1619 Project journalist won't have tenure when she starts teaching at Chapel Hill
Yamiche Alcindor / @yamiche: UNC's decision to deny tenure to @nhannahjones is absurd & a reminder of how hard some work to deny the hard truth that is Nikole's life work & the 1619 Project. She is a Pulitzer Prizer winner & a MacArthur genius. What more needs to be said? Read: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: National Association of Black Journalists Condemns UNC Decision to Deny Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure
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
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/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: “An Embarrassment”: Did Conservatives Bully UNC into Stripping Nikole Hannah-Jones's Tenure?
@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/...
@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/ ...
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/ ...
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/...
Jeryl Bier / PLURIBUS: E-Pluribus | May 20, 2021 — A round up of the latest and best writing and musings …
John Eligon / @jeligon: Telling the truth about racism always inspires backlash. This absurd decision speaks to the profound power of Nikole's work. https://twitter.com/...
Chuck Hobbs / Hobbservation Point: Born to Battle Bigotry
Jeffrey Sachs / @jeffreyasachs: Briefly breaking my Twitter fast because there's a lot of context to this @nhannahjones story that people should be aware of. Namely, the degree of absolute unhinged-ness within the UNC Board of Governors. https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ...
Josie Duffy Rice / @jduffyrice: truly shameful. “Hannah-Jones submitted a package King said was as well reviewed as any King had ever seen.” https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ...
Jemele Hill / @jemelehill: This is weak as fuck UNC. Absolutely spineless. But these are the entities that come running to the conversation about how to be good allies. https://twitter.com/...
Mara Gay / @maragay: When we say you have to be twice as good and even then it often isn't enough, this is what we mean. https://19thnews.org/...
Andy Thomason / @arthomason: In all the coverage of Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure denial today, there was one name I kept expecting to see but didn't: Sonja Haynes Stone. (thread) https://twitter.com/...
Jeffrey Billman / PRIMER: UNC-CH Trustees Cancel “1619” Creator
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN: Now Politico's just making stuff up
Adam Serwer / @adamserwer: This left wing political correctness is getting out of control https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Ogle / Stone Walls: Nikole Hannah-Jones & Benjamin Hedrick
Wesley / @wesleylowery: it's hard to see UNC's decision to deny tenure to Nikole Hannah Jones as anything other than an attack on press freedom — she is being penalized for producing journalism that powerful people do not like and have worked for years to silence.
Justin Wolfers / @justinwolfers: Cancel culture getting out of hand when a Pulitzer Prize winning MacArthur Genius who reached the top levels of journalism won't be getting tenure at a journalism school because political backlash to her work makes her too controversial. https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ...
Mariel Padilla / Nieman Lab: UNC won't offer tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones after wave of conservative criticism
@4evernevertrump: 4 of 13 members of the UNC Board of Trustees are directly chosen by the North Carolina's GOP legislature. 8 more trustees are chosen by the voting members of the Board of Governors... who are all chosen by the GOP legislature. https://twitter.com/...
Abigail Disney / @abigaildisney: UNC Board of Trustees. Hmmmmmmmm....... https://bot.unc.edu/ https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Mansa Keita / @rasmansa: Everyone is at least admitting it was a purely political decision. There are some excellent African-Americans in academia being denied tenure for daring to speak on things that make some people uncomfortable. https://twitter.com/...
Itai Sher / @itaisher: This is a threat to academic freedom. Granting of tenure should never be subject to political tests or political pressure. https://twitter.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 — (CNN)The BBC has offered an unconditional apology after a report found a prominent journalist used “deceitful” …
Discussion:
bbc.co.uk, Sky News, The Guardian, Variety, The Guardian, The Hill, Reuters, @royal_suitor, Newser, The Wrap, The Daily Beast, @adetolaov, The Independent, Chicago Sun-Times, The Week, Vanity Fair, @bbcdaniels, Fox News, @variety, E! Online, HuffPost, @oliverdowden, Insider and Business Recorder
Discussion:
Tim Davie / bbc.co.uk: BBC publishes Lord Dyson's report
Sky News: Martin Bashir's Diana interview: All the key findings from inquiry into landmark BBC Panorama scoop
Manori Ravindran / Variety: Princes Harry and William Respond to Bombshell Investigation Into BBC Diana Interview: ‘Unethical Practices Took Her Life’
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/...
John Johnson / Newser: Inquiry Confirms BBC Lied to Diana Before Interview
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: BBC Will Return BAFTA for Princess Diana Interview After Inquiry Found Martin Bashir Falsified Docs to Secure Sitdown
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast: Princess Diana Was Tricked Into Interview by BBC Reporter's ‘Deceptions,’ Report Finds
Eleanor Sly / The Independent: Princess Diana: Martin Bashir responds to inquiry, admitting regret over fake bank statements
Brendan Morrow / The Week: The daily gossip: Prince William shows off his ‘guns’ while getting his jab, Cher is getting a biopic, and more
Erin Vanderhoof / Vanity Fair: The BBC Apologizes for Martin Bashir's Tactics in His Princess Diana Interview
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/...
Stephanie Nolasco / Fox News: Martin Bashir used ‘deceitful behavior’ to secure Princess Diana interview, report says
@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/...
Corinne Heller / E! Online: Martin Bashir Was “Deceitful” in Securing 1995 Princess Diana Interview, Probe Finds
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost: BBC Reporter Martin Bashir Used ‘Deceit’ To Get Princess Diana Interview, Report Finds
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/...
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A look at big Tribune shareholder Patrick Soon-Shiong's early days as owner of The LA Times, ahead of his vote on Tribune's sale to Alden on Friday — As he geared up for his new sideline as a newspaper publisher, biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong invited four veteran executives …
Discussion:
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/...
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/ ...
@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/...
Gregory Pratt / @royalpratt: Thank you @washingtonpost for highlighting our appeal to @DrPatSoonShiong, @latimes owner who can stop Tribune Publishing takeover: Vote no to Alden 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/ ...
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/ ...
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/ ...
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/ ...
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/ ...
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/...
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/...
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/ ...
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/...
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/...
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 — More than 120 public figures call for government to be more open about its plans for UK broadcaster
Discussion:
British Broadcasting Challenge, @financialtimes, @rasmus_kleis, @lionelbarber and The Guardian
Discussion:
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/...
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A look at Lawyers for Reporters, a nonprofit that connects local media outlets like the Tiny News Collective with lawyers providing pro bono legal services — In Shasta County, California, Annelise Pierce is the founder of the nonprofit news outlet Shasta Scout, where she covers underreported stories …
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Spotify partners with Audible rival Storytel, allowing the latter's subscribers to listen to books on Spotify; Storytel has 500K titles and 1.6M subscribers — Swedish audiobook streaming group Storytel (STORYb.ST) has partnered with Spotify (SPOT.N) to allow its subscribers to listen …
Discussion:
Spotify, 9to5Mac, Storytel, @francoolivera, TechCrunch, @nwquah, Digital Music News and The Madison Leader Gazette, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Audiobooks are coming to Spotify following partnership with Storytel
Sitemanager / Storytel: Storytel partnering with Spotify - making audiobooks even more accessible for Storytel customers
Francisco Olivera / @francoolivera: “It is Spotify's goal to be the singular platform for all audio: music, podcasts, live conversations, and now via this partnership, audiobooks,” https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Nick Quah / @nwquah: the podcast/audiobooks melding together continues https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
MDIF:
Media Development Investment Fund launches MDIF Ventures, which will invest $1M in 12 young media companies in places where access to news is threatened — MDIF today launched MDIF Ventures to invest $1 million in young and growing media companies with a positive social impact and the potential to scale.
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