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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
After stalled talks, about 1,100 New York Times journalists began a 24-hour strike at midnight on December 8; the last union contract expired in March 2021 — New York CNN Business — A 24-hour strike at The New York Times, a historic demonstration in which more than 1,100 employees …
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Amanda Hess / @amandahess: We're asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Make something from a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.
@nytimesguild: Today we were ready to work for as long as it took to reach a fair deal, but management walked away from the table with five hours to go. It's official: @NYTimesGuild members are walking out for 24 hours on Thursday. We know what we're worth. https://twitter.com/...
Claudia Irizarry Aponte / The City: The Other New York Times Workers On Strike
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: “The Sulzbergers Must Hate This”: Scenes From The New York Times Picket Line
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Chief White House correspondent Peter Baker and White House reporter Michael Shear are not participating in the walkout. Coincidentally, the main item on Biden's agenda today is a labor union event https://www.semafor.com/...
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: New York Times Staffers Go on One-Day Strike Amid Stalled Contract Talks
Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog: The Traitors at the New York Times
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: With Walkout Looming, New York Times Management Prepares for a Nearly Empty Newsroom
Ben Casselman / @bencasselman: Working for @nytimes is the honor of my life and the best job I've ever had. Which is why it pains me so much to walk off the job today. But I am proud to stand with more than 1,100 of my @NYTimesGuild colleagues. https://twitter.com/...
Los Angeles Times: New York Times journalists stage historic strike as labor tensions mount across media
Angel Adegbesan / Bloomberg: NY Times Staffers Become News With First Walkout in Four Decades
Jamaal Bowman Ed.D / @jamaalbowmanny: Tonight at midnight, 1,100 workers at @nytimes are going on a 24 hour strike. Here's what you can do... Do not engage with any of the New York Times platforms. DO NOT CROSS THE DIGITAL PICKET LINE. Get your news from other sources and tell your friends to do the same. @nyguild https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: NYT's newsroom union stages walkout today - editors hustle to post today & publish tomorrow My piece for NPR lays out what's happening - and why https://www.npr.org/...
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: Today, I'm joining nearly 1200 of my @nytimes colleagues in walking off the job. It is one of the saddest days of my years working at this wonderful place. But in 20 *months* of contract bargaining, our friends in management simply refuse to get serious about wages. https://twitter.com/...
@nyguild: The Times blames our culture of open bargaining — where all members of a union are welcome to observe bargaining sessions — for why negotiations have been stalled. Everyone who will be affected by the decisions made at the bargaining table should be privy to those discussions. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Shafer / Politico: The Empty Threat from the New York Times Union
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost: New York Times Guild Staffers Walk Out
@kashhill: Journalists at @nytimes are unionized. Our contract expired in March 2021. I'm walking out for 24 hours today with 1,100 of my @NYTimesGuild colleagues for a fair and complete contract, which we see as an investment in the future of The Times & in great, impactful journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: Solidarity with NYT employees I fear that NYT publisher AG Sulzberger is getting very bad advice from the NYT's high-priced lawyers at Proskauer. It's hurting his image, the Times' image & worker morale It's wrong & insulting for the Times to offer raises so far below inflation https://twitter.com/...
Courtney Vinopal / Observer: Is Worker Solidarity Worth Breaking a Wordle Streak? Striking Journalists Are Asking For Sacrifice
@nytguildtech: From the @NYTimesGuild rally: “This fight is not easy. A work stoppage is not easy... One of the beautiful parts of our union is that we are standing up for both workers and journalism. We do our best work when we are treated equitably.”
John Scalzi / @scalzi: Good morning to all but especially to everyone who broke their Wordle streak today because you don't cross a picket line https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Harry Siegel / @harrysiegel: “We need more money, we need job security,” said security guard John Garafalo, gesturing at the scores of Times workers picketing on 40th Street. “These are my people.” New @clauirizarry @THECITYNY https://www.thecity.nyc/...
Richard Kim / @richardkimnyc: It's not just NYT reporters and well known bylines on strike. It's also security guards, IT and sales, some who are the lowest paid workers, per @clauirizarry https://www.thecity.nyc/...
Claudia Irizarry Aponte / @clauirizarry: Much of the public's attention on the @NYTimesGuild strike has focused on its journalists. I spent today talking to low-wage concierges, security guards & IT workers on strike - fellow Guild members - who stand to gain the most from the union's demands. https://www.thecity.nyc/...
Ken Jennings / @kenjennings: The word “hero” gets thrown around a lot nowadays, but I did the new Spelling Bee right at midnight last night to avoid crossing the picket line. https://www.huffpost.com/...
Virginia Heffernan / Magic + Loss: NYT Walkout: The problem with being a part of an ‘elite’ institution
Igor Bobic / @igorbobic: In solidarity with NYT workers, I will not be posting my Wordle score now or ever. Because I respect my followers
Corbin Bolies / @corbinbolies: The New York Times' walkout outside its building includes a giant, inflatable rat — and hundreds of Times employees and union backers. Follow along here for coverage of the rally, which is set to begin. https://twitter.com/...
Dana Goldstein / @danagoldstein: “When a man wielding a sword and an axe entered the New York Times building...it was security workers, among them Karen Letellier, who confronted him.” https://www.thecity.nyc/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: NYT employees are staging a historic 24-hour strike right now. The work stoppage started at midnight and has depleted major desks of staffers. Exec Editor Joe Kahn acknowledged it will be “harder than usual” to “produce a robust report.” Latest here: https://www.cnn.com/...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: “We have devoted so much of our time, energy, work and love to this paper, which seems unwilling to recognize or to reward that contribution,” said @aoscott https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alex Kirshner / @alex_kirshner: People who make fun one one-day walkouts, or even one-hour walkouts, by labor have no idea what they are talking about https://twitter.com/...
Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf: If you want to understand why NYT reporters are on strike today, read Nick's thread. There's a reason over 90% of reporters on news desks joined this strike. We love what we do. It came to this because we believe we deserve a fair contract. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: Baker is one of those guys who boasts about not voting to prove he's politically unbiased, here's what that means https://twitter.com/...
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: Today, you may read blind quotes from my company, as in this @CNN story, about how the *real* problem is that bargaining sessions have too many members in them, so frank conversations can't be had between the two sides. Nope. This is about who gets paid. https://www.cnn.com/...
@thepupnews: Striking news workers? There's a lot of that going around. For the latest on Pittsburgh's, read the “Strike daily” by our @alexrmccann, who is on strike: https://www.unionprogress.com/ ...
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate: At Slate.com, Questions About the New York Times Strike Are Answered
Natalie Weiner / @natalieweiner: the new york times union is walking out today, yes; also down here in texas, a huge state with a major dearth of local coverage, the fort worth newsguild is on day 11 of a strike against mcclatchy which has revoked their health insurance and posted their jobs https://twitter.com/...
Loree Seitz / The Wrap: New York Times Staffers Seek to Boost ‘Future of Journalism’ as 1,100 Guild Members Go on One-Day Strike
Tim Pool / @timcast: Everyone should quit the NYT Its clear they dont care about their employees. Show them they cant treat you this way and quit. https://twitter.com/...
Prem Thakker / New Republic: Don't Do Today's Wordle — Over one thousand New York Times employees have embarked …
David Cay Johnston / @davidcayj: Laura is exactly right while the often insightful press critic @jackshafer, in this @politico piece doesn't know what he's writing about. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Good explainer. Tldr: Unlike many news publishers, NYT has been flourishing and guild members argue that they should benefit alongside management and owners. https://twitter.com/...
Jackson Richman / Mediaite: STRIKE: 1100-Plus New York Times Staff Walk Out After Talks Break Down
Corbin Bolies / @corbinbolies: Nikole Hannah-Jones is up. She notes she isn't in the office often and isn't on the bargaining committee — “I just show up and make a nice speech” — but she said she's here “because we love The New York Times, and workers are the heart of The New York Times.” https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Astor / @maggieastor: .@NYTimesGuild includes not only big-name reporters, “but also lower-wage workers like security guards, IT specialists, ushers and sales coordinators who earn as little as $52,000” to live and support families in one of the most expensive cities in the US https://www.thecity.nyc/...
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: New York Times Staffers to Stage First Strike in Over 40 Years Thursday
Ray Schultz / MediaPost: ‘New York Times’ Staff Stages One-Day Strike
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: Our all-access sub @nytimes household is honoring the @NYTimesGuild strike. I'll miss you 🐝. You, too, @wirecutter, @TheAthletic. Notifications off. https://twitter.com/...
Arden Dier / Newser: New York Times Hit With First Mass Walkout in Decades
@elaheizadi: Participating employees are sacrificing a day of pay. They are also asking readers to express solidarity with their cause by boycotting Times products for the day — including the addictive Wordle game. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: solidarity and support to all of my colleagues, especially on the bargaining and contract action teams the only tweets you're gonna see from me tomorrow will involve unions or esoteric grunge references https://twitter.com/...
Nazanin Nour / @nazaninnour: Iranians are way ahead of you... https://twitter.com/...
@latguild: When we were first unionizing the @latimes newsroom, we felt a huge wave of support and solidarity from the @nytimes newsroom. We are proud to stand with these excellent journalists now. Fair contract now, @nytimes management. It's long overdue. https://twitter.com/...
@nyguild: Over 1,100 New York Times workers are now officially on work stoppage, the first of this scale at the company in 4 decades. It's never an easy decision to refuse to do work you love, but our members are willing to do what it takes to win a better newsroom for all. #GuildStrong!
Connie Ogle / @ogleconnie: Don't forget: NYT staff not the only ones striking. Support journalists everywhere trying for decent working conditions to bring you the news. https://twitter.com/...
@nytguildtech: Notifications off for the next 24 hours 🫡 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: What a surprise. @nytimes management is opposed to transparency. (And @NYTimesGuild insists upon it.) https://www.cnn.com/... via @oliverdarcy https://twitter.com/...
nyguild.org: BREAKING: 1K NYT WORKERS CONFIRM WALKOUT AFTER TIMES MANAGEMENT WALKS AWAY FROM THE TABLE
Ellen K. Pao / @ekp: Looking forward to tomorrow's digital picket line. Always happy for an excuse to avoid misinformation and biased coverage, even if I have to break my Wordle streak to do it. Let's go https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Axelrod / @jaxelburgh: Been talking to a few @NYTimesGuild folks ahead of their planned 1-day walkout tomorrow for an upcoming @ThePUPNews story. It's amazing how similar the experiences of journalists at outlets as big as the NYT & small as the Post-Gazette are. We just want to feel valued, dammit!!!
Micah / @micahinatl: letting my wordle streak die tomorrow https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@lauramlippman: As of midnight, there is a virtual picket line. Virtual picket lines are interesting.
@lauramlippman: A union is like a carbon monoxide alarm. If you are very lucky, you have one and it never goes off.
Tyler Dukes / @mtdukes: Very much looking forward to consuming 24 hours of high-quality national newspaper journalism tomorrow from @USATODAY, @washingtonpost, @WSJ, @latimes and no one else.
Micheline Maynard / @mickimaynard: A shame that talks between @nytimes and @nyguild fell apart. No one wants to walk out, but a fair contract is paramount. Times people and readers deserve it. https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: I will honor the digital picket line by posting no linked critiques of pusillanimous @nytimes political stories on Thursday. https://twitter.com/...
Frances Robles / @francesrobles: I'm sorry to share that negotiations with the Times collapsed tonight when the company walked off the table. I along with more than 1,000 of my colleagues will be on a 24-hour walk-out starting tonight at midnight. https://twitter.com/...
Lindsay Beyerstein / @beyerstein: I wish someone would write a blocker app that you can publicly sign up for, and that won't release the NYT on your devices until the strike's over. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Passantino / @passantino: 1,100 journalists at the @nytimes are going on strike at midnight, with some staffers going as far as to urge readers not to consume the paper's content during the walkout https://www.cnn.com/...
@azi: 👀 “'Negotiations are essentially public,' the executive continued. 'And that changes the whole dynamic of negotiations.” https://twitter.com/...
@cnn: A 24-hour strike at The New York Times will take effect Thursday at midnight after management and the union representing staffers failed to reach an agreement for a new contract after more than a year and a half of negotiating https://www.cnn.com/...
Lydia DePillis / @lydiadepillis: The rare NYT story you'll see without a byline: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: A 24-hour strike at The New York Times, a historic demonstration in which more than 1,100 employees are expected to participate, will take effect Thursday at midnight. Here's my full story: https://www.cnn.com/...
Rebecca Cokley / @rebeccacokley: Will be honoring the picket line, and also submitting a note via the link Maggie includes further down in her thread. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: Breaking: The NewsGuild confirms that more than 1,000 New York Times employees will walk out on Thursday for 24 hours. The union said NYT management walked away from the negotiating table. The union's contract expired 21 months ago. 'https://www.nyguild.org/... @nyguild @newsguild
Mark Davis / @markdavis: I know the easy line— “America will be a better place Thursday”— but honestly, this is rare stuff, with ripples that could reach media workplaces of every ideological stripe. https://twitter.com/...
@gaufre: Tomorrow we hold power to account at the New York Times. Don't use the app. Don't click on the site. Read local news. Support public radio. Pull out a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak. Don't touch the crossword. Support every worker fighting for a better world. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Perlberg / Insider: Unionized New York Times staffers are staging their first full-day walkout since the 1970s amid a heated contract fight
Sara Nelson / @flyingwithsara: Dec. 8, STRIKE ALERT at @nytimes. Specific asks from the workers on simple actions to support the strike and encourage management to negotiate a contract workers can ratify. @NYTimesGuild https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Sharlet / @jeffsharlet: “Contingency plans.” I've got one: Treat workers with respect. https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Dixon-Hamilton / Breitbart: 1,100 New York Times Employees to Go on 24-Hour Strike
Ted Johnson / Deadline: New York Times Journalists Stage 24-Hour Strike As Union And Management Fail To Reach Agreement
Alexandra Olson / ABC13: New York Times braces for 24-hour newsroom walkout by hundreds of journalists, other employees
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap: New Wordle Hurdle: New York Times Guild Asks Readers Not to ‘Cross the Digital Picket Line’ on Thursday
Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams: New York Times Union Workers Planning Dec. 8 Walkout, Rally Over Pay
Joseph Wilkinson / New York Daily News: New York Times union members to hold huge walkout Thursday
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
With 1,100+ staff on strike, NYT editors are publishing long-held stories and flexing dormant reporting muscles, but won't likely match the usual volume of copy — More than 1,100 unionized New York Times staffers are intending to embark on a 24-hour strike today, leaving editors …
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@nytimesguild: To our readers: We did not make this decision lightly. We are deeply committed to the success of the @nytimes. We also know that we produce our best work when we feel valued and are treated equitably. Thank you for standing by us today. https://twitter.com/...
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Woke v Woke https://twitter.com/...
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: “Break your Wordle streak”: New York Times journalists are on a 24-hour strike
Anne Barnard / @abarnardnyt: NYT union has insisted thru 20 mos of talks that wages & economic issues are by far our top priority. 1-day walkout by 80% of our @nyguild, incl most of DC buro, specifically over bread-and-butter economics, so this story's emphasis is puzzling. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: NYT management is trying to ride out the walkout using a mix of pre-written stories from guild staff (it has a lot of those) and a skeleton crew + editors to handle breaking news. Here's the un-bylined story for Griner's release: https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Hess / @amandahess: This is a sad day for @nytimes. This company pledged $150 million in stock buybacks this year, but it's offering staff what amounts to a pay cut, during record inflation in the most expensive city in the world. I love the Times and wish it loved me back.
Tasneem Nashrulla / @tasneemn: NYT's Peter Baker and Michael Shear told their colleagues that they would not be participating in the one-day walkout, three people told Semafor. https://www.semafor.com/... via @maxwelltani
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine: Just What Did the Times Walkout Change?
@eoinhiggins_: Makes you wonder who at Semafor—say, maybe someone who once worked at the NYT—would have wanted this angle included in the story https://twitter.com/...
Julian E. Barnes / @julianbarnes: The majority of reporters in the Washington Bureau know that the focus by the Guild's Bargaining Committee is on the core economic issues and the deeply flawed evaluation system. Anne is correct. I have confidence in the BC. https://twitter.com/...
@nytguildtech: Our union is proud to support our newsroom colleagues today. But there are so many Times Guild workers who aren't journalists and do vital work to keep our workplace running — from security guards to IT to ad sales reps. They deserve better pay too! https://www.thecity.nyc/... https://twitter.com/...
Anne Barnard / @abarnardnyt: Not aware of any broader social and cultural issues on the table. Return to office? That's a health and work conditions issue. Racial equity in job evaluations? That's a fairness issue. In any case those have never been the main thrust of bargaining.
Anne Barnard / @abarnardnyt: This pretty much sums it up. Shared w/permission. From a former colleague now working at another news outlet. (Tag yourself if you want!) https://twitter.com/...
Anne Barnard / @abarnardnyt: And this https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesguild: This contract is more than an investment in us. This is an investment in the future of the @nytimes. This is an investment in the public that we all serve. Here's why our members are walking out today: https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: One solution to the puzzle is that a faction in the Times DC bureau is reactionary toward social change — in the newsroom and nation — and they are taking the opportunity to convey that to a media reporter. Under the conflict makes news test, it then becomes part of the story. https://twitter.com/...
Annie Karni / @anniekarni: A news alert with my name on it just went out. It was a pre- written story ahead of an expected vote. I stand with the guild!
Kelsey D. Atherton / @athertonkd: Peter Baker: if I vote even once that will violate my integrity as a neutral observer of politics Also Peter Baker: scabbing isn't politics, I'm being apolitical by telling the rest of my colleagues that worker power is bad and the bosses are good https://www.semafor.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Chief White House reporter Peter Baker and Pulitzer Prize-winning White House correspondent Michael Shear told colleagues before the walkout that they would not be participating in the one day work stoppage, three people told Semafor.” https://www.semafor.com/...
Hugo Gye / @hugogye: New York Times on strike today over refusal of the company to offer a proper wage increase. 🇬🇧 journalists may be interested to know that the median salary at the NYT is $133,500, just over £109,000.
Laura J. Nelson / @laura_nelson: This piece misses the point of a walkout, which is neither “relatively paltry” nor “play-acting” at a strike. It is designed to show management that things could get far worse if workers don't get a fair deal. Solidarity with @NYTimesGuild. https://www.politico.com/...
Andrew Leber / @andrewmleber: A shame that senior reporters @peterbakernyt and @shearm have no sense of solidarity with their colleagues. https://twitter.com/...
@wgaeast: Solidarity with the @NYTimesGuild! To stand with workers at the @NYTimes, don't engage with any NYT content (including reading/sharing stories, using their apps, or playing the crossword, Wordle, etc.), until their walkout ends at midnight tonight. #UnionStrong #NYTStrike #1u https://twitter.com/...
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: There's something about this form that makes people act so ugly, but the NYT is not just journalists. We're striking for our lower paid colleagues, those who put out the paper, our security guards, our news assistants. That is the point of COLLECTIVE actions. We fight together.
Cody Johnston / @drmistercody: It's true, no words mean anything. https://twitter.com/...
William ‘Bill’ Baker / @billbaker830: BITTER-For 20 months the @nytimes has devalued us at the bargaining table, pushing us to this point. SWEET- Today, I stand in solidarity, alongside my colleagues to make management understand that we know our worth. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Nytimes is unleashing the pre writes to circumvent its staffer walkout https://twitter.com/...
Jim Tankersley / @jimtankersley: I stand with my colleagues in support of a fair contract that reverses the sharp drop in real wages that has hit our lowest-paid members particularly hard. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Moser / @juliamoserrrr: one of the most interesting things about being part of an organizing effort was seeing who was willing to stick their necks out to support their colleagues with less power and who wasn't https://twitter.com/...
Lulu / @lourdesgnavarro: Of many dumb things tweeted by him this might be the most self-serving. Workers have the right to strike to demand better conditions. I support a fair contract for NYT guild (and all workers) and believe in unions to help achieve that. https://twitter.com/...
Josie Giles / @hjosephinegiles: seeing people post total scab nonsense about the nytstrike. yes i find the paper's editorial position loathsome, but worker solidarity isn't conditional. we support striking workers whatever their industry, across disagreements, and build solidarity from there.
@atrios: the presumably highestish paid NYT reporters are making the very political decision to not support their lower paid colleagues by scabbing, but I'm sure in baker's mind this is the nonpolitical choice https://twitter.com/...
Paul Blest / @pblest: Lmao I knew before I even opened this link Peter Baker was one of them https://www.semafor.com/...
Rep. Nadler / @repjerrynadler: All workers deserve fair pay and fair benefits. I stand with New York Times staff as they exercise their right to strike. https://twitter.com/...
David Corn / @davidcorndc: Tweeted like a true plutocrat. Given how much NY Times content ends up on Twitter, you'd think @elonmusk might care about the people who create it. But you'd be wrong. It's just a joke for him. https://twitter.com/...
Will Stancil / @whstancil: Weirdly relieved to not see Haberman's name among the scabs, allowing her to retain her place as the True Neutral of the Times
@samthielman: Peter Baker continuing to distinguish himself in the worst possible way https://www.semafor.com/...
@elivalley: Scabbing is entirely consistent with Peter Baker's “politics” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Name them: Peter Baker and Michael Shear https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: “Most” of @nytimes D.C. bureau is out, but not @peterbakernyt and @shearm, who evidently think the walkout is too woke. Their contempt for their younger, less overpaid colleagues, is astronomical. https://www.semafor.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Hiltner / @sahiltner: Meredith Kopit Levien, the CEO of the @nytimes, was paid $5.8 million in 2021, up from $4.4 million in 2020. Meanwhile, management has offered @NYTimesGuild employees a paltry raise (which, in light of inflation, amounts to a pay cut) and fought against a $65,000 minimum salary.
Paul Krugman / @paulkrugman: FYI: I'm honoring the virtual picket line and not filing for the Times today
Alex Zielinski / @alex_zee: It takes guts to be the story. Standing with the @NYTimesGuild today. https://twitter.com/...
Kim Kelly / @grimkim: Of course the “objectivity” obsessives are scabbing, but we got some bad news for you boys: crossing a picket line is absolutely a political act (and a slap in the face to your coworkers). 🐀 https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: A stroll around the NYT website finds many foreign stories and clearly planned deep-dives. Its own post on the day-long work action - the guild calls it a walk-out, the NYT Co. calls it a strike - does not bear a byline https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Kraushaar / @joshkraushaar: “Some staff in the [NYT] D.C bureau believe the union should focus more on compensation and other concrete worker protections, and less on broader cultural and social issues that have also been part of the union's bargaining proposals.” https://www.semafor.com/...
Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang: If you see someone's name on a story on Thursday or Friday, it does not necessarily mean they crossed the picket line to write it. Newspapers often have reporters write portions of stories ahead of time when possible. https://twitter.com/...
John Cusack / @johncusack: Solidarity with all striking workers is connected to Medicare for all - is connected to every other decent policy that brings justice - this is the leverage point with big buisness - https://twitter.com/...
Scott Tobias / @scott_tobias: It's honestly incredibly difficult not to visit the NYT and its apps today. I am an addict, thanks to the hard-working and brilliant people who are on strike today. Subscribers should want their dollars to go towards supporting them more equitably.
@hearstunion: We stand in solidarity with the @NYTimesGuild today. Don't read, watch, or play any NYT content today. RIP Wordle streak. It's beyond time that corporations like the @nytimes (and uh, another one we could name 👀) pay their workers what they're worth. They can afford it. #1u https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: A true fact about American politics is that the excesses of left-wing cultural politics can undermine left-wing class politics. Some of my friends mistake this for the belief that right-wing cultural politics is good class politics, but Musk is here with a clarifying tweet. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “Some staff in the D.C bureau believe the union should focus more on compensation and other concrete worker protections, and less on broader cultural and social issues that have also been part of the union's bargaining proposals.” https://www.semafor.com/...
@rikkaaltland: The best part about the NYT being on strike today is that hopefully we all win. The writers and staff can make strides towards their union efforts and trans folk don't have to worry about another fear-mongering piece trying to erode what little rights and safety we have left
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Don't worry. @peterbakernyt will write a book about the strike, to be published early in 2024 by Greedy-Selfish Press https://twitter.com/...
Conor Dougherty / @conordougherty: I agree with NYT management that a company has to be profitable to be successful, but at the same time management is saying it can't meet the union's salary demands it is planning a huge stock buyback. https://twitter.com/...
@elaheizadi: As the 24-hour work stoppage at the NYT continues, the employee union emphasizes that people may see stories published today and tomorrow written in advance by Times reporters who walked off the job. https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: Media strikes: 1,100 New York Times employees walk out over pay
Sam Adler-Bell / @samadlerbell: White House correspondents... literally the most duplicative job in journalism. I think your readers can bear to find out the same news from the Post today. https://twitter.com/...
Rachyl Jones / Observer: The Wall Street Journal Exploits the New York Times Strike by Offering its Site for Free Today
Dara Lind / @dlind: I'm not crossing the NYT digital picket line today and I encourage you to do the same. Not just for the sake of the NYT union, but for the health of the media ecosystem. If you discover you're entirely reliant on a single property, maybe you should try to fix that.
Lindsay Ballant / @lindsayballant: You mean to tell me some of the employees who enjoy the most prestige, job security, job opportunity, and highest pay—who are in some of the best positions to exert pressure on management—won't extend solidarity to their less well-known, less paid colleagues? https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Schulberg / @jessicaschulb: this is incredibly dumb — @NYTimesGuild doing a walkout vs a full-on strike isn't a sign of a weak union but a strategic one that understands the importance of gradual escalation https://www.politico.com/...
@asteadwesley: NYT almost had me with that Griner news alert!! But nevertheless he persisted. Ditch the Times today and stand by the workers who make the place great https://twitter.com/...
Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider: Elon Musk joked the New York Times union strike is ‘Woke v Woke’ after baselessly calling the paper an ‘unregistered lobbying firm for far left politicians’
Matthew Keys / The Desk: New York Times reporters, editors hold one-day strike
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: New York Times Staff Begin 24-Hour Strike in First Work Stoppage Since the 1970s
The Nation:
Over 150 members of the Freelance Solidarity Project pledge not to cross the NYT Guild's picket line, noting that the devaluation of media jobs affects them too — The resurgence of American labor organizing has relied on solidarity beyond the bargaining unit—and that's what we're offering.
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@brycecovert, @shellykittleson, @katzonearth, @shannonmstirone, @harucoryne, @abbyhiggins, @cliomiso and Freelance Solidarity Project
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Bryce Covert / @brycecovert: Over 1,000 New York Times employees are on strike today. Here's why I and my fellow NYT freelancers are withholding our labor, too: https://www.thenation.com/...
Shelly Kittleson / @shellykittleson: “The pitifully low rates offered to freelancers exist in part because media work overall has been so devalued. This also goes for the work of staffers at publications like the Times, which is among the few financially stable and profitable media companies” https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan M. Katz / @katzonearth: This is good, and I hope NYT employees remember this solidarity and push the paper to increase freelancer rates and give priority to regular freelancers when they go for staff jobs. https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Stirone / @shannonmstirone: As a New York Times contributor, I stand in solidarity with my colleagues who are walking out today. @nyguild https://twitter.com/...
Haru Coryne / @harucoryne: I'm inspired by some of our industry's most precarious workers — freelancers — striking in solidarity with @NYTimesGuild. “It's crucial, now more than ever, that freelancers refuse to be used as scab labor.” https://www.thenation.com/...
Abigail Higgins / @abbyhiggins: Proud of my union's work to support the NYT strike. “It's crucial, now more than ever, that freelancers refuse to be used as scab labor, serving as replacements when staff employees go on strike.” @FSP_NWU members @brycecovert @jilnotjill @robinsreport https://www.thenation.com/...
Kali Hays / Insider:
Sources: Bari Weiss was added to Twitter's Slack and given a company laptop and access to employee systems; a source says the access is generally just for staff — - CEO Elon Musk has made some dramatic changes to Twitter since taking over five weeks ago. — Amid layoffs, firings …
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@justinbaragona, @emptywheel, @carnage4life, @alexstamos, @abgutman, @cameronwilson, New York Post, @brianstelter, Bloomberg, @sarahposner, @david_j_roth, @ted_scheinman, @adamweinstein, @bgrueskin, @taylorlorenz, @zjemptv, @tyschalter, @karlbode, @wilson__valdez, @pbump, @johndevore, @prettybadlefty, @manicpixiehack, @stevemullis, @jonbernhardt, @lolgop, @edzitron, @asmith83, @jeffbercovici, @parkermolloy, Twitter is Going Great!, @ryanlcooper, @dceiver, @beccalew, @thejewishdream, @sdkstl, @eclecticbrotha, @timfullerton, @jaredlholt and @freedaaron
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Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: “Now, Weiss has been given access to Twitter's employee systems, added to its Slack, and given a company laptop, two people familiar with her presence said. The level of access to Twitter systems given to Weiss is typically given only to employees...” https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
@emptywheel: So Twitter replaced a department full of communications professionals whom journalists could call with two pundits with a grievance and flimsy grasp of basic logic?
@carnage4life: No wonder every C-level executive responsible for privacy and compliance resigned. When under an FTC consent decree, it's not even appropriate for all employees to have access to such screens let alone random outsiders who're given access for clout. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Feels like Weiss' thread should be enough for the FTC to open an investigation into a violation of the consent decree and perhaps get a subpoena for Twitter's internal access logs.
Abraham Gutman / @abgutman: .@elonmusk, yes or no — do Weiss and Taibbi have access to users' DMs? It would be good to get clear explanation about this screen and yes/no answer to this straightforward question. https://twitter.com/...
Cameron Wilson / @cameronwilson: probably the most telling about the Twitter Files is how they've revealed nothing damning — and that's with full access to the company's files — and must be completely twisted and presented without context to be interesting. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Common Sense, the publication led by @BariWeiss and founded on Substack, has a new name: The Free Press, or @thefp for short https://www.thefp.com/...
Sarah Posner / @sarahposner: Has Musk brought on Bari to deflect attention from the fact that he's bringing actual Nazis back to the platform, using her (a purported arbiter of what is antisemitic) as a shield against that criticism https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
David Roth / @david_j_roth: Savvy move by Musk here. Giving Bari Slack access has been proven to be one of the best ways to motivate employees to think about quitting. https://twitter.com/...
Ted Scheinman / @ted_scheinman: so bari weiss is doing: a.) an internal witch-hunt for a private company and b.) external PR for said company no real journalist would agree to this unholy amalgamation. the basest hackery. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Weinstein / @adamweinstein: Rehabilitating “access journalism” to own the libs https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Ah yes, very typical journalist behavior here. Happens all the time. Via @HaysKali https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@taylorlorenz: This is all normal stuff if you're onboarding a new hire to your comms team https://twitter.com/...
@zjemptv: She's published arch-transphobe Abigail Shrier, so I'm excited to see what Bari Weiss and friends do with access to internal Twitter systems https://genderanalysis.net/... https://twitter.com/...
Ty Schalter / @tyschalter: Bari Weiss's whole deal is framing the mutual contempt of herself and all smart journalists as a battle for the future of civil discourse in America. No wonder she and Elon get along so well. https://twitter.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: it seems inevitable that these clowns start covertly leaking a decade+ of cherry picked journalist DMs https://twitter.com/...
@wilson__valdez: Bari Weiss, anti-cancel culture warrior, combing through people's private communications in order to find something to ‘cancel’ them with, is just too too on point. https://twitter.com/...
Philip Bump / @pbump: As if DeSantis hired Giuliani to lead his election police. https://twitter.com/...
@manicpixiehack: gotta say that the idea of journalists being given unfettered access to internal private communications for tech companies unsettles me quite a bit https://twitter.com/...
Steve Mullis / @stevemullis: Hope media folks don't get duped by this and refer to anything Weiss or Taibbi are doing as journalism or that they are acting in a capacity as journalists. It's extra ironic considering EM rails against “unethical journalism” and yet this is as unethical as it comes. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Bernhardt / @jonbernhardt: he's gonna let her start firing H1B guys who need this job to stay in the country just to get a taste for what that power feels like https://twitter.com/...
@lolgop: Awesome that the author of “How to Fight Anti-Semitism” has decided to be the chief propagandist for a guy who keeps sharing Pepe memes for the pleasure of the Nazis he invited back to Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Smith / @asmith83: “And 15 times someone wrote in Slack, ‘cookies in the big conference room’ which is clearly code for we must ban right-wing accounts.” https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Bercovici / @jeffbercovici: Some of us know a source greaser when we see one https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: How funny was it the other day when a bunch of right-wingers were like, “How DARE you suggest that Taibbi was doing PR for the richest man on earth! This is journalism!” and now Weiss is just straight up being plugged into Twitter's system. It's PR. For the richest man on Earth. https://twitter.com/...
Twitter is Going Great!: Around 150 people from Elon Musk's other companies are still working at Twitter, along with two of his cousins
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: extremely smart!! https://twitter.com/...
Jason Linkins / @dceiver: probably great to have one of America's best-known censorious scolds lurking in the chat https://twitter.com/...
Becca Lewis / @beccalew: It's fascinating, in a perverse sort of way, to see Elon slowly transforming Twitter into a right-wing publishing business https://twitter.com/...
Rafi Schwartz / @thejewishdream: In retrospect, weiss' trajectory from slobbering on jordan peterson and ben shapiro's loafers at the times to being given wholly undue access to act as a pr snoop for the richest man in the history of the world isn't all that shocking, really https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: I had unusual access on some corporate stories - for instance, a space to work from over several days to make interview/event logistics easier, use of a landline, a guest login for internet. This is a whole 'nother level - far closer to an in-house gig than journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Fullerton / @timfullerton: If they were serious about transparency, why would they turn to right-wing “journalists” to do your investigating. https://twitter.com/...
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: If Bari isn't taking money from Elon already she might as well just do it since that seems to be the only tangible thing separating her from other Twitter employees in this charade. If you're gonna be a billionaire's minion might as well get in on the take https://twitter.com/...
Puck:
Sources: Rebekah Mercer is looking to sell her Breitbart News stake, in which her family invests in the mid-seven figures each year; Breitbart denies the story — After defining the alt-right and MAGA in 2016, the culture seemed to move on from Breitbart. Now the Mercers have, too.
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Nic Newman / Reuters Institute:
A report on the top news publishers using TikTok in 44 countries: 49% post regularly, adoption is uneven, the process of getting verified is opaque, and more — 3. How and why publishers are moving onto TikTok | 4. TikTok's ‘magic’ algorithm - how it works | 5. What strategies are publishers pursuing on TikTok?
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Aisha Majid / Press Gazette: Around half of leading publishers in over 40 countries now regularly use Tiktok, report finds
Faisal Kalim / What's New in Publishing: “It's got huge reach. It's got huge engagement.”: The latest publisher strategies on TikTok, from Reuters Institute
Mahira Dayal / The Information: Twitter's Apple Workaround Could Inspire Copycats
Angie Jaime / @angiejaime: A very cool report from @nicnewman for @risj_oxford on the expansive universe of news on Tiktok — I shared thoughts on the efforts we're leading at ✨@latimes ✨ https://twitter.com/...
Andreas Sandre / @andreas212nyc: 🇺🇦 Ukraine war boosted news coverage ✅ Getting ‘verified’ status seems to be opaque and inconsistently applied 🔥 Publishers would like TikTok to offer greater prominence, more transparency, better monetisation, access to more detailed demographic data https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ...
Mitali Mukherjee / @mitalilive: Great new report by @nicnewman at @risj_oxford on the alternately loved & despised #TikTok. Read more here 🔽 #news #socialmedia https://twitter.com/...
@risj_oxford: Up to 49% of the publishers in our sample are now regularly publishing content on #TikTok but % varies a lot by country. Countries with the highest adoption: 🇮🇩 Indonesia 90% | 🇦🇺 Australia 89% | 🇫🇷 France 86% | 🇪🇸 Spain 86% 👉 Read our report https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: 20+ years in, and while publishers' are more selective, the dominant approach to platforms is still reach first, figure out the rest (editorial, data, monetization) later, based on accepting de factor terms of trade between platforms and publishers - reach in return for content. https://twitter.com/...
Liv Moloney / @livmoloney: I spoke to @risj_oxford about why @TheEconomist is on TikTok and how we're building a relationship with younger audiences. Read @nicnewman's fascinating report here👇 https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Debunking claims on Twitter's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story, including that Twitter engaged in election interference or violated the First Amendment — Hello! Someone has referred you to this post because you've said something quite wrong about Twitter and how it handled something to do with Hunter Biden's laptop.
Discussion:
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Jean-Pierre Blows Off Fox Reporter Heinrich's Lengthy Hunter Biden/Taibbi ‘Twitter Files’ Question
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: very good https://defector.com/...
Ira Goldman / @kdbyproxy: If you're the sort of person who wants not just a good explanation, but also cites and receipts, read this piece by @mmasnick on the incredible lightness of “The Twitter Files”. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Sargent / @theplumlinegs: This is a must-read dissection of the latest @elonmusk nonsense. And bookmark it, because this will keep coming up again and again: https://twitter.com/...
Douglas Murray / New York Post: Twitter's suppression of Hunter Biden's laptop isn't a conspiracy theory — it's a conspiracy
Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski: Really excellent article if you want to take a deep dive into the claims that Musk is making about how Twitter was run, and talking about his “big reveal” about the Hunter laptop. Lots here, but worth it if you care. https://www.techdirt.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: “imagine what would happen if someone took over Fox News and suddenly started revealing (1) communications between Fox News execs and Republican politicians and campaigns...Don't you think it would be way more biased than what the Twitter files revealed?” https://www.techdirt.com/...
Ted Scheinman / @ted_scheinman: “Taibbi's willingness to caper about while Musk clapped his hands, in itself, instantly recreated the very power structure that his reporting was supposedly meant to assail....” — @ToLey88: https://defector.com/... via @DefectorMedia https://twitter.com/...
Brian Floyd / @brianmfloyd: here is an actual good blog post about the twitter files thing https://www.techdirt.com/...
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast: GOP Officials Said Twitter's Hunter Biden Ban Wasn't Corrupt
Andrew Burton / @burtonad: This is very, very well done. Not only is there no fire, there's no smoke either. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Prokop / @awprokop: This is a thorough and convincing setting-the-record-straight post from @mmasnick https://www.techdirt.com/...
Rob Pegoraro / @robpegoraro: “Hello! You've Been Referred Here Because You're Wrong About Twitter And Hunter Biden's Laptop”: 6,400+ words of service journalism by @mmasnick debunking a silly theory being thrown up by people ignorant of content moderation, one of whom owns this site. https://www.techdirt.com/...
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: So, my mentions remain full of people insisting something major was revealed in “The Twitter Files.” People are saying a lot of nonsense things, so I had to write a post responding to people saying wrong things. Feel free to refer others to it as needed https://www.techdirt.com/...
Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
Some creators say Instagram is reducing incentives for posting Reels, cutting the payout per video view and offering smaller payouts regardless of engagement — I'm hearing that Instagram has again cut the amount of money some creators can earn from the Meta Platforms app's bonus program to spur more short-form Reels.
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Simon Owens / @simonowens: Absolutely pathetic. YouTube is over here sharing 50% of its revenue with creators, and meanwhile Instagram is paying creators like they're overseas Fiverr freelancers https://twitter.com/...
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Maxim Edwards / Nieman Reports:
A look at the benefits and limits of newsrooms integrating open-source investigations, and how journalists and open-source researchers can learn from each other — Spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, open-source investigations are being integrated into standard newsroom practice
Discussion:
Maxim Edwards / @maximedwards: I've an essay out in @NiemanReports considering what Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shown about the role of open source research in journalism. tl;dr: OSINT in newsrooms is gaining traction, but it's no silver bullet and has to be handled judiciously. https://niemanreports.org/...
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC Director General Tim Davie says the broadcaster is preparing to shut down its linear TV and radio broadcasts over the next decade, shifting to online-only — Tim Davie outlines vision for a world of ‘infinite choice’ where broadcast TV and radio are being switched off
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Inside Radio, @laurascrivano, @krystinanellis, @olli101, @jjarichardson, @arthistorynews, @jamesgraysport, @jeffjarvis, @emilybell, @jonathanhaynes, @januszczak, Vulture, @andycomfort, @wanderinggaia, @terri_white, Complete Music Update, @jimwaterson, RadioToday, The i Paper and Digital TV Europe
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Laura Scrivano / @laurascrivano: This is officially the worst idea I've ever heard. The Beeb is funded by all license fee payers / tax payers and should be required to provide that service even to those who don't have broadband. Madness. https://twitter.com/...
Krystina Nellis / @krystinanellis: why are they always so bloody obsessed with Netflixing everything when Netflix said literally today not everything works in Netflix form https://twitter.com/...
Olli Siebelt / @olli101: I'm an ex-BBC guy and I'm really surprised this isn't getting more media coverage. I'm all for forward thinking-ness but this sort of makes me sad? #bbc #media https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Richardson / @jjarichardson: The BBC is being decimated as a public broadcaster https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Bendor Grosvenor / @arthistorynews: I'm confused - he says the future is online, yet worries about older audiences who prefer terrestrial. Yet he's just put BBC3 back on terrestrial to reach a younger audience, while moving BBC4, with its older audience, online. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
James Gray / @jamesgraysport: I know I'm old fashioned and hate change, but I hope the switch is slower than that, and that broadband catches up in a big way. Outages, minor or major, are still far too regular and much more regular than my TV signal. (Not to mention watching sport on a delay is infuriating.) https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: In the old days of Media @Guardian podcasting, @emilybell pondered the fate of linear TV. Well, the day is coming when the BBC will not only turn off its broadcast signal but its cable channels. Bye broadcast. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Far be it from me to say so but for the BBC to get out of broadcast in the next 10 years feels like a wildly ambitious timeline. Printed newspapers were meant to be gone by 2020 as predicted by some in the 1990s... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jonathan Haynes / @jonathanhaynes: But sometimes you just want to turn on the TV and watch whatever is on ... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Waldemar Januszczak / @januszczak: Dangerous man in charge of BBC. 👇 https://twitter.com/...
Andy Comfort / @andycomfort: This is a stark confirmation that we are looking at the end of BBC Local Radio - along with other BBC linear broadcast services, it would seem. https://twitter.com/...
Terri White / @terri_white: For so many reasons (brand loyalty, specific audience preference and targeting, appetite for/counter-programming of linear in an age of streaming), this seems mad https://twitter.com/...
Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update: BBC boss Tim Davie talks about an internet-centric future with fewer TV channels and radio stations
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: The BBC saying the quiet bit loud and asking what happens when you don't have broadcast tv/radio stations. Goodbye named channels, goodbye dozens of broadcast services, hello... ? just online content ? competing with everything else online. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
James Fallows / Breaking the News:
Q&A with longtime Chinese translator Brendan O'Kane on the fundamental issues with ProPublica and Vanity Fair's translations in their COVID-19 lab leak report — A talk with a longtime translator, on why Mandarin does not include a ‘super-secret version’ for discussing government plans.
Discussion:
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: I talk with @bokane, longtime translator of Chinese, on the attention-getting ‘lab leak’ story from @propublica and what PP's followup did not address. https://fallows.substack.com/ ...
Brendan O'Kane / @bokane: Thanks to @JamesFallows, both for writing this and for saving me from further procrastination on a post of my own. https://twitter.com/...
James Palmer / @beijingpalmer: Excellent dissection of the language issues and misrepresentation in the story. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Konyndyk / @jeremykonyndyk: “a multisystem failure of the editors' intellectual immune systems...nobody would ever believe that there was some super-secret version of French. Right? But people can somehow get away with these claims about Chinese...” https://twitter.com/...
Zichen Wang / @zichenwanghere: one of the interesting developments is the lack of noticeable rebuttal from any noticeable Chinese mainland source (brief thread from yours truly aside) in English, much less any detailed dissection - supposedly an easy “targer,” no? says a lot about priority & capability https://twitter.com/...
Gigi Gronvall / @ggronvall: A fascinating read about the shoddy @propublica/@VanityFair lab leak article. My critiques have centered on their lack of engagement w the science, but there also appears to be numerous and willful translation errors. Perhaps time for the editor to rethink retraction? https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Metzl / @jamiemetzl: I am agnostic about whether the @propublica @VanityFair Chinese translation is correct or not. Very little about the #COVID19 origin issue rests on that very minor point. https://fallows.substack.com/ ...
Jamie Metzl / @jamiemetzl: I'm not a stakeholder in one particular translation of the @propublica Chinese documents or another, but I certainly hope @JamesFallows will bring his considerable skills as a journalist to writing a comprehensive piece on #COVID19 origins. https://fallows.substack.com/ ...
Kristian G. Andersen / @k_g_andersen: It's time for @SteveEngelberg to step down as EIC @propublica for the nuts ‘Lab Leak’ article from @KatherineEban @jeffykao. One thing is to believe that “more investigation is required” (which we all agree on) vs just making up stuff to suit an agenda - which was the case here. https://twitter.com/...
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: Re-upping this interview with @bokane from earlier today, because it actually matters, and I hope people will read it. Its theme is the pandemic, but its real subject is journalistic accountability. Plus how non-Chinese world reckons with China. https://fallows.substack.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: ... @jamesfallows, who used to report from China for the Atlantic, says Chinese translaters are confounded by some of the claims and translations in ProPublica's lab leak story from six weeks ago, published in partnership with Vanity Fair. https://fallows.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis: Really good interview with @bokane about the ProPublica lab leak story that actually gets at the issues experts found with it. it was never about the origins of the pandemic, but the decision to intentionally mystify a language spoken by 1/5 of humans https://fallows.substack.com/ ...
Philipp Markolin, PhD / @philippmarkolin: On that deeply flawed @propublica @KatherineEban article... it is now a proper scandal of journalistic malfeasance, no matter how you think about #lableak and even ignoring all scientific aspects to this story. Read: https://fallows.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount Global finishes the Western Europe rollout of Paramount+ with its launch in German-speaking areas, for €7.99/month, following its rollout in France — The conglomerate's streamer is pushing ahead with an aggressive international expansion despite increasing competition and recession fears.
Discussion:
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Paramount Plus launches in Germanic countries
David Satin / The Streamable: Paramount+ Launches in Austria, Germany, Switzerland; Continuing European Expansion
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Paramount+ Caps Record Q4 With More European Launches, Plans Full Showtime Merger, Price Hikes
Julian Clover / Broadband TV News: Paramount+ arrives in the DACH
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