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Nexta Telegram channel founder Roman Protasevich arrested as Belarus, under orders from Lukashenko, sends fighter jet and forces Ryanair flight to land in Minsk — The dissident, Roman Protasevich, co-founded a Telegram channel that is a popular opposition outlet in Belarus.
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@ryanairpress: Our FR4978 flight has landed safely in Vilnius at 19:25hrs UK time (21:25hrs local time). Here is Ryanair's statement on today's diversion to Minsk Airport 👇 https://twitter.com/...
@gitanasnauseda: Unprecedented event! A civilian passenger plane flying to Vilnius was forcibly landed in #Minsk. Belarusian political activist & founder of @NEXTA_EN was on the plane. He is arrested. 🇧🇾 regime is behind the abhorrent action. I demand to free Roman Protasevič urgently!
@franakviacorka: BREAKING! The regime landed @Ryanair plane, which was flying from Athens to Vilnius,in order to arrest the famous Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich. In Belarus, he faces the death penalty. Belarus has seized a plane,put passengers in danger, in order to repress an opponent https://twitter.com/...
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / @tsihanouskaya: The regime forced the landing @Ryanair plane in Minsk to arrest journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich. He faces the death penalty in Belarus. We demand immediate release of Raman, @ICAO investigation, and sanctions against Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
Ursula von der Leyen / @vonderleyen: It is utterly unacceptable to force @Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk. ALL passengers must be able to continue their travel to Vilnius immediately and their safety ensured. Any violation of international air transport rules must bear consequences.
Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times: Belarus Scrambles Jet to Force Down Plane Carrying Dissident
Tom Jones / Poynter: The Associated Press fired a reporter over social media use — and what it means for other news outlets
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: Belarus condemned by global leaders after forced landing of Ryanair flight carrying journalist
Andrew Roth / The Guardian: Belarus KGB believed to be on plane forced to land in Minsk, says Ryanair CEO
@krisjaniskarins: Concerning reports about forced landing of @Ryanair flight in Minsk and safety of all the passengers. We call for independent international investigation of this incident and immediate release of Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich arrested on this flight.
Prime Minister GR / @primeministergr: The forced landing of a commercial plane to detain a journalist is an unprecedented, shocking act. We demand all passengers' immediate release. Tomorrow's #EUCO must address the need to step up pressure on Belarus. Enough is enough.
@ingridasimonyte: Passengers and crew of Ryanair flight en route from Athens to Vilnius have been put in danger - when forcibly landed in Minsk. We demand that the plane and passengers be allowed to fly to Vilnius immediately!
Tadeusz Giczan / @tadeuszgiczan: What we know so far: KGB operatives boarded the plane in Athens this morning together with Roman Protasevich (he noticed dodgy-looking ppl taking pics of him at the gate). Then when the plane has entered Belarus airspace KGB officers initiated a fight with the Ryanair crew (1/2)
CNN: Founder of Nexta Telegram channel, which covered Belarus protests, arrested in Minsk after passenger plane was forced to land, allegedly after a fake bomb scare
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: The Belarus government has forced down a commercial airplane flying over its territory in order to arrest a passenger - an opposition journalist. This is state-sponsored hijacking. https://twitter.com/...
Christophe Deloire / @cdeloire: What happened may seem extravagant, in reality it is extremely serious. Hijacking a plane to arrest a journalist is pushing state treachery to the extreme. We expect from the international community sanctions commensurate with this perfidy. #PressFreedom #Belarus https://twitter.com/...
Bill Bostock / Insider: Belarus had KGB agents on the passenger plane that was diverted to arrest a dissident journalist, Ryanair CEO says
Senator Bob Menendez / United States Senate Committee …: Chairman Menendez and European Allies Condemn Lukashenka Regime for Intercepting Civilian Flight to Arrest Journalist
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: A new low for Belarus President Lukashenko: his forces endanger a commercial jet flying over its territory to force it down and arrest a dissident journalist on board. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah McLaughlin / @sarahemclaugh: Mrs. Lincoln took part in a night at the theater. Following a delay, she departed the theater safely after the performance. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Sciutto / @jimsciutto: And the costs are clearly survivable. If Russia can poison and then jail its main opposition leader (and throw others out windows), Belarus calculates it can hijack a plane to arrest its own. And the cycle goes on. https://twitter.com/...
@anthony: Belarus secret service agents also believed to be on the diverted plane, says Ryanair's Michael O'Leary, calls it a state-sponsored hijacking https://www.wsj.com/...
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / @matinastevis: Paul Rusesabagina, a Belgian national & Rwandan dissident accused of “terrorism” by Rwandan govt, was lured on to a Greek-operated private plane bound for Burundi. He was forcibly taken to Kigali, jailed instead. Lawlessness in the skies has precedent for EU citizens too.
Seva / @sevaut: I see people claiming that Lukashenko is acting on Putin's orders and folks, Lukashenko does not need anyone's orders to do insane idiotic things
Washington Post: European leaders condemn Belarusian authorities after plane is forced to land and opposition journalist is detained
Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State: Diversion of Ryanair Flight to Belarus and Arrest of Journalist
Andrew Roth / The Guardian: Belarus accused of ‘hijacking’ Ryanair flight diverted to arrest blogger
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast: Girlfriend of Belarusian Activist Also Snatched From Hijacked Commercial Flight
Shawn Pogatchnik / Politico: Ryanair CEO calls Belarus landing a ‘state-sponsored hijacking’
David Coltart / @davidcoltart: Belarus President Scrambles Jet to Force Down Plane Carrying Dissident . Tyrants are the same the world over. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tadeusz Giczan / @tadeuszgiczan: insisting there's an IED onboard. Eventually the crew was forced to send out SOS (literally moments before the plane would've left Belarus airspace). MiG-29 took off and escorted it to Minsk. Security services entered the plane and arrested Protasevich. (2/2)
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: Strong statement. Question is, what will be the consequences? https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: This is fucked up https://twitter.com/...
@cjcmichel: Needless to say, unless there's massive pushback against this from the West, we're going to see repeats of this new tactic in Russia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, etc. https://twitter.com/...
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Lucian Truscott Newsletter: Ryanair flight forced down by military jets in Belarus
@jesselynradack: Remember when the U.S. asked European countries to force down the plane of Bolivian President Morales bc they thought @Snowden was aboard?? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Peter Weber / The Week: Lithuania is investigating Belarus for potential terrorism over ‘state hijacking’ of RyanAir jet
Denis MacShane / @denismacshane: Well said https://twitter.com/...
Shaun Kenney / The Republican Standard: TRS Sunday Post | Crumbling Democrats Are Desperate For New Narratives
Rep. Peter Meijer / @repmeijer: The authoritarian Belarusian regime just forced down a civilian Ryanair plane flying from Greece to Lithuania to arrest a political activist who criticized the dictator Lukashenko. This is an egregious violation that deserves condemnation and stronger sanctions against Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Burleigh / @marcburleigh: Latvia's PM on the @Ryanair plane forced to land in #Belarus https://twitter.com/...
Brian Klaas / @brianklaas: This is a crucial point. What happened in Belarus is being watched closely by authoritarian despots around the world. Can you get away with forcing down a civilian aircraft with a fighter jet to arrest someone? The West needs to ensure that the answer is a resounding “No.” https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesworld: Belarus said its president gave an “unequivocal order” to make the plane, carrying Roman Protasevich, do a U-turn and land. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Ryanair's statement fails to mention that 6 people didn't continue on to Vilnius: Roman Protasevich, the Belarusian opposition journalist and his girlfriend who were detained, and four mysterious Russians who decided to end their trip on Minsk. https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: The Belarus pretext — to address a security threat rather than to arrest a dissident — isn't even credible for its forced down of the Ryanair jet. The jet was already nearer its destination in Vilnius than it was to Minsk where it was forced to land. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: Belarusian KGB hijacked a plane headed to Vilnius with a fake bomb threat to arrest a journalist wanted by Lukashenko. Extraordinary. https://www.rferl.org/...
Lotte Leicht / @lotteleicht1: Incredible. #Lukashenko's thuggish regime force a commercial plane -en route from one #EU state to another EU state- to land in #Belarus .. for the purpose of arresting a critical journalist on board the airliner. End impunity. #JusticeMatters. https://www.nytimes.com/...
NYT Graphics / @nytgraphics: Belarus sent a fighter jet to intercept a European airliner traveling through its airspace and ordered the plane to land, where a prominent opposition journalist aboard was seized, provoking international outrage. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: This action *must* have consequences, or else the reach of dictatorships to suppress free speech will extend even further than it does already. https://twitter.com/...
Mario Seminerio / @phastidio: Waiting for the consequences, then https://twitter.com/...
Radek Sikorski Mep / @radeksikorski: This is a dangerous precedent for travellers everywhere. I shall be tabling a resolution @Europarl_EN to expel Belorus from @ICAO and impose other sanctions until Mr Pratasevicz is freed and the guilty of this outrageous act of state terrorism are punished. https://twitter.com/...
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra / @iyervval: Not unprecedented- in 2010 Iranians did the same to an Emirati plane from Dubai to Bishkek capturing & executing AbdolMalek Rigi. ZERO action against Iran. Notice despite the fury nobody is citing the exact law that prevents a first freedom flight from being forced to land https://twitter.com/...
ND Kirsch / @ndkirschmann: Whelp, definitely NOT taking Ryanair this summer. Seriously, how does this happen? The EU and US need to slap (more) sanctions on these clowns. https://twitter.com/...
Sasha Chavkin / @sashachavkin: Brazen assault on press freedom and the rule of law. Dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus scrambles military jets to force down an international flight carrying an opposition journalist, who was arrested upon landing https://www.nytimes.com/...
@stavridisj: This is beyond outrageous. The international community must take decisive action to demonstrate that this behavior utterly unacceptable. The alternative is to surrender international air travel to the whim of dictators. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Brown / @cbcchrisbrown: This is an incredible story that's unfolding ... https://twitter.com/...
@reedbrody: Reminds me of when the US forced down the plane of #Bolivia president Evo Morales in #Austria in its hunt for whistleblower #EdwardSnowden @snowden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jacopo Bertolotti / @j_bertolotti: Immediate sanctions on Lukashenko and his cronies. Thank you @EUCouncil https://twitter.com/...
Bakhti Nishanov / @b_nishanov: The regime has gone absolutely rogue https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: Belarus Under Fire After it Diverts Plane to Arrest Journalist: “Unprecedented Act of State Terrorism”
Nicholas Weaver / @ncweaver: One problem that the EU and US face on this: The EU and US did this to the President of Bolivia because we thought Snowden was on the plane, albeit not with a bomb threat. https://en.wikipedia.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@iyad_elbaghdadi: This is an extremely dangerous precedent for all journalists, activists, and journalists in the entire world. If this is allowed to pass without serious - and I mean *serious* - consequence, then it's no less dangerous than the precedent set by the 2018 Khashoggi murder
Rory Cellan-Jones / @ruskin147: Terrifying thread https://twitter.com/...
Ivo Daalder / @ivohdaalder: Outrageous actions by Belarus to force down civilian plane flying from Athens to Vilnius requires strong, concerted action by US and EU, including new sanctions and banning flights from Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: The president of Lithuania, where the plane reportedly carrying activist Roman Protasevich was headed, is calling for his release https://twitter.com/...
Simon Coveney / @simoncoveney: It is utterly unacceptable. This is an Irish Airline with EU citizens on board, forced to land in Minsk, while travelling between EU cities. A strong an united response from EU needed. EU inaction or indecision will be taken as weakness by Belarus. @dfatirl https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Nandy / @lisanandy: Intercepting a civilian airliner to detain a journalist is appalling, dangerous, and illegal. It imperils the freedoms of the air and freedom of speech. The Belarus government must face serious consequences. https://twitter.com/...
@edgarsrinkevics: This is completely unacceptable and contrary to the international law. Plane and ALL passangers must be released immediately and should continue to their destination. International reaction must be strong and effective https://twitter.com/...
X Soviet / @xsovietnews: It's now reported that a Belarusian fighter jet was scrambled to escort the Ryanair flight to Minsk so that journalist Roman Protasevich could be arrested. “On the orders of the commander-in-chief.” https://twitter.com/...
Ray Dubicki / @raydubicki: Not that you needed more to pay attention to, but keep an eye on Belarus. Forcing down a civilian flight with a sham terrorist attack in order to arrest a journalist is bad stuff. https://twitter.com/...
Alexander S. Vindman / @avindman: Good thread on events in Belarus. Yes, the Gov. of Belarus forcing down a Ryanair flight to detain an opponent is a Human Right violation. Yes, this was a terror act. It is also violation on international norms with grave implications for vital US national interests. https://twitter.com/...
Bojan Pancevski / @bopanc: A Ryanair airliner flying between two EU/Nato countries was hijacked and escorted by warplane on the personal order of Belarus's dictator to kidnap a dissident. How will Europe respond? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Correction: the Belarusian opposition journalist arrested on the commandeered Ryanair flight faces the death penalty! https://twitter.com/...
Gabrielius Landsbergis / @glandsbergis: Disturbing news regarding @Ryanair plane from Athens to Vilnius forced landing in Minsk. Working with international partners to secure safe passage back to Vilnius for all passengers.
Josep Borrell Fontelles / @josepborrellf: We hold the government of Belarus responsable for the security of all passengers and the aircraft. ALL passengers must be able to continue their travel immediately. (2/2)
Sara Nelson / @flyingwithsara: Deeply concerning reports coming out of a Belarus that the government there essentially hijacked a Ryan Air flight, forced it to land and then arrested a journalist onboard https://twitter.com/...
Luis Garicano / @lugaricano: Dear Mme @vonderleyen This kidnapping shows that the dictators-first Putin, then Erdogan, now Alexandr Lukashenko have discovered there is nothing behind our “we condemn” and our “we strongly condemn”. Let's save ourselves the words now, and take action. https://twitter.com/...
Vladislav Davidzon / @vladdavidzon: French, Belgian, Greek, Romanian and almost a hundred Lithuanian citizens have been taken hostage after Belarus hijacks plane in midair to capture a political opponent. https://twitter.com/...
Linas Linkevicius / @linkeviciusl: It just turned out that Pratasevich was detained at #Minsk airport. All this reckless and lawless ‘operation’ by 🇧🇾 special services deserves strong response, not just condemnation. One can't use airspace controlled by regime criminals. https://twitter.com/...
Boris Ryvkin / @bryvkin: von der Leyen to Lukashenko: all passengers must be able to continue their travel to Vilnius immediately! Lukashenko to von der Leyen (who he regards as utterly impotent): have a carrot. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: Unbelievably brazen move by Belarusian dictator Lukashenko to fake a bomb threat, scramble a jet, & force a @Ryanair flight to land in Minsk to arrest @nexta_tv founder @pr0tez, who helped organized last years protests against Lukashenko. Protasevich could face the death penalty. https://twitter.com/...
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: 🚨An authoritarian regime forced the landing of a plane en route to Lithuania to arrest a journalist. This is outrageous and requires immediate response from the EU. Beyond just a harsh statement. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Truly shocking and unprecedented: Ryanair flight carrying Belarusian journalist critical of the regime forced to land in Minsk. The journalist was subsequently arrested and faces 15 years in prison. A true nightmare. This is why I'll never fly over Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: Here's the president of Lithuania reacting to today's absolutely mad events. The Ryan Air fight was headed to his capital of Vilnius. The Irish airline had flown through EU airspace before crossing into Belarusian airspace. https://twitter.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: This is incredibly messed up: A leading opposition figure has said the Belarusian regime “forced the landing of the plane in Minsk to arrest journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich. https://www.cnn.com/...
Carl Zimmer / @carlzimmer: Belarus Forces Down Plane Carrying Dissident and Seizes Him https://www.nytimes.com/...
Giulio Boccaletti / @g_boccaletti: This is insane. A civilian passenger plane of a European airline forcibly landed. No one is safe if @EU_Commission tolerates a dictator and autocrat at its gates hijacking a plane. It must respond. https://twitter.com/...
Mathieu von Rohr / @mathieuvonrohr: #Ryanair leave out of their statement that one of their customers was kidnapped in #Minsk by state authorities https://twitter.com/...
Josep Borrell Fontelles / @josepborrellf: Closely following developments around today's @Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius, which was forced to land in Minsk over an alleged security threat. This is totally inadmissible. (1/2)
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: Reaction from the Belarusian opposition leader in exile who'd have likely won last year's presidential election if it hadn't been rigged. She's asking for an international response, including further sanctions against Lukasheno's regime. https://twitter.com/...
@vloracitaku: This is absolutely unacceptable. The way how EU will respond to this act of aggression will determine whether such despicable actions conducted by states will become a norm in the future. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: And this context is spot on. It's a risk calculation and any failure to respond appropriately for press freedoms and international law only increases risk to press and democracy globally. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Butcher / @mikebutcher: The head of Russia Today: “I have never envied Lukashenko. But now i do. A beautiful performance by Bat'ka” - translates like “Daddy” #Protasevich https://twitter.com/...
Deth Veggie / @dethveggie: https://www.bbc.com/... How is this not hijacking? This is incredibly messed up. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: The Belarusian govt reportedly forced a plane down in order to arrest a journalist on board. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Hamilton / @danielrhamilton: It doesn't just require a response on the part of the EU, @biannagolodryga; it requires coordinated action on the part of the *entire* international community to exclude Belarus from the global banking system, end debt financing and to impose ban on dual-use exports. https://twitter.com/...
Nina Jankowicz / @wiczipedia: Absolutely unacceptable behavior from Belarus. Protasevich and NEXTA have played an integral role in informing citizens during the past year or protest; he should be freed, and the EU & US must act to discourage this wanton disregard for int'l norms. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alec Luhn / @asluhn: Roman Protasevich of the Nexta Telegram channel, which exposed Belarus police brutality, has been arrested after his Athens-Vilnius flight made a surprise landing in Minsk due to a “bomb threat” https://meduza.io/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Murphy / @chrismurphyct: Just a run of the mill unscheduled 7 hour layover in Minsk for a journalist kidnapping. Sorry for the inconvenience! Apply online for a voucher! https://twitter.com/...
Arjun Basu / @arjunbasu: Wow. This is nuts. https://twitter.com/...
Timothy Ash / @tashecon: No plane is safe flying over Belarus airspace after this. https://twitter.com/...
Anton Troianovski / @antontroian: A Russian MP's reaction to the Ryanair forced landing today: “A brilliant special operation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Evan Hill / @evanchill: Belarus appears to have staged a snatch operation to force a commercial aircraft flying over its airspace to land in order to arrest 26-year-old opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Henry Foy / @henryjfoy: Belarus media reporting that a @Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius, while over Belarus airspace was ordered to land in Minsk, where a journalist critical of the Lukashenko regime was taken from the plane and detained. Some reports say a fighter jet was also used https://twitter.com/...
Erin Burnett / @erinburnett: See Anne's full thread about how this went down - KBG on board forced plane down https://twitter.com/...
Bob Rae / @bobrae48: This is the world we are in - the authoritarian world ! https://twitter.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: Strong statement on Roman Protasevich's detention in Belarus from the head of the EU commission. But the bloc's options are pretty limited. “We will be super concerned and demand his release,” one diplomat told me. “But the EU can't do much, sad as it is.” https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Kimmel / @andrewkimmel: Belarus secret police hijacked a commercial airliner to arrest a journalist. https://twitter.com/...
Guy Verhofstadt / @guyverhofstadt: This is big ! International community must condemn this hostile act & demand his immediate release. Time for EU to step up sanctions ! https://twitter.com/...
Thin / @thinink: What the actual eff? This is going to embolden the world's dictators even more... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julia Angwin / @juliaangwin: This is horrifying and will transform the threat models for journalism - and global air travel - if it goes unchallenged. https://twitter.com/...
David Rothschild / @davmicrot: “Belarus security service, still known as KGB” https://twitter.com/...
Mitchell Prothero / @mitchprothero: Official: Belarus conducted an operation on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania to force the plane down in Minsk so they could arrest a dissident journalist on board. i'm having a difficult time processing how illegal this is under various international laws and treaties https://twitter.com/...
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: Fine while Lukashenko was just imprisoning people inside his country. Now he's detaining overflying jets? Things are going to change. Of course, have to hope this isn't Gavrilo Princip's sandwich. https://twitter.com/...
Tadeusz Giczan / @tadeuszgiczan: MiG-29 of the Belarusian Air Force has returned to the airbase in Baranovichi after successfully intercepting Ryanair Athens-Vilnius flight and forcing it to land in Minsk. The plane with 171 passengers on board still hasn't been released. https://twitter.com/...
APOLLO NETWORK Newsletter: Bielorusia interceptează zborul Ryanair și îl reține pe jurnalist, provocând scandal internațional
Patrick Reevell / ABC News: Ryanair flight forced to land in Belarus with top activist on board
Will Stewart / The Sun: PLANE DRAMA Ryanair bomb scare: Plane forced to land after ‘false threat led to fighter jets being scrambled to arrest passenger’
Valda Kalnina / TASS: Lithuanian president says Ryanair plane was forced to land in Minsk
Emma Grimshaw / Mirror.co.uk: Ryanair plane ‘forced to land’ in Belarus with fake bomb scare as journalist ‘detained’
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Tension is rising at WNYC amid HR complaints about bullying and a formal complaint to the NLRB about an alleged campaign by the EIC against her internal critics — In public radio, there is either an epidemic of bullying or an epidemic of whining, depending on whom you ask.
Discussion:
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: As ‘On the Media’ turns: Brooke Gladstone says Bob Garfield deserved to be fired
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: AP customers can't really “plagiarize” AP content. They're paying for the right to use that content, either as freestanding stories or within their own work. AP itself does the same for its members' stories! https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / contextisking.com: Finesse meets Force: The legend of the Gordian Knot
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: In the future, whenever I think that university politics are getting to be too much, I'll re-read this @benyt column and count my blessings. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: Feel like everyone in this story needs some combo of a nap/holiday/long look in the mirror. Chrissst. https://twitter.com/...
Jill Filipovic / @jillfilipovic: Having some mixed feelings about this piece, but it's clear that one problem with the media industry (and many industries) is that the professional trajectory rewards talent with promotions to managerial roles. And a talented journalist is not necessarily a good manager. https://twitter.com/...
Jody Avirgan / @jodyavirgan: WNYC says it is reining in Gothamist for “an element of editorializing to its coverage that can be interpreted as bias.” If your *official* position is basically “we're worried about what bad faith critics will think” then you're in real trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: where do you even begin https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gerry Doyle / @mgerrydoyle: the implication that there is some level of jerkish behavior that is ok or even expected in journalism/the media is pretty bad https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Wolfe / @wolfe321: “Audio production makes literal many of the inequalities that journalists complain about... .(It's sort of like TV, but with less camera-ready people and without a fat salary to make up for the indignities.)” Good read about controversies at WNYC by @benyt https://www.nytimes.com/...
Damon Beres / @dlberes: Everything else aside, Substack really, really needs to start investing seriously in diverse talent to fight back against the well-earned image that it's for powerful white dudes with an axe to grind. I guffawed seeing Bob Garfield is starting one tomorrow https://www.nytimes.com/...
Will Saletan / @saletan: One of @benyt's best skills (or maybe it's a disposition) is looking into conflicts that seem largely ideological, and unearthing the peculiar personal dynamics that shape how they turn out. Culture matters, but you have to understand the people involved. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Just added @fredmogul's response to tonight's column, after his earlier email to me somehow went to spam — for which mea culpa. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: “WNYC fired him for violating its anti-bullying policy, and he is starting a newsletter on Substack on Monday.” https://twitter.com/...
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: I don't remember ever witnessing anyone screaming at work, or even shouting. Is that normal? https://twitter.com/...
Alan Montecillo / @alanmontecillo: One of many 👀 details: 'On Sunday, the company's labor union filed a formal complaint against the station's editor in chief, Audrey Cooper, with the National Labor Relations Board, for reportedly waging a “coordinated and aggressive campaign” against her internal critics.' https://twitter.com/...
Kainaz Amaria / @kainazamaria: “Ms. Cooper sought to professionalize Gothamist away from its bloggy and irreverent roots, telling reporters to be less openly hostile to the New York Police Department in their reporting, two reporters said.” 👀 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Byron Tau / @byrontau: WNYC fired veteran journalist Fred Mogul for plagiarism on the grounds that he included a snippet of AP copy in an online story. At a staff meeting, stunned radio reporters explained this was standard practice on air. “Fire all of us,” one host said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: WNYC Accused of ‘Coordinated and Aggressive Campaign’ Against Internal Critics In SAG-AFTRA Complain to NLRB
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: Framing's weird here! https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times:
Sources: in October 2016, shortly before the AT&T-Time Warner acquisition, Disney's Bob Iger called Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes about a possible deal — What if Time Warner had gotten a fateful phone call earlier in 2016? — What could have been — After its $100 billion deal …
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Modest Proposal / @modestproposal1: I guess Iger agreed https://twitter.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: Time Warner (now @WarnerMedia) could have been owned by @Disney if a phone call in October 2016 had come just a few weeks earlier. Me and @andrewrsorkin in this morning's @dealbook: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mike Bird / @birdyword: Sort of blows me away that this is how absolutely colossal mergers happen. I guess it shouldn't be surprising, it just feels like the companies are imperfect substitutes and well... They cost tens of billions of dollars! https://twitter.com/...
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New York Times:
Interviews with 18 people reveal details of the Discovery-WarnerMedia deal, including stock structure change and an awkward talk with WarnerMedia's Jason Kilar
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Insider, @darren_mooney, @preetatweets, @reckless, @ennisnyt, @katierosman, @grynbaum, @jeffjarvis, @edmundlee, @mattbelloni, @brentalang, @editorialiste, @annehummert and @karlbode
Discussion:
Darren Mooney / @darren_mooney: While the prospect of WarnerMedia investing in talent would be a welcome return to the studio's golden days, I suspect this may be “mere puff.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Anupreeta Das / @preetatweets: This tick-tock of the AT&T-Discovery deal by @koblin, @grynbaum, @edmundlee and @LaurenSHirsch is so vivid and rich in detail. And there's a fantastic pic of Steve McQueen. Inside the Discovery-AT&T Deal: Cute Emails, a Big Loan and Now, a Media Giant https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Okay what I'm learning from this NYT piece is that media CEOs write flirty u up texts before deals https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Connor Ennis / @ennisnyt: How the Discovery-AT&T deal came together thanks to emojis, a rented Greenwich Village townhouse and the watchful eye of Steve McQueen. Great behind-the-scenes piece by @koblin @grynbaum @edmundlee & @LaurenSHirsch https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Rosman / @katierosman: The details in this story about rich white men exchanging piles of money + power with one another are fantastic. (Nice shout out to Mrs. Zaslav who was irked by the Mr.'s WFH meetings at their CPW pad so he had to buy/gut reno a townhouse in the Village.) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Private jets from the Hamptons! Steve McQueen with a revolver! Artisanal donuts! (yum) - how a big ol' media confection got made. w/ @koblin @edmundlee @LaurenSHirsch https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Journalistic understatement: “One awkward conversation awaiting Mr. Stankey was with Jason Kilar...” Inside the Discovery-AT&T Deal: Cute Emails, a Big Loan and Now, a Media Giant https://www.nytimes.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: How the @Discovery / @WarnerMedia deal went down: emoji emails, artisanal donuts, a rented West Village townhouse ... and Steve McQueen w/ @koblin @grynbaum @LaurenSHirsch @brooksbarnesNYT $t $disca #WeekendRead https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Belloni / @mattbelloni: Makes sense Allen Grubman is repping Jason Kilar on his abrupt WarnerMedia exit; he also repped Richard Plepler on HIS abrupt WarnerMedia exit. Lucrative specialty. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brent Lang / @brentalang: Some day I'd like to be this rich: “Mr. Zaslav lives in Conan O'Brien's former apartment on Central Park West, but he bought a townhouse in Greenwich Village after his wife, Pam, grew weary of Mr. Zaslav's impromptu meetings at their home.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@editorialiste: “Even the chief executive of WarnerMedia was kept in the dark while his company was being negotiated out from under him.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after his racist remarks about Native Americans at an event last month — The former GOP senator lost his contract with the network after claiming there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers arrived.
Discussion:
Variety, New York Times, @nycjim, @repjayapal, @mrddmia, digitaljournal.com, @bristei, @jbendery, @pamkeithfl, @michaeltoole, Axios, The Week, Wide World of News, Reuters, @jnoisecat, @sethabramson, @soledadobrien, @joeconchatv, @wajahatali, @marclamonthill, @kylegriffin1, @jordanzakarin, @keitholbermann, @jamaligle, @kibblesmith, @yashar, @frankconniff, @tomtomorrow, @jamieklingler, @ncweaver, @letsgoayo, @mookiealexander, @brianstelter, Washington Post, Forbes, Hollywood Reporter, Raw Story, Raw Story, Advocate, The Independent, The Mary Sue, Salon, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Deadline, NBC News, Slate, Newser, CNN, Insider, The Guardian, TVLine, Bloomberg, TVNewser, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast and The Hill
Discussion:
Brian Steinberg / Variety: CNN Cuts Ties With Contributor Rick Santorum
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times: CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Dismissive Comments About Native Americans
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: CNN confirms that it's parting ways with Rick Santorum, but doing so without issuing a statement about his offensive comments about Native Americans. Network exec tells @HuffPost: “Leadership wasn't particularly satisfied with that appearance.” https://www.huffpost.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Pramila Jayapal / @repjayapal: Good. Santorum's comments were outrageous—racist and arrogantly uninformed. https://www.huffpost.com/...
@mrddmia: So @CNN canceled its token conservative (@RickSantorum). But it let (liberal) news anchor @ChrisCuomo go unscathed after it leaked that he advised his corrupt politician-brother @NYGovCuomo & his top advisors to be “defiant” in the face of 7 allegations of workplace sexual abuse https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: CNN is cutting ties with contributor and former Republican Senator Rick Santorum, the latest in a parade of conservative commentators at the network whose off-camera behavior made keeping them on air untenable.... https://variety.com/... via @variety
Jennifer Bendery / @jbendery: “Leadership wasn't particularly satisfied with that appearance. None of the anchors wanted to book him,” this CNN senior executive tells me “So he was essentially benched anyway.” https://www.huffpost.com/...
@pamkeithfl: Thank you @JasonOverstreet and EVERY other person who wouldn't be quiet about this. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Toole / @michaeltoole: scary times in america!! all it takes for a conservative commentator to get canceled is to be unbelievably racist on national TV, followed by an entire month of sustained public outrage that continues to mount until the man's employer finally, grudgingly acts https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: 10 things you need to know today: May 23, 2021
Mark Halperin / Wide World of News: Aren't These Fish Incredible? — If it's a slowish news Sunday, it's my S-U-N-D-A-Y gimmick format.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters: CNN drops former senator Rick Santorum after remarks on Native American culture
Julian Brave NoiseCat / @jnoisecat: CNN has never had a regular on air Native reporter or commentator. Now would be a great time to change that. https://www.nationalobserver.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Seth Abramson / @sethabramson: Keep in mind that this is a network that frequently had on Jason Miller, Kellyanne Conway, Jeffrey Lord, and others I would consider even worse than Santorum. I have no objection whatsoever to conservative commentators; some of the folks CNN has had on are well beyond the pale. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Took a few weeks but... https://twitter.com/...
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: Scoreboard: Cuomo stays - no reprimand for a host of ethical breaches. Toobin - no decision after the Zoom incident (this is a family show). Santorum- Out. https://twitter.com/...
@wajahatali: The 900 lives of white conservative men on cable news finally ran out. Well, at least for Rick Santorum. CNN will be better for this. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Lamont Hill / @marclamonthill: According to reports from CNN execs, the network decided to part ways after Santorum failed to redeem himself (or even apologize) in an interview with Chris Cuomo. Interesting that he was given such an opportunity... https://m.huffpost.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after racist, inaccurate remarks he made about Native Americans, HuffPost has learned. https://m.huffpost.com/...
Jordan Zakarin / @jordanzakarin: Compare the number of years and chances CNN gave an outright bigot like @RickSantorum versus how immediately the AP just dumped @vv1lder at the slightest bad-faith whine by outright bigots. https://twitter.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Moving with lightning-fast speed, @cnn fires @RickSantorum just three weeks after the latest in a series of racist, misogynistic, homophobic, trump-excusing, fact-free comments on @cnn that began just four years ago https://www.huffpost.com/...
Jamal Yaseem Igle / @jamaligle: As opposed to all the other sexist and bigoted things he's said? https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Kibblesmith / @kibblesmith: When they get around to googling everything he said and did *before* they hired him, then they're gonna feel *really* embarrassed. https://twitter.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: CNN has terminated its contract with Rick Santorum over racist remarks he made about Native Americans @jbendery reports https://www.huffpost.com/...
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff: A @CNN spokesman said that while they have a long history of platforming the kind of white supremacy Santorum represents, it was distracting focus from Chris Cuomo's unethical journalistic malfeasance, which they consider the crown jewel of the network. https://twitter.com/...
Non Fungible Tom Tomorrow / @tomtomorrow: and they will hire some other horrible right wing lunatic and then someday have to fire them when they turn out to be a horrible right wing lunatic, rinse and repeat ad nauseum https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Klingler / @jamieklingler: That took long enough but I'm glad they did it https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Weaver / @ncweaver: However, it is often hard to remove santorum stains, especially if you've let them remain for too long. https://twitter.com/...
Killjoy McCoy / @letsgoayo: I don't know why they hired him in the first place https://twitter.com/...
Mookie Alexander / @mookiealexander: Apparently the 549th shitty thing he did/said was a step too far for CNN. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A CNN spokesperson confirms that the network has parted ways with Santorum https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: CNN parts ways with pundit Rick Santorum, former senator who made much-criticized comments about Native Americans
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: CNN blasted for ever hiring Rick Santorum after they finally fired the disgraced bigot
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: Disgraced Republican Rick Santorum finally fired by CNN for his racism: report
Neal Broverman / Advocate: CNN Finally Fires Rick Santorum
Chelsea Steiner / The Mary Sue: Finally! CNN Fires Rick Santorum After His Racist Comments About Native Americans
Brett Bachman / Salon: CNN drops Rick Santorum following controversial comments on Native American culture: report
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone: CNN Has Finally Had Enough of Rick Santorum
Jamilah King / Mother Jones: CNN Fires Rick Santorum Over Claim That White Settlers Found “Nothing” in America
Ted Johnson / Deadline: CNN Parts Ways With Contributor Rick Santorum After Furor Over Comments About Native Americans
Dennis Romero / NBC News: CNN drops Rick Santorum following remarks about Native Americans
Daniel Politi / Slate: CNN Gets Rid of Rick Santorum After Comments on Native Americans
Bob Cronin / Newser: CNN Drops Rick Santorum
Brian Stelter / CNN: Rick Santorum departs CNN after criticism of Native American comments
John L. Dorman / Insider: CNN ends contract with Rick Santorum after dismissive comments about Native Americans
Nick Caruso / TVLine: Rick Santorum Out at CNN After Racist Comments About Native Americans and On-Air Non-Apology (Report)
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: Rick Santorum Out at CNN After Comments on Native Americans
Zoë Richards / Talking Points Memo: CNN Dismisses Santorum After Botched Cleanup Of Remarks About Native Americans
Alaina Demopoulos / The Daily Beast: CNN Fired Rick Santorum for Racist, Pro-Colonization Comments
Andi Ortiz / The Wrap:
Former Trump spokesman Jason Miller is ordered to pay Gizmodo Media Group $42K to cover legal fees after a second attempt at suing Gizmodo — Jason Miller, a spokesperson for former President Donald Trump, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay Gizmodo Media Group almost $42,000 …
Discussion:
@sollenbergerrc: A US District Judge has ordered Trump flack Jason Miller to pay Gizmodo nearly $42,000 to cover legal expenses from his failed $100 million defamation suit. The judge found Gizmodo accurately reported a court filing alleging Miller slipped an abortion pill into a woman's smoothie https://twitter.com/...
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast: Trump Flack Jason Miller Ordered to Pay $42,000 in Legal Fees for Failed Suit
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: the $100mm failed lawsuit intended to chill press reporting on Jason Miller and the entire Trump campaign. Notably it was filed against a sister brand of Gawker that was sued into oblivion by Peter Thiel $. So yes it's nice to see Miller has to cove their legal expenses. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Dessem / Slate:
In a Last Week Tonight episode about sponsored content, John Oliver tricked three local US TV stations into airing a promo for a bogus “sexual wellness blanket” — The single greatest thing about Last Week Tonight has always been John Oliver's willingness to spend HBO's money …
Discussion:
Sam Haysom / Mashable: John Oliver sets up fake company, tricks local news stations into airing ridiculous product
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: John Oliver Dupes Several Local News Stations into Promoting a Fake and ‘Absurd’ Sexual Wellness Product
Jill Geisler / @jillgeisler: This piece on sponsored content on local TV is an ethics nightmare. ‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Advertises “World's First Sexual Wellness Blanket” In Crusade Against Sponsored Content https://deadline.com/... via @Deadline
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: If you haven't seen this segment yet, do yourself a favor and give it a watch. https://twitter.com/...
Jane Elizabeth / American Press Institute:
How local news outlets are working to recover from a year of trauma: collaborating, rethinking beats, making diversity and inclusion a reality, and more — More than a year after the global pandemic became official, local journalism still grapples with the fallout — not only from the coronavirus …
Discussion:
American Press Institute / @ampress: A report by @JaneEliz examines how local news orgs are rebounding after 2020 — from retaining “Covid readers” to making up for diminished staff and resources. It's chock-full of ideas and tips to try in your own newsroom. https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/ ...
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
Kuaishou, ByteDance's main rival, reports Q1 revenue of $2.65B, up 37% YoY, and a net loss of $8.9B, as it delved deeper into online commerce and advertising — - Advertising and e-commerce helped juice quarterly revenue — Kuaishou offers investors a taste of China's hot video market
BBC:
BBC will review its editorial practices and Martin Bashir's rehiring after a report found it covered up Bashir's “deceitful behaviour” to get a Diana interview — The BBC is to review its editorial practices and investigate how journalist Martin Bashir was rehired …
Discussion:
The Guardian, Press Gazette, Variety, @pressgazette, Advanced Television and Hollywood Reporter
Discussion:
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette: Eight unanswered questions for the BBC which mean Bashir scandal will not go away
Naman Ramachandran / Variety: BBC Board to Review Editorial Practices After Princess Diana ‘Panorama’ Interview Scandal
@pressgazette: BBC announces new review of news division governance and corp's wider culture. But has so far failed to address other questions arising from Dyson report. BBC board non-execs Sir Nick Serota, Ian Hargreaves and Sir Robbie Gibb will conduct the review https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ ...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Reach says it will pay back up to £4M to employees who took a pay cut at the start of the pandemic, after settling with some staff — Reach has agreed to pay back up to £4m to employees who took pay cuts at the start of the Covid-19 crisis between April and June last year.
Amelia Gentleman / The Guardian:
Associated Newspapers, which runs the Daily Mail, agrees to pay substantial damages to French actor Sand Van Roy after revealing she accused a director of rape — MailOnline published actor's identity as complainant in rape case against French director — Associated Newspapers …
Discussion:
Amy Hitchcock / Sky News: Sand Van Roy says sexual assault accusers - and the accused - need identities to be better protected
Sand Van Roy / @sandvanroy: thank you @theGuardian for reporting on the positive outcome of my case against the Mail https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Mark Watts / @markwatts_1: MailOnline pays damages after identifying actor who alleged that Luc Besson, the French film director, raped her. It “showed a deliberate or reckless disregard of an outrageous nature.” She stresses right to anonymity. Besson denies the allegations. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
RTDNA:
Full-time employment in local TV news increased 1.8% YoY to 28,000 in 2020, beating the previous high in 2009 — This is the third installment of this year's RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey. Dig deeper into the data here and stay tuned for more about newsroom innovation and diversity.
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
