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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Newly released records show Chris Cuomo used his media sources to track the progress of Ronan Farrow's reporting about Andrew Cuomo and find info on accusers — - Chris Cuomo was actively in touch with a top aide to his brother Andrew Cuomo about incoming reports that detailed alleged sexual harassment …
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Washington Post: Chris Cuomo sought ‘intel’ on media coverage about accusations against his brother, text messages show
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: NEW - In a statement, CNN says the documents & transcript related to Chris Cuomo “deserve a thorough review and consideration.” CNN says: “We will be having conversations and seeking additional clarity about their significance as they relate to CNN over the next several days.”
David Weigel / @daveweigel: If some news channel intern did what Chris Cuomo did they'd have been fired one second after these docs were published https://www.cnn.com/...
Andi Ortiz / The Wrap: ‘The View’ Hosts Say CNN's Chris Cuomo Should Face Consequences for ‘Massive Ethical Breach’
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Chris Cuomo Under New Scrutiny at CNN for Helping His Brother Amid Sexual Harassment Investigation
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: ‘This is Abuse of Power’: The View Debates Whether Chris Cuomo Should Be Fired
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: CNN to review documents showing Chris Cuomo's role advising brother
Brian Schwartz / @schwartzbcnbc: NEW: CNN host Chris Cuomo used his sources to get info on brother Andrew Cuomo's accusers. He also engaged with sources to get a read on upcoming stories that took aim at his brother. “I have a lead on the wedding girl,” Cuomo told Melissa DeRosa. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A CNN rep says “we will be having conversations and seeking additional clarity” about the Chris Cuomo revelations https://twitter.com/...
David A. Graham / The Atlantic: Chris Cuomo Must Go
Brian Flood / Fox News: Cuomo sexual harassment accuser Lindsey Boylan scolds CNN's Brian Stelter for helping ‘abuses of power’
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Chris Cuomo Asked His Sources in the Media to Pursue Info on Brother's Sexual Harassment Accusers
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: CNN's Chris Cuomo Problem Can't Be Ignored
Oliver Milman / The Guardian: Chris Cuomo used contacts to warn brother about sexual harassment reports
CNN: CNN to conduct ‘thorough review’ of documents showing Chris Cuomo's intimate role advising brother Andrew Cuomo
David K. Li / NBC News: More details revealed about Chris Cuomo's role as adviser to brother, former governor
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate: It's Time for CNN to Can Chris Cuomo for Being Completely Full of Crap
Brian Schwartz / Pew Research Center: CNN's Chris Cuomo used his media sources to advise brother Andrew Cuomo
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Chris Cuomo is not discussing the revelations at the top of his SiriusXM radio show, either. I'm also told that Cuomo was not brought up at CNN's morning news meeting today.
Brian Flood / Fox News: CNN's Chris Cuomo snooped on Ronan Farrow's reporting on his brother, relayed ‘intel’ to Andrew Cuomo aide
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Chris Cuomo did not discuss today's revelations on his CNN show tonight, but Don Lemon offered a hearty endorsement of him: “I'm grateful for your friendship and your love. I think you are fantastic. One of the kindest people I know on this planet.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Schwartz / @schwartzbcnbc: NEW: The new details on Chris Cuomo's role with his brother came out in a fresh batch of documents from the state AG's office. The CNN anchor was much more involved than previously known. Who were some of his sources? Journalists themselves, he says. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Peter Weber / The Week: CNN's Chris Cuomo passed ‘intel’ from ‘sources’ to Andrew Cuomo's aides to aid abuse defense, texts show
Yousef Munayyer / @yousefmunayyer: Am I the only one wondering what dirt Cuomo has on Zucker? https://twitter.com/...
@emilyctamkin: This is insulting to every journalist who does actual journalism at CNN https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: I expected a lot of psycho Cuomo defenders in the replies but the sheer volume of people going with “okay but what about Jan 6???” is frankly impressive https://twitter.com/...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: Chris Cuomo sought to gather “intel” about what other news outlets were reporting on his brother, demanded more influence over his brother's response, wrote statements for brother, urged him on about “cancel culture” & shared info on at least one accuser. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: Chris Cuomo took extensive actions to try and help his brother earlier this year, according to text messages and interviews under oath. It's far more than was previously known. CNN says it is under review. NEW w/@michaelscherer @jeremymbarr https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Greg Price / @greg_price11: I am genuinely interested in hearing what the female employees of CNN think about the network standing by Chris Cuomo and Jeffrey Toobin. I can't imagine any of them are okay with it https://twitter.com/...
Gene Park / @genepark: Chris Cuomo still working at CNN is a mockery of journalism. Libs defending him say there are more important things to worry about, and then complain about why media coverage is so poor and lopsided. https://twitter.com/...
@esotericcd: CNN still employs this man and disgraces itself daily in doing so. https://www.cnbc.com/...
@rolandsmartin: Y'all really think Jeff Zucker is going to get rid of @ChrisCuomo?! 😂😂😂😂 it's called situational ethics https://twitter.com/...
@thestagmania: I want to know which journalists were feeding Chris Cuomo information they knew he was using to defend his brother https://twitter.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Documents show CNN's Cuomo asking top aide: ‘Please let me help’ defend brother Andrew
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Super unethical Also—use a burner phone if you're going to do sketchy, unethical stuff, Chris. “Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink. And never put it in email”—Eliot Spitzer, I'm told. https://twitter.com/...
@ap: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo had a bigger role than previously known in advising his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on how to handle the sexual harassment allegations that forced him from office, newly released transcripts and text messages show. https://apne.ws/yGFc1OF
@cernovich: CNN is a smear operation, it's not a news outlet, it probably never was. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Phil Rosenthal / @phil_rosenthal: #CNN should have canned Chris Cuomo months ago. This is yet another reason, and there's no way colleagues should have to tolerate this wholly unethical behavior. https://twitter.com/...
Saeed Jones / @theferocity: As it turns out, there are many pages for this, @brianstelter. https://twitter.com/...
@mrandyngo: Documents released by the New York Attorney General's Office show that CNN host @ChrisCuomo, a #MeToo supporter, used his journalism contacts to seek dirt on women who accused his brother of sexual harassment. https://thepostmillennial.com/ ...
Joe Cunningham / The Kitchen Pundit: At This Point, Nothing Chris Cuomo Does Is Worth Keeping Him Around
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Chris Cuomo Was Reportedly A Lot More Involved In His Brother's Sexual Harassment Defense Than He Claimed To Be
Murray / @rothbard1776: I have full confidence that the company who refused to fire their lead legal analyst after he got caught jerking off on a Zoom call in front of his co-workers will hold Chris Cuomo accountable. https://twitter.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline: CNN Says It Will Review Texts And Testimony Shedding New Light On Role Chris Cuomo Played In Assisting Brother Andrew Cuomo's Team — Update
Thor Benson / @thor_benson: He deserves to be fired. This isn't complicated. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: Instead of standing with debunkers fighting an existential threat to global democracy, high-profile Americans most in a position to help (international media, NYC politics) were doing shit like this instead. And that's why I call misogyny a security failure. https://twitter.com/...
Drew Holden / @drewholden360: If I had a show about the media titled “Reliable Sources” I would probably discuss this one, @brianstelter. https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: “CNN host @ChrisCuomo used his media sources to find out info on brother Andrew's accusers, records show” This is deeply unethical. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: just worth reiterating that CNN's leading primetime host was a key participant in one of the biggest political scandals of our time and CNN....does not care at all
Insider: Chris Cuomo texted Andrew Cuomo's former top aide ‘I have a lead on the wedding girl’ and used media sources to help his brother
Janice Dean / @janicedean: “I never misled anyone about the information I was delivering or not delivering on this program. I never attacked nor encouraged anyone to attack any woman who came forward. I never made calls to the press about my brother's situation.” @ChrisCuomo https://twitter.com/...
Brian Schwartz / @schwartzbcnbc: NEW full statement from CNN on the Chris Cuomo transcripts and exhibits. The spokesman tells me the documents deserve a “thorough review and consideration.” The rep notes more conversations ahead at CNN about their significance. https://cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Twitter bans sharing private images and videos without consent, with exceptions for newsworthiness and public figures, will remove reported offending media — Twitter has expanded its private information policy to include media, meaning that users are not allowed to share photos or videos …
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@twittersafety: Beginning today, we will not allow the sharing of private media, such as images or videos of private individuals without their consent. Publishing people's private info is also prohibited under the policy, as is threatening or incentivizing others to do so.https://blog.twitter.com/ ...
Allison Prang / Wall Street Journal: Twitter Bans Sharing of Private People's Photos, Videos Without Consent
Katie Canales / Insider: Twitter is banning users from posting photos or video of people without their permission
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Twitter expands safety policy, bans posting images of people without their consent
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Twitter's new policy re photos of people needs some refinement. It boils down to: We'll decide what's public on a somewhat ad-hoc basis.
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Twitter bans posting pictures of ‘private individuals’ against their wishes
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Really needs more deets. I get the possibly important goal, but seems problematic to enforce etc. https://twitter.com/...
FalconWizard / @ecrumrine: How does Twitter define “private” images though? They say it also doesn't apply to public figures or things that are “newsworthy,” so I'm unclear a) how the rules are defined and b) how they'll even be enforced? https://www.engadget.com/...
Nate Igor Smith / @drivenbyboredom: Theoretically this is great, but how do you enforce this? This seems like the easiest tool for trolls to abuse. It's like DMCA takedowns where they act first and people get their content taken down for no reason and it takes weeks/ months to fight it. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
A look at the $1.67B payroll tax credit earmarked for local news organizations, including Gannett, in the Build Back Better bill passed by the US House — A small paper like The Storm Lake Times in Iowa would receive a big tax credit. So would Gannett, the nation's largest news publisher.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: What Happens to Democracy When Local Journalism Dries Up?
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick / @repkirkpatrick: Our bill language included in #BuildBackBetter would help save your local paper. Your local journalists do the real work of informing our communities, not CNN or Fox — your own local news. https://www.google.com/...
@rebuild_news: We've said that the local news tax credit could offer potentially transformative benefits to newsrooms across the country. But how, exactly, does it work? We've annotated the entire provision, explained what each section means and how it will function. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/ ...
Betsy Clarke / @clarkebetsy: This is good news. We need more local journalism to keep democracy healthy & voters effectively informed. Local News Outlets May Reap $1.7 Billion in Build Back Better Aid - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lindsey Wasson / @lindseywasson: Congrats to the Gannett CEO and board members on their $37 million in bonuses this year https://twitter.com/...
Jon Schleuss / @gaufre: Local news is essential to a functioning democracy! We've been a longtime advocate of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, which has bipartisan support! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: $200,000 to The Storm Lake Times. $37.5 million to Gannett. I wrote about the $1.7B local journalism subsidy in the Build Back Better bill — which has bipartisan support, even if BBB doesn't. https://www.nytimes.com/...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: November 29, 2021 — Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: Democratic leaders roll the dice with assistance for local news organizations
Jihii Jolly / Time Spent: #41: what makes you feel like you belong?
Donut Shorts / @donutshorts: What could go wrong with this? https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: If the $2.2 trillion social safety net and climate package makes it through the Senate, it will provide $1.67 billion over the next five years for newspapers, websites, radio and TV stations, and other outlets that primarily cover local news. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bryan McGrath / @conswahoo: Not a government responsibility. https://twitter.com/...
Sammy Roth / @sammy_roth: This is good. The Senate should support this to save local journalism, and hopefully democracy in the process. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gale A. Brewer / @galeabrewer: The Local Journalism Sustainability Act folded into #BuildBackBetter will provide a huge boost to newsrooms all over NYC. The Senate needs to pass this bill because local journalism is infrastructure & is a public good worth fighting for. https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: The business model for local news in the U.S. has collapsed. That's a crisis for democracy. The Build Back Better bill would provide $1.67 billion in tax credits over the next 5 years for newsrooms that primarily cover local news. By @marcatracy https://www.nytimes.com/...
John L. Dorman / Insider: Local news organizations could receive $1.7 billion as part of the Build Back Better Act
Bob Cronin / Newser: Biden Bill Would Boost Local News Outlets
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Some stories are quickly labeled as “misinformation”, but it's the job of reporters to explain what's happening, even if it's messy and unsatisfying — Journalists and academics are developing a new language for truth. The results are not always clearer.
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post: The gray zone between partisan spin and misinformation
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Some pushback from me on a @benyt column about misinformation — it's true that some of it qualifies as “old-fashioned dirty tricks,” but it's also true that ignoring the impact of bot farms, algorithms, and recommendation engines would be a mistake https://www.cjr.org/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: This is all right. Call it whatever you want. I think Judge Judy starting an anti-disinfo NGO or whatever is a cute sidebar to a grave reality: the machines and political money incentivize dirty trick campaigns, more than ever, so that the truth has no chance. https://twitter.com/...
@janinezacharia: The proliferation of misinformation and deliberately false disinformation amplified by social media algorithms and poser news outlets is one of the most pressing challenges of our era. I don't understand all these words trying to argue the opposite. (3/5)
Nicholas Grossman / @ngrossman81: Good @benyt column on overuse of the word “misinformation.” It should be used precisely, as @BostonJoan put it, as “false information that's being spread.” But one thing to add: Smith, like many others, misses something about the Hunter Biden laptop story. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: A good column on the “scope creep” and conceptual looseness of “misinformation.” https://twitter.com/...
Alex Salvi / @alexsalvinews: As reporters quizzing Trump's fans discovered, his audience was often in on the joke. Many of the offensive things he said weren't lies—they were just deeply ugly to half the country, including people running news orgs and universities. @benyt https://www.nytimes.com/...
Aaron Huertas / @aaronhuertas: Interesting pushback here. Activism against “misinformation” or “polarization” can read as non-partisan even though the biggest misinformation problem is simply Republicans lying about losing an election and encouraging political violence. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Nathan Hodge / @nohodge: A not-bad column by @benyt on the trendy new misinfo/disinfo industry, but I saw the headline and was hoping for a soul-searching read about the Steele dossier https://www.nytimes.com/...
Pippa Norris / @pippan15: via @NYTimes column is correct: a lot of the focus blaming misinfo on tech platforms exaggerates their role. The problem is political and sociological - and far from novel; Aristotle warned of demagogues. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: This is interesting, but I think it's useful to distinguish between misinformation (false but not intentionally so) and disinformation (intentionally misleading.) People seem to be referring to both categories as “misinformation”. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Kristol / @billkristol: “But these well-meaning communications experts never quite understood that the people who liked him knew what was going on, laughed about it and voted for him despite, or perhaps even because of, the times he went ‘too far.’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: This is a fair point — if you only use politicization as your lens, you can criticize/downplay “misinformation” as squishy. But if you want to address misinformation squarely, you have to look at what's happening with Covid, the racial justice protests of 2020, and election lies. https://twitter.com/...
Fredrick Kunkle WaPo / @kunklefredrick: In which Ben Smith ever so gently dings Harvard's Shorenstein Center for leading the alliance of journalists and academics campaigning for tech censorship https://www.nytimes.com/...
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: “It's more comfortable to reckon with an information crisis... than a political one... But... the people who liked him knew what was going on, laughed about it and voted for him despite, or perhaps even because of, the times he went ‘too far.’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Max Abrahms / @maxabrahms: This New York Times article on Hunter Biden's laptop is totally bonkers. The article says that those who said it was real were peddling misinformation. We now know the laptop was in fact real and that's why Twitter issued an apology. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Fishman / @brianfishman: This by @benyt is worth reading. The rise of a counter-misinfo community reminds me of the CT community post-9/11, defined broadly. Plenty of top-notch folks doing key work, but lots of imprecision & grift as well—& journos often unable to distinguish. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joe Bernstein / @bernstein: It's nice to see my arguments appear in this piece by influential media columnist Ben Smith 🙂 https://twitter.com/...
Seth Mandel / @sethamandel: “The focus on who's saying something, and how they're spreading their claims, can pretty quickly lead Silicon Valley engineers to slap the “misinformation” label on something that is, in plainer English, true.” https://twitter.com/...
Matt Welch / @mattwelch: “On Friday afternoons this fall, top American news executives have dialed into a series of off-the-record Zoom meetings led by Harvard academics whose goal is to ‘help newsroom leaders fight misinformation and media manipulation.’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Kraushaar / @hotlinejosh: “This hints at a weakness of the new focus on misinformation: It's a technocratic solution to a problem that's as much about politics as technology.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU plans to introduce a Media Freedom Act next year to prevent large media groups from buying smaller rivals and to thwart government interference as in Hungary — The European Commission plans to introduce rules next year to prevent a few large media groups from acquiring smaller rivals …
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Chris Dziadul / Broadband TV News: EC proposes Media Freedom Act
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Molly Killeen / Euractiv:
EU announces European Newsroom, launching in January and bringing together 16 news agencies in a Brussels hub to facilitate cross-border collaboration
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Wolfgang Blau / @wblau: This is big. Slowly but surely, we'll create an EU news media sphere. It's time. https://twitter.com/...
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
UK's CMA says Google has agreed to expanded oversight in the development of Privacy Sandbox as part of the regulator's antitrust investigation — As part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's Privacy Sandbox by the UK's competition regulator, the adtech giant has agreed …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety: Meta Ordered to Sell Giphy by U.K. Competition Authority
Anushka Jain / MediaNama: Google agrees to more transparency, consultation before rolling out its Privacy Sandbox
William Malcolm / The Keyword: An update on our Privacy Sandbox commitments
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: Google Commits To More Oversight Of Its Privacy Sandbox By The UK's Competition Watchdog
Jay Bonggolto / Android Central: Google assures the UK's CMA its Privacy Sandbox won't hamper competition
Richard Speed / The Register: Privacy Sandbox saga continues: UK watchdog extracts more commitments from Google over ad tech
The Daily Beast:
Current and ex-Politico staffers detail growing conflicts within the Playbook team, including complaints about internal “woke police” and a unionization drive — Nearly two dozen current and former Politico staffers told The Daily Beast of a series of burgeoning conflicts within the iconic Beltway publication.
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Jordan Zakarin / @jordanzakarin: If you're wondering why some Beltway publications read like they're edited by disgruntled DC vets who get offended when people have the audacity to fight for fair pay and broader representation, here's your answer! https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Florida Chris / @chrislongview: “Beltway Insiders” trying to derail the Vice President are pressuring the media to be MORE critical of her: “Others suggested that Daniels' perceived friendly coverage of the vice president...has weakened the newsletter's standing among Beltway insiders.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: Bunch of anti-union Politico reporters with some “Get off my lawn” energy in this piece. And the ones anonymously complaining about younger reporters becoming “woke police” are *very* courageous. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Dan Gainor / @dangainor: Every traditional news outlet: There are “woke police around every corner,” lamented one veteran reporter. | Inside a Divided Politico: Playbook Drama, ‘Woke Police’ Fears, and Union Fights https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... via @thedailybeast
Lily Altavena / @lilyalta: It's a management tactic. There are so many pro-guild folks over 40! But for some reason, this framing seems to really take hold through campaigns. https://twitter.com/...
Darrell / @blackmadness317: Isn't this what Politico does all the time? How many people work in the White House yet they find the angry and upset ones and write a story about it. (Not saying it's bad just that's what they do). https://twitter.com/...
Tracy Connor / @tracyconnor: All the drama at Politico, courtesy of dynamic duo @LachCartwright and @ZTPetrizzo https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Neena Satija / @neenareports: 1/x The 1 takeaway I got from this: A tiny number of unnamed, “veteran” Politico journos are worried abt “woke police” journos in the newsroom ... & @thedailybeast decided to take them seriously even w/ZERO substantive examples to back up their concern. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Eugene Scott / @eugene_scott: “With ... a relatively leak-free Biden camp making work difficult for the genre, multiple people with knowledge of the situation fretted that Playbook's relevancy may be in decline.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Gabe Schneider / @gabemschneider: This article is just anonymous sources criticizing a Black staffer for focusing on “social justice” and framing the union as “too woke” without explaining what that means? https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@thedailybeast: Politico is dealing with internal tensions, some centered around its marquee newsletter, Playbook, where two star writers are at loggerheads, sources say. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Rebecca Rainey / @rebeccaarainey: Lol @thedailybeast literally found 22 angry people in a newsroom of roughly over 300 staffers and described it as a “culture” https://twitter.com/...
@mattnegrin: Politico is Fox News circa 2007: a right-wing media outlet that almost everyone in the media defends as a legitimate news organization https://twitter.com/...
Daniela Altimari / @capitolwatch: Why is the unionization effort taking hold in journalism always framed as a battle between “the young wokes” who want to unionize and the tired old guard that doesn't? Some of the most fervent pro-union people I know are over 40! https://twitter.com/...
@juwanthewriter: Internal media drama aside: Why are journalists, many fearing about the perception of their objectivity, using the term “woke” incorrectly just as right-wing activists are, so often so that their union also uses it, and it is not once accurately defined by them / in this article? https://twitter.com/...
Jon Favreau / @jonfavs: Politico staffers on Playbook: “[S]ome staffers...suggested the newsletter has become the ultimate manifestation of a ‘sugar high’ approach to news gathering, with an allegedly increased reliance on ‘hot takes’ and sensationalist subjects.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Victoria Guida / @vtg2: It's frustrating that an opinion shared by a couple staffers in a confidential setting is being cast as a view of the union. I & many other reporters wouldn't support this as a subject of negotiation & idk if this would even qualify as a bargaining issue. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Fenit Nirappil / @fenitn: This anecdote is pretty routine in newsrooms as we scrutinize whether our coverage is fair and balanced. But it speaks to how many people in newsrooms hate to acknowledge their coverage of marginalized communities falls short https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Evans / @chris_notcapn: Politico is in disarray, among other issues - because they can't get any leaks from the Biden admin ever since their “war” with the deputy press secretary, and the staff are upset that one of the main writers pieces on Kamala Harris aren't negative enough. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Thee Dr. Virgo / @drvirgo1981: So now we see who is behind the racist and sexist targeting of the VP https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Rainey / @rebeccaarainey: Wow. Interviewed 22 current and former staffers for a newsroom that has more than 300 editorial employees. This is so inaccurate about how most people feel at POLITICO it deserves a correction. Also @EugeneDaniels2 is a top notch reporter. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Matthew Chapman / @fawfulfan: Your newsroom's entire gimmick is to claim various politicians' offices are in meltdown because one anonymous staffer has a minor scheduling complaint. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Glassdoor should start a media arm exclusively devoted to these stories. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Lainna Fader / @lainnafader: All workers *need* a union and this is one of the many reasons why. Unions are about building fair and equitable structures and systems that outlast individual leaders, who will come and go https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
With signs that Trump could run again and the GOP widely adopting his political style, some journalists are debating ways to avoid the mistakes of 2016 and 2020 — With ominous signs mounting that Donald Trump really may run again for president in 2024, a debate has begun to simmer in newsrooms …
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Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Last week @jonkarl of ABC News was asked this by @brianstelter: “Have you started to think about how you would approach the 2024 candidacy of Donald Trump?” Karl's replies got too little attention, in my view. This thread tries to correct for that. 1/ https://www.cnn.com/...
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: Trump looking for ‘help’ from state legislatures in 2024? Let me rewrite that for you.
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Good thread. But here's the thing. Both Jon Karl and Brian Stelter had many MANY opportunities to do the very things outlined in this thread. Jon, in fact, could have laid some of this out in his book. He failed to do so. So—I am not optimistic. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Sargent / @theplumlinegs: Now that it looks like Trump might run in 2024, is the media prepared to cover a fundamentally anti-democracy candidate who employs rampant disinformation as a deliberate strategy? Some media insiders are sounding the alarm. I offered a few ideas here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Eric Woods / @ericwoods: “It's an immense challenge because you're covering essentially an anti-democratic candidate, you're covering somebody running in a system that is trying to undermine that very system and somebody who is going to be perpetually lying” https://twitter.com/...
EJ Dionne / @ejdionne: “A form of politics that is fundamentally anti-democracy at its core—and expressly organized around the mission of discrediting or subverting hated election outcomes—is likely to saturate the 2024 contest.” @ThePlumLineGS is smart on the media's obligation https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeet Heer / The Time of Monsters: What will become of Twitter? — Full disclosure: I have a stake in Twitter.
Teri Kanefield / @teri_kanefield: This is an excellent thread from @jayrosen_nyu raising the question: How does the press cover an anti-democratic candidate who is literally trying to bring down the system? Some of what was taught in journalism school may be outdated now. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “With ominous signs mounting that Donald Trump really may run again for president in 2024, a debate has begun to simmer in newsrooms: How can the press avoid the pitfalls in covering Trump that bedeviled 2016 and 2020?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Coming from those two top journalists, recognition of the problem and a frank admittance that the solution remains broadly elusive constitutes a loud, clanging alarm from within.” @ThePlumLineGS builds on my new thread with suggestions for newsrooms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steve Lichtman / @stevel3000: The Trump/GOP threat to democracy is *the* political story of 2022 and 2024 — whether or not Trump runs. If the media doesn't make it the focus of its coverage it's failing it's basic Journalism 101 mission. And yet we have good reason to worry it will barely cover it at all. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Sargent / @theplumlinegs: My suggestions: First, let's stop saying that Trump and/or his supporters" actually believe" the 2020 election was stolen. This has the effect of whitewashing away the seriousness of the ongoing threat to democracy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: 4 excellent proposed rules for covering the 2024 election from @ThePlumLineGS. (Bonus: A well-deserved shot at @jonathanweisman) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: I would call Jon Karl a consensus figure within the US press. I don't mean a public consensus. I mean he's liked and respected by his peers. Seen by them as a “straight shooter.” Past president of @whca, the White House Correspondents Association. And elected by its members. 2/
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Disney+ in Hong Kong does not include a 2005 episode from season 16 of The Simpsons that ridicules Chinese government censorship — The episode mocked both Mao Zedong and the government's efforts to suppress memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. — HONG KONG — An episode of …
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Kari Soo Lindberg / Bloomberg: Disney+ Omits ‘The Simpsons’ Tiananmen Episode in Hong Kong
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter: Disney+ Drops ‘Simpsons’ Episode in Hong Kong Because of Tiananmen Square Joke
Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: Disney's Missing ‘Simpsons’ Episode in Hong Kong Raises Censorship Fears
J.D. Durkin / @jd_durkin: “It appears the episode has suffered precisely the kind of the censorship it was written to ridicule.” Disney+ Drops ‘Simpsons’ Episode in Hong Kong Because of Tiananmen Square Joke https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Agence France-Presse: Disney+ channel launches in Hong Kong, without the Simpsons Tiananmen Square episode
@carolynryan: In the episode. the Simpsons visit the embalmed body of Mao Zedong, whom Homer calls “a little angel that killed 50 million people.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Abby Monteil / Decider: Disney+ Hong Kong Omits ‘The Simpsons’ Episode That Contains Tiananmen Square Joke
Primrose Riordan / @primroseriordan: The q with the Disney Simpsons story is why❓ While Disney has ignored requests for comment, the Hong Kong government has said publicly that their new film censorship law doesn't apply to streaming services...preemptive censorship? https://www.ft.com/... @ThomasHHChan
David Matthews / New York Daily News: Disney+ removes ‘The Simpsons’ episode with Tiananmen Square, Mao jokes from Hong Kong
Jerry Christmas / @jerrydunleavy: “Disney+ users in Hong Kong noticed an episode of The Simpsons is conspicuously missing... It happens to be the one where Homer takes his family to China, where they visit Tiananmen Square & come across a placard: On this site, in 1989, nothing happened.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj: It isn't known if Disney removed the episode under pressure, or whether it decided itself to leave it out. “Whether it's self-censorship or whether it's direct censorship, it is based on the calculation of how significant the China market is.” @DanStrumpf https://www.wsj.com/...
Oliver Jia / @oliverjia1014: Never forget cowardly moves like this every time Disney claims to be a progressive company about diversity and human rights. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Disney+ debuted in Hong Kong two weeks ago. The service doesn't offer an episode of The Simpsons that mentions Tiananmen Square. “This is the first notable time an American streaming giant has censored content in Hong Kong.” @KariSoo1 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Rep. Ken Buck / @repkenbuck: American companies should not be bowing down to the CCP. https://dailycaller.com/...
Tom Grundy / @tomgrundy: Online video streaming service @Disneyplus appears to have censored an episode of The Simpsons in Hong Kong which includes jokes about censorship of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. https://hongkongfp.com/... My summary on BBC World Service just now. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj: The absence of an episode of “The Simpsons” from Disney's streaming service in Hong Kong is raising concerns about rising censorship in the Chinese territory. “On this site, in 1989, nothing happened.” @DanStrumpf @erichschwartzel https://www.wsj.com/...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: The Simpsons episode that references Tiananmen Square missing on Disney+ in Hong Kong
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: The Simpsons Episode Set in China's Tiananmen Square Missing from Disney+ Hong Kong Platform
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Disney+ scrubs ‘Simpsons’ episode in Hong Kong over Tiananmen Square joke
Jason Guerrasio / Insider: Disney+ in Hong Kong dropped an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ that featured a Tiananmen Square joke
Andi Ortiz / The Wrap: Disney+ Scrubs ‘The Simpsons’ Episode With Tiananmen Square Joke From Hong Kong Service
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Ex-Gimlet exec Chris Giliberti unveils Zestworld, a subscription newsletter service for comics that promises to help creators monetize their IP, coming in 2022 — Zestworld, which counts Alexis Ohanian as a supporter, will allow comic book writers and artists to present new work and reap the benefits.
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@anthony_delcol, @jonrog1, @philjimeneznyc, @zoescaman, @cgiliberti87, @cgiliberti87, ScreenRant, @georgegustines, @jpalmiotti and @cleoabram
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@anthony_delcol: Congrats to @CGiliberti87 on yesterday's announcement of his next venture, @zestworldcomics! I'm excited to find out more about what @alex_segura @jpalmiotti and the other creators are cooking with them. https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Rogers / @jonrog1: 2012 Waid & John: Okay, we have a subscription based service, a wildly generous creator ownership contract, and a custom built app. What are we forgetting? 2021 Me: OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. USE OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. 2012 W&J: I think we're good. Let's fire this up. 2021 Me: jesus... https://twitter.com/...
Phil Jimenez / @philjimeneznyc: I've been looking for a new home for #Otherworld for years & Chris has provided me with one! I can't wait to revive this project on Zestworld — taking the former Vertigo book & doing a “Battlestar Galactica” like-reimagining — & wow, am I excited for its possibilities! More soon! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Zoe Scaman / @zoescaman: I've mentioned Wattpad & Webtoon before as huge new engines of entertainment IP, with stories created by amateurs coming to our screens. But this space is getting hotter with the arrival of Zestworld, a comic book platform for creators to earn from fans. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Giliberti / @cgiliberti87: 1/ hi friends, been a minute! over the summer, i left spotify to start something new: @zestworldcomics. today, i'm excited to finally share what zw is: who we're for, why. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Giliberti / @cgiliberti87: 2/ put simply: we're a digital platform for comic book creators. a place they can share their creator-owned work directly with fans on email newsletter and build a sustainable business.
George Gene Gustines / @georgegustines: Please check out my news item about @zestworldcomics, a new platform for comics that wants to place creators first. The first group of talent includes @alex_segura @jpalmiotti @AmandaRantsAlot @Philjimeneznyc @PeterJTomasi & @EricCanete. Read it here: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Reuters:
Documents: China's Henan province commissions a 3,000-camera surveillance system to track journalists, international students, and other “suspicious people” — Security officials in one of China's largest provinces have commissioned a surveillance system they say they want to use …
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James Clayton / BBC: China surveillance of journalists to use ‘traffic-light’ system
@stand_with_hk: Security officials in one of China's largest provinces have commissioned a surveillance system they say they want to use to track journalists and international students among other “suspicious people” Suspicious people: activists, rights lawyers, citizens.https://www.reuters.com/ ...
RSF / @rsf_inter: According to leaked documents, Henan, one of #China's largest provinces, is implementing a surveillance system to track “suspicious people”, including journalists. @RSF_inter condemns this serious threat to journalists & their sources. https://www.reuters.com/...
Sheena Chestnut Greitens / @sheenagreitens: Some pretty interesting stuff in this piece on Henan province's procurement of a surveillance system focused on foreign journalists/students. Short thread: 1/n https://www.reuters.com/...
Will Henney / Reclaim The Net: Chinese province of Henan surveils journalists and students with new tech
David Rennie / @dsorennie: Quite the @Reuters scoop - public procurement docs from Henan province (pop.99m) on a new surveillance system allowing police to track and control foreign journalists. From personal experience, can testify that Henan was already pretty aggressive at obstructing foreign media https://twitter.com/...
Fabio Chiusi / @fabiochiusi: “Documents seen by BBC News describe a system that classifies journalists into a “traffic-light” system - green, amber and red. Journalists in the “red” category would be “dealt with accordingly”, they say” https://www.bbc.com/...
Alfons López Tena / @alfonslopeztena: China to enact surveillance system with face-scanning technology that detects journalists and other “people of concern”, classifies them into a “traffic-light” system - green, amber, red. Journalists in the “red” category would be “dealt with accordingly” https://www.bbc.com/...
@zeyiyang: “The system will be operated by at least 2,000 officials and policemen, and specifies that journalists will be divided into three categories: red, yellow, green, in decreasing order of risk, according to the tender.” https://twitter.com/...
Jorge Guajardo / @jorge_guajardo: “...the tender was unique in specifying journalists as surveillance targets and providing a blueprint for public security authorities to quickly locate them and obstruct their work.” https://www.reuters.com/...
Trevor McKendrick / @trevmckendrick: This article says they'll be using 3,000 cameras. The Truman Show had 5,000 https://www.reuters.com/...
Stewart Baker / Reason: International Tech Policy Week
William Nee / @williamnee: On the one hand, this gets at many of the techno-dystopian fears about the potential misuse of technology for authoritarian purposes one could imagine. On the other (less serious) hand, is this even needed? Try being a foreigner in Henan & see if you can walk around unnoticed! https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj: A tender document on Henan province's procurement website details plans for a system that compiles files on persons of interest like journalists and international students using 3,000 facial recognition cameras connected to national and regional databases. https://www.reuters.com/...
Pete Sweeney / @petesweeneypro: Henan hated the flood coverage. Local officials love using national security excuses to hide environmental/pollution/industrial mistakes from central govt. EXCLUSIVE Chinese province targets journalists, foreign students with new surveillance system https://www.reuters.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vox Media signs deal for WNYC to distribute Today, Explained on public radio and poaches NPR's Noel King as editorial director and co-host for the show — Vox Media has inked a deal with WNYC, a member station of NPR, to distribute its flagship podcast “Today, Explained” to public radio stations across the country beginning next year.
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Vox, @stevemullis, @lourdesgnavarro, @swatigauri, @voxmedia, @jmsummers, @noelking, Current, @rameswaram, @noelking and @elaheizadi
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Steve Mullis / @stevemullis: I'll have more to say later but this is a huge loss for NPR and Morning Edition. I've worked a lot with Noel and she is a fantastic journalist and colleague and just an all around gem. I will miss her but look forward to hearing her voice at Vox. https://twitter.com/...
Lulu / @lourdesgnavarro: A huge congratulations to @NoelKing — a loss for @NPR where she has done great things at @MorningEdition and @planetmoney but she will continue to shine at @voxdotcom who has nabbed someone excellent. https://www.vox.com/...
Swati G. Sharma / @swatigauri: Just the best day: @NoelKing + @rameswaram will make @today_explained even more essential, even more unstoppable. https://www.vox.com/...
@voxmedia: We're excited to announce that @NoelKing will join Today, Explained, @voxdotcom's flagship daily podcast, as co-host and editorial director. https://www.vox.com/...
Juana Summers / @jmsummers: This is devastating news for us at NPR, but I am so excited to see and hear what @NoelKing does over at Vox. Noel's journalism inspires, and she's been just a phenomenal mentor. https://twitter.com/...
Noel King / @noelking: More on my next steps | Noel King Joins Vox's Today, Explained as Co-Host and Editorial Director https://www.vox.com/... via @voxdotcom
Tyler Falk / Current: Noel King leaves NPR for Vox Media
Sean / @rameswaram: What's better than one host? Two. Thrilled to welcome @NoelKing to the show. I am now the Queen of Today, Explained. https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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