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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Interview with Bob Iger, recently retired as Disney CEO, on the shift to streaming, China, wages, NFTs, and the relationship between Big Tech and Hollywood — (SINGING) When you walk in the room, do you have sway? — I'm Kara Swisher, and you're listening to “Sway”.
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Robert Iger / @robertiger: Bob Iger's Advice to Hollywood on His Way Out https://www.nytimes.com/...
@adillaazam: One of the best, most transformative CEOs of the last two decades or so. During his time, Disney acquired Pixar, Lucas Films, Marvel, and Fox, providing the pathway for expansive brand integration across its theme parks, merchandising, and entrance into streaming services Disney+ https://twitter.com/...
Josh Spiegel / @mousterpiece: Bob Iger pitched a show inspired by the Fountains of Wayne song “Stacy's Mom”. ...OK then. https://twitter.com/...
@nytopinion: Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney Plus, Peacock — viewers have an abundance of streaming platforms to choose from. But on today's episode of Sway, @karaswisher asks @RobertIger whether they can all compete for the same viewers. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Leslie Pitterson / @lesliepitterson: So the transcript from the @karaswisher + bob iger sit-down is a gift: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kaj Rozga / @kajrozga: @karaswisher interview @RobertIger offers insight into consolidation & vertical integration wave hitting media. Pure-play content companies end up subsidizing growth of their rivals by licensing IP to distributors (streaming) who use that to fuel growth & invest in own content... https://twitter.com/...
Tony Uphoff / @tonyuphoff: Fantastic interview of @RobertIger by @karaswisher. Tech disruption of filmed entertainment is something everyone can relate to. Perhaps easier than seeing tech disruption in your own industry. Iger embraced tech, leaned into the disruption and @WaltDisneyCo benefited. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Gustin / @scottgustin: Iger addresses the CEO rumors: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Josh Spiegel / @mousterpiece: A number of fascinating tidbits in this transcript of a recent post-retirement interview (including Iger subtly implying that sticking to data like a certain new CEO wants to wouldn't have led to one of Marvel's biggest hits), but that one is....uh... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Here's the interview I did with @RobertIger this weekend in Richmond — it's full of juicy bits via @NYTOpinion https://www.nytimes.com/...
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Center for Countering Digital Hate: Substack makes at least $2.5M/year via anti-vaccine posts; Substack defends hosting “writers with whom we strongly disagree” — Newsletter company Substack is making millions off anti-vaccine content, according to estimates
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@alexhern: Something that isn't addressed in this article, but is crucial to remember about substack: an unknown number of its writers are directly paid by the company, hand-picked and enticed over through its opaque substack pro deal https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@alexhern: This matters too because it completely blows substack's defence out of the water. You cannot have a “hands off approach to content moderation” if you're actively hand-picking people to pay a special deal to. That is the definition of hands-on. https://twitter.com/...
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: 6) When it comes to bad ideas, it's neither right nor smart to martyr them and drive them into dark corners where they're safe from examination and questioning. That doesn't work. What works is examination and mockery (like using the Riddikulus charm against a Boggart).
Meera Navlakha / Mashable: On Substack, COVID misinformation is allowed to flourish
David Dayen / @ddayen: Wait you mean censoring people from large platforms means they can just move to other ones and produce things that can be shared just as rapidly? You mean you can't just eliminate someone's voice entirely? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rusty Foster / @fka_tabs: Like in HARRY POTTER y'know? 😉😉😉😉 😉 https://twitter.com/...
@ccdhate: One newsletter by prominent anti-vaxxer Joseph Mercola spread the misinformation that “More Children Have Died From Covid Shot Than From Covid.” His newsletters make an estimated $1M a year. Read more in @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jamison Foser / @jamisonfoser: So the thing about this is that *Harry Potter is a work of fiction* and in the real world no amount of mockery makes covid misinformation spread by massive and influential platforms like Substack disappear. Instead, people die. https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Schneider / @gabemschneider: I say all of this because @ObjectiveJrn was an early adopter of Substack and one of the few initial publications on the platform. We left. Happy to talk about how to do that anytime. DM's open.
@get_innocuous: Competing with existing social platforms incentivizes new platforms to welcome this type of content - and the audience that content attracts. If you're a new platform, and I tell you I can bring 100k monthly views with content not available elsewhere, are you going to say no? https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Posner / @sarahposner: This is some next-level venture capitalist pretzel brain shit https://twitter.com/...
Kirsten Han / @kixes: Graham Linehan is actively and regularly attacking trans people and their existence, and others are making money off spreading Covid misinformation (see: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...) https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Taylor / @jefftaylorhuman: The difference being if you contact them they'll very likely correct the issue, probably even with an editor's note apologizing for the error. Meanwhile, your platform lets misinformation flourish unchecked. But go off, I guess. https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Schneider / @gabemschneider: Coincidentally, while there are a lot of great writers on Substack, there are also a lot of racists and transphobes. Impossible to know really why folks like that might feel attracted to the platform.
Kaya Oakes / @kayaoakes: As Sarah says in this thread, if you're paying for Substacks you should also be paying for journalism, you know, the kind that happens in newspapers and magazines with editors and fact checkers. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Posner / @sarahposner: People paying for Substacks think they're getting something cool and new and close and intimate with the writer. The real reason why there are so many Substacks (of legit people, not the anti-vax scammers) is there are shrinking ways for writers to make money.
Sarah Posner / @sarahposner: IOW, Substack, which pretends to promote a diversity of ideas, is subverting democracy. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Rothschild / @rothschildmd: Substack is also profiting off stolen election conspiracy theories. The “devolution” theory, which claims Trump is still the president and running a secret military government, generates thousands of dollars per month for both its creator, “Patel Patriot,” and Substack. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Posner / @sarahposner: So the only way for writers to make money is to give some of it to some idiots who platform conspiracy theorists and who are making millions off of it.
Gabe Schneider / @gabemschneider: Really great thread on why you should leave Substack — they consistently wrap themselves in flowery language meant to mask their editorial choices. https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Schneider / @gabemschneider: Substack is honestly a great CMS and newsletter platform which is why it's sad that the company feels the need to repeatedly use the same language that transphobes and racists use to mask their intentions.
Chelsea Clinton / @chelseaclinton: Anti-vaxx grift going strong - why is Substack facilitating science denialists' ability to profit from destructive lies (and comfortable profiting themselves)? “Anti-vaxxers making ‘at least $2.5m’ a year from publishing on Substack” via @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Sarah Posner / @sarahposner: Listen up all you people who are paying for Substacks: Are you also paying for real journalism? Because if you're not, you are serious fucking part of the problem.
Liz Essley Whyte / @l_e_whyte: Anti-vaccine activists flocking to Substack, including Joseph Mercola, who recently used his newsletter to claim that the unvaccinated might soon be imprisoned (which is, to be clear, a conspiracy theory) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Sarah Posner / @sarahposner: Substack earns at least $2.5 million a year from just five anti-vaccine leaders who have amassed tens of thousands of subscribers, each paying $50 a month." https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Isaac Saul / @ike_saul: It's almost as if banning people from platforms doesn't actually work! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek: A lot of “content moderation” just gets lumped in together but we should talk a lot more about how who pays and who profits drives this space and should change different stakeholder responsibilities https://twitter.com/...
Jay Van Bavel / @jayvanbavel: Follow the money of the people spewing out misinformation... https://twitter.com/...
@meeranavlakha: Substack is home to a slew of prominent newsletters from anti-vaxxers. The company's philosophy? “It's not against the rules to be disagreeable or wrong.” I wrote about why these newsletters have been allowed to exist, and flourish, on the platform. https://mashable.com/...
@alexhern: Substack's issue is the same as Spotify's: it has an open platform, and a closed editorial product, and it tries to pretend that criticism of the latter is the same as criticism of the former. But unlike Spotify, it's much more successful at that line, because of its obfuscation
@alexhern: I say “unknown number” but the more important thing isn't how many there are but who they are. Is substack deliberately using substack pro to build an anti-vax publishing empire? We literally do not know, and the company refuses to divulge any information
@ccdhate: The US tech platform which hosts popular newsletters, retains 10% of subscription revenue. This means @SubstackInc is earning at least $250,000 a year from allowing Mercola and Berenson to spread lies and misinformation https://counterhate.com/...
Elise Czajkowski / American Press Institute: Need to Know: January 27, 2022 — OFF THE TOP — You might have heard …
Tarl Warwick / The Tarl Times: Youtubes Laughable Misinfo Policy on COVID
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On Substack:
Substack says it will stick to its hands-off approach to content moderation amid increased pressure to censor what some see as dubious or objectionable content
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@lulumeservey, TK News, Dude with Decency, @ggreenwald, @epistemiclyrich, @lulumeservey, @slpng_giants, @ethanvansciver, @infosec_taylor, @karlbode, @tomgara, @lulumeservey, @lulumeservey, @soledadobrien, @espiers, Defector, @shannoncoulter, @helpmeskeletor, @lulumeservey, @lulumeservey, @kaivanshroff, @lulumeservey, @glennbeck, @lulumeservey, @jeffjarvis, @dloesch, @nickgillespie, Today in Tabs, MB's Word on the Street, @bartnijman, Press Gazette, Are We Having Fun Yet?, A public health …, @plinz, @glennf, How To with Yuri Bezmenov, @emilymiller, Words TK, @davidu, @rrhoover, @epro, @binarybits, @cjgbest, @yugacohler, @lmatsakis, @doombergt, @caseynewton, @substackinc and @dongwon
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Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: At Substack, we don't make moderation decisions based on public pressure or PR considerations. An important principle for us is defending free expression, even for stuff we personally dislike or disagree with. We understand principles come at a cost. 🧵
Matt Taibbi / TK News: The Folly of Pandemic Censorship
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: The liberal fixation on silencing and censoring everyone who disagrees with them has never, at least in my lifetime, been higher. It's their religion. Happy to see this defiant statement from Substack. This is the only way to treat these little tyrants: https://twitter.com/...
Richard Lucas / @epistemiclyrich: Society has a trust problem. Authorities insist on making it worse. “The most dangerous misinformation is always official.” “People know authorities lie, which is why the more they clamp down, the bigger their trust problem usually becomes.” https://taibbi.substack.com/ ...
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: 5) The only area where we humans have a perfect track record is that we've consistently gotten things wrong. Every generation has beliefs and blind spots that make future generations aghast. It would be the height of arrogance to think we've suddenly become infallible now.
@slpng_giants: Another platform, another dishonest “free speech” argument that doesn't apply to businesses. Pathetic to see @SubstackInc, a new content platform, using the same well-worn playbook of Facebook (@meta) and @YouTube, who came before them. Just say you're in it for the dough. https://twitter.com/...
@ethanvansciver: Completely appreciate this sentiment, and it's a shame that this needs to be explained to ANYONE in 2022. But it does. Social Justice bullies need to shut the fuck up and let people express themselves without having to pass their ironic morality tests. Stay tough, Substack! https://twitter.com/...
Ashley / @infosec_taylor: We defend free speech including disinformation and hate speech.... except if you post anything sexual. That's icky. https://twitter.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: substack does this thing where they throw big cash advances at professional bigots and contrarian trolls for engagement bucks, then stand back pretending they're just uninvolved, objective champions of expression and in love with trust building https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: There's a revealed preference thing going on with Substack's approach to content moderation and it's huge success / popularity among media people https://on.substack.com/...
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: 4) Who should be the arbiter of what's true and good and right? People should be allowed to decide for themselves, not have a tech executive decide for them. I wouldn't want someone to pick out my clothes for me, much less my ideas.
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: 3) We made a promise to writers that this is a place they can pursue what they find meaningful, without coddling or controlling. We promised we wouldn't come between them and their audiences. And we intend to keep our side of the agreement for every writer that keeps theirs.
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: (Also: we do not mind platforming misinformation and disinformation) https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: I think people misconstruing what “freedom of expression” means is kind of par for the course on this site, but suggesting that allowing misinformation to be published “builds trust” by being performatively hands-off, is an amazing level of cognitive dissonance. https://twitter.com/...
Laura Wagner / Defector: I Am Begging The Substack Bosses To Can It Already
Shannon Coulter / @shannoncoulter: Hundreds of doctors are publicly begging tech companies to stop allowing anti-vaccine info to be spread on their platforms because they've seen the real harm it causes. Substack's response? We don't care. https://twitter.com/...
@helpmeskeletor: Funny how often people defending bigotry love to talk about it as the price of freedom but not who pays it and who benefits from it. https://twitter.com/...
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: I read things on Substack all the time that I personally disagree with. Open debate is not always comfortable. But neither, for that matter, is the sea.
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: I respect that writers on Substack are people who like to think for themselves. They tend not to be conformists, and they have the confidence and strength of conviction not to be threatened by views that disagree with them or even disgust them. This is becoming increasingly rare
Kaivan Shroff / @kaivanshroff: Having no principles is easy. https://twitter.com/...
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: I'm proud of our decision to defend free expression, even when it's hard, because: 1) We want a thriving ecosystem full of fresh and diverse ideas. That can't happen without the freedom to experiment, or even to be wrong.
Glenn Beck / @glennbeck: @lilumeservey thank you for speaking the truth that Americans of all political persuasions believe. The 1st amendment is really only needed when it is unpopular. Thank you for defending honest differences. https://twitter.com/...
Lulu Cheng Meservey / @lulumeservey: 2) People already mistrust institutions, media, and each other. Knowing that dissenting views are being suppressed makes that mistrust worse. Withstanding scrutiny makes truths stronger, not weaker.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: “Public pressure” is just a way to devalue the public https://twitter.com/...
Dana Loesch / @dloesch: Good thread. Thank you. https://twitter.com/...
Nick Gillespie / @nickgillespie: As we face growing pressure to censor content published on @SubstackInc...our answer remains the same: we make decisions based on principles not PR, we will defend free expression, and we will stick to our hands-off approach to content moderation.' Yes! https://on.substack.com/...
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs: A Somewhat Chaotic Orbit
MB McCart / MB's Word on the Street: Substack Round-up, 1/27/22 — Greetings, Dear Readers, and I hope it's fine as wine out there.
@bartnijman: “To put it plainly: censorship of bad ideas makes people less likely, not more likely, to trust good ideas.” Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse. https://on.substack.com/...
Daniel A. Zendejas / Are We Having Fun Yet?: Society has a Trust Problem
Joscha Bach / @plinz: “We don't have a misinformation problem, we have a trust problem. Censorship of bad ideas makes people less likely, not more likely, to trust good ideas. Censorship [doesn't] make the misinformation problem disappear but the mistrust problem worse."https://on.substack.com/ ...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: No. Every platform starts out with free-speech maximalism as if it's some kind of universal principle handed down by the gods or the stars or whatever, and ultimately devotes 10-20% of its staff to dealing with safety. https://on.substack.com/...
Yuri Bezmenov / How To with Yuri Bezmenov: How To Make a Golden Age Mixtape
Emily Miller / @emilymiller: Read this from @SubstackInc — it makes me proud to be a part of this mission to ensure free speech so the government must listen to the people. “Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse.” https://on.substack.com/...
Mark Coatney / Words TK: Let's Start Solving Society's Trust Problem By Solving Substack's Trust Problem
David Ulevitch / @davidu: It's the correct place to land. So obvious, and yet, refreshing. https://on.substack.com/...
Ryan Hoover / @rrhoover: “In the online Thunderdome, it is imperative that you are not seen to engage with ideas from the wrong group” https://on.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Emil Protalinski / @epro: If Substack's hands-off approach to content moderation was just about free speech, maybe the company could make a non-bullshit argument. But Substack makes money by taking a cut from “dubious or objectionable content.” Sorry Substack, this doesn't pass the sniff test. https://twitter.com/...
Timothy B. Lee / @binarybits: We are not on substack but I like this post about their content moderation philosophy. https://on.substack.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@yugacohler: Latest @SubstackInc missive by @hamishmckenzie @cjgbest and @jairajs89 is really excellent. “Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse.” https://twitter.com/...
Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis: What Substack is and isn't willing to do on moderation remains super vague. This post seems to imply that they won't take down misleading posts about vaccines. But at the same time, its rules already ban promoting “harmful or illegal activities” https://on.substack.com/...
Doomberg / @doombergt: Outstanding piece by the @SubstackInc team. As long as this is their view, we want to be part of their ecosystem. @SubstackLinda https://on.substack.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Interesting contrast: Substack just posted its own anti-vaxx policy, which is that generally it is NOT going to remove it, because it doesn't think censorship works. Gonna write about this for @platformer today if you want to get ahead on your reading: https://on.substack.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Services revenue for Apple, which includes Apple TV+, Apple Music, the App Store, and iCloud, brought in $19.5B in Q1, up from $15.8B a year ago — The tech giant reported a total of $123.9 billion in revenue, while Wall Street analysts expected the tech giant to make $118.3 billion.
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Marc Schneider / Billboard: Apple Services Brings in $19.5B Amid Total Earnings Blowout
Agam Shah / The Register: Apple Mac sales break records amid ex-86-odus to Arm-compatible M1 silicon
Ian Sherr / CNET: Apple's iPhone 13 leads to company's largest revenue and profit in history, despite parts shortages
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple had 785M paying subs globally across all services in Q1, up 27% YoY; Cook says Apple doesn't make “purely financial decisions” about Apple TV+ content — And CEO Tim Cook acknowledged that it isn't necessarily looking for a financial payback on that investment.
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Todd Spangler / @xpangler: Cook's comments suggest that Apple still sees the streaming service strategically as mainly loss-leader for sales of iPhones, Apple TV 4K set-tops and other hardware products https://variety.com/...
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
NBCUniversal says Peacock has 9M+ paid subscribers, with the vast majority on the $5/month ad-supported tier; CFO says content spend will double to $3B in 2022 — NBCUniversal revealed streamer Peacock ended 2021 with 9 million paid subscribers during parent company Comcast's fourth-quarter …
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Bloomberg, The Wrap, @lucas_shaw, @richardlnewby, The Verge, @loudmouthjulia, @theericgoldman, @emilylongeretta, Light Reading, MediaPost, Engadget, Awful Announcing, CNET, Deadline and Next TV
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg: Comcast to Double Spending on Its Peacock Streaming Service to Boost Paid Subscribers
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Is Peacock Burning a $2 Billion Hole in Comcast's Wallet?
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Disney, Amazon and HBO Max all have arguments for being second to Netflix. But there is a clear last place in streaming right now, and it's name is Peacock. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Peacock has an incredible library. One of the best. What Peacock doesn't have is strong acquisition titles. Why should someone sign up for Peacock, especially if same library is on Hulu? Still no urgency (hit show) to bring people in. How many of these signups are sports related? https://twitter.com/...
Eric Goldman / @theericgoldman: Way too few of you have seen the new Saved by the Bell and MacGruber https://twitter.com/...
Emily Longeretta / @emilylongeretta: Curious to know: are people surprised by how low this number is? Personally, I am since there are a few shows I'd EASILY pay to watch. (#DrDeath 4ever...) https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Peacock to double content spend to $3B in 2022, absorb steeper losses
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: NBCU Sees 2021 Peacock Revenue, Losses Climb, Even As 2022 Content Spend Grows
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Peacock has 9 million paid subscribers
Jay Rigdon / Awful Announcing: Peacock hits 9 million paid subscribers
Andrew Blok / CNET: Peacock reaches 9 million paid subscribers
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Peacock Reaches 9M Stand-Alone Premium Subscribers And 7M More Via Paid Bundles; Comcast Plans 2022 Spending Ramp-Up To $3B
Jon Lafayette / Next TV: Comcast To Double Programming Spending On Peacock to $3 Billion
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Comcast reports Q4 media revenue rose 8.4% YoY to $5.83B; Peacock had $335M in revenue and an adjusted $559M loss, up from $254M YoY, and 24.5M active accounts
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Jennifer Maas / Variety: Comcast Beats Q4 Earnings: NBCU Revenue Rises 9.5% as Peacock Tops 24 Million Monthly Active U.S. Accounts
Jennifer Maas / Variety: Comcast Beats Q4 Earnings: NBCU Revenue Rises 25.6% as Peacock Tops 24 Million Monthly Active U.S. Accounts
Owen Poindexter / Front Office Sports: Peacock Rises to 24.5M Users as Super Bowl, Olympics Loom
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Journalist and Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub has received 26K+ tweets, including rape and death threats, since criticizing Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen — Indian authorities must immediately conduct a swift and thorough investigation into threats made to Mumbai-based Washington Post columnist …
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@ranaayyub, @article19org, @ramyakannan, @iwmf, @prannoyroyndtv, @rupikaur_, @tariqpanja, @courtneyr, @cpjasia, @pressfreedom, @penamerica, @tajmahalfoxtrot and @_sayema
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Rana Ayyub / @ranaayyub: 26.4 thousand tweets, most are abusive, rape and death threats, calling me a terror sympathiser. Most tweets are by the Indian right wing & Saudi nationalists who are attacking me after i posted a tweet in solidarity with Yemen and calling out the Saudis. Hello @TwitterIndia https://twitter.com/...
@article19org: We condemn the online attacks and threats against journalists and HRDs for pursuing the truth. @ARTICLE19org stands in solidarity with @RanaAyyub and urges authorities to investigate threats on journalists as a priority for safeguarding #FreedomOfExpression. #WeStandWithRana https://twitter.com/...
Ramya Kannan / @ramyakannan: How this can go on and on is beyond me. @RanaAyyub #insolidarity https://twitter.com/...
@iwmf: The IWMF stands in solidarity with @RanaAyyub and condemns the #OnlineViolence against her. Rana continues to be the target of misinformation campaigns and harassment, appearing on three @OneFreePress lists of journalists under attack for pursuing the truth. #WeStandWithRana https://twitter.com/...
Prannoy Roy / @prannoyroyndtv: This disgraceful online attack on RanaAyub - based on false morphed photographs - is absolutely shocking. We appeal to both Twitter and the Mumbai police to take immediate action. https://twitter.com/...
Rupi Kaur / @rupikaur_: solidarity, love and strength to @RanaAyyub. just a small glimpse into the horrific coordinated attacks rana regularly receives for her work and voice. https://twitter.com/...
Tariq Panja / @tariqpanja: “Indian right wing” and “Saudi nationalists” — nothing like social media to offer the space for these groups to coalesce in shared abuse and hatred https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Courtney Radsch / @courtneyr: Yet again, @RanaAyyub faces attacks online, an all-too-common theme in her professional life along with too many women journalists around the world, esp. when their identities intersect with a minority religion, ethnicity. #HoldTheLine for Rana, @mariaressa et al #pressfreedom https://twitter.com/...
@cpjasia: @washingtonpost @RanaAyyub “No journalist should have to suffer the intense online harassment and threats repeatedly directed against @RanaAyyub. Indian authorities must take action against anyone who has threatened violence against Ayyub and ensure her safety,” ~ @StevenBButler https://cpj.org/...
@pressfreedom: Indian authorities must immediately conduct a swift and thorough investigation into threats made to Mumbai-based Washington Post columnist and freelance journalist @RanaAyyub. https://cpj.org/...
@penamerica: PEN America stands in solidarity w/ @RanaAyyub & condemns the relentless #OnlineAbuse she's facing. Rana is being deliberately targeted by a coordinated harassment and disinformation campaign, but she refuses to be silenced. #WeStandWithRana #FightOnlineAbuseNOW https://twitter.com/...
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
A look at The Root under G/O Media: 15 of 16 staffers have quit since April over issues like hiring an EIC outsider and blurring advertising and editorial lines — When The Root launched as an offshoot of The Washington Post in 2008, it aimed to fill the gap between print and online media …
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@gawker, @imjasondiamond, @gaby_moss, @nina_metz, @film_girl, @tylercoates, @dariccott, @jonbernhardt, @pblest, @lordravenscraft, @ballaban, @xoxogossipgita, @niemanlab, @rifewithkatie, @wesleyfenlon, @msshanitarenee, @theeashleyray, @blmckean, @andyorin, @sacrockettjr, @kerrymflynn, @budrykzack, @bubbaprog, @davelevitan, @adamweinstein, @leahfinnegan, @ryanlcooper, @steadynappin_ and @tarpleyhitt
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@gawker: Michael Harriot, who resigned in November, told Gawker: “As a staff, we came to the conclusion that, basically, The Root is over.” https://www.gawker.com/...
Jason Diamond / @imjasondiamond: Incompetency and bad management is way too common in media, but the level of just tanking several well-respected and beloved websites the way this company has is really...something. I don't even know. https://www.gawker.com/...
Gabrielle Moss / @gaby_moss: very good piece about G/O Media forcing out yet more talented people so they can transform smart sites into mere shells. *BUT* it's odd to see this coming from BDG, a company that legit forced out/ laid off most of the ed staff at Bustle so they could rebrand as “upmarket” https://twitter.com/...
Nina Metz / @nina_metz: “But over the past year, 15 of the site's employees have left — a nearly 100 percent turnover since April, when it had 16 full-time staffers.” Wow I didn't realize it nearly a total turnover of the staff https://www.gawker.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: This is really sad to see. Yet another G/O Media related death https://www.gawker.com/...
Tyler Coates / @tylercoates: literally what is wrong with the people who run this company https://www.gawker.com/...
@dariccott: 1. WTF 2. There's so many amazing journalists that got their start at The Root, so this is heartbreaking 3. WTF 4. This explains why my recent past applications never got a response 5. WTF 6. This is an incredibly structured piece 7. WTF 8. 30K pay gap?! 9. WTF 10. OMG, WTF https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Bernhardt / @jonbernhardt: entry number whatever in “spanfeller and his goons bought GMG as an explicit ideological project to thoroughly destroy it as a company and a brand, while making what money they could on the way out” https://www.gawker.com/...
Paul Blest / @pblest: They never, ever understood what they were buying https://www.gawker.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Eric Ravenscraft / @lordravenscraft: That's (at least!) three G/O media sites to lose virtually their entire staff because of garbage management. Everyone quitting slowly isn't better than everyone quitting the same week. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Ballaban / @ballaban: The majority of the staff of Deadspin, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Jezebel, and now the Root have all quit under G/O Media. At what point does this just become a weird nonsensical mantra https://www.gawker.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Gita Jackson / @xoxogossipgita: sad. i loved the root. https://www.gawker.com/...
@niemanlab: “Management seemed to want less of the provocative work its writers were known for in favor of ‘a softer, gentler, more upbeat site,’...and stories like, as one source put it: ‘This Girl Applied For 17 Scholarships And Got Into Three Ivy League Schools.’” https://www.gawker.com/...
Wes Fenlon / @wesleyfenlon: You have to give G/O Media bosses credit for being the most innovative in the biz when it comes to destroying beloved publications. No one else is operating on their level. https://www.gawker.com/...
Shanita Hubbard / @msshanitarenee: we know things at The Root are bad but to go on record say Vanessa is no different from a slave protecting their slave master is one hell of a thing to say about someone and remain anonymous. you can't take a public shot like that and hide ya hand. https://twitter.com/...
@theeashleyray: it's official now but i said it was dead when fmg bought it, put it on kinja so they could pump it with more ads but then that flooded it with white readers so they bought verysmartbrothas so the audience would still look black on comscore, but that was way before g/o media https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin McKean / @blmckean: “At times, it verged on absurd. For Mother's and Father's Day, they sold pieces to a liquor company. But because it was liquor, the corresponding articles couldn't reference children. 'We had to write all these Mother's Day pieces without talking about kids,' one editor said.” https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Crockett Jr / @sacrockettjr: It be your own people: https://www.gawker.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: “Sometimes it seemed staff were being subtweeted by their own boss. In fairness, some did it back.” Important read by @tarpleyhitt on the mass exodus at G/O Media's The Root: https://www.gawker.com/...
Timothy Burke / @bubbaprog: We regularly had liquor brands do big buys/day sponsorships/tag sponsorships whatever & at no point were we ever told “you can't write about kids” or in fact that we ever could NOT write about anything. Everything about G/O is bizarre. https://www.gawker.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dave Levitan / @davelevitan: Man, G/O Media is just a plague from @tarpleyhitt: https://www.gawker.com/...
Adam Weinstein / @adamweinstein: Starting to think this Spanfeller fellow may be an herb https://twitter.com/...
Leah Finnegan / @leahfinnegan: Eight former and current Root staffers told Gawker that management seemed to want less of the overtly provocative work its writers were known for in favor of “a softer, gentler, more upbeat site.” @tarpleyhitt https://www.gawker.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: oh look, Jim Spanfeller flushed another flourishing website down the toilet https://www.gawker.com/...
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Analysis of journalism ads finds mentions of being “passionate” rose from 4% in 2002 to 16% in 2013 as reporting jobs have become economically irrational — News outlets seem to want “passion for the work” above all else in who they hire. But all that passion comes with an unhealthy price tag.
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@jbenton, @mathewi, @mrochabrun, @byjoelanderson, @terri_rupar, @allyschweitzer, @niemanfdn, @jen_rice_, @losowsky, @karenmcgrane, @katebevan, @saragregory, @bykenarmstrong, @coreyhutchins, @glennf, @ckrewson, @merecummings, @garethharding, @mattderienzo, @rhhackett, @davidfirn and @zainabshah
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Joshua Benton / @jbenton: New by me —> Are you ~~passionate~~ about journalism? Hiring editors sure want you to be. In the past 2 weeks, 155 of the 293 new jobs posted on https://journalismjobs.com/ have included the word “passion” or “passionate” somewhere in the ad copy. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Passion will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no passion https://twitter.com/...
@mrochabrun: Where's the analysis showing there's a correlation between the word “passion” in a journalism job ad and low pay https://twitter.com/...
Joel D. Anderson / @byjoelanderson: “A reporting job has become an economically irrational choice for more potential journalists” - @jbenton on journalism & the commodification of “passion.” A lot needed to change in the profession but one thing I really do miss: when a job was just a job. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Terri Rupar / @terri_rupar: I read this and now the word “passion” has lost all meaning is it a fruit is it an animal is it a scent https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@allyschweitzer: I wish more media employers had a passion for paying their staff more. https://twitter.com/...
@niemanfdn: News outlets seem to want “passion for the work” above all else in who they hire. But all that passion comes with an unhealthy price tag. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Jen Rice / @jen_rice_: presumably we can negotiate higher salaries based on passion https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Losowsky / @losowsky: “Passion is, at some level, a willingness to suffer for your work. It might be noble, but giving it too much weight in hiring is a recipe for exhaustion, burnout, and newsrooms that don't look like their audiences” https://twitter.com/...
Karen McGrane / @karenmcgrane: One of the things I explicitly advise students to avoid in their job applications is “feeling words” like passionate, excited, etc. Employers actually don't care how you feel about your job, they want to know what you can do (and how much they can exploit you) https://twitter.com/...
Kate Bevan / @katebevan: This is a great piece. “Passion” should be about food and sex, not work. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Gregory / @saragregory: To quote @sarahljaffe, work won't love you back! https://twitter.com/...
Ken Armstrong / @bykenarmstrong: Such a great piece on what it is we ask for. My fave is the newsroom seeking someone “who has a passion for digital storytelling in a results-oriented environment,” a description sure to crush whatever passion an applicant might actually have. https://twitter.com/...
Corey Hutchins / @coreyhutchins: “A reporting job has become an economically irrational choice for more potential journalists, disproportionately weeding out the less passionate among them.” https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: “Passion” is another word for unpaid overtime. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: Hey @jbenton this is my favorite passion in journalism story. https://twitter.com/...
Meredith Cummings / @merecummings: Great article: “And ‘passion’ is sometimes code for 'has the ability to suffer through tiny salaries for ten years before ‘making it’— and that's an ability that isn't equally distributed among all parts of society.” https://twitter.com/...
Gareth Harding / @garethharding: “Is covering suburban sewer district meetings what you've always dreamed of doing? Did your childhood list of life goals include “lightly rewriting wire copy about more exciting things happening in more exciting places”? If yes, it's time to get PASSIONATE about journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Matt DeRienzo / @mattderienzo: This is a hilarious/amazing idea for a story. And we should be interrogating our buzz words and what they signal! https://twitter.com/...
Robert Hackett / @rhhackett: Passion literally comes from the latin ‘to suffer’ https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Brookings:
Three case studies quantify the spikes in harmful online speech mentioning women journalists after prominent men targeted them on social or broadcast media — On March 9, 2021, Fox News host Tucker Carlson took aim at a favorite target: a New York Times journalist.
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@craignewmark, @donmoyn, @oliverdarcy, @jigsaw, @feliciasonmez, @karlbode, @page88, @slpng_giants, @mattlech, @rottenindenmark, @carolecadwalla, @jeremymbarr, @page88, @page88, @page88, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @page88, @moorehn, @damemagazine, @green_footballs, @kathleen_belew, @page88, @micheleberdy, @page88, @crampell, @jeanguerre, @krisgoldsmith85, @brooklynmarie and @courtneyr
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Craig Newmark / @craignewmark: After Tucker Carlson mentioned NYT journalist Taylor Lorenz on air, harmful speech in her Twitter mentions rose 115% - and she's not alone. The @IWMF and @CSMaP_NYU investigate “The Tucker Carlson Effect”: https://www.brookings.edu/....
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: What happens when Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald target female journalists? A dramatic increase in threatening, toxic and sexually explicit online attacks. They can pretend they are not responsible, but they can't say they don't know. https://brookings.edu/... https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Brookings Institution publishes research finding that after Tucker Carlson targets a female journalist, “the prevalence of hateful speech targeting those journalists increases in the immediate aftermath, often taking days to decrease...” https://www.brookings.edu/...
@jigsaw: Gender based online violence silences important voices and undermines democratic discourse. A new analysis from @BrookingsInst used Perspective API to highlight the impact of media attacks on toxic language directed at women journalists online. https://www.brookings.edu/...
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: This is so very important. I stand with @page88, @TaylorLorenz and all other female journalists who have faced the vile and relentless abuse that comes from coordinated harassment campaigns. As Virginia so bravely notes, management often rushes to blame the victim. It must end. https://twitter.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: people enabling all of this stuff know exactly what they're doing, building, and profiting off of https://twitter.com/...
Virginia Heffernan / @page88: But this data from @BrookingsInst is like having cold, irrefutable photographs of the crossfire— it's not longer deniable by Carlson, et al
@slpng_giants: Tucker Carlson's website, @DailyCaller, exposed my identity in 2018. All is fair and it was pretty good detective work. However, afterwards, my family was hit with overwhelming harassment, including death threats to my son at our synagogue, for months. This is not normal. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Lech / @mattlech: getting flashbacks to rss feeds, this is a pattern people have been marking since before Twitter killed blogs https://ohtarzie.wordpress.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Hobbes / @rottenindenmark: You can't hold public figures responsible for what their fans do of course, but the fact that far-right commentators have engaged in no public reflection and refuse to give even pro-forma “don't harass the people I mention” disclaimers is telling. https://twitter.com/...
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: News organisations have to change. Read @page88's experience of how she & @TaylorLorenz were targeted with ‘violent, defamatory, speech-chilling, & career-ruining campaigns’. And how the failure of news org to recognise what was happening added to the abuse https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: I wrote a story about this last April: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Virginia Heffernan / @page88: I provided my former employer, the @latimes, w/ data visualizations after this happened. But my chief boss (not my amazing editor @susanbrenneman) didn't discuss it as a campaign. Instead he said he disagreed w/the column that “provoked it.” Then I was let go a few months later
Virginia Heffernan / @page88: I can't explain how much data is preferable to condolences when this happens.
Virginia Heffernan / @page88: It seemed like such a good time for the newspaper to stand by its female journalists and stand with @pressfreedom & the @TheCAOV. But no. Instead of seeing this as a campaign to chill speech, this one boss saw this as a problem with me & my column. So the campaign worked.
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: I am the female journalist Brookings studied in this report. I'm so grateful for the work they've done to expertly quantify just a sliver of this sustained attacks on me and other women in media https://www.brookings.edu/... https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: My hope is that more researchers can do studies like this using cold, hard, irrefutable data to prove to newsrooms that these attacks are vicious, coordinated, and real and must be taken seriously across the industry 🙏🏻 https://twitter.com/...
Virginia Heffernan / @page88: The issue is the crime: the quantity, defamation, death and rape threats, and relentlessness of these campaigns. When it's happening to you, it's hard to make the campaign visible to others, though it's like being in nonstop digital crossfire.
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: I am so, so sick of how easy it is for shady men to whip up an online swarm against a woman he's threatened or intimidated by. It happens over and over. This is a good read: https://twitter.com/...
@damemagazine: Please read this, and understand what women journalists endure https://twitter.com/...
Charles Johnson / @green_footballs: They do know what will happen, and it's very deliberate. And yes, they are responsible. https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen Belew / @kathleen_belew: I'm confused about why a study was needed—is this just to verify the truth about what the targeted women have been telling us this whole time? https://twitter.com/...
Virginia Heffernan / @page88: I'm extremely grateful to @BrookingsInst for doing this careful analysis of the sexualized online attacks & death threats that @TaylorLorenz and I got after Tucker Carlson attacked us on his show. https://www.brookings.edu/...
Michele A. Berdy / @micheleberdy: What a reprehensible, disgusting man who incites other reprehensible, disgusting men. https://twitter.com/...
Virginia Heffernan / @page88: I hope @BrookingsInst will continue to produce the data that exposes the mechanics of these violent, defamatory, speech-chilling, & career-ruining campaigns.
Catherine Rampell / @crampell: Based on my own experience, particularly in the past few days, these trends are unsurprising. But still quite useful to have data to quantify this phenomenon. https://twitter.com/...
Jean Guerrero / @jeanguerre: Yep. Tucker's fans like to Google women he attacks, find their emails and spend time spewing hate full of misspellings & grammatical errors. https://twitter.com/...
Kristofer Goldsmith / @krisgoldsmith85: Tucker Carlson (and Glenn Greenwald, who obsessively monitors Twitter for mentions of his name) knowingly endanger women journalists as if for sport. Their rampant sexism, and that of their disgusting fans, is extremely profitable for these small, insecure men. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: Lived it myself a couple of times and folks, it sucked https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Courtney Radsch / @courtneyr: After Tucker Carlson mentioned NYT journalist Taylor Lorenz on air, harmful speech in her Twitter mentions rose 115% - and she's not alone. The @IWMF and @CSMaP_NYU investigate “The Tucker Carlson Effect” #onlineharassment #gender #disinformation https://www.brookings.edu/....
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK regional publisher Archant is for sale again, 18 months after being acquired by PE firm Rcapital; it is expected to be sold for £5M to £10M — Exclusive: Publisher of dozens of local titles was sold to Rcapital in deal that promised ‘bright future’
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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Radiolab creator and host Jad Abumrad is leaving after almost 20 years; Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser, named co-hosts in late 2020, will take over the show — Oh, you like podcasts? Sign up for Vulture's new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. — Radiolab is moving into a radically new era.
Discussion:
New York Public Radio, Talking Biz News, @jadabumrad, @macfound, @katiehasty, @kenburns, @jimog, @jessethorn, @tylerkenthill, @heyfeifer, @durvidimel, @aaronscottopb, @anilkseth, @electryandorsey, @annasale, @joelwerner, @iraglass, @grant_blank_, @shreyadasgupta, @duffinkaren, @emilyzfeng, @lmillernpr, @jadabumrad, insideradio.com, @nwquah and @zuriberry
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Christopher Chafin / New York Public Radio: Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser Become Sole Hosts of Iconic Podcast Radiolab as Creator and Co-Host Jad Abumrad Departs After 20 Years
Jad Abumrad / @jadabumrad: Hey everybody. I have some big personal news. I am stepping aside as host of Radiolab. This show that I started in 2002 - in my basement - is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary, and this feels like the right time. https://www.wnycstudios.org/ ... (1/6)
@macfound: Congratulations @JadAbumrad on 20 great years! In 2011 we recognized him as a MacArthur Fellow for “inspiring boundless curiosity within a new generation of listeners” on @Radiolab. 🎙️ #MacFellow https://twitter.com/...
Katie Hasty / @katiehasty: A big hats-off to Jad Abumrad, a journalist and host that has heavily influenced the way I think about media today and for always. https://twitter.com/...
Ken Burns / @kenburns: Can't wait to see and hear what's next. Congrats on all you've done. You've changed how so many of us think about science and storytelling. https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Thorn / @jessethorn: This guy rules in case you were wondering. I hope he is proud of himself. (Literally.) https://twitter.com/...
@tylerkenthill: The first time I heard radiolab I was driving through the Mojave desert on my way to my sophomore year of college. I heard “After Life” and - like others have said today - I thought “I want to do THAT for a living.” I started making radio docs that fall. Thanks Jad. :') https://twitter.com/...
Jason Feifer / @heyfeifer: Whoa, actual “end of an era” material here. Congratulations @JadAbumrad on absolutely everything https://twitter.com/...
David ImeI / @durvidimel: .@JadAbumrad is the biggest reason I'm obsessed with good storytelling. @Radiolab was the catalyst for me getting deep into this industry back in 2011. What an incredible run. 👏👏👏 https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Scott Opb / @aaronscottopb: I was recently asked which interviewers I most looked up to, and I replied that I learned more from sitting through two interviews with @JadAbumrad than from two years of graduate school. Thank you for being a true inspiration to so many of us, Jad! https://twitter.com/...
Anil Seth / @anilkseth: Sad for the rest of us but good for you @JadAbumrad - @Radiolab has been part of my listening life since the early days & its impact across the world has been immeasurably valuable. Thank you & @rkrulwich for igniting so many minds 🙏🏽 & long may the journey continue https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Dorsey / @electryandorsey: I've been a big @Radiolab fan since the first time I heard it. It's made me a more appreciative and interested person, and I really appreciate how much that is to do with Jad just being a truly remarkable person, but also with how great his partners are. Changing of the guard. https://twitter.com/...
Anna Sale / @annasale: Jad invented something totally new, and grew it into a juggernaut collective of storytellers who found opportunities and space that never would've existed without him. The best way to be an artist. Thank you. https://twitter.com/...
Joel Werner / @joelwerner: Huge news. I can't even... Jad literally changed the way I think about the thing I do every day. An incredible legacy. https://twitter.com/...
Ira Glass / @iraglass: He waited till now, of course, because he wanted it to be Biden who appoints the new head of @Radiolab. https://twitter.com/...
Grant Blankenship / @grant_blank_: No exaggeration here, but any understanding of audio storytelling I when I (thankfully) landed in public radio were 90% due to listening critically to those original Radiolabs in the car between newspaper photo assignments. Thanks, Jad, and good luck. https://twitter.com/...
Shreya Dasgupta / @shreyadasgupta: 20 years! Radiolab was the first sciency audio show I heard and fell in love with. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Duffin / @duffinkaren: Ughh. I'll miss Jad's story genius, but I'll also miss his generosity. I made my very first big story with Jad - I was brand new, he's ofc a legend... but he made so much space for me to be my own nerdweirdo self. Helped me find my voice and my confidence. Still so grateful. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Feng / @emilyzfeng: One of my favorite audio shows and the biggest single reason I decided to become an audio reporter https://twitter.com/...
Lulu Miller / @lmillernpr: Big news. Bigger gratitude. https://twitter.com/...
Jad Abumrad / @jadabumrad: Why now? I've been working towards this moment for years. And I look around now at this incredibly talented group of people, and it's clear to me that they're so “ready.” (2/6)
insideradio.com: Jad Abumrad Is Leaving Radiolab; Cohosts Lulu Miller And Latif Nasser Take Over Series.
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
Some experts say David Leonhardt, author of the influential NYT newsletter “The Morning” underestimates and underplays the risks of COVID by cherry-picking data — THE NIGHTLY READS ‘THE MORNING’ — With 5 million readers, David Leonhardt, the author of The New York Times …
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@abbydphillip, @lpdonovan, @demfromct, @coreypein, @zackstanton, @whstancil, @awinston, @jlcroner, @joannekenen, @mdaware, @mikiebarb, @joannekenen, @yeselson, @alexthomp, @conorpwilliams, @joannekenen, @froomkin, @zackstanton, @michaelbd, @eggerdc, @jbarro, @evanmcmurry and @joannekenen
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Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: The rift between people who want to relax pandemic restrictions and those who think it's too soon is starting to play out more aggressively among public health experts. Fascinating... and as noted in this piece POTUS is reading... https://twitter.com/...
Liam Donovan / @lpdonovan: The suggestion of a backlash against Leonhart of all people gives me little reassurance as to our ability to resume anything resembling normal life in the foreseeable future. https://www.politico.com/...
Greg Dworkin / @demfromct: You can't force “normal life” because it's virus driven and not a life style choice https://twitter.com/...
@coreypein: Biden “thinks Leonhardt is saying some things that need to be said to those Americans who are excessively cautious even after vaccination.” https://twitter.com/...
Zack Stanton / @zackstanton: “One well-known research scientist, who is part of this critical conversation but who admires Leonhardt overall, wouldn't even *praise* him on the record.”
Will Stancil / @whstancil: It's nice to see someone acknowledge that this kind of pundit specializes in narcotizing anti-alarmism for the privileged set who want to stop worrying about things, though - even if it's in the context of half-praising him. https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ali Winston / @awinston: “As recently as three weeks ago, on Jan. 5, Leonhardt predicted the increase in deaths “is unlikely to be anywhere near as large” as the Delta wave was.” https://www.politico.com/...
@jlcroner: “Some of his columns have been totally right — even lovely,” said a physician at a prestigious academic medical center. “But the majority downplay risk, downplay prevention.” https://www.politico.com/...
Joanne Kenen / @joannekenen: leonhardt has written he wants to avoid the “bad news bias” of journalists. But frankly it's been hard for even a basically optimistic person like myself to find too much good news over the last two years. Hoping that changes — but still so much uncertainty, so much at stake.
Seth Trueger / @mdaware: https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Barbaro / @mikiebarb: One reader of @DLeonhardt on COVID? President Biden. https://www.politico.com/...
Joanne Kenen / @joannekenen: saw @DrTomori 's thread (and quoted part of it) just as i was finishing my story in Politico Nightly on Leonhardt's critics in the public health world.. https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Richard Yeselson / @yeselson: I don't mind these expert Covid docs criticizing @DLeonhardt— his work is fair game and they have an informed analysis. But jeez—it's incredibly craven for most of them not to go on the record!! These wealthy influential people don't need samidzat. https://www.politico.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: Read @JoanneKenen on the divisive NYT COVID pundit “Notable doctors and scientists have written to the Times, individually or in groups, to poke holes in Leonhardt's coverage of the pandemic.” https://www.politico.com/...
Conor P. Williams / @conorpwilliams: Leonhardt tells @JoanneKenen that fall school reopening didn't produce a surge in cases. https://www.politico.com/... And YET...pediatric cases spiked right as schools reopened. https://twitter.com/...
Joanne Kenen / @joannekenen: Should note that Leonhardt talked to me at length. He says some things we are doing to fight the pandemic have limited benefits — and lots of harms particularly to kids, and particularly to Black and Latino kids. Mental health, violence.
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: More to the @DLeonhardt story than I knew. Why is NYT letting him run amok? https://www.politico.com/...
Zack Stanton / @zackstanton: This is so good: @JoanneKenen on the polarizing reactions to David Leonhardt among public health experts https://www.politico.com/...
Michael Brendan Dougherty / @michaelbd: This is great because you don't even have to read between the lines to see that there's an enforcement of a party line that makes experts afraid to speak their mind. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Egger / @eggerdc: Genuinely hilarious piece. Who knew that all along “pandemic measures can have hidden costs” was an argument you could just brush aside by saying “privilege”? https://www.politico.com/...
Josh Barro / @jbarro: Public health as a field is full of incredibly neurotic people — or at least the incredibly neurotic ones are the loudest — and they don't like being disintermediated. https://twitter.com/...
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