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Eoin Higgins / The Flashpoint:
The Guardian removed a section of a Judith Butler interview comparing anti-trans feminists to fascists; sources say Guardian pulled a series on trans issues — On Tuesday, British newspaper The Guardian published an interview with Judith Butler—and then removed a section …
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VICE, PinkNews, @eoinhiggins_, The Guardian, Patreon, @socialrepro, @ggreenwald, @xoxogossipgita, @pennypentan, @parkermolloy, @janusrose, @emanuelmaiberg, @alexpaknadel, @natachakennedy, @sinangag_engels, @ayocaesar, @emme_lund, @eoinhiggins_, @oliviasolon, @eoinhiggins_, @tristangrayedi, @eoinhiggins_, @mlothianmclean, @junodawson, @eoinhiggins_, @ameliahorgan, @eoinhiggins_, @socialrepro, @rozkaveney, @illwilleditions, @socialrepro, @hexpositive, @oliviasolon, @andybcampbell, @ben_hr, @healthuntodeath, @jasebyjason and bookforum.com
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Emanuel Maiberg / VICE: Why The Guardian Censored Judith Butler on TERFs
Lily Wakefield / PinkNews: The Guardian accused of ‘censoring’ Judith Butler interview comparing TERFs to fascists: ‘Cowards’
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: This, from Judith Butler, is entirely correct—but @guardian removed it after transphobic bigots complained. https://twitter.com/...
Jules Gleeson / The Guardian: Judith Butler: ‘We need to rethink the category of woman’
Juliana☿ / @socialrepro: Lots of DMs: Yes, they deleted a paragraph criticising gender critical feminism Yes this is confusing, and (I'm told) unprecedented Yes we asked for it reinstated (or as a last resort, republished) Yes I offered a rewrite to bring it up-to-date Yes I'm now going to bed
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: The Guardian's behavior in removing a passage from its interview with Judith Butler - where she links anti-trans feminists & fascists - is pathetic. Their excuse is worse. Even if the reporter's premise about the LA spa was false (it was), just note that: https://www.vice.com/...
Gita Jackson / @xoxogossipgita: “One last question for the editorial teams at The Guardian: why should ‘Gender Critics’ be beyond criticism?” https://www.vice.com/...
@pennypentan: *chants* Streisand effect Streisand effect 🤣 God they must be SO pissed that trying to hide it made it spread like wildfire https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: The Guardian straight-up censored part of an interview with Judith Butler because she defended trans people and highlighted the connections between anti-trans activists and the far-right. Absolutely ridiculous. Can't imagine I'll ever publish anything there ever again.
@janusrose: imagine hating trans people so much that you'll censor Judith fucking Butler https://twitter.com/...
Emanuel Maiberg / @emanuelmaiberg: I updated the article with comment from the guardian and have followed up to ask again why the note at the bottom did not provide more info and why the guardian did not take up Gleeson's suggestions for several ways the story could keep Butler's comments https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Paknadel / @alexpaknadel: I try not to dunk on the Guardian because it's one of the few British newspapers that isn't trying to get Der Stürmer to hold its beer, but this is worrying and inexplicable. Those were Professor Butler's words and they should be printed. The end. https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/ ...
@natachakennedy: (Long) THREAD: The big story of today is the @guardian's censorship of Prof Judith Butler. It is a story that UK mainstream media will try to smother. So please use social media So to start with this is the section that the Guardian removed; Please share this widely... 1/22
Ps-Jon / @sinangag_engels: Lol the guardian omitted quite a substantial amount from this interview because Judith Butler thought to dunk on TERFs for 3 paragraphs. Why are guardian editors pandering to TERFs? https://twitter.com/...
Ash Sarkar / @ayocaesar: This is wildly unethical. https://twitter.com/...
@emme_lund: the 3 paragraphs that The Guardian removed from the Judith Butler interview are the most important part of the whole piece. https://twitter.com/...
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: Readers complained (as we saw yesterday before the section was removed) and Guardian UK editors used Wi Spa as an excuse to pull it. Nothing in the question, which focused on violent far-right anti-trans protesters at Wi Spa as a frame, was inaccurate. https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon: Notes about corrections or amendments are supposed to explain changes clearly to the reader. What on earth does this mean? https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: Plot thickens—apparently the Butler interview was meant to launch a series called Gender Now. But UK editors have pulled the entire project and the link now goes to a blank page. https://twitter.com/...
Tristan Gray / @tristangrayedi: @oldnorthroad @guardian Via a pal - Looks like there was a coordinated letter-writing campaign from transphobes to ensure it was pulled The Guardian caved to them in record time https://twitter.com/...
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: The Guardian pulls Judith Butler's comments on the anti-trans “gender critical” movement's growing affinity for the far right. https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/ ...
Moya Lothian-Mclean / @mlothianmclean: The Guardian editing an interview with Judith Butler to remove the part where they criticise terfs as fascists... but yes, it is the transphobes being silenced. https://twitter.com/...
Juno Dawson / @junodawson: For those asking, I see no harm in sharing it as it's everywhere else. This is Judith Butler speaking to the Guardian before being edited. https://twitter.com/...
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: This is actual cancel culture. When people critique the NYT for having a bigot review another bigot's book is not cancel culture.
Amelia Horgan / @ameliahorgan: the idea of “capture” of the press by those supportive of trans right and the silencing of “gender critical” voices is revealed as a myth by the fact that critical comments on their movement by leading academics can be removed from articles just like that
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: Butler termed trans-exclusionary ideology as “one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times.” https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/ ...
Juliana☿ / @socialrepro: A new public Patreon post from me, to store the deleted Judith Butler answer in a more stable place than Twitter. Also includes my questions (original and revised). https://www.patreon.com/...
Roz Kaveney / @rozkaveney: In a truly shocking moment of bigoted dishonesty, the Guardian has censored Judith Butler. https://twitter.com/...
Ill Will / @illwilleditions: Shortly after its publication, The Guardian redacted Jules Gleeson's interview with Judith Butler, omitting sections directed at the antifascist implications of the philosopher's work. Here you'll find the original, unabridged version. https://illwill.com/...
Juliana☿ / @socialrepro: (To be 100% clear: my proposed question rewrite was written and sent to them before the deletion. Goodnight!)
Suzy Exposito / @hexpositive: The @guardian removed this portion of Judith Butler's interview after publishing with the note, “This article was edited on 7 September 2021 to reflect developments which occurred after the interview took place.” What developments? Why interview Butler at all? https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon: Given the Guardian's track record on trans issues one would hope changes to articles like this would be made with more transparency and accountability
Andy Campbell / @andybcampbell: The Guardian US site has some of the best extremism reporters in the biz, and as far as I know they never have to pull punches against bigots, even when bigots complain. It's legitimately baffling to see what happens to journalists and their work when people complain in the UK. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Harris-Roxas / @ben_hr: The Guardian UK's pandering to “gender critical” anti-Trans actvists continues to be gross https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/ ... The Aus and US outlets seem so different, I really think there's something deeply wrong with the UK shop
Tom Whyman / @healthuntodeath: @owenhatherley Moreover, it is stated as the personal view of a subject the paper is interviewing. No one wld mistake this view for the editorial line of the paper. Not sure why they thought censoring would do anything other than cause the deleted section to go viral (maybe that was the point?)
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Vox Media is buying Hot Pod to make it The Verge's first paid subscription product; Ashley Carman will replace Nick Quah, who launched the podcasting newsletter — Vox Media is acquiring Hot Pod, the independent news outlet focused on the podcasting industry, as part of a bid to expand offerings from its technology site, The Verge.
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Medialyte, @markstenberg3, @bristei, @nwquah, @austin_rief, New York Magazine, @ashleyrcarman, Hot Pod News, What's New in Publishing, @ogrover, @matt, Pink's Bottom Line on Media …, Podcast Movement, Tubefilter, @lucas_shaw, @jamescridland, Nieman Lab, @nwquah, @ashleyrcarman, @reckless, @caleweissman, @xpangler, RAIN News and Axios
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Mark Stenberg / Medialyte: In acquiring Hot Pod, Vox Media signals a newfound interest in paid products
Mark Stenberg / @markstenberg3: Oh and a fun Easter Egg: It looks like Vox Media is exploring more paid editorial products in the future https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: Scoop: Vox Media will acquire Hot Pod, the start-up podcast-news outlet founded by @nwquah, who joins Vulture as a podcast critic https://variety.com/... via @variety
Nick Quah / @nwquah: some professional news...
@austin_rief: The bundling of the creator economy has begun. Take a guess as to what you call a bundle of creators... perhaps... just maybe... a media company? https://variety.com/...
Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: so this is exciting!! the verge is acquiring hot pod, @nwquah is becoming a vulture podcast critic, and i'm taking over hot pod!! https://variety.com/...
Owen Grover / @ogrover: Nobody better than Ashley to run with this! Congrats! https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Nick was an early guide for me (and a lot of people) into the world of podcasting. The end of a great run, and the start of something else very exciting. https://twitter.com/...
James Cridland / @jamescridland: Congratulations to @nwquah and good luck to @ashleyrcarman and the good folks at @voxmedia for taking Hot Pod to the next level. https://variety.com/...
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: Hot Pod, the podcast industry newsletter, will become The Verge's first paid product
Nick Quah / @nwquah: More details in these pages: —> https://variety.com/... —> https://nymag.com/... —> https://hotpodnews.com/...
Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman: .@nwquah welcomed me into the industry when i first started covering it, offering his thoughts and quotes for many stories. hot pod is an institution whose reputation i hope to uphold. thank you, nick, for setting the model for podcast reporters & for this newsletter & community
Nilay Patel / @reckless: Big Verge news: we are making @nwquah's excellent Hot Pod newsletter part of The Verge! @ashleyrcarman will take over as lead writer, and Nick is joining our sister site Vulture as a podcast critic. More in Variety this morning: https://variety.com/...
Cale G Weissman / @caleweissman: damn!! big congrats @nwquah !! https://variety.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Vox intends to keep the subscription price for Hod Pod at $7 per month and will give all Hot Pod subscribers a three-month subscription to New York magazine https://variety.com/...
Brad Hill / RAIN News: Hot Pod acquired by The Verge — Nick Quah hands off authorship, joins Vulture
Sara Fischer / Axios: Axios Media Trends
Elizabeth Byrne / ABC:
Australia's High Court affirms earlier rulings that media companies can be held responsible for Facebook comments posted under stories on their Facebook Pages — The High Court has dismissed an appeal by some of Australia's biggest media outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian …
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Wall Street Journal, Reuters, @davidmackau, @marklemley, @arossp, @janecoaston, @jenniferbeckett, @ronnisalt, @jason_a_w, Sydney Morning Herald, @jpwarren, @jpwarren, @matt_nurse, @jenniferbeckett, @jeffjarvis, @jacknorton8064, @jason_a_w, Gizmodo, @welcht21, @brooklynmarie, @film_girl, @serkanthewriter, @michaelwestbiz, The Guardian, @jenniferbeckett, @kaetrin67, @jason_kint, @jpwarren, @jpwarren, The Verge, Mumbrella, @elisethoma5, The North West Star, @jkosseff, @dellcam, @aricohn, @jason_a_w, @elisethoma5, @tomgara, @realcarrickryan and @jenniferbeckett, more at Techmeme »
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Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal: Australia's Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People's Facebook Comments
David Mack / @davidmackau: big yikes. australia's top court rules media companies are responsible for third party comments on their FB pages https://www.abc.net.au/...
Mark Lemley / @marklemley: Australia joins the list of countries adopting the mind-bogglingly dumb rule that you are responsible for whatever people write in the comments section of your page. Feel free to express your thoughts about this below. Unless you're from Australia . . . https://www.wsj.com/...
Aaron Ross Powell / @arossp: Even if every adult and child in Australia is an active Facebook user, that's only 0.8% of Facebook's total active users. So Facebook should respond to this by just blocking all of Australia from its service and let the government deal with the backlash. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jane Coaston / @janecoaston: I'm sure the ramifications of this won't be horrifying. https://www.wsj.com/...
Dr Jennifer Beckett / @jenniferbeckett: Does this require more buy-in and development of tools by platforms? Yes, and we've been asking for that for a. Very. Long. Time. Does it require some soul searching by news orgs about framing and how they cultivate their reader culture? 💯 5/
@ronnisalt: Not sure people realise the ramifications of this. This is a shocking decision and will have far reaching outcomes for every Australian who uses social media. It's appalling. https://www.abc.net.au/...
Jason Wilson / @jason_a_w: Also: the absolute state of defamation law in Australia
Michaela Whitbourn / Sydney Morning Herald: Media outlets lose High Court appeal over Facebook defamation ruling
@jpwarren: The explanation of “intention” in this judgement is good. They way #defo law works, especially online, is not at all like how people imagine it works. https://twitter.com/...
@jpwarren: I'm already seeing some over-broad interpretations of the judgement, but this write up is pretty good: https://www.abc.net.au/...
Matthew Nurse / @matt_nurse: This has huge implications for monitoring the spread of misinformation via comments on social media pages. https://www.abc.net.au/...
Dr Jennifer Beckett / @jenniferbeckett: What it means is more nuanced moderation practices and a need to build better comment cultures. This starts with considering how the way a story is framed models certain ways of thinking that lead to unwanted behaviours 2/
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: OMG. Early wake-up call for @kosseff, @daphne, @mmasnick. There's a 230 Bat Signal from Australia. Court makes media companies liable for what users post about their content ON OTHER PLATFORMS. This decision is so bad it makes me side with News Corp. https://www.wsj.com/...
Jack Norton / @jacknorton8064: @elisethoma5 Weirdly for a while when I was at sky we did have active comment moderation but the burden was just too big on the few producers we had
Jason Wilson / @jason_a_w: You could turn of comments but I presume that would defeat the purpose of media orgs having Facebook pages
Matt Novak / Gizmodo: Facebook Users Liable for All Comments Under Their Posts, According to Australia High Court
Thomas Welch / @welcht21: @jpwarren I have to admit I'm very confused by the whole thing. I don't see how the court has ruled the media company liable but not FB or anyone else in the chain? Just because the plantiff didn't seek damages from them? Or is there a legal reason that protects them?
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: @elisethoma5 Not good at all.
Christina Warren / @film_girl: This is terrifying and awful on every level. https://twitter.com/...
@serkanthewriter: * Important announcement @TrueCrimeWeekly * Due to a High Court decision today on media and defamation laws for publishers and people who leave comments on social media pages of news organisations. More about the High Court decision here: https://www.abc.net.au/... https://twitter.com/...
@michaelwestbiz: Another shocker for free speech. Another rich income stream for the show ponies of defamation law. Dylan Voller deserves justice but High Court ruling means publishers can be sued for comments made on their feed by anon Twitter or Facebook posters? https://www.abc.net.au/...
Paul Karp / The Guardian: High court rules Australian media companies can be liable for defamatory comments posted on Facebook pages
Dr Jennifer Beckett / @jenniferbeckett: Are there problems in the original ruling that are largely because of scale and the moderation tools available for social media - yes. Does this mean the end for comments for news - no. 1/ https://www.abc.net.au/...
Kaetrin / @kaetrin67: Ping @openargs I'll link to the full decision next. This is big and basically the opposite of the USA S230 if I have the right of it. Even though the loser in this case is the Murdoch press (no tears for them) the broader implications are .... wow. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: WTH from down under. I'm going to call it a night and pretend I didn't see this until tomorrow morning. I do hope to then wake up knowing it was just a bad dream that media companies are the ones responsible for toxic sludge on their Facebook pages. https://twitter.com/...
@jpwarren: @welcht21 The court can only address the case that is before them. FB is not a party to this case, and the case to answer was “are the news orgs publishers in the #defo sense?” and the court agreed that, yes, they are.
@jpwarren: The confusion is totally understandable, and it'll be really interesting to see if the law gets changed to match what people think it should be, or if people's understanding is altered to match what the law says.
James Vincent / The Verge: News sites are liable for defamatory Facebook comments, rules Australia's High Court
Elise Thomas / @elisethoma5: But also RIP Sky News on Facebook. #auspol
Luke Costin / The North West Star: Media liable for FB comments: High Ct
Jeff Kosseff / @jkosseff: But I thought that if we repeal Section 230, every platform will be entirely open to everyone. https://twitter.com/...
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: Imagine w/o Section 230 the catastrophe of US courts weighing the liability of users at the moment social media companies decided users should also be moderators. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Wilson / @jason_a_w: they should all delete their Facebook pages https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Elise Thomas / @elisethoma5: Wow. This is a big deal. https://www.abc.net.au/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: In this country we do *not* tolerate unauthorized games of knifey spooney in the comments https://twitter.com/...
Carrick Ryan / @realcarrickryan: Surely Government can simply amend the wording of the relevant defamation legislation to circumvent this? Our defamation laws are among the worst in the World and are in desperate need of a complete overhaul. I'm sure we had an AG that was intending on fixing that? https://twitter.com/...
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp:
[Thread] Media's most important public health failure isn't the false Rolling Stone ivermectin overdose story but the vax denial led by Fox News and others — The ivermectin story is being framed as the apocalypse of institutional media, but it's more like a glaring reminder of a few oldish truths 1) Journalism was always a mix of great, good, mediocre, and shitty work. The Internet makes it easier to find and highlight ... all of it. https://twitter.com/...
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Reason, @dkthomp, Media Matters for America, American Press Institute, Techdirt, @ddale8, @karlbode, @karlbode, @mattkleinhans, @nishfaria, @dkthomp, Columbia Journalism Review, @karlbode, @rschooley, @rschooley, @dkthomp, @karlbode, @codytfenwick, @timkarr, @dkthomp, @codytfenwick, @cwarzel, Astral Codex Ten and @drewholden360
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Robby Soave / Reason: The Media Fell for a Viral Hoax About Ivermectin Overdoses Straining Rural Hospitals
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: 3) The most important public health story by far, isn't MSNBC's (etc) big ivermectin fail but the vax denial led by a mix of institutional (Fox) and independent voices. It's kinda galling to see so many smart ppl miss the forest of vaccine denial for the tree of ivermectin b.s.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: The Role Of Confirmation Bias In Spreading Misinformation
Daniel Dale / @ddale8: As far as I can tell so far, what happened is the doctor gave an interview to a local outlet in which he cited ivermectin use as one reason some hospitals are congested. The outlet then framed ivermectin use as the main cause of the congestion, which it obviously isn't. 2/
Karl Bode / @karlbode: from the guy who wrote that “big disinfo” story to Glem Greenwa|d, people jumped on that Rolling Stone screw up as conformation of their priors, but nobody offered solutions for the real problem: an ad-based media that underpays its employees and doesn't reward thoughtfulness
Karl Bode / @karlbode: I mean it was just the kind of rushed lazy aggregation screw ups the ad-based press thrives on, and it's weird this one story was singled out to make whatever point (right or wrong) one was belaboring at the moment https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Kleinhans / @mattkleinhans: @DKThomp It can be both: 1. Lies and misinformation (anti-vax and others) from cons. media, and 2. Institutional failures like this one that provide cover for the lies and misinfo. A whole lot of truth massaging going on leads to massive distrust over and over again
Nish Faria / @nishfaria: @DKThomp Huh, nuanced thoughtful opinions are alive on Twitter.... What's going on?
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: 2) There really is an epidemic of “team-picking” in institutional (and independent!) media. Subscription competition will make it worse—or better, if you like teams. It's the 19th century, again, in news media, but this time, with an internet connection.
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: How a story about ivermectin and hospital beds went wrong
Karl Bode / @karlbode: that Rolling Stone ivermectin cock up happens probably a hundred times a day (lazy aggregation without clarifying/confirming source allegations), but it was interesting to watch the cock up get quickly weaponized by folks who don't care about the 99 other times it occurs https://twitter.com/...
Schooley / @rschooley: The thing about the vaccine fear monger media jumping all over that one ivermectin story is in their giddy delight at slamming Maddow, they're pretending that all the other stories about runs on feed stores and people saying they're taking it on Facebook don't exist. https://twitter.com/...
Schooley / @rschooley: The story isn't so much that people are being poisoned by the horse paste as is they're looking for any remedy to avoid taking the one preventative that's actually been shown to work. They're dying of covid, not vet med diarrhea.
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: If you've found yourself tweeting nonstop about Maddow's (etc) bad tweet and haven't really chimed in re: the nonstop stream of anti-vax bullshit emanating from FNC primetime, I think you should ask yourself why you find the first story so much more compelling than the second.
Karl Bode / @karlbode: what if the real problem is that ad-impression-based journalism is inherently flawed leading to a disproportionate amount of lazy work that prioritizes hyperbole over substance. And what if, we, you know, actually talked about fixing that? https://www.cigionline.org/...
Cody Fenwick / @codytfenwick: He makes some good points here, but I think he misses one of the most obvious and most important: The false Ivermectin story made waves, but it was found to be false, the stories were corrected, and it was dropped. Fox News, etc., perpetuate lies long after they're debunked. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Karr / @timkarr: @KarlBode we have a few ideas
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: We have to find a way to illuminate the problems of institutions without fetishing institution-phobia. But the emerging age of subscription media in an information abundant world privileges the skill of anti-institutional “ideological positioning.” This will be a problem.
Cody Fenwick / @codytfenwick: Outlets will always make mistakes, and the those mistakes sometimes have ideological/partisan valence. But what's most important to know about a media source is if it's self-correcting, or does it continue to push lies and false narratives regardless of the facts.
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: anyhow i think all the design incentives of these platforms and the way the news cycles work/burn so fast means that the real superpower is to be completely shameless and never admit any mistakes and eventually the bar will lower so much you can just be reckless all the time
Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten: Too Good To Check: A Play In Three Acts
Tom Ley / Defector:
One year in, Defector has 40K+ paying subscribers, 23 full-time employees, and about $3.2M in revenue, roughly 95% of which comes from subscribers — This week marks one year since the lights here at Defector flickered on and we began publishing blogs. The question that you were probably asking during …
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Nieman Lab, @albertburneko, @pkafka, @timmarchman, @mattufford, @alexlaughs, @senari, @film_girl, @davechensky, The Muffin por Mauricio …, @markstenberg3, @brandyljensen, @lainnafader, @emmacargo, @labuzamovies, @scott_tobias, @bluechoochoo, @justinnxt, @realbengilbert, @davidcrespo, @choire, @lisatozzi, @yourmandevine, @tristandross, @choire, @rickpaulas, @toley88, @mattdpearce, @ryanlcooper and The Wrap
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: The worker-owned Defector, at a year old, has over 40,000 paying subscribers and $3.2M in revenue
Albert Burneko / @albertburneko: good website https://defector.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: We don't do transcripts at Recode Media bc 🤷♂️. But if we did my chat with @ToLey88 would read a lot like this: https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: The people who make Defector are as wonderful as you'd hope. That their work built a large community that sustains a profitable and ethical business is really inspiring. https://defector.com/...
Matt Ufford / @mattufford: strongly encourage you to subscribe to @DefectorMedia, an insanely good content bang for your 69 bucks (or whichever tier you pay for) https://defector.com/...
Alex Sujong Laughlin / @alexlaughs: buried deep in @DefectorMedia's birthday post is a cute lil tid that i may be involved in! stay tuned for more 😈 https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Puja Patel / @senari: Renew your @DefectorMedia subscription, get a new one, add to their tip jar, help keep a progressive media institution going! And congrats to some of the best, funniest, smartest, dumbest people on the internet for proving it could be done! https://twitter.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: Proud to be an accomplice! Congrats @DefectorMedia! It was so nice to see @DianaMoskovitz the other night and I'm so happy the site/team has had such a stellar year! https://twitter.com/...
David Chen / @davechensky: Here's a question I'm spending a lot of my time thinking about right now: is a movie/tv/entertainment-based version of this possible? And if so, what would it look like? https://defector.com/...
Francisco J. Trejo Corona / The Muffin por …: La falacia del internet post-texto
Mark Stenberg / @markstenberg3: If nothing else, one great thing about @DefectorMedia is how transparent it's been about its finances, spending, salaries and freelance rates. It operates with a level of openness that you usually only see with non-profits. Very cool! https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brandy Jensen / @brandyljensen: happy first birthday to defector, one of the vanishingly few good websites made by good people https://defector.com/...
Lainna Fader / @lainnafader: Rare good media news. Happy to renew my subscription https://defector.com/...
Emma Carmichael / @emmacargo: can't decide if i should get this framed or tattooed. in the meantime, subscribe to @DefectorMedia :) https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Labuza / @labuzamovies: The transparency in which @ToLey88 speaks to Defector's subscribers, and the way the entire group thinks about how and what a media company should look like, is going into my next syllabus. What a blessing this website is. https://defector.com/...
Scott Tobias / @scott_tobias: Leaving a compromised site en masse, starting your own thing, building an excellent and sustainable operation out of it. You love to see it. Happy birthday, @DefectorMedia! https://defector.com/...
Andréa López / @bluechoochoo: How does a media company not dependent on #scale spend $3.2 million in revenue? Defector opens their books. https://defector.com/...
Justin Ellis / @justinnxt: So, how's @DefectorMedia doing? Turns out you can launch, survive and thrive in a media company and not have it come at the expense of your soul. But don't take my word for it, here's @ToLey88 https://defector.com/...
Ben Gilbert / @realbengilbert: Defector's average employee salary for full time staff is just shy of $70K/year. Not bad! https://defector.com/...
Conputer Dipshit / @davidcrespo: interesting point about the Defector model: it only works because they can farm out most of their software needs to mature, low-cost platforms that didn't exist 15 years ago https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@choire: Accurate, do not do this: “entire companies get restructured over some drip with a business degree writing ‘Podcast = Money ??? TikTok = Money ???’ on a whiteboard.”
Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi: One good thing that happened over the past year is @DefectorMedia https://defector.com/...
Dan Devine / @yourmandevine: “One thing we've learned over the last year is that success in digital media depends a lot on how you choose to define that word.” An insight that matters in a lot of areas of life, and the kind of thing I'm glad to pay for. Happy birthday, @DefectorMedia. https://defector.com/...
Stan Cross / @tristandross: article is really worth reading if you're at all curious about these kind of alternative media models https://defector.com/...
@choire: Happy first anniversary to @DefectorMedia, an independently owned publication striving to be a business in a way that doesn't suck. https://defector.com/...
Rick Paulas / @rickpaulas: Watching Defector over the past year has really been fascinating and gives my jaded ass the least bit of optimism when it comes to the “industry,” but what really set them apart is how unafraid they are of producing hard-hitting niche stories like this: https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Ley / @toley88: Here's some stuff about how the first year of Defector went. https://defector.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Rooting for @DefectorMedia as a media company that actually tries new stuff, and have been pleased to throw my money at them. https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: I have had similar thoughts. props to the Defector crew for trying to write stuff people want to read https://defector.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Defector Announces $3.2 Million in Revenue After One Year
Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
How the rise of Politico and its model of insider coverage of DC shifted political journalism off course and exacerbated problems like both sides-ism — Politico's sale last month to the German media company Axel Springer for a reported $1 billion was the culmination of a stunning rise …
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@perrybaconjr, @deathcar72, @digiphile, @benlabolt, Media Nation, @derekwillis, @michele_norris, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @jetjocko, @dankennedy_nu, @jeffschogol, @tvietor08, @johnjharwood, @elongreen, @owillis, @asteadwesley, @danpfeiffer, @jon_m_rob, @terrigerstein, @portiamcgonagal, @connieschultz and PRESS RUN
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Perry Bacon Jr / @perrybaconjr: Political journalism was Politico-ized for much of the 2010s, in my view. I looked at the pluses and minuses of this approach and the signs political journalism is shifting (slightly) in a better direction. With thoughts from @jayrosen_nyu and @nikkiusher https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
PumpkinVice / @deathcar72: This is a great opinion piece by Perry Bacon and I'm thrilled to see this sort of recognition and insight but I'm unclear why the onus was on a black man to offer an apology for the wretched excesses of the MSM these past 5 years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: Concise critique of what ails the political press by @PerryBaconJr: -bias for centrism & bipartisanship -racial diversity on staff -obsession with placating bad faith claims of liberal bias -covers politics like a sport https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Access journalism missed a self coup https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben LaBolt / @benlabolt: Smart piece: “So the press spent much of the Obama years acting as if the opposition to him was solely because he had a liberal policy ideas on issues such as health care — and not because Obama had become both the leader and a symbol of a multicultural America.” https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: What's wrong with Politico
Derek Willis / @derekwillis: This is an excellent piece. Very few really resisted the Politico-ization of coverage (I certainly didn't). https://twitter.com/...
Michele Norris / @michele_norris: Good read from @perrybaconjr Opinion | How the rise of Politico shifted political journalism off course - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “For more than a decade, not only did Politico keep gaining strength, but the entire political media became more like Politico.” If you missed it, @perrybaconjr's new column is about how Politico's rise shifted political journalism off course. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Recommended.
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: By @perrybaconjr: How the rise of Politico shifted political journalism off course. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Fair warning: I am quoted in this column. But that is not why it's good and worth your time.
Adam Rogers / @jetjocko: Respectfully, as someone who covered presidential politics in the late 90s (though not well), Politico was not innovation but perfection. It's what everyone I knew was aiming toward. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: What's wrong with @politico? Insider gossip at a time when democracy faces an existential threat. Let @perrybaconjr explain: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeff Schogol / @jeffschogol: This is not fair. Trump banned Politico from his events during the 2016 campaign and the other major outlets did nothing in protest. If the Democrats are angry at Politico for reporting on the Afghans and Americans left behind, just say so, https://twitter.com/...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: This piece by @perrybaconjr is spot on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
John Harwood / @johnjharwood: new @perrybaconjr: “coverage of the 2016 campaign in particular was abysmal. “the focus on Clinton's emails stemmed from reflexive both sides-ism. “an obsession w/feuds among Trump's staffers reflected an insider-focused approach gone too far.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Elon Green / @elongreen: Brilliant piece about how Politico was a cancer that infected nearly entire profession. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Willis / @owillis: AKA most of the stuff @benyt left out when writing up the sale of his old employer in the NYT https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Astead / @asteadwesley: thxful for @perrybaconjr voice and clarity: “Looking back on Trump's four years, the defining quality of his administration was not how it changed as various staffers got hired or fired but how it didn't change.” https://twitter.com/...
Dan Pfeiffer / @danpfeiffer: One of the founders of Politico pitched it as “ESPN for Politics” which is all you need to know about what has happened to a lot of political journalism in the decade since https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jonathan Robinson / @jon_m_rob: So much analysis of “the decline” of news media focuses on supply, not demand. It says something that the news industry that folks idolize hasn't been strongly demanded by a financially stable portion of news consumers when it comes to written journalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Terri Gerstein / @terrigerstein: If, like me, you're not a DC insider, this opinion piece by @perrybaconjr explains how & why political coverage in recent years has deteriorated, w/ increased both-sides-ism & political gossip, less truth-telling & substance. Informative read. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@portiamcgonagal: “It was (and is) fine to have a publication focused on insider politics. But it was not ideal when The Post, the New York Times and many other major mainstream news outlets drifted toward this model — and when they did so was particularly problematic.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Connie Schultz / @connieschultz: .@perrybaconjr's mention of journalism in beginning of Iraq War sure summons memories. I opposed the war. So much hate from readers, & criticism from some journalists. One opinion writer called to tell me I was “dangerously naive.” Met him years later. He had “no memory” of this. https://twitter.com/...
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
HBO says HBO Max will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra on October 26, followed by 14 other European countries in 2022 — HBO Max is coming to Europe on Oct. 26, and the first launch markets will be Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra, Variety can reveal.
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap: HBO Max to Begin European Launch Next Month
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: HBO Max To Launch In Europe In October
Matthew Keys / The Desk: HBO Max sets October date for European launch
Stuart Thomson / Digital TV Europe: WarnerMedia unveils HBO Max European launch dates
Mariella Moon / Engadget: HBO Max arrives in Europe on October 26th
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: HBO Max confirms European launch date
Clive Whittingham / C21Media: WarnerMedia confirms HBO Max launch date for first European territories
J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter: HBO Max to Begin European Launch In October
Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News: HBO Max Launching in Europe
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu is raising the prices of its two on-demand plans by $1/month on October 8; Hulu with ads will now cost $6.99/month and Hulu without ads will cost $12.99 — On Tuesday, Hulu began notifying subscribers that as of Oct. 8, the price of Hulu's two on-demand plans — with ads and without commercials …
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Hollywood Reporter, Too Much TV Newsletter, Digital TV Europe, @alneuhauser, Deadline, Gizmodo, The Verge, 9to5Mac, CNBC, SlashFilm, Insider, Decider, FierceVideo, The Wrap, The Streamable, TechCrunch and MediaPost
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J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter: Hulu to Increase Price of Ad-Supported, Ad-Free Subscriptions In October
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: Disney ups Hulu prices
Alan Neuhauser / @alneuhauser: Hulu “without ads” should always be in quotes. Because it's not “no ads” — it's just...limited ads. https://twitter.com/...
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Hulu Raises Price For Both Of Its On-Demand Streaming Tiers; Live Service, Disney Bundle Rates Won't Change
Brianna Provenzano / Gizmodo: Hulu Is Raising Its Prices Again
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Hulu's monthly prices increase by $1 as Disney pushes its streaming bundle
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: Hulu is raising the price of its on-demand plans by a dollar on Oct. 8
Ethan Anderton / SlashFilm: Hulu Is Raising Subscription Prices Next Month
Dominick Reuter / Insider: Hulu will raise the prices of its basic and ad-free streaming plans by a dollar starting in October
Abby Monteil / Decider: Hulu Raising Prices of On-Demand Plans By $1 Next Month
Ben Munson / FierceVideo: Hulu raises prices for SVOD subscribers
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Hulu Raises Price for On-Demand Subscriptions
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: Hulu to Raise Prices of SVOD Plans by $1 to $6.99 with Ads, $12.99 without Ads
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Hulu Ups VOD Service Options By $1/Month
ProPublica:
WhatsApp data helped prosecutors build a case against whistleblower May Edwards that cited hundreds of “encrypted” messages between her and a BuzzFeed reporter — When Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new “privacy-focused vision” for Facebook in March 2019, he cited the company's global messaging service, WhatsApp, as a model.
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@janelytv, @davidfolkenflik, @knowtheory, @brendannyhan, @evacide, @rmac18, @tomgara, @danielschuman, The Register, ScreenRant, @propublica, Gizmodo, New York Post, Insider and 9to5Mac
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Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv: New ProPublica investigation outlines how Facebook undermines WhatsApp encryption. That contributed to the prosecution of Natalie “May” Edwards, the FinCen Files whistleblower who's now in prison. https://propublica.org/... https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: A critique of ProPublica article on WhatsApp security/monitoring of reports of abuse from @alexstamos https://twitter.com/...
@knowtheory: Boy. There is at least one and probably several much better pieces buried in here trying to climb their way out. It's just trying to do too much. https://www.propublica.org/...
Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan: No easy answers in the content moderation world. Always read @alexstamos. https://twitter.com/...
Eva / @evacide: This ProPublica article about WhatsApp gives a lot of useful information about why content moderation at scale is so hard, but when it comes to encryption, it's a misleading mess. https://www.propublica.org/...
@rmac18: As a reporter, I find this bit particularly worrying. WhatsApp can turn on user tracking at its own discretion to cover its own interests, outside of any law enforcement request. Kind of underscores how much better it is to use Signal for reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: @stevekovach As the article says like 20 paras in, if a user receives a message they think violates the rules, they can press the report button, which tells them it will submit the most recent messages from the chat for review.
Daniel Schuman / @danielschuman: If you're a journalist you should not be using WhatsApp. Encourage your sources to move to Signal. https://www.propublica.org/...
Thomas Claburn / The Register: Can WhatsApp moderators really read your encrypted texts? Yes ... if you forward them to the abuse dept
@propublica: New: WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages — but the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors. https://www.propublica.org/...
Whitney Kimball / Gizmodo: WhatsApp Moderators Can Read Your Messages
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report
Sara Fischer / Axios:
IAC's Dotdash is launching its first standalone online store, tied to its site Liquor.com, as a pilot project; Dotdash makes ~1/3 of its revenue from commerce — Dotdash, the digital media company owned by IAC, is launching its first-ever standalone store pegged to its site Liquor.com, which it acquired in 2019.
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Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe: Getting into the affiliate reviews game? Do you have this? -> “Dotdash has a 9,100-square-foot product testing lab in Brooklyn, where its editorial teams test thousands of products every year to make affiliation recommendations.” https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Substack plans to spend $30M+ over the next few years to entice popular comic writers using deals that let them keep rights to their own IP — The San Francisco-based newsletter platform plans to spend north of $30 million to entice big comic scribes to leave publishers …
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Dennis Koch / @denniskoch10: Substack Moves on Hollywood With Top Marvel, DC Writers Targeted The newsletter platform plans to spend north of $30 million to entice big comic scribes to leave publishers — and let them keep rights to their own IP: “They are paying for names.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Borys Kit / @borys_kit: Substack is spending dozens of millions of dollars on its move into comics, giving creators such as James Tynion 6 figure deals to lure them from DC & Marvel. It has industry-wide implications, and could affect Hollywood. @graemem & I report: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
At a Senate hearing, Sky News Australia CEO says it “self-censored” 18 videos about COVID-19 to avoid a permanent YouTube ban, denies broadcasting Covid misinfo — CEO Paul Whittaker also tells media diversity inquiry Sky News Australia does not deny climate change, and accepts it is happening
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New York Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Vanity Fair, @mrkrudd, Media Matters for America, Insider, @markdistef, @wendy_harmer, @mikecarlton01, @murpharoo, @mikecarlton01, @mrkrudd, @lesstonehouse, @stephenjonesmp, @dana1981, @summersanne, @davidfolkenflik, @turnbullmalcolm, @natecochrane, @edmundlee, @ketanj0, @michaelemann, @pt, @danawollman, @rmac18, @rasmus_kleis, @jayrosen_nyu, @nytmedia, @damiencave, @jftaveira1993, @zerowastechef, @leohickman, @jayrosen_nyu, SBS News, Brisbane Times and Sky News Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald: Rupert Murdoch's newspapers, 24-hour news channel to champion net zero emissions
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Will Rupert Murdoch's Australia Climate Rebrand Reach America?
Kevin Rudd / @mrkrudd: I agree with Turnbull and @MichaelEMann on Murdoch's attempt to “greenwash” themselves in the lead up to the Glasgow climate conference. It's all politics. They want to accommodate Morrison, making minor changes, but not on the big stuff that matters in the here & now. https://twitter.com/...
Allison Fisher / Media Matters for America: The new climate “pledge” from the Murdochs is straight from the fossil fuel playbook
Jake Lahut / Insider: Rupert Murdoch's Australian news outlets plan to dial back climate change denial and promote net zero emissions by 2050, according to reports
Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: I don't know about you, but I'm going to go full Joker when the News Corp tabs start advocating for a “simple and effective carbon price” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Wendy Harmer / @wendy_harmer: Supposing there won't be a retrospective apology to everyone they've pilloried and humiliated as loonies, cranks and worse over the years. They could start with @GretaThunberg https://twitter.com/...
Mike Carlton / @mikecarlton01: Paul Whittaker, the self important little cane toad who runs Sky News, rather crossly told the senate enquiry yesterday that YouTube was owned by a “Foreign entity.” It was gently pointed out to him that so is NewsCorpse. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Katharine Murphy / @murpharoo: “... an influential player in Australia's decade-long climate wars” .. Probably better to call the conduct for what it was/is https://www.smh.com.au/... #auspol
Mike Carlton / @mikecarlton01: Sky News is commissioning a documentary on climate change. Guffaw. That's a bit like the Taliban starting a girls' school. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Kevin Rudd / @mrkrudd: Every time Murdoch feels cornered on an issue, they attempt to distract the debate by smearing those they disagree with. The facts? SkyNews has poisoned our democracy by lying about this pandemic, and real people are suffering because of it. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@lesstonehouse: Sky News Australia denies broadcasting Covid misinformation, saying YouTube is ‘totalitarian’ I never knew this. 😂😜 #auspol
Stephen Jones MP / @stephenjonesmp: Severe whiplash and political disorientation in Coalition party room as the engine room of climate change denial come to a grinding halt. https://www.smh.com.au/...
Dana Nuccitelli / @dana1981: This is a positive development, but would be quite a lot more meaningful if also applied to the Murdochs' American climate-denying news outlets like @FoxNews. https://www.smh.com.au/...
Anne Summers / @summersanne: I thought there was no top down editorial direction from News Corp editors. That's what their columnists keep saying. Don't tell me they were fibbing! https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch's Aussie news outlets are promising to go carbon net zero - and to promote it in print, online & on the air. https://www.smh.com.au/... No comment so far from Fox/WSJ on what it means in US. The record suggests not much. Here's what happened last time 👇🏼 https://twitter.com/...
Malcolm Turnbull / @turnbullmalcolm: “Until Rupert Murdoch and News Corp call off their attack dogs at Fox News and WSJ....these are hollow promises that should be viewed as a desperate ploy to rehabilitate the public image of a leading climate villain.” Says @MichaelEMann https://www.nytimes.com/...
@natecochrane: So YouTube must publish anything Murdoch produces or else it's a “totalitarian state” but Murdoch's editors retain tight rein over what they put out & claim that's “editorial independence”. #ThisIsNotJournalism https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: Seriously wonder what @jamesmurdoch thinks of this https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ketan Joshi / @ketanj0: “Whittaker, who said YouTube was unaccountable and owned by a foreign entity, later conceded under questioning from Labor senator Kim Carr that News Corp Australia and Sky News were also owned by a foreign entity” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Michael E. Mann / @michaelemann: “Rupert Murdoch's Australia News Outlets to Ease Their Climate Denial [color me skeptical]” by @DamienCave for the The @NYTimes w/ quotes from yours truly and others: https://www.nytimes.com/... #NewClimateWar
Parker / @pt: What a weird world where ostensible news organizations announce their intention to publish fewer intentional falsehoods. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dana Wollman / @danawollman: “I'm not interested in ruining people's lives,” says its top editor, Leah Finnegan, who once insulted a baby in a headline." https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: Until Rupert Murdoch “call off [his] attack dogs [who] continue to promote climate change disinformation on a daily basis” @michaelemann says, “these are hollow promises that should be viewed as a desperate ploy to rehabilitate [a] leading climate villain” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Suggested headline. https://twitter.com/...
@nytmedia: After years of casting doubt on climate change, Rupert Murdoch's media outlets in his native Australia are planning an editorial campaign advocating a carbon-neutral future. It could put pressure on Fox News, though critics were quick to voice skepticism. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Damien Cave / @damiencave: Is News Corp really going to change its tune and support action on climate change or is it just trading denial for delay? Lots of skepticism for a move that could nonetheless be both incremental and significant. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Francisco Taveira / @jftaveira1993: .@MichaelEMann: “They've turned to other tactics in their effort to maintain the fossil fuel status quo. Focusing on a target of 2050, three decades away, kicks the can so far down the road that it's largely meaningless.” https://www.nytimes.com/... #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Anne-Marie Bonneau / @zerowastechef: Rupert Murdoch's Australia News Outlets to Ease Their Climate Denial “They've turned to other tactics — delay, distraction, deflection, division, etc. — in their effort to maintain the fossil fuel status quo,” @MichaelEMann https://www.nytimes.com/...
Leo Hickman / @leohickman: Now the New York Times has picked up the SMH story... “could be a breakthrough that provides political cover for Australia's conservative government to end its refusal to set ambitious emission targets” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: This headline isn't skeptical enough. The story under it does a better job. https://www.nytimes.com/... One way to assess how serious they are is to ask: does the campaign try to put the company on what it now thinks is the “right” side without ever acknowledging that it did wrong? https://twitter.com/...