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New York Times:
CNN says it has fired Chris Cuomo after “additional information has come to light” about the help he gave his brother Andrew Cuomo — The network said it had “terminated him, effective immediately,” a move that came days after a lawyer for a former colleague accused the host of sexual misconduct.
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Chris Cuomo Departs SiriusXM Show After His Dismissal From CNN
Marc E. Elias / @marceelias: This is an opportunity for CNN to replace this show with a full hour, every night, examining the challenges of democracy. Not the news of the day, but the news of the day as it relates to voting rights, free and fair elections, and democracy. https://twitter.com/...
CNN: What now? — The 7pm Eastern hour on Fox News has been home to rotating hosts for nearly an entire year.
Brian Flood / Fox News: Don Lemon accuser says CNN is ‘predator protecting machine,’ happy to see ‘some accountability’ with Cuomo
Rudy Takala / Mediaite: Smerconish On Hosting Chris Cuomo's Former Hour on CNN Tonight: ‘I Take No Pleasure In It’
American Press Institute: Need to Know: December 6, 2021 — Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism
Bad Fox Graphics / @badfoxgraphics: You gonna report on @laralogan, Howie, or nah? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Regarding the producers and staffers of “Cuomo Prime Time:” They will remain in place, working on CNN's 9pm ET hour https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: CNN is taking the gloves off with Chris Cuomo, openly saying the network's star anchor misled managers in a statement: https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: The Chris Cuomo Drama Isn't Over
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Chris Cuomo fired by CNN after aiding governor brother and other ‘new allegations’
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: After Chris Cuomo's team claimed on Sunday that Jeff Zucker knew the extent of the host's involvement in helping his brother, the network president pushed back. “He gave me his word that there was no involvement beyond” advice and support, Zucker said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: NEW: CNN was informed this week of an allegation of sexual misconduct against Chris Cuomo made by a former junior colleague at another network. Story w @jodikantor @koblin: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Steve Salerno / Steve Self-Cancels: Pot, meet Kettle, 2
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: CNN fires Chris Cuomo after law firm probes involvement in brother's harassment scandal
Jodi Kantor / @jodikantor: Late last night we reported: Chris Cuomo was fired 3 days after CNN heard an accusation of sexual misconduct from a former jr colleague at another network. *Both* Cuomo brothers were unseated in the wake of #metoo allegations from younger coworkers. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Family first, job second” initially misled CNN leadership in deciding what to do about Chris Cumo. “Family first, public second” was a better description of the choice he had actually made.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian: Chris Cuomo fired by CNN for helping brother Andrew fight sexual misconduct charges
Senator Rand Paul / @randpaul: Long overdue, and a small step toward CNN regaining any kind of credibility... https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Chris Cuomo has retained PR vet Ronn Torossian, who is close with Mayor-elect Eric Adams. https://twitter.com/...
John Koblin / @koblin: JUST IN: Spokesman for Chris Cuomo responds to the allegation tonite: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Sexual misconduct claim against Chris Cuomo was the last straw for CNN
Caroline Downey / National Review: Chris Cuomo Accused of Sexual Harassment by Former Colleague ahead of Firing
@poynter: “If Chris wanted to help his brother, he should've taken a leave from the network and been totally transparent about why. But he could not serve both his employer and his brother. When you're a journalist, you have an obligation to the viewer.” https://www.poynter.org/...
Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News: Chris Cuomo denies allegation of sexual misconduct after being fired from CNN
Bob Cronin / Newser: Accusation Surfaced Before Cuomo's Firing
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: Why did it take CNN so long to fire Chris Cuomo?
David Folkenflik / NPR: Chris Cuomo, newly fired from CNN, faces an allegation of sexual misconduct
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: The @nytimes reported last night that @CNN on Wednesday received an allegation of sexual misconduct against Chris Cuomo—who was already suspended for assisting Andrew Cuomo's political pushback operation earlier this year. https://www.nytimes.com/... 1/
Juliette Kayyem / @juliettekayyem: I'm really glad to hear this. So many young, talented staffers who were hit by the news and did nothing wrong. https://twitter.com/...
@sorayamcdonald: Y'all know good and well Zucker's not gonna do this. He was perfectly fine sticking with Cuomo until it became untenable—to hell with basic journalism ethics. He doesn't care about democracy. He doesn't care about journalism. He cares about ratings. https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: CNN says it is now firing Cuomo because “additional information has come to light.” What additional information? CNN does not say. Seems like now is the time for transparency. https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Chris Cuomo spox responds: “These apparently anonymous allegations are not true...If the goal in making these false and unvetted accusations was to see Mr. Cuomo punished by CNN, that may explain his unwarranted termination.” https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Battaglio / @stevebattaglio: The emergence of a sexual misconduct complaint by a former ABC News colleague - rumored for months - may have been the final straw for a Cuomo-weary CNN. https://www.latimes.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: OF COURSE, @JodiKantor broke this story. And if Jodi broke it, then you know it's airtight. https://twitter.com/...
Jodi Kantor / @jodikantor: NEW: Chris Cuomo was fired three days after the network received a new accusation of sexual misconduct from a former junior colleague. This means that both Cuomo brothers have lost their positions in the wake of #metoo accusations. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Cuomo's firing from CNN came amid allegation of sexual misconduct: report
Ben Smith / @benyt: Chris Cuomo is out https://twitter.com/...
@shoq: .@marceelias Sadly, given that John Malone will soon be driving the bus, I'd put the chances of that at just about zero. https://www.mediaite.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Scott Jones / FTVLive: Chris Cuomo Accused of Harassment
Glenn Beck / @glennbeck: Wow, what could be worse than when he broke quarantine while ‘in his basement’, used his power to find dirt on women; slapped the ass of a producer &lied to his audience. Did he put a horse head in Brian Stelters bed? Or did that horse just think Brian's head was a huge Apple? https://twitter.com/...
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo Days After Suspension
Jodi Kantor / @jodikantor: Cuomo had already been suspended. “Based on the report we received regarding Chris's conduct with his brother's defense, we had cause to terminate,” CNN said. “When new allegations came to us this week, we took them seriously, and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action.”
Jodi Kantor / @jodikantor: Debra Katz, the alleged victim's attorney, said her client “came forward because she was disgusted by Chris Cuomo's on-air statements in response to the allegations made against his brother, Governor Andrew Cuomo.”
Jodi Kantor / @jodikantor: The lawyer cited a March 1 broadcast in which Chris Cuomo said, “I have always cared very deeply about these issues, and profoundly so. I just wanted to tell you that.”
Jodi Kantor / @jodikantor: No comment from Cuomo yet. More detail from @grynbaum @koblin and me https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: @jodikantor @koblin CNN statement: “Based on the report we received regarding Chris's conduct with his brother's defense, we had cause to terminate. When new allegations came to us this week, we took them seriously, and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action.”
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: @jodikantor @koblin Debra Katz, a lawyer for Chris Cuomo's former colleague, told the NYT that the allegation was “unrelated to the Gov. Andrew Cuomo matter.”
Michele McLellan / @michelemclellan: Chris Cuomo fired by CNN for crossing way over an ethical line -acting as a political operative and then trying to cover it up. There, fixed that summary. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: >@ErikWemple on CNN firing Chris Cuomo: “He joined a political pushback effort run by Cuomo's aides, and that's a major crossing of the line for a journalist into political advocacy.” My interview with Wemple from this evening's All Things Considered: https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
David Rothschild / @davmicrot: .@FoxNews “media critic” may want to sit this one out. https://twitter.com/...
Janice Dean / @janicedean: You should've started with an apology to the women you tried to smear. https://twitter.com/...
Isaac Chotiner / @ichotiner: I've been puzzling over this paragraph in the NYT write-up of Cuomo's firing. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bad Fox Graphics / @badfoxgraphics: 2/ This never happens on @FoxNews. Never. https://twitter.com/...
Meg James / @megjameslat: Michael Smerconish will fill Chris Cuomo's primetime hour on CNN next week. Network has no immediate plans for a permanent replacement following its decision Saturday to fire Cuomo for an apparent ethics breach. @SteveBattaglio https://www.latimes.com/...
Nathaniel Rakich / @baseballot: The year is 2026. Andrew Cuomo has a cable-news show, and Chris Cuomo is running for #NYgov. https://twitter.com/...
Rany Jazayerli / @jazayerli: About freaking time. I'd be thrilled if we never hear the name of either Cuomo brother ever again, but I doubt we will be so lucky. https://twitter.com/...
Richard M. Nixon / @dick_nixon: Imagine this is a police chief who got caught trying to make his brother's drunk driving charges go away. He might wish to work as police again, and therefore apologize. Even if he didn't mean it. https://twitter.com/...
Ron T. Kim / @rontkim: You enabled and empowered your brother to lie about deadly policies that killed thousands of older adults. That is not brotherly love and family loyalty. That is just one criminal helping another criminal. https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Here's our latest cut on Chris Cuomo's firing, the timing of which caught many CNNers off-guard. https://www.nytimes.com/... via me & @koblin
@maddoxrules: I think CNN is garbage and has been for years, but I'll take them 24/7 over 99% of alternate news outfits because of this one thing: they fire journalists. Cuomo did some shady shit and he's gone. Some semblance of accountability still exists within “mainstream news.” https://twitter.com/...
Jordan / @jordanchariton: Chris Cuomo should have been fired by @cnn when he started palling around with his Governor brother on national TV while his brother was actively killing thousands of seniors and then covering it up https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Marc's is also my reaction to the news that Chris Cuomo was fired today. https://twitter.com/...
Brent Bozell / @brentbozell: CNN should've fired Chris Cuomo months ago! Their handling of this scandal was appalling.
Jonathan H. Adler / @jadler1969: Note the lack of an apology to his colleagues, the network, his viewers, or anyone else. https://twitter.com/...
Sophia A. Nelson / @iamsophianelson: Now do Jeffrey Toobin and give Laura Coates her own show! CNN needs a black woman in prime-time—it is long over due—LONG!!! #JeffreyToobin https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: New: The law firm hired to investigate Chris Cuomo found gaps between his conversations with CNN employees and records from the A.G.'s office. Jeff Zucker fired Chris on a phone call earlier today https://www.wsj.com/...
Angus Johnston / @studentactivism: One odd thing about the CNN statement on Chris Cuomo's firing—they don't actually say that the “new information” they're going to continue to investigate is directly related to the scandal involving his brother.
Angus Johnston / @studentactivism: CNN, in brief: “We looked into Chris Cuomo's actions, and what he did was bad enough that we fired him while we were still in the middle of investigating. The investigation continues.” https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Yang / @originalspin: Right thing to do, but worth noting Sean Hannity is still at Fox despite stumping for/advising Trump and getting tangled up in his scandals as the only other client of jailed consigliere Michael Cohen. What other channel would accept this much overlap with a key news subject? https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: A lot of tenses how now been changed in my piece from this morning demanding that Chris Cuomo be fired immediately. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Chris Cuomo is the highest rated show on CNN but given the numbers that's akin to being the best player on the Jets.
Maya Contreras / @mayatcontreras: Plenty of talent at @CNN to choose from for a nightly primetime gig. https://twitter.com/...
Joseph A. Wulfsohn / @josephwulfsohn: CNN's Brian Stelter on Chris Cuomo firing: He caused ‘so many headaches’ for CNN, staffers were ‘very unhappy’ https://www.foxnews.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: As it happens, I interviewed WashPost's @ErikWemple about CNN's moves to fire Chris Cuomo - and what it means for the network. Wemple has pursued this question doggedly. Will tweet out a link once posted.
Ken Klippenstein / @kenklippenstein: Imagine getting fired after defending a predator politician and instead of an apology just bragging about ratings. Psycho shit https://twitter.com/...
@cernovich: At least your brother is alive - unlike all those people he killed in nursing homes. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze: “I helped smear sexual harassment victims but at least I had good ratings” https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: I guess, in the end, it was *exactly* what it looked like six months ago https://twitter.com/...
Matt Hardy / @matthardybrand: I commend @CNN for this. The blatant abuse of his position & power was extremely hypocritical & unethical. https://twitter.com/...
Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora: This would, indeed, be the news we need. It would be a public service for @CNN to put front & center news coverage about critical elements of our lives often overlooked — voting, speech, equity, civil rights. https://twitter.com/...
@shoq: Yep. And which @johnAvlon has already been laying groundwork for, and he's already on the payroll. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: One of the points I made on @CNN TV tonight: This may have been a case of death-by-a-thousand-cuts. Chris Cuomo was continually causing headaches for management. And the headaches were likely to continue. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Interestingly, the New York Times reported on Wednesday that “CNN has no immediate plans to retain an outside law firm or forensic investigators for the review.” That must have changed.
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Imagine if fox did stuff like this. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: A reported show, not talking heads. Crews reporting from state houses and door-to-door organizing campaigns — and following the money. https://twitter.com/...
Jasmine Styles / @jasminestylestv: Definitely the right move when it comes to journalism integrity. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Wackrow / @jdwackrow: This may be difficult for some to accept but it the right decision. @cnn's credibility is paramount and supersedes any other considerations. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff: Chris is leaving to spend more time lying about his family. https://twitter.com/...
A Newsman / @a_newsman: You don't get credit for doing what you're supposed to do. Everyone will remember how CNN handled this from the beginning and it will never recover. Mark my words. https://twitter.com/...
Elise Stefanik / @elisestefanik: Better late than never @CNN This is the correct decision. https://twitter.com/...
@adriennelaw: TRANSLATION: We terminated Chris Cuomo for cause after finding out about more misconduct in which he's engaged that you'll likely find out about soon. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Loesch / @chrisloesch: “Additional Information” that I'm sure is damaging to @CNN or they wouldn't have fired him and made this statement. I'd bet more people will be fired. https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: @CNN But the celerity with which @cnn reached this firing decision reaffirms what we've known for some time: That the company failed to properly investigate months ago, when there were signs that something investigatable was amiss: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... 4/
Jeremy Smith / @mrbeaks: Should've been fired immediately. But it was illuminating to see awful media types like @ClydeHaberman and @mattyglesias suggesting they'd violate their journalistic integrity if a family member became enmeshed in scandal. https://twitter.com/...
Lucia Moses / @lmoses: Chris Cuomo's firing leaves a big hole: here's 7 people who people think could fill it, via @claireatki https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: @CNN In earlier statements, @CNN referred to a “review” and “evaluation.” Meanwhile they signed a law firm to look into the matter. Law firms conduct “investigations,” and, indeed, today's statement says that CNN will continue to “investigate as appropriate.” 2/
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: It's great that CNN finally did the right thing. It shouldn't have taken an investigation by the Attorney General of New York to force the network to do so. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Shachtman / @noahshachtman: “Chris Cuomo, while working as one of CNN's top anchors, was also effectively working as an unpaid aide to the governor.” https://twitter.com/...
Tim Heidecker / @timheidecker: “Let's get after it” is mine now. https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: This is a stunning thing for @CNN to announce at 5:09 pm on a Saturday afternoon. 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: April 5, 2020 https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: “additional information has come to light” -The Dude https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Jeff Zucker memo to employees: “Today, I let Chris Cuomo know that we are ending his employment at CNN. It goes without saying that these decisions are not easy, and there are a lot of complex factors involved. But as always it was important to me to be upfront with each of you.”
Ben Smith / @benyt: .@grynbaum story includes something Zucker told me in 2020: “You get trust from authenticity and relatability and vulnerability....That's what the brothers Cuomo are giving us right now. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Bulletin: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.” Here is my initial story for @CNNbusiness https://www.cnn.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Breaking now: CHRIS CUOMO has been fired by CNN https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Al-Arshani / Insider: Spokesman for Chris Cuomo denies sexual misconduct allegation
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo
Alyssa Morin / E! Online: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo Over Involvement With Brother Andrew Cuomo's Sexual Misconduct Scandal
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: CNN's Brian Stelter on Chris Cuomo firing: He caused ‘so many headaches’ for CNN, staffers were ‘very unhappy’
Sara Fischer / Axios: CNN fires Chris Cuomo
Tom Jones / Poynter: CNN fires Chris Cuomo
Deadline: Chris Cuomo's Firing Came After Sexual Misconduct Claim; Anchor's Spokesperson Denies Allegations And Calls Termination “Unwarranted” — Update
Dave Nemetz / TVLine: Chris Cuomo Fired at CNN, Effective Immediately: ‘This Is Not How I Want My Time to End’ — Read Statements
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: CNN Fires Chris Cuomo ‘Effective Immediately’
Cassie Gill / Hollywood Life: Chris Cuomo Fired From ‘CNN’ After Investigation Over Help He Provided Brother Andrew
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CNN's Chris Cuomo U-turn came after NY AG records, a law firm report, and a separate sexual misconduct allegation against him from an ex-ABC colleague — Network boss fired the star anchor on Saturday, leaving a hole in the channel's prime-time lineup
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Washington Post, New York Post, @asharma, @benmullin, CNN, @wsj, @ewerickson, @yuhline, Associated Press, @pkafka, @jbflint, @benmullin, Mediaite, The Wrap and Fox News
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Amol Sharma / @asharma: Chris Cuomo says there were “no secrets” between him and CNN boss Jeff Zucker over his support for his brother. CNN says that characterization is false. How their breakup played out, with fresh stuff from @BenMullin @JBFlint https://www.wsj.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: A spokesman for Chris Cuomo told me there were “no secrets” at the network about his support of his brother. CNN vehemently disagrees. https://www.wsj.com/... Inside the breakup between the network and its star anchor, w/@JBFlint https://twitter.com/...
@wsj: CNN President Jeff Zucker, who fired Chris Cuomo, felt misled by the anchor about his role in helping brother Andrew Cuomo navigate a sexual-harassment scandal, people familiar with the situation said https://www.wsj.com/...
Erick Erickson / @ewerickson: Last week, I told y'all Chris Cuomo wouldn't survive this because Zucker couldn't get away with the Lauer stuff and this. Boy was I excoriated by some of you for suggesting it. But there ya go. https://www.wsj.com/...
Yuh-Line Niou / @yuhline: CNN saying Chris Cuomo continues to lie. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Against overwhelming evidence to the contrary, TV news execs still treat anchors like star athletes who can make or break a team, so they need to be fawned over/protected. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: And again ABC forgets to mention the network where these incidents allegedly took place. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Jeff Zucker felt Chris Cuomo misled him last week after the New York Attorney General's report was released. https://www.wsj.com/... It was a huge wound for Zucker, who had stood by Cuomo and handpicked him for the network's coveted prime time slot.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Chris Cuomo says he is also leaving SiriusXM, where he hosted a regular weekday radio program, to “focus on what comes next” — Chris Cuomo, terminated from a prominent CNN anchor job over the weekend, is giving up another perch. — Cuomo is also leaving SiriusXM …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Cuomo absent from SiriusXM radio show following firing from CNN
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed shares fall after rising by as much as 45% in its Nasdaq debut, after raising less than expected from its SPAC — - Company is in talks to make Michael Del Nin its new president — Sector needs ‘strong public company,’ co-founder Peretti says
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@benmullin, CNN, BuzzFeed, YouTube, CNBC, New York Times, @silviakillings, @kerrymflynn, @tomgara, @rmac18, @sherman4949, @gerryfsmith, @alex and @sherman4949
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin: BuzzFeed Chief Executive @peretti tells @pkafka he wants to be a “heat-seeking missile” when it comes to M&A: https://podcasts.apple.com/...
Kerry Flynn / CNN: OMG! LOL! BuzzFeed's trading on the Nasdaq
Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed: Do NOT Rely On This Quiz To Tell You If You Should You Buy BuzzFeed Stock
Lauren Hirsch / New York Times: BuzzFeed's first day as a public company is a test for other digital media groups.
Silvia Killingsworth / @silviakillings: up 31%! https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: “The big thing digital media needs for consolidation is a strong public company and we wanted to be the first.” - @peretti $BZFD https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Buzzfeed is now lower on the day after spiking more than 35%. Shares down 7% and falling.
Gerry Smith / @gerryfsmith: New: BuzzFeed is in talks to name Michael Del Nin as its new president. Also, my interview with @peretti on last week's walkout, going public today and other possible acquisitions. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
A look at BuzzFeed's rocky transformation into a public company, as Bustle CEO says its fate will determine the fortunes of many digital media companies — “The fate of BuzzFeed is going to determine the fortunes of a lot of other companies.” — The transformation from startup to public company is supposed to be a very big deal.
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: Tapper Takes on China. Cuomo OUT at CNN. Crumbleys Caught. | Winners & Losers in Today's Green Room
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti says he's still ok running a news operation that loses money. But less so. “I'm still comfortable with it. To a point. But it's not the same point it was in the past.” https://twitter.com/...
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker: How Much Money Do You Have: Ben Smith
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: “Rightly or wrongly, fair or not fair, all digital media companies will be significantly tethered to BuzzFeed,” says BDG CEO Bryan Goldberg, who would like to go public as well. “The fate of BuzzFeed is going to determine the fortunes of a lot of other companies.” https://twitter.com/...
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post's editorial page editor since 2000, dies at 66 — Fred Hiatt, a onetime foreign correspondent who in 2000 became The Washington Post's editorial page editor and greatly expanded the global reach of the newspaper's opinion writers in the era of 9/11 …
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The Hill, @farhip, @abbydphillip, @jeffbezos, @geneweingarten, @hughhewitt, @jamilsmith, @anneapplebaum, @mercan_resifi, @kasparov63, @postopinions, @froomkin, @nytdavidbrooks, @westwingreport, @bgrueskin, @zainab_mudallal, @mateagold, @owillis, @tomsherwood, @susanchira, @oliverdarcy, @sullydish, @johndelaney, @milbank, @ddiamond, @philiprucker, @amyegardner, @jameskmcauley and @byheatherlong
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Washington Post opinion section chief Fred Hiatt dies at 66
Paul Farhi / @farhip: Sad to report the death this morning of Fred Hiatt, the editor of the @washingtonpost's editorial page and a wonderful colleague. Note to staff just sent by publisher Fred Ryan: https://twitter.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: This is so awful. I just saw Fred a few weeks ago. He has always been so kind and supportive of me even though we didn't work directly with each other and even after I left the Post. Such a loss and a shock to us all. My prayers are with his family. May he rest in peace. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Bezos / @jeffbezos: Today the Washington Post and the world lost an exceptional journalist and remarkable man: long-time Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt. I will miss his thoughtfulness, professionalism, and warm friendship. Our thoughts are with his beloved family at this difficult time. https://twitter.com/...
Gene Weingarten / @geneweingarten: This guy was a great editor and a greater boss. It's rare to be in a position of power and be both unreservedly liked AND unreservedly respected. For you Jews out there, he was the embodiment of a mensch. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Hugh Hewitt / @hughhewitt: RIP Fred. A gentleman's gentleman. Principled, fair, funny and a joy to work with. This is incredibly sad news for his family and the paper, and a loss for the country and everyone who believes in robust, civilized debate. https://twitter.com/...
@jamilsmith: Few things are as essential to a writer as a great editor. I never got to meet Fred Hiatt, but I was fortunate to write a few times for his page and his colleagues universally sang his praises. Condolences and comfort to all those who knew and loved him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: A person of immense integrity and professionalism. An optimist. Also, a very kind man and an excellent boss. A terrible loss on this sad, sad day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Hatice Cengiz / @mercan_resifi: My deepest heartfelt condolences on the loss of one of the kindest and understanding souls I've seen. May his soul Rest in Peace. https://twitter.com/...
Garry Kasparov / @kasparov63: Very sorry to hear it. In our limited interactions, Hiatt was never less than honest and brave. He cared about making a difference. About few can such be said. https://twitter.com/...
@postopinions: We are heartbroken to report our very own Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor of The Washington Post, died this morning. He was 66. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Kudos to WaPo obituary for Fred Hiatt. While understandably admiring, it also doesn't flinch from recognizing Hiatt's role in pushing for Iraq war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Brooks / @nytdavidbrooks: Fred was a man of incredible integrity, gentleness and wisdom. He handled the tumult of the last few years with courage and grace. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@westwingreport: Saddened to hear of the death of Fred Hiatt. Knew him in Moscow in the early-to-mid 1990s; we would often cross paths at some Kremlin event or in some frigid corner of Siberia. Total professional, deeply talented and a nice guy to boot. RIP https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: When Fred Hiatt took over the Washpost edit page in 2000, “he inherited a staff of about a dozen people.” By 2021, “the editorial department's staff — all hired and supervised by Mr. Hiatt — had grown to more than 80 people.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@zainab_mudallal: I remember being so nervous in my job interview with Fred Hiatt. But everyone told me that I had nothing to worry about. Most of the interview ended up being a conversation about our families, interests and music taste. This is devastating. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matea Gold / @mateagold: A heartbreaking loss for The Post and our readers https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Oliver Willis / @owillis: well that's certainly one extremely gentle way to assess the legacy of one of the people who helped get us into the iraq war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Sherwood / @tomsherwood: #News - Fred Hiatt, Washington Post editorial page editor, dies at 66. — Very sad news for anyone who knew or worked with him. Condolences to both his personal and his vast journalism family. @politicshour https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Susan Chira / @susanchira: Devastated at this loss. Fred was one of the gentlest, sweetest, smartest people I know. A great colleague back in our foreign correspondent days. A devoted husband and father. ♥️ to his family and friends. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “For two decades, he either wrote or edited nearly every unsigned editorial published by The Post — more than 1,000 a year — and edited the opinion columns published on the paper's op-ed page and website.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: “There is a little Mussolini in every editorial writer. Pompous, meddlesome, pretentious, a figure of fun to everyone but himself ... issuing grandiose orders that have no effect ... to which an ungrateful nation will reply, ‘Oh, knock it off.’ ” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Delaney / @johndelaney: Utterly devastated by the loss of my friend Fred Hiatt. An extraordinary journalist who created the best editorial page in the world. He was a wonderful, warm, generous and decent man who was always very kind to me. He and his family are in our prayers https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dana Milbank / @milbank: We at @PostOpinions and @washingtonpost are reeling. Fred Hiatt, our beloved friend, mentor, conscience and leader, is gone. There never has lived a more decent man.
Dan Diamond / @ddiamond: “Why bring a bonesaw to a kidnapping?” RIP to Fred Hiatt, who demanded justice for Jamal Khashoggi — and for human rights around the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Philip Rucker / @philiprucker: Fred Hiatt was a giant at the Post and indeed across journalism. He also was a kind and compassionate man, and a devoted husband and father. Today is a sad day. R.I.P. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amy Gardner / @amyegardner: A horribly sad day for The Washington Post family. Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt has died. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
James McAuley / @jameskmcauley: Absolutely heartbroken. Fred Hiatt was the best boss I ever had at @washingtonpost. The kind of person you dream of working for — a leader, a brilliant editor, and just an exceptionally nice guy. May his memory be a blessing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Heather Long / @byheatherlong: Incredibly sad day for The Washington Post and many across the country. Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor since 2000, died this morning at age 66. He ensured voices across the political spectrum had a place at WaPo, and he mentored so many, including me https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / New York Times:
A document from TikTok's engineering team in Beijing details the app's addictive algorithm, which pursues DAUs by optimizing for “retention” and “time spent” — It's the most successful video app in the world. Our columnist has obtained an internal company document …
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Katie Canales / Insider: TikTok keeps the videos on your home page diverse because it doesn't want you to ‘get bored and close the app,’ a new report says
Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: Leaked TikTok Doc Reveals Its Obvious Secret to an Addictive Feed
Will Oremus / @willoremus: my boring unsolicited opinion on the @benyt tiktok piece is that the text itself is mostly pretty solid and measured but it's also one of those pieces that might be improved if you took all the “to be sure” caveats and made them the primary framing instead https://www.nytimes.com/...
Washington Post TikTok Guy / @davejorgenson: .@benyt is very good as always https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Carpenter / @amandacarpenter: How TikTok turns people into social media addicts. “Each video a kid watches, TikTok gains a piece of information on him. In a few hours, the algorithm can detect his musical tastes, his physical attraction, if he's depressed, if he might be into drugs...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mike Sacks / @mikesacksesq: Come for the scooped doc, stay for the @SammSacks kicker quote! https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Christmas / @jerrydunleavy: “The doc lifts the curtain on the company's seamless connection to its Chinese parent company, ByteDance... The doc makes clear that TikTok has done nothing to sever its ties with its Chinese parent.” I mean ya— the new TikTok CEO this year was also ByteDance's CFO til last month. https://twitter.com/...
Lord Bethell / @jimbethell: Chilling to read. Clearly this AI is hugely effective. Imagine what we could achieve if more of the great minds of the worlds' AI labs could be more focused on solving challenges of climate, equality, longevity, etc, rather than manipulating minds with this unsatisfying rubbish? https://twitter.com/...
Rebeccah Heinrichs / @rlheinrichs: “One thing that reporting this column has reminded me: The menace that TikTok poses to American national security appears to be entirely hypothetical, and depends on your analysis of both the U.S.-China relationship and the future of technology and culture.” https://twitter.com/...
@baldingsworld: I'm the resident crank. The one people label as “extreme” but how much of this stuff have I literally told you about what was coming. There is so much dangerous stuff going on here and so many people want you to believe it's racist or some other ism to go against this stuff https://twitter.com/...
Samuel Scott / @samueljscott: “The algorithm tries to get people addicted rather than giving them what they really want.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@zeyiyang: this is basically how an American boomer decribes TikTok to other American boomers. 33% not understanding how algorithms work + 33% “It's made in China!!!” + 33% worrying about data security only when it's not done by U.S. companies or government. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kevin Munger / @kmmunger: In shocking news, internal TikTok document reports that their algorithm is designed to optimize for two things, one of which is “exploitation"/s Actual equation: “Plike X Vlike + Pcomment X Vcomment + Eplaytime X Vplaytime + Pplay X Vplay” ....duh! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Christopher Mims / @mims: “In a few hours, [Tiktok's] algorithm can detect his musical tastes, his physical attraction, if he's depressed, if he might be into drugs... It could potentially be used to micro-target him or make him more addicted to the platform.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Christopher Mims / @mims: “This system means that watch time is key. The algorithm tries to get people addicted rather than giving them what they really want,” says founder of Algo Transparency, on revelations about TikTok's algorithm. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: I obtained an internal TikTok document explaining their algorithm; here's what I learned https://www.nytimes.com/...
Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis: This is a real masterclass in how not to do TikTok reporting! After going over a ByteDance employee's mundane resume implying that it's somehow sinister to work at Facebook and then move back to China, it concludes that fearmongering is actually bad https://www.nytimes.com/...
Graham Webster / @gwbstr: Leaked document reveals TikTok is designed to maximize the value its owner gets from users. Familiar tools and goals, well implemented. What's wacky is these addicting practices read as increasingly illegal in China, while legal from DC's view and envied by some Valley types https://twitter.com/...
Chris Fenton / @thedragonfeeder: “...lead young viewers down dangerous rabbit holes, in particular toward content that promotes suicide or self-harm,” @benyt Kinetic war not needed by #CCP 2 damage #USA... Why haven't we banned #China's #TikTok yet??? How TikTok Reads Your Mind https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alistair Gray / Financial Times:
GroupM: global ad revenue will reach $763B in 2021, up 18.7% from 2019; Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon control 80-90% of the digital ad market outside of China — Alphabet, Meta and Amazon have doubled their share of ad revenues in past 5 years, industry estimates
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Ethan Jakob Craft / Ad Age: Ad industry forecasts predict unprecedented growth in 2022
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost: Google, Meta To Dominate As Digital Ad Growth Continues
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: Advertising Market Keeps Growing Much Faster Than Expected, Forecasters Say
Meg Graham / @megancgraham: The ad market keeps expanding much more quickly than forecasters earlier predicted — global ad spend will grow 22.5% to $763.2B this year, according to GroupM. That's up from its June prediction of 19.2% (and way up from 12% growth prediction a year ago) https://www.wsj.com/...
Ivan Maljkovic / @ivan_brussels: “The global ad industry overall - excluding US political advertising - was set to generate $763bn in revenues in 2021, a sharp year-on-year increase and also up 18.7 per cent from 2019.” https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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Ian Brown / @1br0wn: Amazon, Meta and Alphabet “control more than half the global advertising market outside China”, which is “expected to surge another 30.5% globally this year to $491bn, dwarfing other categories” 😵 https://www.ft.com/...
Michael Bürgi / Digiday: ‘Catalyst for growth’: GroupM's Brian Wieser bumps up his 2021 and 2022 global and U.S. ad forecasts
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: Zenith says retail media, a category that basically didn't exist a few years ago, will grow 47% to $77 billion globally this year https://twitter.com/...
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter: Global Ad Growth Forecast for 2021, 2022 Boosted, But TV Recovery to Take Until 2023: GroupM
John McCarthy / The Drum: GroupM ad revenue 2022 report: ‘surprising growth’ and ‘probably’ no pandemic impact
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney scraps the FX on Hulu branding two years after it launched, to make FX branding consistent worldwide across its DTC and linear TV services — Disney has decided kill off the “FX on Hulu” name less than two years after it launched — a piece of brand-management microsurgery many people probably won't even notice.
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Steve Anderson / The Streamable: ‘FX on Hulu’ Shuttered, but FX is Still on Hulu
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Hulu to Drop ‘FX on Hulu’ Branding for FX-Produced Originals
Raymond McCain / Cord Cutters News: Disney is Reportedly Phasing Out ‘FX on Hulu’ Name, 2 Years After Introducing It
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: The “FX on Hulu” branding was always slightly weird to me even though I understood what it meant: “This is FX-caliber programming that is exclusive to Hulu.” But FX is probably too niche for that to matter to a service seeking tens of millions of subs. https://variety.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Disney is killing off the “FX on Hulu” branding https://variety.com/...
Ryan Schwartz / TVLine: ‘FX on Hulu’ Moniker Dropped in Favor of Unified FX Branding on All Platforms
Abby Monteil / Decider: Disney Drops ‘FX On Hulu’ Branding
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline: FX Unifies Branding Across All Platforms, Drops ‘FX On Hulu’ Moniker As It Ramps Up Output & Goes Global
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter: FX Rebrands Hulu Tab Amid Global Expansion
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Interview with Anna Wintour and Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch as they transform its biggest publications into global brands while streamlining content sharing — Anna Wintour is the embodiment of the glory days of the magazine dynasty. Now she is pitching its global, digital future.
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Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: “Unless we want to look like a museum, we had to change and change pretty radically.” At Condé Nast, execs are trying to shrug off the past to survive in the future. I spoke to Anna Wintour and CEO Roger Lynch about their plans: https://www.nytimes.com/...
MJ Franklin / @heyitsfranklin2: This @katie_robertson piece is an interesting look at what execs think of Condé Nast's future, but also I just keep thinking, “Katie talked to Anna! Katie talked to Anna!” https://twitter.com/...
Lucia Moses / @lmoses: Anna Wintour is more in control than ever at Conde - which is a head scratcher, when you think about it https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Magazines had a helluva heyday—a century as arbiter of culture—but it's over. In the late 1800s, with cheap print, they unseated the old arbiters in books, papers, pulpits. Now they made the mistake of not making way for new insurgents, new community. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: Whither Conde? Anna W. has some thoughts to share w @katie_robertson https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julia Bainbridge / @juliabainbridge: Me. I would absolutely not want that job. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sean Gallagher / @thepacketrat: I have to wonder if Condé will ever really “get” digital, given how they've treated Ars Technica and Wired and Pitchfork and...yes, Reddit. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono: Can Condé Nast take real steps to address both a culture that many employees described as a difficult place for people of color to succeed and content that has in the past elevated a Eurocentric standard of beauty? https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dmitry Shishkin / @dmitryshishkin: Precisely. Exactly how we did it with 41 different language newsrooms for @bbcworldservice. Creative scale in action. 👇 https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: Can an institution that thrived on paying great attention to the superficial make a deeper-than-surface-level change? Anna Wintour is set on doing just that with Condé Nast. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Some great details here: Condé Nast is on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue this year; Newhouse says no plans to sell; >50% of revenue is ads, about 25% consumer https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Condé Nast's Roger Lynch said the company, after years of losses, would break even this year and is on track to be profitable by 2023. The cost-cutting, however, has seen a number of top editors depart https://www.nytimes.com/...
Saeed Jones / @theferocity: So... they didn't change? https://twitter.com/...
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
FT says all editorial staff will get a £5,600 bonus as the paper surpassed its revenue expectations for the final quarter and will end the year with profits — Financial Times journalists are to receive bonuses of £5,600 this month after the publisher reported profits “well ahead of our business plan”.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: FT journalists to receive bonuses
Alice Woodhouse / @alicemuwu: If the FT's feeling so generous, where do I go for my portion for the 5 months of 2021 that I worked for the newspaper? https://twitter.com/...
Jerome Taylor / @jerometaylor: Not sure I've read the words “annual bonus” and “journalism” in the same sentence in about a decade. “No annual bonus”, sure. But not this format. Well done @FT! https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
Chris Stokel-Walker / @stokel: The average FT journalists' salary is £70k 😮 https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Analysis of 200K+ articles from 65 news sites: coverage of Biden for the past four months has been as bad as, or worse than, Trump in the same period of 2020 — A sampling of headlines atop the influential Politico Playbook newsletter over the past month: — “Let the Democratic freakout begin.”
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Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: Interesting AI analysis of Biden press coverage - basically confirms what's been obvious from monitoring the insider newsletters in real time. Basically relentlessly negative, worse than under Trump even w all the crazy things that happened under Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dana Milbank / @milbank: Not sure why @ryanlizza is bragging about Politico being “neutral” between democracy and authoritarianism, between truth and lies. (1) https://twitter.com/...
Ed Bott / @edbott: Man oh man, @RyanLizza and Dana @Milbank are in a knock-down drag-out, right now, right here on this website.
Dana Milbank / @milbank: Biden is attempting to salvage democratic norms. The people opposing him are using fascist tools of deception and voter disenfranchisement. Neutrality in this struggle is not a virtue. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: “My colleagues in the media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy...Too many journalists are caught in a mindless neutrality between democracy and its saboteurs, between fact and fiction. It's time to take a stand.” Amen, @Milbank! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Scott Van Voorhis / Contrarian Boston: Contrarian Boston/Dec. 6, 2021 — In today's edition: Boston's next development czar |
Dana Milbank / @milbank: @wuerker ... With respect, this is not about “bias” but measurable sentiment. The WP, Politico and the media overall have been decidedly negative on Biden for four months— as much as or more than the media was on Trump in the same period last year. That's my argument: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tyson Brody / @tysonbrody: Some people are such amazingly easy marks for “data science” hoodoo. “Painstakingly assembled” no less, like it was hard to slap made up numbers on a bunch of text https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: 2 things happening here 1. there's a v successful GOP propaganda machine with no full equivalent on the left, which sets a floor of positive coverage for GOP presidents 2. the non-conservative news media has a negativity bias and overreacts to bad news https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Clark / @kyleclark: Local journalists, this means us, too. Have this editorial discussion in your newsroom. Have this conversation with your viewers/readers. https://twitter.com/...
Dana Milbank / @milbank: Ryan Lizza claims “the raw data undermine his point.” Does he have evidence for this or is it more unfounded negativity? (3/3)
Dana Milbank / @milbank: As I wrote in the column, “it's not just Politico.” That said, Politico took a sharply negative turn against Biden in November, from which I drew the headlines. It was -.0545 on Biden. Media average was -.0347. (2)
Dana Milbank / @milbank: And I thought we were friends! I've known and liked and admired @RyanLizza since we worked together 23 years ago. I said in my column that “it's not just Politico.” Nobody is free of blame— not the Post, not Politico. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Lizza / @ryanlizza: That metric has nothing to do with “being ‘neutral’ between democracy and authoritarianism.” You invented that phrase as a metric. That number is about 2021 Biden coverage. Same metric you cited when you wrote—bragged?—that “[t]he Post was the closest to neutral, at 0.0006.” https://twitter.com/...
Erick Erickson / @ewerickson: Apparently the media was supposed to be praising Biden for his surrender in Afghanistan. The numbers reflect Afghanistan. https://twitter.com/...
Dana Milbank / @milbank: Here's what's meaningful: This study shows that the media overall over the last four months has been as negative on Biden or more so than it was on Trump in the same period last year when Trump was actively undermining our democracy. Do you dispute this? https://twitter.com/...
Janet Johnson / @jjohnsonlaw: It isn't just Politico. My impression of other outlets' coverage of President Biden had been much the same: unrelentingly negative. Was it my imagination? No, it wasn't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ryan Lizza / @ryanlizza: I don't know why Dana is so obsessed with Politico, but here's the sentiment data for Biden coverage in Politico and the WP since July. By Dana's logic the WP was unusually pro-authoritarianism and pro-lies in August, September, and November. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Lizza / @ryanlizza: This is dumb and beneath you, Dana. The same kind of tinfoil hat thinking could be used to connect Bezos' ownership of the WP with the WP's sharply negative turn against Biden since August. Maybe, just maybe, there were other factors at play? https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: As I keep telling ya'll... Politico is trash. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: Biden isn't just getting worse press than Trump — he's getting harsher coverage than Trump did when compared to *fall 2020,* when the country was falling apart and Trump was laying the groundwork to try to end democracy https://twitter.com/...
@retiredorrin: Quite striking to see the Biden team argue that coverage of his Afghanistan withdrawal has been unfair. https://twitter.com/...
Dana Milbank / @milbank: It's interesting that Germany's Axel Springer completed its takeover of Politico on Oct. 18, and that's exactly when Politico took its sharply negative turn against Biden. Maybe this explains the pushback from @RyanLizza
Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter: Today's Edition: What does “GOP” stand for? Nothing.
Ronna McDaniel / @gopchairwoman: Ridiculous. If Biden wants better media coverage, maybe he shouldn't have left behind thousands of Americans in Afghanistan, raised prices with Bidenflation, attacked American energy, and created his record-breaking border crisis. https://twitter.com/...
Tyson Brody / @tysonbrody: Even if this wasn't a garbage in/garbage out scenario, why would you compare these two years and not say Biden first year to Trump first year??? https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Lee / @jesselee46: Unemployment is 4.2%, an unprecedented 2% drop. Real disposable income (with inflation) is ⬆️2%. We helped get shelves stocked despite global supply chain disruptions. Folks feel 20% better about their personal finances than when Biden came in. You wouldn't know it from coverage. https://twitter.com/...
@adrienneelrod: “Trump presided over a worst-in-world pandemic response that caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths held a superspreader event at the White House.. praised QAnon adherents...And yet Trump got press coverage as favorable as, or better than, Biden is getting today.” https://twitter.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: Absolutely spot on. Aiding and abetting the death of democracy for sake of access, ratings and the absurd promotion of an objective view from nowhere. https://twitter.com/...
Lea Black / @leablackmiami: Because the anti- democracy minority thugs have louder voices and the press takes the bait : EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. https://twitter.com/...
Eli Lake / @elilake: The upshot of this column is that Trump got better mainstream media coverage than Biden. Sure, Jan. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Cesca / @bobcesca_go: It's not merely negative, it's misleading. Eg: reporting all Summer about allegedly sluggish jobs numbers while not reporting sizable upward revisions, published every month via the BLS, until after the election. Not all press, but the big ones did this for sure. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Marmel / @marmel: No. But objectivity over stenography, both sides-ism, hoarding facts for a future book and a need for access would be nice. https://twitter.com/...
David Harsanyi / @davidharsanyi: Media is harder on Biden than Trump is the new “this bill costs zero” https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: What is the definition of “positive” coverage and “negative” coverage here? Is this a seen as a metric journalists are supposed to be using? https://twitter.com/...
David Rothschild / @realdrothschild: Where's journalistic integrity? Where the truth over lies? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Marcus / @blueboxdave: Of course this has nothing to do with inflation, the border crisis, Covid failures, the Afghanistan debacle, or supply chains. It's all the fault of the Trump loving mainstream media... https://twitter.com/...
Alfons López Tena / @alfonslopeztena: We need a skeptical, independent press. But how about being partisans for democracy? US is in an existential struggle against an authoritarian alternative, and the news media give equal, if not slightly more favorable, treatment to the authoritarians https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Eric Schultz / @ericschultz: “My colleagues in the media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy.” @Milbank joins serious journalists like @APAndrewTaylor @perrybaconjr @jackiekcalmes @MarkJacob16 calling for wholesale rethinking of how reporters cover politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@josh_moon: You should read this. I don't want to hear another damn word about the “liberal media.” We're currently in the 2nd greatest economic recovery in US history, and the national media, desperate for controversy, would have you believe there are bread lines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John T. Bennett / @bennettjohnt: What are we supposed to do exactly? What does “take a stand” look like? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@amy_siskind: No you weren't imagining it. Shame on you media! “Biden's press for the past four months has been as bad as — and for a time worse than — the coverage Trump received for the same four months of 2020.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Analysis of news coverage: after a honeymoon period, press coverage of Biden has become as negative as the chaotic last six months of the Trump era. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Margot Roosevelt / @margotroosevelt: “My colleagues in the media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy.” Biden's media coverage is egregious & unfair, writes @Milbank https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: The liberal media strikes again https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: If you read one thing today make it @Milbank's piece about how the main stream media is actually covering biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: This is worth reading, especially since it comes from @Milbank who has written more than his fair share of scathing, brutal takedowns of elected officials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: The news media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy Biden's recent press coverage has BEEN AS BAD AS & AT TIMES WORSE THAN the coverage Trump received for the same period in 2020—when Trump presided over a worst-in-world pandemic response https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: From the article shared by Klain: “My colleagues in the media are serving as accessories to the murder of democracy.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Gehrke / @mikegehrke: 2 - Even when you take out the big bumps on the Biden graph, it looks like the mean scores are about the same. Isn't what I'm looking at a really big data set and a much smaller one trending to the mean?
Mike Gehrke / @mikegehrke: Ok, I generally agree with the point, but can't see how this graph helps...so somebody explain what I am missing here. 1 - Sentiment analysis is notoriously bad at categorizing political speech (AI tells you its all negative if you analyze enough of it.) https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: The blasé, even bored, tone of this NYT piece chronicling the GOP dismantling of our democracy is a perfect example of what @milbank calls “accessory to murder” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Yep this. And some people have been saying it from the get go. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Blair / @protecttruth_: Its great to see data from @Milbank showing what's been obvious for years: the US press is biased against Dems. Yes, NYT Politics is effectively rightwing-biased. No question. But why? US journalism's structure. And because journalists have been taught they must be neutral. https://twitter.com/...
Fred Guttenberg / @fred_guttenberg: This is so true? Why is @POTUS treated this way? The economy is on fire. He is actually dealing with the reality of COVID. He is doing so with decency & honesty. He is doing so with a @gop that has stopped working as part of Democracy. Go after them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Here and there — and far more slowly than is needed — this view is catching on among journalists: that they have to become more actively pro-democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... “Too many journalists are caught in a mindless neutrality between democracy and its saboteurs...” https://twitter.com/...
Fred Wellman / @fpwellman: Data backs it up. The media, like so many of our institutions, is completely failing us at this dangerous moment. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Vindman / @natsechobbyist: You can't “both sides” something when one side constantly lies. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: “The country is in an existential struggle between self-governance and an authoritarian alternative,” writes @Milbank. “And we in the news media, collectively, have given equal, if not slightly more favorable, treatment to the authoritarians.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@sulliview: It's not just @Milbank's *opinion* ... He's got the numbers https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...