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The Daily Beast:
Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee urges staff to treat each other respectfully after two reporters publicly argued on Twitter over a sexist joke — Felicia Sonmez and Jose Del Real traded bitter barbs on Twitter about a third reporter, Dave Weigel.
Discussion:
@feliciasonmez, @daveweigel, @benmullin, @oliverdarcy, @rmac18, @blackamazon, @jdelreal, @erinoverbey, @juwanthewriter, @jaycaruso, @jayohday, @goldietaylor, @moiradonegan, @moiradonegan, @timnitgebru, @tarahaelle, @jefflowell, @jessesingal, @iowahawkblog, @jbarro, @theageofshoddy, @scarylawyerguy, @corbinbolies, @feliciasonmez, @feliciasonmez, @laurenthehough, @jdelreal, @feliciasonmez, @jdelreal, @feliciasonmez, @froomkin, Fox News, Morning Shots, New York Post, Smoke 'Em If You Got …, @froomkin, Mediaite and @soledadobrien
Discussion:
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed! https://twitter.com/...
David Weigel / @daveweigel: I just removed a retweet of an offensive joke. I apologize and did not mean to cause any harm.
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: In the wake of the recent social media dustups involving WaPo journalists, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee sends a memo to journalists admonishing them to treat each other with respect and kindness: https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: WaPo chief spox @kriscoratti issues statement on @daveweigel's retweet of a sexist joke, which he has since apologized for: “Editors have made clear to the staff that the tweet was reprehensible and demeaning language or actions like that will not be tolerated.”
Ryan Mac / @rmac18: My main takeaway from this is that the font she emails with is enormous https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: Nothing was published when they were found to be so racist they called parts of the building the plantation , when they did not follow through on diversity pledges, when one of their reporters fudged contact details , and multiple instances of racism and sexism https://twitter.com/...
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: I reject your attempt to make a specific critique of your regular public bullying into a sweeping opera about principles. As I said, Weigel's retweet was offensive and *should* be called out. It was strongly condemned internally. So I'm confused about your implication otherwise. https://twitter.com/...
Erin Overbey / @erinoverbey: I'd really like men in media to think hard about what it takes for women to continue to speak up/call out industry sexism & lack of diversity while receiving private texts/DMs from their male colleagues about how brave they are even as the men avoid joining the fight publicly... https://twitter.com/...
@juwanthewriter: Weigel's “joke” is activating the likes of alleged sexual harasser/far-right pundit Greg Kelly to make further harmful remarks to his colleagues in his defense. Meanwhile, he's tweeting like all is normal. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Caruso / @jaycaruso: Seriously? The Washington Post had to issue a statement about a retweet of a dumb joke? Nearly a dozen journalists in Mexico have been murdered since the start of the year and here we have people freaking out because Dave Weigel retweeted something. Goddamned babies. https://twitter.com/...
Janelle O'Dea / @jayohday: Every woman knows how this goes: “Sexism should be called out! None of that is allowed!!!” *calls out sexism* “No, no, not like that” https://twitter.com/...
@goldietaylor: I count @daveweigel as a friend. What he did was wrong. @feliciasonmez rightly called him out and Dave apologized. To accuse Felicia of being a clout chasing bully is abhorrent. https://twitter.com/...
Moira Donegan / @moiradonegan: @feliciasonmez In seriousness, having a principle means standing up for it even when it is unpopular, and even when it is inconvenient, and even when it means challenging our friends. I'm grateful to have Felicia as a model—she has shown bone-deep integrity on this point.
Moira Donegan / @moiradonegan: @feliciasonmez Strange that he seems to feel it's ridiculous that you would frame your own opposition to public sexism by representatives of your institution as “about principles.” Perhaps more accurate to say that opposition to sexism is simply not a principle that he respects.
Timnit Gebru / @timnitgebru: So this is what the @washingtonpost workplace is like? Men harassing women and calling them bullies and accusing them of creating a toxic work place for *checks notes* objecting to sexist tweets? Is he gonna have his name on an article about harassment then? https://twitter.com/...
Tara Haelle / @tarahaelle: Not a great way to lead a newsroom. If your employee retweets something sexist, and another employee calls them out publicly, *as they should*, you stand by them and discipline the offender. You don't call for being fucking polite. https://twitter.com/...
@jefflowell: Unbelievable, gross mis-characterization of what happened. I can't believe the grace @feliciasonmez is showing in dealing with this crap. https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Singal / @jessesingal: Noteworthy brushback pitch. It's weird to me how controversial it is among some journalists that it is better to handle your differences with your colleagues internally than it is to blast them on Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
David Burge / @iowahawkblog: They should settle these toxic workplace disputes the way that roofers do: rooftop fistfights Also, please film this for a Netflix reality series https://twitter.com/...
Josh Barro / @jbarro: Fairly insane culture has developed at WaPo where employees just air their grievances about each other in public. Of course, it's a choice for management to allow that. https://twitter.com/...
@theageofshoddy: Everyone inside the paper will and should read this as a public endorsement and backing of both Lorenz and Sonmez. If you want to know why this happens, this is why. https://twitter.com/...
@scarylawyerguy: I don't know of other “dust ups” at WaPo but when a male reporter retweets something sexist and is called out for it by a female reporter who then suffers through a weekend of online attacks (including by a different male colleague!) I don't think “dust up” is the right term. https://twitter.com/...
Corbin Bolies / @corbinbolies: The public feud between reporters @feliciasonmez and Jose Del Real over @daveweigel's Friday retweet culminated in a newsroom-wide email from @SallyBuzbee. w/@ZTPetrizzo on this weekend saga: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: I've reached out to @SallyBuzbee and @mateagold for help on this but haven't heard back so far. Retaliation against a colleague for speaking out against sexism is never okay. I hope Washington Post leaders treat this as the serious issue that it is. 8/8
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: Update: For those who, like me, are blocked from reading my colleague's tweets, here is his thread from this afternoon. No apology, but a whole boatload of more false accusations and mischaracterizations. To be clear: - There was no “unrelenting series of attacks.” 1/x https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Hough / @laurenthehough: the person who points out the problem isn't the problem. you don't solve the problem by silencing the person who pointed to it. why are we still fucking playing this game https://twitter.com/...
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: Last night I came under an unrelenting series of attacks intended to tarnish my professional and personal reputation. The cause? Some tweets I sent calling for compassion within our workplace. Those attacks continued this morning. 1/6
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: Example 5 billion and then some. Especially great when a statement from your newspaper's executive editor provides fodder for *more* harassment. https://twitter.com/...
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: @feliciasonmez Fighting sexism and misogyny matters deeply to me. I will always admire your bravery in sharing your story. And I support your fight against retribution for doing so. Entirely separately, I hope you reconsider the cruelty you regularly unleash against colleagues.
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: So far I've received no apology from my colleague for baselessly accusing me of engaging in “bullying,” “harassment” and “cruelty” — just for objecting to a sexist tweet. I did, however, receive an email from him accusing me of fostering a “toxic workplace.” And now this! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: WaPo's top editor tells everyone to shut up already, instead of making a statement about sexism and sanctimonious men. Shame. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Lindsay Kornick / Fox News: Washington Post reporters continue airing their grievances with one another on Twitter
Cathy Young / Morning Shots: Has the Tide Turned in Ukraine?
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: Washington Post's Felicia Sonmez blasts colleague David Weigel for retweeting sexist joke
@froomkin: It's been a year since @SallyBuzbee took over the Washington Post newsroom. What kind of leader has she turned out to be? https://twitter.com/...
Michael McGowan / The Guardian:
A federal judge in Australia orders Google to pay an ex-politician $715K for doing “nothing to prevent” YouTuber Friendlyjordies' “abusive” videos about him — Tech giant and comedian Jordan Shanks may face contempt of court charges over videos published during trial
Discussion:
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Australian media law continues to be a nightmare. A comedian posts YouTube vids making fun of a major elected official. The videos make the politician sad. So he sues...Google? For not taking down the videos that made him sad? And he wins $715,000? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Matthew Loh / Insider: Google must pay a politician $515,000 for not taking down ‘cyberbullying’ and ‘vulgar’ videos about him, judge rules
Georgina Mitchell / The Age: Barilaro awarded $715,000 in defamation case, Shanks and Google referred for contempt
Shane Bazzi / @shanebazzi: It is possible to agree that our defamation laws are deeply broken, to be worried about the trend of politicians suing for defamation, and to agree that Friendlyjordies' videos and views more broadly are awful and extremely problematic
@sarkysage: The federal court has ordered Google pay Barilaro $715,000 because he was “traumatised” by YouTube videos by @friendlyjordies & Google didn't remove them when he asked. This is the man that allegedly had the the fixated persons unit *actually* traumatise & arrest Kristo Langker.
@michaelwestbiz: Taxpayers have just funded a rich man getting richer, John Barilaro. Cash from Google in @friendlyjordies matter, despite not one bit of evidence being tested in court. Then there's the terror police ignored. Not good for social media. https://michaelwest.com.au/...
@friendlyjordies: Pretty poor behaviour from Channel 7. They went to Kristo's Grandmother's house to ask for comment about Barilaro's defo case. Kristo wasn't sued, let alone his family. Even more ironic considering he faced stalking charges cos he bumped into Barilaro. FPU gonna do anything?
David Estcourt / @davidestcourt: Additionally, Justice Steven Rares says he will “refer the conduct of Mr Shanks and Google to the Principal Registrar of the Court to consider whether to institute proceedings against each for what appear to be serious contempts of court...
David Estcourt / @davidestcourt: The Federal Court has awarded former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro $715,000 in his defamation claim against Google over Friendlyjordies YouTube videos @theage
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: One push (eg law proposed in Brazil to exempt them from content moderation) is to create special protections for politicians' speech online, another is to make it easier for those with money and/or power to disincentivize criticism online. Neither is great for individual citizens https://twitter.com/...
Jamie McKinnell / ABC: Google ordered to pay John Barilaro $715,000 over ‘vulgar’ YouTube videos
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Without a Sectino 230, this is what will happen and hosts will kill speech. Friendlyjordies: John Barilaro to be paid $715,000 by Google over YouTube videos https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Alex Hern / @alexhern: “Google was part and parcel of this disgusting behaviour because it facilitated, published and kept up on YouTube this and similar videos,” the judge said. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
David Clinch / @davidclinchnews: “Barilaro made no secret of his anger at the tech company for refusing to apologise for the videos, despite having dropped the majority of its defences days before the trial was due to begin. “I hate Google,” he told the court.” https://twitter.com/...
Calum Jaspan / Mumbrella: Google set to pay John Barilaro $715k for publishing ‘racist’ Friendly Jordies videos
New York Times:
A look at Chris Licht's first moves as CNN chairman: reducing partisanship and, sources say, making morning TV more inviting and revamping Sunday night's lineup — Chris Licht, the new CNN chairman, is encouraging a more nuanced approach to coverage. Some at the network are skeptical.
Discussion:
@mehdirhasan, @thetowncrier, @leahmcelrath, @rolandsmartin, @katrinanation, @daddywarpig, @nytimes, Forbes, @jayrosen_nyu, @shayeganam, @hshaban, @aridrennen, @dougrussell, @oakmorr, @wajahatali, @chrisloesch, @jeffsharlet, @gpollowitz, @zaleskiluke, @nycsouthpaw, @ajamubaraka and @parkermolloy
Discussion:
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: “Political shows are trying to book more conservative voices, and producers have been urged to ignore Twitter backlash from the far right and the far left.” Argh. Which conservative voices? Election deniers? (Btw: far right wants GRT; far left wants M4A!) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Whittaker / @thetowncrier: “According to a new entry in the @CNN standards guide, obtained by The @nytimes, a story must qualify as “'stop what you are doing and watch' news” to secure the “Breaking News” label. ” A worthy definition. Let's apply here, yeah? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Leah McElrath / @leahmcelrath: And into the fire we go. We were so silly to think that being in the frying pan was bad... https://twitter.com/...
@rolandsmartin: I tried to tell y'all what Chris Licht's strategy is. He's trying to ascertain which execs, producers and anchors have strong editorial chops. Don't be surprised if he makes big moves after his first 90 days. https://twitter.com/...
@katrinanation: If @CNN Chris Licht's idea of more nuance is, as he told advertisers, wanting to book more Republicans and conservatives on political shows, he might valuably research what led Ted Turner to found the dang thing. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@daddywarpig: He keeps talking about doing real things to make CNN a respectable news network. After all, with their ratings what they are, there's no place to go but up. https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: Bye-bye, “breaking news” banners. A month into his tenure as the new leader of CNN, Chris Licht is changing the news network from the Jeff Zucker days, encouraging less hype and more nuance. Some at the network are skeptical. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Andy Meek / Forbes: A CNN Insider Sets The Record Straight On The New Chris Licht Era At The Network
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The hard part is not finding conservative voices, so-called. It's finding those that don't blitz @ddale8's inbox with more claims that have to be fact checked. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shaye Ganam / @shayeganam: Thank God. CNN definitely overdid the breaking news thing. A lot https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: A month into Chris Licht's tenure as the new leader of CNN: “Political shows are trying to book more conservative voices, and producers have been urged to ignore Twitter backlash from the far right and the far left.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ari Drennen / @aridrennen: We live in a country where the right wing media is obsessed with stoking rage at marginalized groups and the corporate alternatives are obsessed with making that sound reasonable https://twitter.com/...
Doug Russell / @dougrussell: Good move. If everything is “Breaking News” than nothing is. The little boy who cried wolf syndrome. After a while it loses all effectiveness and more importantly - credibility. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Morris / @oakmorr: I have no real knowledge or opinion on CNN's direction right now, but I appreciate this effort to make “breaking news” meaningful again. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Wajahat Ali / @wajahatali: So CNN is, of course, going to have on more conservatives and Republicans, the same ones whose base considers CNN to be an “enemy of the people.” Somehow this will help truth, news and democracy... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Loesch / @chrisloesch: Some outside the network are even more skeptical. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Pollowitz / @gpollowitz: this will last until there's another photogenic missing white woman https://twitter.com/...
Luke Zaleski / @zaleskiluke: We're living through an endless cycle of republican abuse of power and obstruction of justice that has seen two impeachments and an ongoing insurrection so far. There is no end, no bottom, they simply will not comply with the imperatives of government or institutions of justice https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: This is an odd beat. CNN has always tried to “book more conservative voices” afaik. It was Zucker who made booking Lorde, Miller and McEnany for shouty shows and taking repetitive Trump rallies and empty podiums live a big part of CNN's political coverage. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ajamu Baraka / @ajamubaraka: If Chris could alter CNN's character as the liberal partisan counter to FOX, it would be a significant contribution toward restoring a semblance of credibility to CNN & U.S. journalism. But the profit orientation & ideological biases of capitalist journalism makes this unlikely. https://twitter.com/...
Shirley Li / The Atlantic:
The success of Stranger Things 4 is further proof of Netflix's unsustainability, as the show's reported $30M per episode budget is unlikely to be replicated — Netflix, long branded as Hollywood's disruptor, has lately looked to be in need of disruption itself.
Discussion:
@cnn, @entinsider, @hotnewhiphop, @entinsider, @theatlantic, @oliverdarcy, @adriennelaf, Next TV and MediaPost
Discussion:
@cnn: The latest season of “Stranger Things” debuted this weekend to record numbers, becoming Netflix's biggest debut ever for an English-language TV show https://www.cnn.com/...
@entinsider: Warning: Spoilers ahead. The #StrangerThings season four premiere was the biggest premiere weekend yet for a @Netflix series, according to the company. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the show and a closer look into the new season. ⬇️ https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@hotnewhiphop: The fourth season of “Stranger Things” was viewed for over a record 287 million hours during its first week on Netflix. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ ...
@entinsider: “Stranger Things” topped “Bridgerton” season two's 193 million hours and “Money Heist” season five's 202 million hours. “Bridgerton” season two is still Netflix's biggest English-language season ever, based on hours viewed in its first 28 days. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@theatlantic: With one final season of “Stranger Things” to go, how much more will Netflix sink into the show to make it a chart-topping triumph? How much will a subscription cost by the time Season 5 comes around? @shirklesxp asks: https://on.theatln.tc/e9AQhPu
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Netflix, long branded as Hollywood's disruptor, has lately looked to be in need of disruption itself.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Adrienne LaFrance / @adriennelaf: “The company doesn't need to turn entire seasons into can't-miss events by maximizing as many elements as possible. Being selective can be just as powerful—especially if a good story is being told.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Axios:
Religion of Sports, the media company co-founded by Tom Brady in 2017, raises a $50M Series B led by Shamrock Capital — Religion of Sports, the sports media production company co-founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and filmmaker and entrepreneur Gotham Chopra, has raised $50 million …
Claire Atkinson / Insider:
Sources: Netflix is in talks for Formula 1 rights in the US, which would mark its first foray into live sports; ESPN, NBCUniversal, Amazon are also interested — - Netflix is chasing Formula 1 rights in the US, sources told Insider, in its first foray into live sports.
Discussion:
Tim Hauraney / @timhauraney: It will be interesting to see who walks away with this deal. ESPN bid $70mill for #F1 rights If Netflix were to snap up these rights for U.S. that would mark their first venture into live sports...something they may really need to start taking a look at https://twitter.com/...
Lucia Moses / @lmoses: After advertising, could live sports be Netflix's next huge pivot? https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... via @claireatki
Adam Stern / @a_s12: .@ESPN bid around $70 million for @F1 media rights (more than 10 times the current rate), and @Netflix is also in the mix, per @ClaireAtki. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Daniel Frankel / Next TV: Netflix Reportedly Enters Bidding for F1 Rights
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Creators who focused on the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial made thousands of dollars through platform incentives, influencing public opinion in the process — Influencers discovered there's money and clout to be made in covering breaking news — When the verdict came …
Discussion:
New York Magazine, New York Post, @ali_gharib, Mediaite, @ggreenwald, Forbes, @hshaban, Fox News, @jdelreal, @jdelreal, @jdelreal, @jdelreal, @jdelreal, @jdelreal, @jdelreal, @jdelreal, @oliverdarcy, @ggreenwald, @ejdickson, @mccormickprof, @mccormickprof, @mccormickprof, Insider, @mhbergen, @ggreenwald, @thatumbrella, @oliverdarcy, @damintoell, @taylorlorenz, @ma_franks, @elite_gz, @josephfcox, @dangillmor, @carnage4life, National Review, @walldo, @the_moviebob, Sinners News, Fredagslänkar, The Wrap, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @shallowbrigade, @xpatriciah, Newsweek, @katzonearth, @taylorlorenz, @thenamesq, Substack, @clancynewyork, @brosandprose, @nprinskeep, @hshaban, @hshaban, Fox News, @drsarteschi, @thatumbrella, @glynnmacn, @glynnmacn, @hoeglaw, @noupside, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @summer_delaney, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz and BuzzFeed News
Discussion:
Choire Sicha / New York Magazine: The Mainstream Media Lost the Depp-Heard Trial
Dana Kennedy / New York Post: Washington Post issues two corrections to Taylor Lorenz article that had already been stealth-edited
Ali Gharib / @ali_gharib: Absolutely sick. “Johnny content performed a lot better,” said Rowan Winch, a 17-year-old content creator. “When people do post stuff trying to defend Amber Heard, they will lose followers.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Katherine Huggins / Mediaite: CNN's Oliver Darcy, Brian Stelter Call Out Taylor Lorenz's Reaction to Coverage of WaPo's Correction
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: How many times does the same NYT/WPost reporter have to be caught lying before her frightened colleagues cease defending her or remain silent? Again, media employees love lamenting that they lost the trust of the public, but *never* look in the mirror to ask why this happened. https://twitter.com/...
Dani Di Placido / Forbes: Johnny Depp Stans Turn Their Attention To Amber Heard's Role In ‘Aquaman 2’
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: Another way to read this column was to collapse all the ways breaking news clout chasers differ from journalists and to think of the new, dark media environment as just an exaggerated, mutant version of the old one: traffic chasers, set free from ethics of fairness and accuracy https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: YouTuber says WaPo correction on Taylor Lorenz story claiming contact on Instagram before publication is false
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: ...corrections are part of the promise reporters make to their audiences — if we get something wrong, we tell you, and as soon as we know. A robust correction policy also reflects an institution's commitment to getting it right.
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: Do I like seeing chunky corrections on stories in WaPo, a publication I deeply love and believe in and put my sweat into? Absolutely not. And yet such a thing means that someone somewhere in the process chose transparency. That's a good thing. I'd rather that to the alternative.
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: With so many bad faith actors constantly attacking journalists for easy clout, errors in process are not just mortifying, but can feel like the “FINISH HIM” sequence in Mortal Combat. Everything on twitter these days is all out war. It turns out, that's not good for truth.
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: But we need to rise above. Corrections are part of our commitment to truth — a part of the promise we make, not an aberration from it. They are part of our vocational obligation, ego be damned. We need to be proactive about them when necessary, and transparent. 7/7
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: I see that twitter is talking about corrections tonight. Seems like a good moment to break this process down for non-journalists in particular. 1/
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: That's no small deal. It's what sets newspaper reporters apart from non-news media and internet content creators.
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: Corrections feel like a dagger through the heart to a good reporter. Even minor ones hurt, hurt, hurt. I'm talking sleepless nights over an incorrect age, a misspelled name, a misquoted word. A correction means something went wrong prior to publication, that we fell short. But...
Jose A. Del Real / @jdelreal: And yet there are new friction points which threaten that contract, which we journalists need to be mindful of, to protect against, and to approach with humility.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: WaPo has added a correction to a Taylor Lorenz story after two people said they were not contacted for comment as the initial version of the article stated. The correx says “previous versions” of the story “omitted or inaccurately described” the attempts to to ask for comment. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Go read the lengthy, multi-pronged Washington Post “corrections” of the Taylor Lorenz story. They don't describe reckless errors the way she's displayed on so many other occasions. They describe outright fraud: deliberate, self-interested lying. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Ej Dickson / @ejdickson: Creators pretending to be journalists while simultaneously ignoring journalistic ethics and smearing journalists at every turn is very very funny to me
Jacob Shamsian / Insider: Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard was livestreamed for the world to see. Was that a good idea?
Mark Bergen / @mhbergen: “A lot of major content creators probably don't even care about it that much — they just care about the views that it gets.” Good @TaylorLorenz on the content cash in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Again and again and again: https://twitter.com/...
@thatumbrella: The Washington Post LIED and DID NOT contact me before including me in their story on Johnny Depp, despite reporting they did so. I noted this on Twitter today at 8:31p. At 9:44p they decided to contact me, AFTER I noted this publicly. ( https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: WaPo has added a correction to a Taylor Lorenz story after two people said they were not contacted for comment as the initial version of the article stated. The correx says “previous versions” of the story “omitted or inaccurately described” the attempts to to ask for comment. https://twitter.com/...
@damintoell: Both people mentioned in the same paragraph allege that Taylor Lorenz lied about ever attempting to contact them for comment. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: I think it's a mistake for ppl to read this and think creators are just after $$, they're after *audience* + attn, and that's what the platforms reward them w/. Money comes out of that, sure, but online following is a springboard, followers are more valuable than raw dollars https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Mary Anne Franks / @ma_franks: One of the most grotesque features of this trial debacle is the damage done by juvenile “content creators” who pivoted to memes and videos mocking and attacking Heard for no reason other than “Johnny content performed a lot better'” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jaime Brooks / @elite_gz: reminds me a lot of what music started to look like after algorithms took over discovery https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Cox / @josephfcox: Influencers: you can't trust ‘the media’, they're driven by clicks (I don't have access to the tool that measures readership, and have never, and will never, look) Also influencers: pivoting to news with engagement being their only tangible metric 🤡 https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: We need a better expressions than “content creators” and “influencers” to describe the phenomenon laid out in this @TaylorLorenz piece on the often-sleazy infopreneurs who latch onto widely followed news and feed a metastasizing civic sickness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@carnage4life: Gamergate was to Twitter what the Depp-Heard trial is to TikTok. It's a new chapter in online misinformation and harassment campaigns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Caroline Downey / National Review: Youtubers Claim WaPo's Taylor Lorenz Lied about Requesting Comment for Hit Piece
Brandon Wall / @walldo: This is a very good assessment from @TaylorLorenz of how the Depp/Heard verdict played out across the internet, how influencers and otherwise unrelated accounts recognized the potent viral opportunities for aggressively posting about it https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@the_moviebob: It sounds crass to point it out, but **everyone** pretty much got a preview of how this worked via the way alternative-reality “Who Asked For This!?"/"Woke Movie BOMBS!" - themed around films that provably earned BILLIONS - YouTube content became a whole industry over last decade https://twitter.com/...
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap: Washington Post Amends Taylor Lorenz Column After YouTubers Claim She Never Contacted Them
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: I talked to dozens of content creators of all sizes this morning, in many genres, and nearly all of them said the same thing: the trial helped them recognize the power of breaking news to capture audiences, and the plan to cover more news going forward https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Whether many in traditional media and politics want to admit it or not, it's a YouTuber's world right now and we're just living in it. I wrote about how this trial was proof of content creator's growing influence over the news cycle https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Kim O'Connor / @shallowbrigade: This story, which describes TikTok influencers as direct competition for legacy news outlets AND a growing economy that's especially vulnerable to propaganda, is so disturbing. Whew https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Patricia Hernandez / @xpatriciah: It's wild that content creators in this admit Depp stuff does better and Heard stuff hurts them, but with a blase attitude that betrays the facts are immaterial to how they pick who the content is favorable to. &STILL the narrative is everyone else is lying to you https://twitter.com/...
Dr. David R. Spiegel / Newsweek: ‘I Testified in the Heard vs. Depp Trial. The Backlash Has Been Horrific’
Jonathan M. Katz / @katzonearth: On one hand it sucks that the future of journalism is being a craven, publicity-obsessed Insta/TikToker with no ethics who gets willingly rolled by craven celebrity lawyers. On the other hand that's Nancy Grace with a smart phone. https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: “Creators aren't beholden to any editorial standards or journalistic norms... In fact, they're incentivized to break them, to fit the narrative and make money,” @kattenbarge, a reporter at NBC News covering the trial tweeted https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@thenamesq: We're gonna continue doing it ourselves because people trust us more than you. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Pell / Substack: What Defund Were You Thinking? — In the 90s, I was teaching English at a poorly performing high school …
Eileen Clancy / @clancynewyork: Everything Taylor writes scares me a little. Maybe because she sees so clearly. Unpaywalled link: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...] https://twitter.com/...
Ella Dawson / @brosandprose: “Last month, Adam Waldman, who represented Depp against Heard's abuse allegations in 2016, testified that he “slid” into big influencers' DMs to provide information about the case and promote the notion that Depp was innocent.” @TaylorLorenz https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: “Creators aren't beholden to any editorial standards or journalistic norms... In fact, they're incentivized to break them, to fit the narrative and make money.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: When creators claim that their engagement sags and that they lose followers when they did “pro-Heard” takes, it's worth examining why algorithmic sorting steers audiences that way https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: As an exercise replace these words with “journalist” or “news outlet” and it's easier to see how issues around editorial judgment, financial incentives, fairness, amplification & distortion are still ongoing challenges in legacy media and that creators are extending/evolving them https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: YouTubers say WaPo's Taylor Lorenz falsely claimed she reached out for comment in story about Depp-Heard trial
@drsarteschi: Holy smokes: “ThatUmbrellaGuy, an anonymous YouTuber whose entire channel is dedicated to pro-Depp content, earned up to $80,000 last month, according to an estimate by social analytics firm Social Blade” https://twitter.com/...
@thatumbrella: I have a rule. NEVER speak to the mainstream media. A lot of YouTubers don't seem to get that the media isn't your pal. They're relics struggling to maintain supremacy at any cost, and that includes destroying you with your words. https://twitter.com/...
Glynnis MacNicol / @glynnmacn: Content produced by social media influencers skewed heavily pro-Depp, with economic bias playing a big role. “Johnny content performed a lot better,” said Rowan Winch, a 17-year-old content creator." https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Glynnis MacNicol / @glynnmacn: “As traditional news outlets prioritized stories such as the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion, the war in Ukraine, and mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas, it left an opening for online coverage to set the tone with the Depp-Heard trial.”
Renee DiResta / @noupside: Influencers have been “the media” for some time now, particularly in the political sphere, despite protestations that they are somehow outside it. Old differentiation lines like institutional affiliation have been blurry for a while (bloggers, now Substackers, etc) https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Good thoughts from @joefederer on the consequences of this new emergent landscape https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: As more people turn to online creators for information and more creators embrace their role as newscasters, misinformation is flourishing. The trial provided a playbook for anyone looking to leverage the creator economy for their own gain. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: “You can be a kid in high school, but if u hop on [news] early, it can basically change ur life. You can use those views & likes and shares that you get from it, to monetize and build your account and make more money from it, meet more people and network.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Summer Delaney / @summer_delaney: “In this new landscape, every big news event becomes an opportunity to amass followers, money and clout. And the Depp-Heard trial showed how the creator-driven news ecosystem can influence public opinion based on platform incentives.” Great piece by @TaylorLorenz https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: In this new media landscape, every big news event becomes an opportunity to amass followers, money and clout. And the Depp-Heard trial showed how the creator-driven news ecosystem can influence public opinion based on platform incentives https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Maher / Publishers Weekly:
NY passes the Freelance Isn't Free Act to ensure freelancers get contracts for their work, are paid in a timely manner, and have support to recoup unpaid wages — After being introduced as a bill back in February by Democratic New York state senator Andrew Gounardes and assembly member Harry Bronson …
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Gamal Hennessy / @gamalhennessy: “The law is intended to “protect contract and freelance workers from wage theft by ensuring all freelancers receive appropriate contracts for their work, are paid in a timely manner, and have state support to recoup unpaid wages.” https://www.publishersweekly.com/ ...
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Barry Sussman, the Washington Post editor who directly oversaw the Watergate investigation by reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, dies at 87 — Barry Sussman, the Washington Post editor who directly oversaw the Watergate investigation by reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times: Barry Sussman, Washington Post Watergate Editor, Dies at 87
Emily Guskin / @emgusk: “After Watergate, he became The Post's first in-house pollster, helping to found the Washington Post-ABC News poll.” Obit by @EmilyLangerWP https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Peter Baker / @peterbakernyt: Somehow missed this a couple days ago but there's something cosmically wrong that Barry Sussman died just short of the 50-year anniversary of the Watergate break-in. Left out of the movie, he was the unsung hero of the @washingtonpost coverage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono: Barry Sussman, the editor closest to The Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as they covered the Watergate and pursued the scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation, died at his home in Rockville at 87 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Daniel Gilbert / @bydanielgilbert: Barry Sussman may be best known for overseeing the WaPo's Watergate coverage, but I will always remember him as perhaps the greatest alum of the @heraldcourier, brilliant, funny & generous to a young reporter. May his memory be a blessing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Ray Locker / @rlocker12: He tied all of the reporting together and provided a much-needed perspective about the limited role of the secret source called Deep Throat in the Watergate reporting. https://twitter.com/...
@cfishman: This is such a perfect, and also heartrending, account of Barry Sussman's career & his contribution to newspapering. And to saving American democracy. Great editors are rare & indispensable. Under-appreciated, sometimes even by reporters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michelle Jaconi / @jaconi: “'If presidential elections are the heart of the political process in this country,' he once wrote, 'political polls have become the chief instrument through which that heart's beat is measured.'” - great obit by @EmilyLangerWP https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lawrence Roberts / @robertslawrence: The Watergate stories elevated Washington Post to journalism's top rank. The editor probably most responsible was Barry Sussman, who grew bitter after being denied much public credit. Only upon his death, sadly, does he finally get his due today in print. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Paige Williams / @williams_paige: “As the Internet upended the newspaper business model and hollowed out newsrooms across the United States, he cited the lack of overarching editors as ‘the single greatest failing of newspaper investigations these days,’” saying, “There's no cohesion in the reporting.” https://twitter.com/...
Carlos Lozada / @carloslozadawp: “Woodward and Bernstein, for their part, described Mr. Sussman as ‘Talmudic’ in his mastery of the most arcane details of the Watergate affair and ‘Socratic’ in his ability to elicit leads from them through his insightful questioning.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ted Bridis / @tbridis: Terrific obituary of Barry Sussman, @washingtonpost editor who directly oversaw Pulitzer-winning Watergate investigation and had tension-filled relationship with two of newsroom's best, most famous journalists https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Martin Weil / @martyweilwapost: Read this obit by colleague @emilylangerwp. Barry Sussman, the editor who seemed from the first to know where Watergate was going. When we came into the newsroom that day 50 years ago and innocently asked if anything was up, he already suspected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: Barry Sussman, the unsung hero of Watergate, was a champion of watchdog journalism
Jeff Stein / @spytalker: I'm just catching up to this horrible news: Barry Sussman, Washington Post editor who oversaw Watergate reporting, dies at 87. I felt honored by his friendship and we had planned to run a series of his Watergate reminiscences at SpyTalk. So very sad. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Richard M. Nixon / @dick_nixon: Yes, well. https://twitter.com/...
Dan O'Sullivan / @osullyville: Watergate should be better understood less as a high point for journalism than the most effective exploitation of a journalist by a source in history https://twitter.com/...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: Wow indeed. His contribution should have been included in story. “Woodward and Bernstein...described Sussman as ‘Talmudic’ in his mastery of the most arcane details of the Watergate affair and ‘Socratic’ in his ability to elicit leads from them through his insightful questioning” https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: R.I.P. Barry Sussman, who aside from all his journalistic exploits (Watergate!) was also a great colleague at @niemanfdn when he ran Nieman Watchdog https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ted Nesi / @tednesi: “In truth, journalism is a far more collective enterprise, with crucial roles played by people whose names do not appear below headlines in the space known in newspaper jargon as the byline.” Very true! Same in TV - editors, producers, and so many others https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Please read Barry Sussman's final column for https://t.co/..., a fantastic project that he helmed for 8 years. He cared so much about journalism. https://www.niemanwatchdog.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Barry Sussman was one of the all-time great editors, the overlooked hero of Watergate, and unlike so many others, he never lost his passion for holding the powerful accountable. RIP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Karen Heller / @kheller: Journalism is a collective enterprise, with crucial roles played by those whose names do not appear in bylines. One such person, perhaps the chief example in @washingtonpost unraveling of Watergate, was editor Barry Sussman. Terrific @EmilyLangerWP tribute https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@freedomofpress: RIP Barry Sussman, Washington Post editor who oversaw the paper's legendary Watergate reporting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jim Brunner / @jim_brunner: Asked about Woodward and Bernstein decades later, Sussman replied: “I don't have anything good to say about either one of them.” 😲 https://twitter.com/...
Laura J. Nelson / @laura_nelson: Wonderful obit that touches on how essential, and unsung, a good editor can be: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lionel Barber / @lionelbarber: Brilliant tribute to Barry Sussman, Washington Post editor who oversaw Watergate reporting - a much needed reminder of the importance of sound editing alongside intrepid reporting. Barry was generous with his wisdom when I was Stern Fellow in 1985 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amy Fiscus / @amyfiscus: Wow. Woodward and Bernstein's editor stopped talking to them when they cut him out of writing All the President's Men, said it was “wrong often on detail” and decades later, “I don't have anything good to say about either one of them.” !!! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Leon Neyfakh / @leoncrawl: if i'm not mistaken, barry sussman was the first person we interviewed for slow burn. talking to him and reading his excellent book “the great cover-up” made me confident there were plenty of rocks to turn over in what struck me, at first, as a pretty tired story https://twitter.com/...
Paul Schwartzman / @paulschwartzman: “Before anyone else at The Post, Mr. Sussman saw Watergate as a larger story, saw that individual events were part of a larger pattern, the result of hidden decisions from somewhere in the top of government which sent smaller men to run dirty errands.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Max Boot / @maxboot: A lovely tribute to the unsung hero of the Post's Watergate coverage. Editors seldom get the credit they deserve but are indispensable to all good writing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Varun Sood / @varunstweets: ‘Newspapering is imagined as a solitary undertaking, the work of shabbily dressed reporters hunched over their keyboards with telephones. Actually, journalism is far more collective, with roles played by people whose names do not get the byline’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Beard / @dabeard: “Watergate was a puzzle and he was a collector of the pieces.” #RIP editor Barry Sussman, who paired Woodward and Bernstein, was their lead editor, and bolstered their stories on deadline. Strangely, he was omitted from the movie “All The President's Men.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Fadeke Adegbuyi / every.to:
Q&A with Don Caldwell, EIC of Know Your Meme, a 15-year-old online encyclopedia of memes with 10 full-time editorial staff, on uncovering meme origins and more — Think of any meme. It could be the scribbled image of party goers and one man—off alone to the side …
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Jim OShaughnessy / @jposhaughnessy: TIL that there's an entire website and YouTube channel dedicated to “Know Your Meme” 🤦🏻♂ ️ https://every.to/...
@fadeke_adegbuyi: Know Your Meme is one of the most important sites on the web. I interviewed their Editor-in-Chief, @DonCald! * The rise of chief meme officers * Convergent evolution of wordcel vs shape rotator * Web3 memes and using multiple slurp juices on a single ape https://every.to/...
Dwight Silverman / @dsilverman: “multiple slurp juices on a single ape” https://twitter.com/...
Mike Shields / Next in Marketing:
As CTV replaces linear, ad inventory is shrinking since streamers barely have any breaks; Netflix's ad tier adds inventory and significant reach for advertisers — CTV has led some brands to ignore reality — Much of Hollywood has been relishing in Netflix's recent stumbles (maybe too much …
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Dave Morgan / @davemorgannyc: Wall Street is telling @netflix that it needs advertising — but advertisers need @netflix even more. Great one from @digitalshields ... https://mikeshields.substack.com/ ...
Zach Servideo / @zachservideo: Good stuff @digitalshields - “You can't shove a $70 billion of TV ad into a container that only holds a quarter of what the previous one did, no matter how much you raise prices.” Read and sign up for the newsletter here: https://mikeshields.substack.com/ ...
Alexa Tierney / Ad Age: How CTV gives advertisers the results they crave
Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:
Library groups, booksellers, and others warn that a Virginia congressional candidate's effort to get two books declared obscene threatens the freedom to read — Library groups this week joined with booksellers, publishers, and public advocacy groups in sounding the alarm over a lawsuit …
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Myles Jackman / @mylesjackman: “According to the Virginia Mercury, “the little-utilized state law allows ‘any citizen’ to ask a court to weigh in on books alleged to be obscene” Meaning complaints could be filed across the state over thousands of “obscene” books. D.H. Laurence, much? https://www.publishersweekly.com/ ...
@jzfriedman: ICYMI. Joint statement this week on obscenity case in VA against ‘Gender Queer’ and ‘A Court Of Mist & Fury.’ From @PENamerica @ncacensorship @ACLU @OIF @ALALibrary @CBLDF @ABAbook @ACLUva @AmericanPublish @AuthorsGuild @FTRF @ncte @VAASL @VirginiaLibrary https://www.publishersweekly.com/ ...
@jzfriedman: “This legal action could profoundly limit the availability of books in the Commonwealth of Virginia. No book has been banned for obscenity in the United States in more than 50 years. Prohibiting the sale of books is a form of censorship that cannot be tolerated under the
@jzfriedman: First Amendment.... Neither of the books challenged in these cases comes remotely close to meeting the Supreme Court's long-established criterion for a finding of obscenity".
@citylightsbooks: 2022 on Allen Ginsberg's birthday and politicians are still using obscenity charges against books with literary merit to get them banned. Indeed, a book has not been declared ‘obscene’ by a court in more than 50 years. https://www.publishersweekly.com/ ...
@hildakw: #SchoolLibraries #SchoolLibrarians Joint statement on censorshipin Virginia.https://www.ala.org/ ...
@ftrf: This legal action would halt distribution of two well-received books in Virginia. #UniteAgainstBookBans that prohibit the sale of books. This cannot be tolerated under the #FirstAmendment. #FreePeopleReadFreely https://www.ala.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@penamerica: PEN America joined booksellers, publishers, and public advocacy groups in sounding the alarm over a lawsuit in Virginia in which two popular authors and their publishers have been ordered to defend their works against obscenity charges. https://www.publishersweekly.com/ ...
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