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Xander Richards / The National:
BBC concedes Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer Alan Dershowitz was “not a suitable person to interview as an impartial analyst” to discuss the Ghislaine Maxwell verdict — BBC admits fault after interview with Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer Alan Dershowitz — THE BBC has conceded …
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Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC / @caoilfhionnanna: Sorry, what?! @BBCNews now have Alan Dershowitz on to analyse #GhislaineMaxwell's conviction, without any reference to his background;he's simply introduced as “constitutional lawyer” as if he's a neutral expert. Shocked. Utterly bizarre decision & does the audience a disservice. https://twitter.com/...
Timothy Bella / Washington Post: BBC faces backlash after Dershowitz analyzes Maxwell case, despite accusation from alleged Epstein victim
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: BBC Apologizes For Interviewing Alan Dershowitz on Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict Despite Being Accused by Epstein Victim
Laurence Sleator / The Times: BBC criticised for interviewing lawyer implicated in Ghislaine Maxwell case
Nadia Whittome MP / @nadiawhittomemp: Alan Dershowitz, who was accused of the same crimes as Prince Andrew, is on the BBC trying to silence victims following Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction. I can't believe this needs to be said but the BBC should not give a platform to people accused of child sexual abuse.
Max Blumenthal / @maxblumenthal: Rather than allowing Dershowitz to whitewash the crimes of his child abusing friends, let's get back to the more routine business of inviting Dershowitz on to defend child killing apartheid states led by his friends https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Churchwell / @sarahchurchwell: So @BBCNews has decided that the expert witness they need on the Maxwell trial is Alan Dershowitz. Who has taken the opportunity to say that it shows how accusations against him and Prince Andrew are wrong.
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: One of the most shocking things the BBC has done in years. Unbelievable. Dershowitz as a guest on Maxwell was not ‘a suitable person’ or ‘impartial analyst’? You don't say BBC, you don't say! 🤦🏽♂ ️😡 https://twitter.com/...
Doug Saunders / @dougsaunders: The 17-year-olds running the BBC between Christmas and New Year's apparently did not check their notes https://twitter.com/...
Nardine Saad / Los Angeles Times: BBC apologizes for Alan Dershowitz interview that didn't mention Epstein connection
@littledeekay: The @BBCNews apologizes for having @AlanDersh on as a commentator after the Ghislaine Maxwell verdict. They will now fix the situation by having Prince Andrew comment on Dershowitz's remarks. https://twitter.com/...
John Johnson / Newser: BBC Apologizes Over Dershowitz Interview
Paris Marx / @parismarx: The BBC used to be considered like the gold standard. Kind of wild how far it's fallen in recent years. https://twitter.com/...
Kim Johnson MP / @kimjohnsonmp: You're telling us, @BBCNewsPR. Basic background checks should have made his lack of impartiality blindingly obvious and refused him a platform. No need to “look into it” - apologise. Profusely. https://twitter.com/...
Yule Hog / @byyourlogic: when the news says something like this it means he made too many good points and the interviewer and crew were clapping for him https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Franks / @jonfranks: Just remember, most of the time, serious news orgs apologize when they screw up. https://twitter.com/...
Ayman / @aymanm: To be fair they can apply that to Dershowitz on almost any topic he's invited to speak on even though this is probably the most egregious https://twitter.com/...
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast: BBC Brings on Alan Dershowitz of All People to Analyze Ghislaine Maxwell Guilty Verdict
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Alan Dershowitz has been implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal so it makes sense to have him on TV to comment on the Jeffrey Epstein's accomplices trial. WHAT? https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Redford / Defector: BBC Very Sorry For Inviting An Accused Epstein Collaborator On To Talk About Ghislaine Maxwell
Paul Mason / @paulmasonnews: It must have been the sudden and unexpected news that a major trial had reached a verdict that threw them - otherwise there would have been a signed-off plan for who to call 👇🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Edward Ongweso Jr / @bigblackjacobin: lmao we have no idea how Dershowitz was pitched as a guest, agreed upon, reached out to, booked, and sent a link that was prepared for him to call into. it seems he just appeared out of thin air, we are taking this breach very seriously https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Johnson / @jamieojohnson: Quite a remarkable interview on BBC World. Minutes after Ghislaine Maxwell is found guilty of procuring girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein, they bring on Alan Dershowitz - who denies having sex with Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre. https://twitter.com/...
Louis Staples / @louisstaples: the BBC is interviewing Alan Dershowitz - who's been accused of sexual misconduct relating to his friendship Jeffrey Epstein - about the Ghislaine verdict, as if he's an impartial expert? they haven't even provided any context of the allegations (which he denies) to the audience
@owenjones84: This week Alan Dershowitz defamed Desmond Tutu as an antisemite, and then was called by the BBC to be an impartial commentator on a horrific case he's personally implicated in. https://twitter.com/...
Birgitta / @birgittaj: Thankfully for BBC they chose to act on this gross misconduct towards the victims of Maxwell, as the story was breaking. To make real amends they should of course have their anchor read this statement every time they report on the story, if they are serious about being sorry. https://twitter.com/...
Kiln Girl Rose / @roseschmits: could you look into Lily Cade while you're at it https://twitter.com/...
Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter: BBC to Investigate Decision to Interview Alan Dershowitz as “Impartial Analyst” Following Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict
Tom Whyman / @healthuntodeath: This is even worse than just “Alan Dershowitz was invited by the BBC to speak as an expert on the Epstein case.” Alan Dershowitz was allowed to use his platform on the BBC to smear a key witness in the Epstein case unchallenged! https://twitter.com/...
Chardine Taylor Stone / @chardinetaylor: Unless this apology is made on the hour every hour it's a waste of time as a considerable amount of the audience will not see this tweet nor see it on the TV. Therefore the damage is already done. https://twitter.com/...
Peregrine Worst Home / @vrycoolandgood: uh https://twitter.com/...
@claireatki: A BBC spokesperson said on Thursday that Dershowitz “was not a suitable person to interview as an impartial analyst, and we did not make the relevant background clear to our audience. We will look into how this happened.” https://twitter.com/...
Zev Shalev / @zevshalev: BBC's half-hearted attempt to justify Dershowitz lays bare the mob capture of this once great news network. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Clancy / @clancyreports: For a long time, MSM has been troubled by replacing actual journalists with cheaper, more compliant office workers. The booker, writer, producer, copy editor and show host all should have flagged this as unacceptable before it made air. https://twitter.com/...
Jackie Salo / New York Post: BBC apologizes for Alan Dershowitz interview after Ghislaine Maxwell verdict
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: “Underfunding by 10 years of Conservative government” should get the blame, but I suspect that it will fall on Fred the assistant producer on the late Twixtmas shift instead. https://twitter.com/...
Jo Maugham / @jolyonmaugham: Pleased people are asking aloud about the weird editorial choices BBC News makes. When trying to reconcile the BBC in your heart with that before your eyes, perhaps ask whether the weird choices involve punching up or down; do they embed or do they challenge establishment power?
Craig Murray / @craigmurrayorg: Either the BBC are astoundingly, incompetently ignorant that Dershowitz negotiated Epstein's famous sweetheart plea deal and himself received Epstein's girl massages - claiming he kept his underpants on. Or they did it on purpose. I suspect the latter. https://twitter.com/...
Dr Mike Galsworthy / @mikegalsworthy: Absolutely it didn't meet editorial standards. Such a bizarre and deeply inappropriate choice of guest - let alone to present him as an objective analyst. https://twitter.com/...
Extremily Gorcenski / @emilygorcenski: The BBC follows up their Lily Cade failure with an even bigger failure by sourcing Alan Dershowitz. The organization is in shambles. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: Fox News at least acknowledged Dershowitz's connections with Epstein. Unfathomable that the BBC thought this was a good idea. https://twitter.com/...
Laurence Tribe / @tribelaw: What a fiasco! How could ANYONE think of Alan Dershowitz as an “ impartial analyst” of any issue he has embroiled himself in personally? Shame on the BBC. https://twitter.com/...
Liam Young / @liamyoung: The BBC goes immediately for comment on the Maxwell trial to... Alan Dershowitz. For once even I'm a little bit gobsmacked.
David Simon / @aodespair: Hate to be an old-timer who chirps about better days. But at my old paper, a disaster this raw and embarrassing required us to shoot a senior editor, burn the cadaver in a newsroom pyre, then mix the ashes with printer's ink and sent out in the home final as a warning to others. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Burley / @robburl: It's unclear exactly why the BBC Dershowitz debacle happened last night, but one thing's for sure: if you cut staff numbers and embark on a restructure that will reduce editorial oversight there will be more mistakes.
Scott Bryan / @scottygb: BBC News says that their interview with Alan Dershowitz did not meet their editorial standards and was not a suitable person for interview. https://twitter.com/...
Silkie Carlo / @silkiecarlo: For the 1st time I've submitted a complaint to @BBCNews. Form here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/... It's a staggering insult and actually a bit intimidating to interview *Alan Dershowitz* straight after the Maxwell verdict - no mention he was Epstein's friend/lawyer or accused of abuse. https://twitter.com/...
Shuja Rabbani / @shujarabbani: Today, BBC had Nick Carter interview the internationally disgraced and criminally corrupt former president of Afghanistan. Nick Carter is allegedly one of the leading advocates of Ghani's rise to power in Afghanistan according to former govt official @RahmatullahN https://twitter.com/...
K.J. Yossman / Variety: BBC Says Alan Dershowitz Interview on Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict Did Not Meet ‘Editorial Standards’
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: ‘Did Not Live Up to Editorial Standards’: BBC Walks Back Alan Dershowitz Commentary on Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: BBC Apologizes for Interviewing Alan Dershowitz About Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
As subscriptions to streaming services stall, Comcast, Disney, and other media companies are roping in their news operations to attract subscribers — If a big story erupted at a random hour not too long ago, executives at big TV-news outlets would typically try to break …
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Alex Salvi / @alexsalvinews: Newsmax is already at work on “Newsmax 2,” a free streaming counterpart to its opinion-heavy cable network that will rely more on “straight news” reporting and weather and that could be ready by late 2022 or in 2023. @bristei https://variety.com/...
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: TV-news outlets poised for bigger battle for streamers, w/launch of CNN+, a retooled CBS News effort, an aggressive NBC, more Fox Nation originals, a streaming series from MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, and even a potential launch of an OTT ‘Newsmax 2’.... https://variety.com/...
Sky News:
Stand News, Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy outlet, says it is shutting down after police raided its office, froze its assets, and arrested senior staff — Stand News was the last prominent pro-democracy publication in Hong Kong - after the closure of the Apple Daily tabloid and the arrest of its publisherJimmy Lai.
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@theprojecttv: “The rights and interests of Hong Kong residents, including freedom of speech and freedom of the press, are safeguarded in accordance with the law,” China's embassy said. #TheProjectTV https://10play.com.au/...
Jonathan Landay / @jonathanlanday: Xi and Putin both seem to fear freedom of the press and speech. https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post: Hong Kong media outlet Stand News to shut down after arrests of executives, as press landscape darkens
@cnni: Hong Kong authorities are defending the arrests of seven people linked to a pro-democracy publication in the face of growing international condemnation, with the city's leader insisting the police raids had “nothing to do with journalistic or media work” https://cnn.com/...
@hk_watch: We welcome the statement from 🇨🇦Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs but words must be followed up by concerted and emphatic actions from Canada alongside the UK, USA, Australia, EU, & others to ensure the release of Denise Ho @hoccgoomusic, Margaret Ng and other journalists. https://twitter.com/...
@senhawleypress: “The free press has played a critical role in Hong Kong's continued fight for freedom and these arrests are a shameful reminder of Beijing's quest for power. I will continue to fight to hold the CCP accountable,” said Senator Hawley. https://www.foxnews.com/...
@politicoeurope: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned Hong Kong's arrest of seven journalists and called on China to stop “targeting” the city's free press. https://www.politico.com/...
Patrick Jarenwattananon / NPR: Hong Kong police close pro-democracy outlet Stand News
@melaniejoly: Canada will always stand up to support democracy and freedom of the press. We are deeply concerned by the arrests in Hong Kong of current and former board and staff members from Stand News, including Canadian citizen and activist Denise Ho.
RSF / @rsf_inter: 2/2 RSF strongly condemns the forced-closure of independent #HongKong news website @StandNewsHK, following the police raid on the media outlet office and the arrest of six members of its team, only four of which were granted bail today. https://rsf.org/...
@jason: Democracies of the World must stand up and vocally condemn the arrest of journalists in Hong Kong. https://twitter.com/...
Committee to Protect Journalists: Hong Kong authorities file new charges against Jimmy Lai and six other Apple Daily executives in fresh media crackdown
T Lee Humphrey / @tleehumphrey: The Trudeau gov has done absolutely nothing to stand up to the Communist Chinese gov or for democracy, against genocide or for Canadians abused by the Chinese, in fact the only thing you've done is reward bad behaviour by refusing to #BoycottBeijing2022 #JustInept https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Andy Barr / @repandybarr: In Ukraine, Hong Kong, Taiwan & all over the world, our adversaries are testing American leadership & resolve. This week, the CCP removed the last remaining monument to the Tianenman Square Massacre in Hong Kong & raided a pro-Democracy media outlet.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
China Commission / @ceccgov: Chairs share deep concerns of Hong Kong Journalists Association over the arrest of six editors and former board members of independent news outlet #StandNews as part of a systematic crackdown on #FreePress in #HongKong. https://www.scmp.com/...
@reuters: Hong Kong police said it was not targeting the media but national security offenders after raiding pro-democracy news outlet Stand News and arresting its senior staff. Hong Kong police later said it does not rule out future arrests https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
SittingPensivelyOnRoofHat / @popehat: This rhetoric sounds familiar. https://twitter.com/...
@benedictrogers: Benedict Rogers, co-founder and CEO of @hk_watch , said the arrests are “nothing short of an all-out assault on the freedom of the press in Hong Kong.” Hong Kong's Stand News outlet shuts down after police raid https://www.aljazeera.com/... via @AJEnglish
Patrick Corrigan / @patrickcorrigan: 12 months ago, former @StandNewsHK journalist Gwyneth Ho gave the @AmnestyNI annual lecture. Within weeks she was arrested and is still in jail. Now her former colleagues have been arrested and Stand News has just been shut down. #PressFreedom no longer exists in #HongKong https://twitter.com/...
Timothy McLaughlin / @tmclaughlin3: Full English bit of John Lee's statement today over the arrests of StandNews officials in Hong Kong: https://twitter.com/...
Laurel Chor / @laurelchor: Hong Kong's #2 official: Arresting journalists is good for press freedom!! https://twitter.com/...
Myah Ward / Politico: Blinken calls for release of pro-democracy journalists after Hong Kong arrests
@nytmedia: Stand News, an online publication, posted video footage showing police officers at the doors of one of its deputy editors. More than 200 police officers also raided the news site's headquarters. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: What's happening in Hong Kong should give powerful people in the U.S. pause before their routine attacks on a free press. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ann Telnaes / @anntelnaes: Terrible news continues to come out of Hong Kong. I realize people are consumed with so many other issues nowadays (plus many readers aren't old enough to remember) but this is truly upsetting and infuriating—> https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: “We are not targeting reporters. We are targeting national security offences.” https://www.reuters.com/...
Barry Malone / Proximities: Hong Kong, Libya, Egypt.
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: Stand News, one of Hong Kong's few remaining independent news outlets, shuts down after China the police raids its HQ and arrests senior staff. Photo below shows police arriving at home of Stand News journalist. https://www.bbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Abramowitz / @abramowitz: Another tragic day in Hong Kong. It never seems like it can get worse but it does. Any semblance of independence is considered sedition. Thinking about Denise Ho and her brave colleagues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Hong Kong media outlet Stand News to shut down after arrests of executives, as press landscape darkens https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian: Speed of Stand News shutdown sends chilling signal to Hong Kong's media
James Griffiths / Globe and Mail: Head of Hong Kong Journalists Association among six arrested in early morning raid on independent media
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Bloomberg:
Hong Kong police arrest Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, and five others, saying they conspired to publish “seditious” materials
Hong Kong police arrest Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, and five others, saying they conspired to publish “seditious” materials
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Bloomberg Quicktake / @quicktake: “It's not a crime to report the truth!” A group supporting Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp gather in solidarity in Taipei to protest the arrests of 7 people connected to media outlet Stand News and its subsequent shutdown https://www.bloomberg.com/... #.場新聞 https://twitter.com/...
@ryan_chua: “A vibrant and trustworthy global financial hub requires creativity, transparency of information, and plurality of opinions. Hong Kong will eventually lose these core elements when protection of free speech becomes lip service.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Karl Taro Greenfeld / @karltaro: Handover was 1997. It took 24 years for China to fully eliminate Hong Kong's free press and any semblance of civil rights. China always takes the long view & would have waited 100 years. So this is way ahead of schedule https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @bpolitics
Michael Chong / @michaelchongmp: Canadian Denise Ho was arrested in Hong Kong for supporting an independent, free press. Her arrest, among 6, violates the 1984 Sino-British treaty. We can't continue to turn a blind eye to Beijing's egregious violations of international law. https://www.reuters.com/... #cdnpoli
Michael Barrett / @mikebarretton: The @CanadianPM and his @GAC_Corporate Minister must respond to the arrest of our citizen @hoccgoomusic and the continued violation of international law by Beijing. https://twitter.com/...
Hong Kong Free Press / @hkfp: Footage shows national security police taking boxes of items out of the Stand News newsroom during a raid on Wednesday. Full story: https://hongkongfp.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@hk_watch: 🇬🇧 Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary @davidlammy calls for the release of those arrested today in #HongKong and for the UK Government to challenge the ongoing human rights crackdown with concerted action. #StandWithStandNews https://twitter.com/...
David Lammy / @davidlammy: This is a blatant attack on Hong Kong's independent media and yet another attempt to silent democratic dissent. All those arrested should be released. The ongoing crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy must be challenged. https://twitter.com/...
Claire Berlinski / @claireberlinski: The world pretty much stood by and watched as China swallowed a vibrant, free city like a boa constrictor ingesting a mouse. I don't know why this surprises me—little in my experience suggests this wouldn't be the case—yet it does. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Bishop / @niubi: And there is nothing substantive the uk can or will do about it https://twitter.com/...
Neil Coyle / @coyleneil: China has reneged on the Hong Kong bilateral treaty. The authoritarian mainland Government is now dismantling free speech, judicial system and any vestige of democracy. It isn't just Xinjiang suffering under this vicious, nationalist expansionist regime. https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: Hong Kong's biggest remaining pro-democracy news outlet closed after becoming the target of a national security investigation, capping a year of historic strokes by Beijing to silence dissent in the Asian financial center. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Hong Kong Free Press / @hkfp: @hoccgoomusic Deputy assignment editor Ronson Chan - who also chairs the Hong Kong Journalists Association - was reportedly held for investigation. Photo: Supplied. Updates: https://hongkongfp.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@hk_watch: “These arrests are nothing short of an all-out assault on the freedom of the press in #HongKong, coming just one day after #JimmyLai and six former #AppleDaily journalists received similar charges,” said @hk_watch CEO @benedictrogers https://www.hongkongwatch.org/ ...
Kristine Servando / @tinssoldier: Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy newspaper, Stand News, is shutting down after 200 police officers raided the office and arrested executives. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Similar elements to the shutdown of Jimmy Lai's Apple Daily, with a raid, arrests and then dissolution. https://twitter.com/...
Hong Kong Free Press / @hkfp: @hoccgoomusic Chan was filmed being taken away by five national security police officers to “assist in investigations.” Chan said in the video that his home was raided and he was to be taken to other locations for police searches. https://hongkongfp.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hong Kong Free Press / @hkfp: Over 200 national security police officers were deployed on Wednesday to raid the offices of non-profit online news outlet Stand News. Latest updates: https://hongkongfp.com/... Six current and former senior staff members were also arrested. https://twitter.com/...
Edward Hon-Sing Wong / @edwardhswong: Horrifying news out of Hong Kong hasn't stopped. Stand News, one of the largest remaining news sources that platforms movement perspectives has been shut down, with the arrest of six for sedition. https://twitter.com/...
Promise Li / @promiseli_: We knew this was coming but still—in shock. Don't know if folks outside can understand how pivotal Stand News was to Hong Kong, and to me even more so than Apple Daily since it provided a mainstream big-tent space for reporting and features across the political spectrum. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Nordlinger / @jaynordlinger: The lights are going out all over Hong Kong. There is barely one remaining. The night of dictatorship has set in. But the Hong Kongers have shown an excellent spirit — a spirit of freedom — and have provided an example for all. https://twitter.com/...
Jerome Taylor / @jerometaylor: The way authorities are bringing sedition charges against local media for *views they publish* it is surely only a matter of time before a similar move is made against international media? https://twitter.com/...
Li Yuan / @liyuan6: Hong Kong has reached the point of no return... Wonder when/if it will get to the international media. https://twitter.com/...
Lokman Tsui / @lokmantsui: house news was under attack during and after the umbrella movement in 2014. it changed its legal ownership structure to make it more resilient, thus becoming stand news. this is not their first rodeo.
Lokman Tsui / @lokmantsui: dares to investigate the authorities, is critical, shines light on darkness. anyone who speaks truth to power. i mistakingly thought that after apple daily, after rthk, it would be “quiet” for a while. but this shows that they won't stop. their brazenness knows no bounds.
Lokman Tsui / @lokmantsui: so they can say “see, everyone else does this too”. think fake news law. and how long will they leave the internet in hong kong alone? last but not least, it might seem hopeless, but it is only truly hopeless if we stop trying.
Lokman Tsui / @lokmantsui: watching this happen again and again, it feels like being robbed in broad daylight, except that the thieves are the cops. what is being attacked is not “just another” news outlet in hong kong. this is a coordinated, planned attack that seeks to silence anyone who ...
Lokman Tsui / @lokmantsui: it's 3am, almost 4am here in amsterdam. trouble sleeping, only to find out that the hong kong police has raided the office of stand news, arresting six. stand news has been exceptional in its reporting, standing tall after nsl. filling the void rthk and apple daily left behind.
Lokman Tsui / @lokmantsui: repeat after me, this is not normal. we should expect and prepare for laws in the future that will further limit our freedoms. preciser, more surgical laws, so they don't have to resort to these kind of “emergency” laws everytime.
QueenJie😷 / @iqueenjie: Denise Ho has a concert scheduled Jan 2, 2022. She was arrested this morning at 6am by national security police over allegation of “conspiracy to distribute seditious publications”. 6 current & ex senior staffs of @StandNewsHK were also arrested today #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners https://twitter.com/...
Tummler / @tummler10: This is US come 2024 if we don't get our shit together. https://twitter.com/...
Laurel Chor / @laurelchor: Will endless retweeting make people pay attention? Make them understand the severity and importance of what's happening? Does public outrage, at home or abroad, make a difference for HK, or is HK now just a cautionary tale? I don't know. But I also don't know what else to do. https://twitter.com/...
Shibani Mahtani / @shibanimahtani: And so the year ends as it started, with more pre-dawn raids and arrests designed to invoke an absolute sense of hopelessness in Hong Kong. The new year has become something not to be celebrated; instead we brace for what comes next: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@mandydubhkg: @StandNewsHK Twitter profile as of today... before it too might be forced to be taken away from us. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Diplo Muggle / @diplomuggle: Today's Stand News front page. Got a feeling we won't get to see the website very soon. https://twitter.com/...
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP: Over 200 Hong Kong national security police raid Stand News newsroom, 6 arrested inc. acting editor
Kris Cheng / @krislc: This happens a day after Jimmy Lai & 6 Apple Daily top executives charged with that crime; also a day after @HKJA_Official had its annual gala. What a start for a day, typical 6am national security police action. https://twitter.com/...
Kiri Rupiah / Agence France-Presse: Hong Kong police raid local media outlet, arrest six for ‘seditious publication’
Patrick Frater / Variety: Five Journalists and Pop Star Denise Ho Arrested in Hong Kong for Sedition
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Q&A with 10 media writers on the biggest and most overblown stories of the year, which streamer had the best year, predictions for 2022, and more — I'm sorry we didn't have a newsletter last weekend. I was dealing with a mild bout of Covid, time I used to catch up on Oscar movies.
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Alison Herman / @aherman2006: (I'm the sworn enemy) https://twitter.com/...
Dan Kennedy / GBH:
While a court said NYT doesn't have to destroy Project Veritas docs, an earlier ruling gave subjects of reporting new ways to stop investigations via lawsuits — What is New York Supreme Court Judge Charles D. Wood thinking? — On Christmas Eve, Wood issued an order forbidding …
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Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: If the First Amendment stands for anything, it stands for the idea that government may not ban anyone from publishing or broadcasting. Which is why a ruling against the @nytimes represents a massive threat to freedom of the press. My @gbhnews column: https://www.wgbh.org/...
Jeff Kosseff / @jkosseff: This is spot on. Anyone who cares about free speech and press should be very worried about this ruling. https://twitter.com/...
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NY appeals court temporarily lifts an order requiring NYT turn over or destroy copies of Project Veritas documents; the NYT remains barred from publishing docs
NY appeals court temporarily lifts an order requiring NYT turn over or destroy copies of Project Veritas documents; the NYT remains barred from publishing docs
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@dankennedy_nu, @freedomofpress, Reuters, @boutrousted, The Hill, @pnjaban, @grynbaum, @grynbaum, Politico, Axios, @markpaoletta and @vincecoglianese
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Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: The @NYTimes got its hands on some spicy legal documents belonging to Project Veritas. A judge says the Times can't report on them — an outrageous violation of the First Amendment protection against prior restraint. My @gbhnews column: https://www.wgbh.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@freedomofpress: Prior restraints are a direct violation of the First Amendment. The fact that NY courts have allowed this censorship order against the @nytimes to stand for so long is outrageous. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: Appeals court puts part of ruling against New York Times coverage of Project Veritas on hold
Ted Boutrous / @boutrousted: But a blatantly unconstitutional prior restraint remains in force causing senseless, irreparable First Amendment injury each and every day. https://twitter.com/...
Monique Beals / The Hill: New York appeals court rules NYT doesn't have to turn over Project Veritas memos
Harmeet K. Dhillon / @pnjaban: As usual, the @nytimes is selective with the truth and cuts corners with its reporting. Project Veritas lead counsel @libbylocke sent a statement for their story on the appeal of the order concerning Times' publication of privileged memos: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: New York's appellate court division will hear more arguments in January before making a final decision on the Times's appeal.
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: The New York Times wins a partial stay in the Project Veritas case, but the prohibition on publishing certain documents remains in place. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Myah Ward / Politico: Appeals court rules New York Times can temporarily keep Project Veritas documents
Mark Paoletta / @markpaoletta: Proud to represent the great news organization Project Veritas on this matter. My law firm filed this FOIA with DOJ and FBI seeking records they have on Veritas, including all communications with news organizations, including @nytimes. Ready to litigate if they stonewall. https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times:
Analysis: Disney, Apple, Netflix, Comcast, ViacomCBS, Fox, WarnerMedia, and Amazon plan to spend $115B+ on content in 2022, or ~$140B including sports rights — Investment outlays come amid concerns that it will be harder to attract new viewers in 2022 — The top eight US media groups plan …
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Jonny Morris / @jonnymorris1973: The word ‘new’ is being deployed here with much generosity. https://twitter.com/...
Rajeev Mantri / @rmantri: “The top eight US media groups plan to spend >$115B on new movies and TV shows next year in pursuit of a video streaming business that loses money for most of them.” https://www.ft.com/... ...and many of them are in land grab mode in India, so a slice of this will flow here too.
Taylor Henderson / @taylor_hndrson: After 77% revenue growth last quarter and 50% LTM, $TBRD looks set up for an incredible 2022: Top 8 streamers = $115 bn in 2022 new content spend $DIS 2022 content spend +40% y/y, +65% vs 2020 $NFLX 2022 content spend +25% y/y, +57% vs 2020 https://www.ft.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
LION: the US and Canada now have over 700 independent local news startups; 80% of LION's 400+ paying members have four or fewer employees — New, independent digital outlets and nonprofits have begun to fill some of the gap left by fading local newspapers.
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Terry Reith / @terryreithcbc: Some tiny glimmers of hope among the ongoing erosion of local news. Here's an interesting look how front line community journalism is evolving. https://www.axios.com/...
Ramona Giwargis / @ramonagiwargis: This is why we started @SJSpotlight. A good read with input from @INN and @LIONPubs. Local news enters new era, reshaped by the pandemic and industry shifts https://www.axios.com/...
Donna Ladd / @donnerkay: Reading this reminded me how blessed @msfreepress is to be fully staffed with 13 staffers plus great freelancers just 21 months since launch. We still need to grow beyond 3 editors/deputies and 4 reporters to cover state, but we're moving at light speed thanks to reader support. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Megan Raposa / @mlraposa: Local news is changing. @sfsimplified is part of that change. https://www.axios.com/...
Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman: In 2021, for the first time, we started to ask a whole new question about local news: what is the role of public policy in addressing the crisis?
Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman: In 2021, we learned about the rise of misinformation and - separately - about the collapse of local news. 2022 must be the year we see the connection between the two trends - that a key solution to combating misinformation and polarization IS strengthening local news.
Randall Rothenberg / @r2rothenberg: @stevenwaldman @sarafischer As I've reported in some depth, local news has been collapsing for several decades, and public policy actually facilitated concentration: https://www.iab.com/.... That aside, I agree on @sarafischer's chops, on the vitality & importance of digital local news orgs, + other points.
Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman: 2021 was the year that half of the daily newspaper circulation in America became controlled by hedge funds. I hope 2022 is the year we act to stop the Alden growth.
Randall Rothenberg / @r2rothenberg: @stevenwaldman @sarafischer And as a journalist, I react viscerally/negatively to the notion that journalism should be a supplicant to the Government, on the principle that one is less likely to bite or even explore the hand that feeds it. I might be persuadable (as if that matters) but I'm dubious.
@report4america: The past year, saw “a tipping point” of people in the philanthropic world “understanding that nonprofits have to play a bigger role in local news,” said @Report4America's @StevenWaldman. https://www.axios.com/... via @sarafischer @axios
Marty Swant / @martyswant: I started off the first several years of my journalism career reporting on business and politics for various newspapers and have always had a soft spot for local news. Here's to hoping more city- and state-focused publications thrive in 2022 and beyond. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: .@LIONPubs members are definitely something to watch in the new year. Thx for the mentions @sarafischer! https://www.axios.com/...
Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman: Excellent year-end assessment by @sarafischer, 1 of the best media writers around. A few more year end observations: https://twitter.com/...
Emily Roseman / @emilyroseman1: I talked to @sarafischer about the distinct value of nonprofit local news. Read her smart article in @axios on why this mattered in 2021, and look out for more research on nonprofit news from @INN in the new year. https://www.axios.com/...
Michael Kruse / @michaelkruse: “The decline of local newspapers has not just led to more government corruption and waste but also polarization and misinformation,” says @stevenwaldman. https://www.axios.com/...
Stuart Symington / @stuartsymington: “At least 100 newspapers have closed during COVID. Without additional government support, the U.S. could lose 100 more newspapers next year and another 500 over the next five years.” @MedillSchool professor shares grim projections with @sarafischer. https://www.axios.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 1/ I spoke to a lot of folks to try to wrap my head around the state of local news and how it's been impacted by the pandemic and broader industry shifts. What I've found: https://twitter.com/...
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Over 50 local US newsrooms launched in 2020 and 2021, the majority in major metro areas and four each in Georgia, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, and Florida
Over 50 local US newsrooms launched in 2020 and 2021, the majority in major metro areas and four each in Georgia, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, and Florida
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@94fernandosoto, @hgitty, @kristenhare, @kristenjobarton, @tmcenroe, @edougbanks, @raju, @jcstearns, @ckrewson, @tktaylor, @janebsinger, @seungminkim, @colorado_press and @poynter
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@94fernandosoto: Yasss! Starting a business is hard... starting a news business in a pandemic... we're crazy maybe, but as we approach our 2 year anniversary it is definitely worth celebrating 🥳 We've got amazing things planned for year 3. Stay tuned. 😉 https://twitter.com/...
Hasani Gittens / @hgitty: Congrats to @nysfocus and @epicenter_nyc. No honorable mention to @THECITYNY for launcing right before the pandemic? (and predicting it, and having the first/best tracker) https://twitter.com/...
Kristen Hare / @kristenhare: Since the pandemic started, I've maintained a few sobering lists. Here's one that's worth celebrating: https://www.poynter.org/...
Kristen / @kristenjobarton: Eternally grateful @FortWorthReport is on this list and that I get to be part of it. https://twitter.com/...
Ted McEnroe / @tmcenroe: Local news is the lifeblood of community. Great to see these new startups taking root. https://twitter.com/...
Doug Banks / @edougbanks: This IS good news. More newsrooms launching in the wake of local newspaper closures. #journalism https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Good news: At least 50 local US newsrooms launched during the pandemic. Bad news: at least 100 news organizations died. https://www.editorandpublisher.com/ ... via @Poynter
Josh Stearns / @jcstearns: Awesome list of 50+ new local newsrooms that launched since the pandemic began by @kristenhare. I put them in a Google doc and added links to donation and subscription pages for every one I could find. https://docs.google.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: I am sure there are more; we @LIONPubs are here to help. https://twitter.com/...
Tracey Taylor / @tktaylor: Hurrah! 😃 “Now there's a real understanding of how important local news is to the quality of our everyday lives, and that gives me tremendous hope for the long term,” says @businessofnews. https://www.poynter.org/...
Jane Singer / @janebsinger: Ray of winter sunshine from the US: During pandemic, more than 50 new local newsrooms have blossomed, and nearly as many local newsletters. For these communities, including underserved ones, Covid has clarified value of reliable information, @kristenhare. https://www.poynter.org/...
Seung Min Kim / @seungminkim: “I think there was an acknowledgement among news consumers that local news is important. The pandemic brought that home in ways nothing else had.” https://www.poynter.org/...
Jack Suntrup / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Missouri's governor says he thinks a prosecutor will bring charges in the case of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter alerting the state to a data vulnerability — JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday expressed his opinion the Cole County prosecuting attorney would bring charges …
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@joeuchill, @shortformernie, @joeuchill, @stevecollinssj, @bkopernikus, @brfreed, @ericcolumbus, @xor, @dangillmor, MediaPost and Techdirt
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Joe Uchill / @joeuchill: To recap, in October, the reporter Josh Renaud found social security numbers of 10,000 teachers embedded in the HTML of a publicly accessible section of a state website. He notified them of the problem. The governor views a human reading HTML as hacking.
Ernie Smith / @shortformernie: This feels like an effective way to blow a hole in a computer tampering statute https://www.stltoday.com/...
Joe Uchill / @joeuchill: This is despite the Post-Dispatch finding, earlier this month via public records request, that the FBI told them this wasn't a network intrusion. https://www.stltoday.com/...
Steve Collins / @stevecollinssj: Is the government of Missouri entirely in the hands of idiots? This is just shocking stupidity by a prosecutor and a governor. https://www.stltoday.com/...
@bkopernikus: Reporter likely to be charged for using “view source” feature on web browser A Post-Dispatch reporter who viewed the source HTML of a Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website is now likely to be prosecuted for computer tampering https://www.stltoday.com/...
Benjamin Freed / @brfreed: The governor of Missouri still believes a prosecutor will file charges against a reporter who hit F12 on a state website. https://www.stltoday.com/...
Eric Columbus / @ericcolumbus: A beloved high school Social Studies teacher taught us the Equine Paradox: there are more horses' asses than horses. https://twitter.com/...
Parker Higgins / @xor: I'm officially on the record doubting this will happen, because they can't be that stupid, right? right? hey where are you going https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
A Venezuelan man sues Fox News, former host Lou Dobbs, and lawyer Sidney Powell, saying they linked him to false claims of US election rigging — - A Venezuelan businessman has sued Fox News, former host Lou Dobbs, and Sidney Powell. — Dobbs and Powell baselessly accused him of being involved …
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
2021 saw a wave of indie producer consolidation to build up content libraries, boost production potential, and take bigger shares of licensing revenues — The worldwide consolidation of independent producers looks likely to continue in 2022 as the global streaming boom pushes up both demand and budgets for film and TV series.
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
A CNN producer accused of wrongdoing involving a minor quits after a Project Veritas probe; another CNN producer was indicted earlier on charges tied to minors — A former CNN producer is reportedly under investigation for “serious allegations involving potential juvenile victims” …
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Rudy Takala / Mediaite: CNN Producer Resigns After Project Veritas Exposé Accused Him of Improper Conduct With a Minor
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: Second CNN producer under ‘criminal investigation’ involving ‘potential juvenile victims’
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: CNN Producer Accused of Improper Conduct With a Minor Resigns
Shafiq Najib / RADAR: CNN Jake Tapper's Former Producer Rick Saleeby Is Being Investigated Over Allegations Involving ‘Potential Juvenile Victims’
Variety:
Spider-Man: No Way Home's success could signal a better future for theaters, but signs are mixed as other holiday movies played in largely empty theaters — From shorter theatrical windows to simultaneous streaming releases, this year the cinema business was challenged like never before.
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@variety: Next year will offer cinema operators a chance to screen sequels and spinoffs to some of the most popular film franchises in history, including #BlackPantherWakandaForever, #ThorLoveAndThunder, #JurassicWorldDominion, #Avatar2 and #TheBatman. https://variety.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
John Madden, an NFL Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster at CBS, Fox, ABC, and NBC, dies at 85 — Madden was one of football's most recognizable ambassadors for decades. — John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach who became one of America's most recognizable ambassadors of professional football …
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@nfl345, Variety, Fast Company, Write For California, @sethwemerson, @tylerkepner, @jay_jaffe, @nytsports, @bryancurtis, ESPN, @kevinrothrock, @kirkherbstreit, @harrymayestu, @michaelharriot, @ennisnyt, @darrenrovell, @albertbreer, @ukcoachbrooks, @rodbabers, @c_adamskitrib, @benshpigel, @ennisnyt, @barry, @taikeincooper, @raiders, Yahoo Sports, CNN and Daring Fireball
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@nfl345: NFL Announces the Passing of John Madden: https://nflcommunications.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Ellise Shafer / Variety: John Madden, NFL Hall of Fame Coach and Broadcaster, Dies at 85
Avinash Kunnath / Write For California: Former UC Berkeley instructor John Madden won the only NFL game at Memorial Stadium
Seth Emerson / @sethwemerson: There could be a Mount Rushmore of NFL figures, but John Madden deserves his own separate mountain: Super Bowl-winning coach, biggest broadcast personality of his era, namesake to video game that brought generations of fans closer to the game. A legend. RIP.
Tyler Kepner / @tylerkepner: This is a master class from @benshpigel in crafting an obituary to match the outsized life of a legend. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Jaffe / @jay_jaffe: Live your life to the fullest such that the New York Times works the word “doink” into your obituary. https://twitter.com/...
@nytsports: John Madden spent his first 15 years in broadcasting at CBS, starting in 1979. But the three other major networks all came to employ him because, at one point or another, they all needed him. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bryan Curtis / @bryancurtis: Me on John Madden, a football explainer in human form, our pal on Sundays, and a guy with a staggering comic imagination. https://www.theringer.com/...
Kevin Rothrock / @kevinrothrock: RIP, John Madden. Your licensed video games gave me many hours of joy in my childhood. https://twitter.com/...
Kirk Herbstreit / @kirkherbstreit: So sad to hear this. Such a fan of his-Growing up in my era it was Pat Summerall & John Madden on Sunday. No matter who your team was-changed the game of how football games were broadcasted. Legend as a coach and a broadcaster-My thoughts & prayers with his family & friends. 🙏🏼 https://twitter.com/...
harry maYES / @harrymayestu: Or, if you're me...you'll remember him as all. Very fortunate to have met him. #Legend https://twitter.com/...
Michael Harriot / @michaelharriot: John Madden once said that the best leaders are lighthouses, not liferafts. I think about that a lot. https://twitter.com/...
Connor Ennis / @ennisnyt: About 9 years ago, when I was @benshpigel's editor, I encouraged him to take on the assignment of writing John Madden's advance obit by saying “it'll run on A1.” Tomorrow, Ben's definitive, incredibly well-written piece on a football giant will run on A1 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Darren Rovell / @darrenrovell: John Madden had a place at The Dakota, NYC's most famous apartment building. He bought in 1985 from comedian Gilda Radner for $625,000 and sold it for $3.9 million in 2012. https://twitter.com/...
Albert Breer / @albertbreer: If you were in my dad's generation, you'll remember him as a coach. If you're in my generation, you'll remember him as a broadcaster. If you're in my son's generation, you'll remember him by the video game. No one has a legacy like his. https://twitter.com/...
Rich Brooks / @ukcoachbrooks: This is such sad news. A quality person who was bigger than life. He will be missed RIP! https://twitter.com/...
Rod Babers / @rodbabers: I remember when my dream of playing in the NFL was slightly altered to include a high rating in the #Madden video game as well. So many young ballers were first introduced to the game by the musings of the great John Madden. #RIP to one of the great ambassadors of the game. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Adamski / @c_adamskitrib: this is sad. But perhaps fitting - 3 days after a celebrated documentary about his life premiered and made him a topic of conversation The last game he broadcast was the great Steelers/Cardinals Super Bowl https://twitter.com/...
Ben Shpigel / @benshpigel: John Madden's accessible parsing of Xs and Os added nuance, depth and a degree of sophistication that delighted an audience that in some cases tuned in just for him: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Connor Ennis / @ennisnyt: John Madden was “a Rabelaisian emissary sent from the corner bar to demystify the mysteries of football for the common fan and, in the process, revolutionize sports broadcasting.” This @benshpigel obit is masterful https://www.nytimes.com/...
Barry Petchesky / @barry: I think what made Madden so good in the booth was his obvious enthusiasm crossed with the desire and ability to get you to understand what he was so enthusiastic about. A lot like every great teacher you had in school.
Taikein M Cooper / @taikeincooper: John Madden transitioned. He was the greatest football commentator of all time. I learned so much about football from John. And thank you for so many memories with the Madden football game starting in my childhood. “BOOM!” https://twitter.com/...
Las Vegas Raiders / @raiders: The Raiders Family is deeply saddened by the passing of the legendary John Madden. Statement » https://www.raiders.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Frank Schwab / Yahoo Sports: NFL legend John Madden dies at 85
John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Boom — John Madden Dies at 85