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Twitter suspends several journalists, including the NYT's Ryan Mac and CNN's Donie O'Sullivan; Elon Musk says the “same doxxing rules apply to journalists” — Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.
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@verajourova: News about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying. EU's Digital Services Act requires respect of media freedom and fundamental rights. This is reinforced under our #MediaFreedomAct. @elonmusk should be aware of that. There are red lines. And sanctions, soon.
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: If anyone posted real-time locations & addresses of NYT reporters, FBI would be investigating, there'd be hearings on Capitol Hill & Biden would give speeches about end of democracy!
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: @micsolana They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: @IFNY2775 @micsolana Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice: Yes, my Twitter account was permanently suspended
Bernhard Warner / New York Times: Musk Faces Growing Anger Over Twitter Ban of Journalists
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: This was The Washington Post's @drewharwell's post before he was suspended from Twitter, outlining how Twitter suspended the account of its competitor Mastodon earlier today. https://twitter.com/...
Brennan Murphy / @brenonade: Here is Elon's full appearance in @katienotopoulos' spaces with banned journalists tonight https://twitter.com/...
Silenced Ryan Mac / @macsilenced: Some folks have asked so will try to answer here: -This is the notification on my account. -I was given no warning. -I have no email or communication from the company about the reason for suspension. -I report on Twitter, Elon Musk and his companies. And I will continue to do so. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Elon Musk's Twitter bans accounts of CNN, NYT, WaPo journalists
Marc Andreessen / @pmarca: Overheard in Silicon Valley: “The woke defense of free speech arrives in 3, 2, ...”
Britney Nguyen / Insider: Twitter took its Spaces audio feature offline after suspended journalists found they still had access and confronted Elon Musk about their removals
Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos: Huh, appears the recording of this Space is strangely not available, funny that! Thanks to everyone who tuned in! Let's do it again sometime
Nick Visser / HuffPost: Twitter Suspends Reporters From WashPost, NYT, Others Who Wrote About Elon Musk
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap: Twitter Threatened With EU Sanctions Following Elon Musk's Journalist Purge
Julia Shapero / The Hill: CNN's Donie O'Sullivan on Twitter ban: Could have ‘chilling impact’ on journalism
Nicole Perlroth / @nicoleperlroth: Any reporters from the new “FREE PRESS” gonna cover Elon's unilateral decision to ban these journalists or nah? @bariweiss @NellieBowles @walterkirn @rupasubramanya @KTmBoyle One week in and you're already failing your own litmus test for “honest, fearless, independent.” https://twitter.com/...
Steven Musil / CNET: Elon Musk Suspends Journalists on Twitter Who Report on Him
J.D. Capelouto / Semafor: Twitter is suspending several tech journalists who cover Elon Musk
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Thursday Night Purge: Elon Musk's Twitter Bans Tons Of High Profile Journalists
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: WATCH: CNN's Donie O'Sullivan Calls BS On Musk Excuse For Suspending Him in Twitter Purge — Says ‘I Poked The Billionaire’
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: [Thread] Twitter suspends accounts of journalists who cover Elon Musk, including WaPo's Drew Harwell, NYT's Ryan Mac, CNN's Donie O'Sullivan, and Aaron Rupar
Ian Curran / The Irish Times: Twitter's suspension of Irish journalist a ‘worrying development’, says NUJ
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: Twitter's latest chaos: Journalists purged, Spaces yanked, rival social network suspended
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Europe wastes no time warning Musk over ‘arbitrary suspension of journalists’
Madeline Earp / Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ calls for Twitter to restore accounts of suspended journalists, commit to media freedom
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian: Outrage after Twitter suspends several US journalists who reported on Musk - live
Richard Hine / Unprecedented: The Twitter “Stay or Go” Debate
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / @aoc: You're a public figure. An extremely controversial and powerful one. I get feeling unsafe, but descending into abuse of power + erratically banning journalists only increases the intensity around you. Take a beat and lay off the proto-fascism. Maybe try putting down your phone. https://twitter.com/...
Michael A. Cohen / Truth and Consequences: The Thursday Night Massacre
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Here's @keitholbermann's last tweet before he was suspended from Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
Kenny Stancil / Common Dreams: ‘Red Line’ Crossed: EU Official Threatens Sanctions After Musk Suspends Journalists
@elivalley: Suspended for reporting a suspension https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tony Romm / @tonyromm: It is inexcusable for Twitter to ban journalists including my colleagues, and we all should sincerely rethink our presence here
Mark Joyella / Forbes: CNN's Donie O'Sullivan: ‘I Poked The Billionaire’
Julia Horowitz / CNN: ‘There are red lines’: Europe warns of sanctions after Twitter bans journalists
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Here is Musk's full exchange on Twitter Space as he tried to explain himself, misrepresented what the reporter was doing, the reporter challenged him and then Musk misrepresented it again and took off. https://twitter.com/...
Katie S. Phang / @katiephang: Without explanation or reason, multiple Twitter accounts, including that of Aaron Rupar, have been suspended tonight. Here is his latest substack ⤵️ https://aaronrupar.substack.com/ ...
Daniel Uhlfelder / @dwuhlfelderlaw: Twitter Suspends Several Reporters' Accounts in Thursday Night Massacre https://www.mediaite.com/...
Jason Hirschhorn / @jasonhirschhorn: Dangerous. So dangerous. Not reckless. It was intended. But terrible. Horrific.
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Let's rewind the tape: https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Donie O'Sullivan was suspended for posting a Los Angeles Police Department statement. That's not “doxxing [your] real-time location.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: Twitter Suspends Accounts of Several Journalists
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: Twitter suspends some prominent journalists, including NYT tech reporter @RMac18. NYT spox calls suspensions “questionable and unfortunate.” Story by @MikeIsaac and @kateconger: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maya Wiley / @mayawiley: So free speech ain't so free to #ElonMusk who thinks extremists are fine. Journalists? Not so much. “#Twitter abruptly suspends more than half a dozen journalists”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / @ruthbenghiat: Ron DeSantis like...😼😍 https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Arron didn't doxx anyone and neither did any of the other journalists Musk suspended https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: CNN has put out a statement: “We have asked Twitter for an explanation, and we will reevaluate our relationship based on that response.” https://twitter.com/...
Wendell Husebø / Breitbart: CNN, NYT Complain About Journalists Suspended from Twitter
Phil Mayer / KRON4: Journalists who cover Elon Musk banned from Twitter
Andrew Couts / @couts@mastodon.social: Musk has no obligation to reinstate any of the journalists Twitter suspended tonight, and that's both the problem and the point.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: CNN: “Twitter's increasing instability and volatility should be of incredible concern for everyone who uses the platform” https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: 1) something very odd with first tweet above in terms of its amplification. 2) it seems musk, based on his reply tweet, is leaning into a claim the suspended accounts broke yesterday's new rule by promoting a live automated mastodon account tracking his jet using public info. https://twitter.com/...
@traceydelaney: Tonight Elon Musk broke his promise that he would run Twitter as a free speech absolutist. Banned: Donie O'Sullivan (CNN) Aaron Rupar Keith Olbermann Micah Lee (Intercept) Ryan Mac (NYT) Mastodon Elonjet Matt Binder Drew Harwell(WP) IGD News It was never about free speech. https://twitter.com/...
Faiz Siddiqui / @faizsays: NEW: Twitter's suspensions of prominent journalists were internally labeled “direction of Ella,” referring to Ella Irwin, Twitter's Trust and Safety head who has carried out many of Musk's orders. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social: Musk's suspension of tech journalists from Twitter is, on balance, the best thing that can happen right now.
Marc E. Elias / @marceelias: The big question right now is whether big media stays on Twitter. Will @CNN and @washingtonpost pull their content? What will @MSNBC , @nytimes and @WSJ do?
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Suspending the accounts of half a dozen journalists with no explanation is a real triumph for free speech and transparency I guess https://www.nytimes.com/...
@tomjumbogrumbo: It appears my regular account @keitholbermann has been limited or suspended as well - no notice, nothing - after defending Rupar, Mac, Harwell, Donie Hilariously I can still RT, evidently https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: I don't know what happened here but if @elonmusk doesn't fix this within the hour with an explanation by morning, I'll be on Capitol Hill tomorrow demanding that he be hauled in front of Congress. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Galloway / @profgalloway: Twitter TOS: • don't hurt Elon's feelings
John Gruber / @gruber: Free speech, baby. As refreshing as ice cold lemonade on a hot summer day. https://aaronrupar.substack.com/ ...
Dan Shelley / @murrownyc: Make no mistake: Under current federal law there are no free press guarantees on social media. That said, it is wrong to ban journalists who've reported fairly on a public figure such as @elonmusk. The ultimate victims here are ‘regular people,’ not reporters. @RTDNA https://twitter.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: @jordanliles ... I still see my own tweets. Follow me elsewhere though bc this app is glitching out a lot for me rn
Danny Sullivan / @dannysullivan: Apparently a link to my personal Mastodon profile is now considered unsafe by Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
@briankrebs: Since he can't tweet it here anymore, here's a link to a piece that now “permanently suspended” journalist Aaron Rupar just wrote about his removal from Twitter. https://aaronrupar.substack.com/ ... ICYMI, this is helluva tweet to go out on: https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Texts from an unknown sender, from discovery in the Elon Musk/Twitter suit months ago. Pretty remarkable to read after these suspensions of journalists tonight. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: In a statement, the New York Times says the Twitter suspension of Ryan Mac and other journalists is “questionable and unfortunate.” https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic@mastodon.social: dwillner@mastodon.online Thank goodness the head of T&S is focused on the important things! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Also now banished from #Twitter: Former @voxdotcom journalist @atrupar. He did tweet Wednesday: “I used a blurry still of Elon getting booed on stage with Chappelle instead of a photo on this post because I'm sick of seeing his face all over Twitter.” https://web.archive.org/...
John Aravosis / @aravosis: This is insane. EM comes on here. Claims he's going to reinstate “freedom of speech.” And now bans tech reporters from all the top publications. Just cuz. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: Five tech journalists (and counting), three from major mainstream outlets. Also the account for Mastodon, which I consider the current Twitter alternative. Archived link shows it had tweeted its own Elon jet plane link earlier today: https://archive.vn/UM4bp https://twitter.com/...
@juliancastro: Great way to attract advertisers @elonmusk. Welcome the hate mongers back and suspend the journalists. How long till your your investors pull the plug on your leadership? https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: FACT: None of the journalists who were suspended did this. He's lying. https://twitter.com/...
Wendell Husebø / Breitbart: Six Establishment Media Journalists Elon Musk Suspended
@nbcnews: Sally Buzbee, Exec. Editor of Washington Post to NBC News on Twitter suspensions of journalists: “The suspension of Drew Harwell's Twitter account directly undermines Elon Musk's claim that he intends to run Twitter as a platform dedicated to free speech.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Luke Zaleski / @zaleskiluke: Please love me https://twitter.com/...
Luke Zaleski / @zaleskiluke: @oneunderscore__ ... The world's richest man has taken possession of a global social media platform used by the world's journalists, scientists, governments, private citizens, businesses, religions, militaries and health/emergency services to share all vital information—It's going as you might expect
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: Add Micah Lee from the Intercept (@micahflee@infosec.exchange, fyi) to the list. Interestingly, I tweeted out the link to the forbidden Mastodon account yesterday and am still alive. Click it and you see this. https://twitter.com/...
Politico: Twitter suspends journalist accounts without explanation, angering lawmakers and those affected
Marc E. Elias / @marceelias: OK @nytimes, what are you going to do about it? https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: This is simply false. Twitter suspended several journalists tonight who definitely had not tweeted Musk's exact real-time location. It will be interesting to see whether Musk lets his beloved Community Notes correct the record here. https://twitter.com/...
Damian Penny / Rigid Thinking: Maybe this time really is different — Before I start speculating on whether Republicans …
@nycsouthpaw: Kristine Coratti Kelly, a CNN spokeswoman, said the suspensions were “concerning but not surprising” and that “Twitter's increasing instability and volatility should be of incredible concern for everyone who uses” it. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joshua Marshall / @joshtpm@journa.host: From an ethical and civic perspective it is important to treat Musk not as a terror and a threat …
Jaimie Ding / Los Angeles Times: Elon Musk speaks out after Twitter suspends several journalists who covered him
Brad Friedman / @TheBradBlog@journa.host: Voice of America's Chief Nat'l Correspondent Steve Herman (@w7voa@twitter.com) was “permanently suspended” tonight.
Katharine Trendacosta / @k_trendacosta: I work on content moderation policy and this is just... amazing.
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: I love Barbara Streisand lol
@jaspar: what's ironic is tonight is the most that m@stodon has ever felt like a true twitter replacement. i'm over there following events and it's lit
Kipp Jones / Mediaite: ‘Impulsive and Unjustified’: CNN Slams Twitter for Suspending Journalists - Including Its Own Donie O'Sullivan
Matt McDermott / @mattmfm: A reminder that, just yesterday, news reports revealed that Musk was planning to salvage Twitter's ad business by forcing users to share their location — “basically assassination coordinates” — with advertisers. https://twitter.com/...
Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett: New comment from @pressfreedom on Twitter's suspensions of multiple journalists who cover Elon Musk: https://twitter.com/...
Fiorella Isabel / @fiorellaisabelm: You can hate Musk. You can love him. But to pretend he's anything more than a hyper-partisan team sports player is hilarious. You're either for free speech for those you don't like or you're not for free speech at all. As much as I dislike liberals this is hypocritical. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: i gotta say part of me is a little impressed with how wildly and explicitly elon musk lies, most people this prominent at least try to use partial truths for arguments sake—but not our boy https://twitter.com/...
Jameel Jaffer / @jameeljaffer@mastodon.social: Also: What message does this send to *other* reporters—the ones who haven't (yet) been purged?
Andrew Goldfarb / @garfep: if you're someone who defends this guy's every move, now might be a great time to reflect on what you think his goals actually are for this platform, because if you think they have anything to do with “free speech” you're lying to yourself https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsky@mastodon.online: Well I think Elon's mass banning of really good journalists from Twitter definitely confirms his love and embrace of free speech
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Meanwhile.. here's @bariweiss today: “To hear Musk tell it, his motivation is obvious: It's about saving the world.” https://www.thefp.com/...
Teddy Wilson / @reportbywilson: It's refreshing to see so many conservatives and self-styled free speech absolutionists exhibiting ideological and intellectual consistency by expressing alarm and not at all gloating about this evening's Twitter suspensions.
Daniel Dale / @ddale8: Drew is not only a superb journalist but a truly lovely fellow. Read his stuff, follow him wherever he is followable https://twitter.com/...
Hamish McKenzie / @hamishmckenzie: Largely because of Twitter, it has been uncomfortable at times standing up for Substack's stance in favor of free speech. I've never had any doubt in our stance, though, because of my unwavering belief in a free press.
Linette Lopez / @lopezlinette: .@elonmusk has always been vicious to anyone sharing info about his businesses. He once sued a source of mine for revealing shady practices at #Tesla, and security testified that Musk had his lackeys hack my source's personal devices. https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Gira Grant / @melissagira: A few weeks ago @micahflee reported on the extremely selective suspensions on Twitter https://theintercept.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Benny Johnson / @bennyjohnson: CNN coverage of Twitter Files: 0 CNN reporter locked out for breaking Twitter Rules: Statement in 10 seconds https://twitter.com/...
Aric Toler / @arictoler: This is like that day that all the QAnon accounts got banned, but for tech reporters. Ryan Mac is suspended too. https://twitter.com/...
David Corn / @davidcorndc: For the sake of transparency, can you please show how the banned accounts did this and specify the rules going forward? And, @elonmusk, can you release all the communications and documents related to these decisions. https://twitter.com/...
Bob Rae / @bobrae48: Hmmm. Freedom after expression is I guess different from freedom of expression. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Not that he cares but it is time for a letter of protest from journalism organizations to Musk for killing accounts of journalists: @atrupar, @Donie O'Sullivan of CNN, @drewharwell of the Washington Post, @mattbinder of Mashable, and the list of Musk's attacks keeps growing.
Nicholas Grossman / @ngrossman81: Congress doesn't have a role in a private company's moderation decisions. Bans you find arbitrary, unfair, or hypocritical aren't illegal. Even assuming a deliberate ban, these reporters haven't been prevented from covering Musk. Publications, Substacks, other social media, etc. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Edison Hayden / @michaelehayden: Elon Musk's Twitter nuked the antifascist news website It's Going Down — I look forward to the free speech substack people jumping in to get mad about this one: https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Nichanian / @taniel@journa.host: When people first said they were blocked from linking to mastodon on Twitter, journa.host was still OK to mention.
@ahamitbilici: It may be new for you but my account and accounts of critical journalists blocked for years by twitter in Turkey to please Erdogan. See CPJ report 👉🏿https://cpj.org/... @maxberger @elonmusk @davidaxelrod @washingtonpost @PENamerica @npr @Bruno_J_Navarro @Phil_Lewis_ @cnn https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: I created this quick doc to track all journalist twitter accounts suspended tonight. Please reply to this thread with any I'm missing or any that are reinstated. 🙏🏽 THANKS. https://docs.google.com/...
@yashar: Aaron Rupar shared this screenshot with me. This is what he sees when he logs in. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Karen DaltonBeninato / @kbeninato: Free speech absolutist bans popular critics Aaron Rupar, Drew Harwell, Keith Olbermann, Tony Webster, and reporters from WaPo, CNN, The Intercept and the New York Times, and escape hatch - Join Mastadon. He's one NFT release from going full Bond Villain. https://www.theverge.com/...
Julian Sanchez / @normative@mastodon.social: It was clear from the jump Musk didn't understand the site he'd bought, but I'm still …
Kris Holt / @krisholt@mastodon.social: This is a joke. Musk was not doxxed. The journalists did not share Musk's exact location in real-time.
Lori Trahan / @reploritrahan: My team met with @Twitter today. They told us that they're not going to retaliate against independent journalists or researchers who publish criticisms of the platform. Less than 12 hours later, multiple technology reporters have been suspended. What's the deal, @elonmusk? https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa@journa.host: Statement from VOA
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: this is insane but also god he's such a fucking baby https://twitter.com/...
Alexandre Aguiar / @alexaguiarpoa: @elonmusk @micsolana You banned @W7VOA from the Voice of America (VOA), a U.S. government radio. The most straight fact-objective journalist in this social media and a source for people and newsrooms around the globe. Even the Soviet regime allowed @VOANews to operate during the Cold War.
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: NYT statement on Twitter suspending the accounts of prominent journalists, including NYT's Ryan Mac, calls the move “questionable and unfortunate.” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill@infosec.exchange: Suspending journalists on the bird site is a big step! Not only is it a shitty thing …
Adam Serwer / @adamserwer: This left wing political correctness is getting out of control https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Nate Silver / @natesilver538: News organizations like the NYT already had mixed feelings about their reporters using Twitter and if you can now be suspended from Twitter for doing fairly straightforward reporting, you have to wonder if that's the tipping point.
@elivalley: Too many suspensions going on so just to be safe: I respect, admire, and strive to emulate Elon Musk, Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss.
Jordan Pearson / VICE: Twitter Purges Several Journalists Who Cover Elon Musk
Possibly Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic: Censorship violates the rights of two groups of people: everyone who wanted to speak, and everyone who wanted to hear them. Believers in liberty should stand against censorship always. It's a principle, not a sporting match where one cheers whatever benefits one's team currently.
David Mack / @davidmackau: this is...so weak lol https://twitter.com/...
Ernie Smith / @ernie@writing.exchange: Someone should make a tool that displays your Mastodon account as a Snapchat-style QR code just to get around Elon's ban
Ashton Pittman / @ashton@journa.host: It appears Elon Musk had this Twitter Spaces discussion about his censoring of journalists shut down.
David Corn / @davidcorndc: This is a funny definition of free speech absolutism. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Steinbaugh / @adamsteinbaugh: We apologise again for the reporting on Elon Musk. Those responsible for reporting about the reporters' bannings have been banned.
Rachel Bitecofer / @rachelbitecofer: You're free to say anything you want on twitter so long as Elon approves of it. https://www.cnn.com/...
Nicholas Gordon / Fortune: Musk bans accounts for Mastodon, journalists in ‘doxxing’ fight over his private jet
Peter Weber / The Week: Elon Musk's Twitter abruptly suspends several journalists who cover Elon Musk and Twitter
@arossp@mastodon.social: Protocols, not platforms. That we let ourselves get suckered into platforms over protocols …
@mmasnick@mastodon.social: Talking to former Twitter trust & safety folks... and they note that *normally* under existing policy …
Deadline: Twitter Abruptly Suspends Several Journalists Who Have Covered Elon Musk; EU Official Warns Of Sanctions — Update
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: Top journalists banned from Twitter without notification or explanation—and Mastodon's account is gone too.
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Twitter suspends accounts used by journalists
@mmasnick@mastodon.social: FWIW, I've also reviewed Aaron Rupar's twitter feed on @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org …
Ellise Shafer / Variety: Twitter Suspends Accounts of Keith Olbermann, Aaron Rupar and More Journalists Who Cover Elon Musk
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Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Twitter disables Spaces, after Elon Musk abruptly left a group conversation with suspended journalists; Musk says Twitter is fixing a “legacy bug” — Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined a group conversation …
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo: Elon Musk Bans Several Journalists From Twitter After Reinstating Literal Nazis [Updated]
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: Jacked directly into the feed
Tim Karr / Free Press: After Musk's Unprovoked Banning of Journalists, the Only Way to Restore Trust at Twitter …
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Elon Musk censors the press
Kate Duffy / Insider: Elon Musk tells journalists they won't get special treatment because they're just ‘Twitter citizens’
Fox News: WAR ON FREE SPEECH: Twitter ban decisions are ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ digital rights advocate says
Prem Thakker / New Republic: EU Threatens Sanctions After Twitter Bans Journalists: “There Are Red Lines”
@dappergander: People *in* the Space were nervously joking that he was going to do this exact thing, because of course he was https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: Musk ragequits Twitter Space meeting after journalist asks difficult question about ElonJet, then shuts down the Twitter Space, then shuts down Twitter Spaces entirely
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News: AOC leads chorus of congressional outrage over Elon Musk ousting prominent journalists from Twitter
Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Post: Elon Musk abruptly ditches Twitter voice chat when questioned by banned reporters
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: Twitter free speech enthusiast suspends journalists, blocks Mastodon links, closes Spaces
Charlotte Henry / The Addition: “Free Speech” Hero Elon Musk Removes Journalists' Twitter Accounts
Justin Gibson / The JGibson Report: Twitter CEO Elon Musk wages war on the freedom of press and the 1st Amendment by suspending prominent journalists critical of him
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and prevents links to Mastodon servers from being tweeted or added to profile bios, calling them “harmful” and “malware” — A day after Twitter crafted a new policy to explain its decision to ban an account that tracks Elon Musk's private jet, the fallout continues.
Discussion:
@bgrueskin, Reason, Reuters, Politico, New York Post, Newser, @spoilertv, The Desk, @fritschner, @hausfath, @pbump, @atomicpoet@mastodon.social, emptywheel, @zeyiyang, @ddayen, Quartz, @thewolflawyer@mastodon.social, The Verge, @rstephens, @repdonbeyer, Reclaim The Net, CNET, The Hill, Music Ally, Rolling Stone and 901am, more at Techmeme »
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Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Amazing. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason: Elon Musk Kicks Tech Journalists, Mastodon Off Twitter
Thomas Escritt / Reuters: Germany on Twitter suspensions: ‘We have a problem, @Twitter’
Clothilde Goujard / Politico: Europe troubled but powerless over Twitter's journalist ban
@spoilertv: The “platform of #FreeSpeech” doesn't like free speech platforms. Musk is so pathetic ... “Twitter suspends Mastodon's account and bans links to Mastodon servers” https://techcrunch.com/... #ElonMusk #Twitter
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Mastodon links blocked on Twitter after account suspended
Aaron Fritschner / @fritschner: .@Twitter is also preventing us from reposting the link to this account. I've reached out to them for an explanation, which is not readily understandable in either of the policy/rules pages linked https://twitter.com/...
Zeke Hausfather / @hausfath: Here are the details of why Mastodon was banned. Note that this link contains information on how to track the jets of billionares, so sharing this news story could get my Twitter account suspended too. https://techcrunch.com/... Gotta love all that free speech.
Philip Bump / @pbump: Mast*d*n going crazy tonight.
Chris Trottier / @atomicpoet@mastodon.social: Every journalist should now know that a free and open Internet means a free and open Press.
Zeyi Yang / @zeyiyang: LMAO Elon Musk was not lying when he said he wanted to build Twitter into WeChat. The first thing he copied is link blocking to other services, like what WeChat did to Alipay & Douyin. BTW, in China it ended with the gov demanding platforms to stop link blocking, years later. https://twitter.com/...
David Dayen / @ddayen: Being blocked from posting a link from a competing social media site may not quite be an antitrust violation but it sure rhymes https://twitter.com/...
Wolf Lawyer / @thewolflawyer@mastodon.social: danyork @mmasnick I tried to add my Mastodon profile to my twitter bio before I left. It's malware apparently.
Jay Peters / The Verge: Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon
Robert Stephens / @rstephens: Here comes the Power of Spite. Great news for Mastodon. https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Don Beyer / @repdonbeyer: Twitter is now attempting to prevent its users from navigating to the official social media accounts of elected officials on other platforms: https://twitter.com/...
Christina Maas / Reclaim The Net: Twitter bans accounts of Mastodon, journalists that cover banning of Elon Musk flight tracker account
Steven Musil / CNET: Twitter Suspends Account Encouraging People to Join Mastodon
Jared Gans / The Hill: Twitter suspends Mastodon's official account
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone: Elon Musk's Twitter Bans and Blocks Links to Rival Mastodon
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Elon Musk briefly showed up to a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after reporters asked him questions
Elon Musk briefly showed up to a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after reporters asked him questions
Discussion:
ScreenRant, Breitbart, Semafor, TMZ.com, Insider, @lookner, Fox News, @jonbradyphoto, @pranavdixit, @artistsmakers, NPR and Talking Biz News, more at Techmeme »
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Ketaki Bhojnagarwala / ScreenRant: Free Speech On Twitter Doesn't Apply To Journalists Who Cover Elon Musk
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart: Twitter Tantrum: Elon Musk Quits ‘Spaces’ Discussion of His Suspension Spree, Shuts Down Feature
Beatrice Nolan / Insider: Elon Musk joined a Twitter Space with suspended journalists to defend himself — then abruptly left
Steve Lookner / @lookner: Twitter Spaces has been temporarily deactivated. Elon Musk claims Twitter is fixing a “legacy bug.” Earlier tonight a Twitter Space that included several of the journalists who had been suspended (and which Elon Musk briefly stopped by) had a large audience. https://twitter.com/...
Fox News: Elon Musk polls users on reinstating suspended journalists, defends himself in Twitter Spaces chat
Jon Brady / @jonbradyphoto: Elon Musk tells journalists in a Twitter Space “You dox, you get suspended, that's it”, in response to criticism of his blocking of the @elonjet account - and then immediately runs away before anyone can respond. If we thought Trump had thin skin, boy oh boy... https://twitter.com/...
@pranavdixit: 🚨 Breaking: Elon Musk Bounced From A Twitter Space After Journalists He Suspended Tried To Ask Him Why They Were Banned https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Dan Thompson / @artistsmakers: Real cancel culture. Musk starts banning journalists from Twitter. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: NBC News has suspended tech reporter Ben Collins from NBC and MSNBC airwaves for criticism of Elon Musk that it deemed not editorially appropriate
Sources: NBC News has suspended tech reporter Ben Collins from NBC and MSNBC airwaves for criticism of Elon Musk that it deemed not editorially appropriate
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” that violated its new privacy policy by linking to ElonJet
Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” that violated its new privacy policy by linking to ElonJet
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location”
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location”
Discussion:
@elonmusk, BBC, Los Angeles Times, American Press Institute, The Guardian, Vox, TechCrunch, @twittersafety, @twittersafety, @drewharwell, @rmac18, Financial Times, Mediaite, @ceciliakang, Insider, The Wrap, Scroll.in, Slate, The Information, @danlamothe, New York Post, The Indian Express, @rmac18, Fox News, Engadget, @vickerysec, NewsNation, Roar of Sanity, The Verge, @muttley76, BroBible, @mehdirhasan, The Register, Vanity Fair, The Independent, The Shortcut, @goldman, @faizsays, @tweetermeyer, Gizmodo, @molly_knight, @jason, @sadmonsters, @drgonzo123 and @andrewstoeten
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Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn't a safety problem, so is ok.
Gregory Yee / Los Angeles Times: Elon Musk claims ‘crazy stalker’ followed his son but hasn't reported it to LAPD, cops say
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Elon Musk's Twitter journalist purge has begun
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Twitter just banned prominent journalists who cover Elon Musk with no warning
@twittersafety: When someone shares an individual's live location on Twitter, there is an increased risk of physical harm. Moving forward, we'll remove Tweets that share this information, and accounts dedicated to sharing someone else's live location will be suspended.
@twittersafety: We've updated our Private Information policy to prohibit sharing someone else's live location in most cases. Here's what changed and why. 🧵
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell: @elonmusk ... Here's where it gets really wild. Try to tweet a link to the Musk-jet-tracking account on Instagram. You can't. Twitter blocked it as “potentially harmful.” Again, this is *publicly available data*. But it's about something Musk doesn't want people to see https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@rmac18: This shows doxxing is now just an empty word, devoid of its original meaning. Also I'm interested what “legal action” would look like against a college student who published public information. What did he do that was unlawful? https://twitter.com/...
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: Elon Musk Ditches Interview When Reporter He Suspended from Twitter Asks Him About It
Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang: Couple recent stories by now banned @rmac18 and colleagues: Twitter Suspends Over 25 Accounts That Track Billionaires' Private Planes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Erin Snodgrass / Insider: Twitter suspends multiple journalists who have been covering, criticizing Elon Musk
Josh Dickey / The Wrap: Twitter Suspends Accounts of Several Journalists Who Covered or Criticized Elon Musk
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate: Twitter Suspends Times, Post, CNN Reporters as Elon Musk Alleges They Put Him at Risk of “Assassination”
Dan Lamothe / @danlamothe: “Musk did not respond to requests for comment. Most of Twitter's communications department has been laid off.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@rmac18: Just tried this and Twitter is still blocking people from tweeting links to the ElonJet instagram account. This is the same tactic Twitter used to stop sharing of the New York Post's Hunter Biden story. https://twitter.com/...
Fox News: Twitter suspends CNN, NYT, WaPo journalists, Elon Musk alleges they're banned for ‘doxxing’ his family
Mariella Moon / Engadget: Twitter suspends journalists who were reporting on Elon Musk
Chris Vickery / @vickerysec: Tracking a lawfully-required public-broadcast private jet location does not mean the jet's owner is on board. This new policy is fundamentally flawed and suffers from logical fallacy. https://twitter.com/...
Boris Epstein / Roar of Sanity: Elon Musk's Twitter suspends Jack Sweeney's account that tracked Musk's private jet travels
Kirsty Harris / @muttley76: @Podolyak_M It's pretty telling that only after this and other accounts were suspended that “twitter safety” retrospectively announced the “rules” were changing. https://twitter.com/...
Connor Toole / BroBible: Twitter's New Flight Tracking Ban Could Be Bad New For College Football Fans
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: So journalists can't say where, say, the president is? Or can't say who is speaking at a live protest or rally? And what does ‘slightly delayed’ even mean? Who defined that? Oh, and last question: do you still consider yourself a ‘free speech absolutist’? https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: Musk bans private-plane-tracking @Elonjet on Twitter, threatens legal action
Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: Elon Musk's Commitment to “Free Speech” No Longer Extends to Twitter Account Tracking His Private Plane
Jason Goldman / @goldman: Every paragraph of this story reads like a dispatch from a failed state https://twitter.com/...
Faiz Siddiqui / @faizsays: I talked to Jack Sweeney, a Musk fan, right after Musk took over. He didn't think Musk would outright ban him: “I personally think he won't do it because then the news would be all over it and he would be called a hypocrite.” as it turns out... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
E.W. Niedermeyer / @tweetermeyer: The fact that this kid identifies himself as a Musk fan makes him less sympathetic, not more. This isn't some journalistic hero, this is someone who monetized a billionaire narcissist's toxic personality cult and is now reaping the utterly predictable results. https://twitter.com/...
Molly Knight / @molly_knight: So tweeting about anything that happens live before your eyes is now illegal. No more tweeting from concerts or sporting events. Reporting news or simply making observations on this platform is no longer allowed. https://twitter.com/...
@jason: This is well thought out None of us want to live in a world where someone can persistently stalk individuals in real time That's de facto doxing & it's very dangerous Nicely done @TwitterSafety 👏 👏 👏 https://twitter.com/...
Frank Lesser / @sadmonsters: So just as a hypothetical, say someone is getting booed somewhere—like, I don't know, a live comedy show. Could someone else upload video of the real-life repercussions of that person's $44 billion midlife crisis, or would they have to wait 24 hours? https://twitter.com/...
Dennis Detwiller / @drgonzo123: Please note that according to this, if you take a photo with anyone in it and post it to twitter with location turned on, you can be suspended. As you can see, this is the stupidest decision to date. Impressive, considering how dumb all the previous ones have been. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Tech industry groups that include Meta and Google ask SCOTUS to overturn the Texas social media content moderation law, arguing it violates the First Amendment — Trade groups that represent Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google said they asked the US Supreme Court to overturn …
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Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: The idea that every U.S. state can dictate how Twitter or YouTube moderates content is such a chaotic mess of an idea even if it didn't violate the 1st amendment. Imagine Texas asking for @kanyewest to be reinstated or Ohio saying @elonjet must return. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Rebecca Kern / Politico: Tech trade groups petition SCOTUS on Texas social media law
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Five agency executives say Netflix is delivering ~80% of the expected viewers for its ad-supported tier and structured its ad deals to release any unspent money — For as quickly as Netflix brought its ad-supported tier to market, the streamer's advertising business is off to a slow start.
Discussion:
The Hollywood Reporter, The Drum, @ortex, The Information, @lmoses, @digitalshields, @tvgrimreaper, @carnage4life, @ahbseaborn, @deitaone, @modestproposal1, @acfou, Forbes, Deadline and IndieWire
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix Shares Sink After Report of Weaker Ad Demand
@ortex: “They can't deliver. They don't have enough inventory to deliver. So they're literally giving the money back,” said an advertising agency exec, according to @Digiday. https://digiday.com/...
Lucia Moses / @lmoses: scooped by the great @petersontee - here's some more details from me, including how Netflix is dropping ad rates, what's coming up that could help advertisers meet their campaign goals https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Shields / @digitalshields: What's odd to me is that Netflix doesn't seem to have done a big marketing push for its ad supported offering, at least that I've seen https://twitter.com/...
@tvgrimreaper: Amazon hasn't delivered 80% of the audience they promised (12.5 million) for Thursday Night Football, but they're keeping the money and doing make goods like TV networks. https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: Netflix often brags about how each of their hits got a box office hit level of viewership. Yet they have had to return money to advertisers because their views are too low to hit the minimum viewership guarantees they made to said advertisers. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Seaborn / @ahbseaborn: You'd never see a TV network do this Typically they “guarantee to 90%” and if they miss they'll “makegood” later in the year In TV you NEVER give back the upfront money https://digiday.com/...
@modestproposal1: “They can't deliver. They don't have enough inventory to deliver. So they're literally giving the money back,” https://twitter.com/...
Dr Augustine Fou / @acfou: well, that is honest of them (Netflix didn't go out and buy a bunch of fake traffic to juice the numbers so they could “deliver in full” like ahem, other adtech companies) Netflix lets advertisers take their money back after missing viewership targets https://digiday.com/...
Marisa Dellatto / Forbes: Netflix Reportedly Isn't Meeting Viewership Expectations For Some Advertisers
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Some Washington Post employees say they are outraged at publisher Fred Ryan's handling of a layoff announcement and refusal to take questions at a staff meeting — New York CNN — — Staffers at The Washington Post are livid at publisher Fred Ryan. — That's according to conversations …
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Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: “Ryan alienated the newsroom to such an extent that a number of high-profile reporters who had previously not joined The Guild decided that they would do so” https://www.cnn.com/...
John Nolte / Breitbart: ‘Mood Is Really Grim’ at Imploding Washington Post
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
E.W. Scripps forms Scripps Sports to bid on media rights, maybe including the NWSL, to broadcast matches on ION Media, pay TV, and direct-to-consumer platforms — The E.W. Scripps Co., has emerged as a new bidder for local sports rights, giving MLB, NBA and NHL teams a local broadcast alternative to traditional RSNs.
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Awful Announcing, Next TV, Sports Media Watch, @whague, @skiswm, @ourand_sbj, @ourand_sbj, TVNewser, The Desk, TVSpy, Barrett Media and The Streamable
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Joe Lucia / Awful Announcing: E.W. Scripps Co. launches Scripps Sports, is interested in local and national sports rights
Jon Lafayette / Next TV: Scripps Sees Opportunity In ‘Broken’ RSN Business
Adam Gostomelsky / Sports Media Watch: NCAA, Scripps Sports, McLaughlin and more
Bill Hague / @whague: Bold, exciting, and timely move by @asymson and @lawlor_scripps at The E.W. Scripps Company. Spot-on POV from Adam: “The question teams have to ask themselves is what is the platform at the top of the funnel that best allows them... https://www.linkedin.com/... https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/ ...
@skiswm: @Ourand_SBJ am I reading it correctly-their idea would be almost to go back to the old model and put sports on OTA stations that are not part of the big 4?
John Ourand / @ourand_sbj: @skiswm Essentially, yes.
John Ourand / @ourand_sbj: Scripps already has been negotiating with leagues, teams and conferences. Today, it will announce a new Scripps Sports division, which broadcast veteran Brian Lawlor run as president. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/ ...
Mark Mwachiro / TVNewser: Scripps Launches Sports Division
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Newsy, Court TV parent Scripps launching sports division
Kevin Eck / TVSpy: E.W. Scripps to Launch Sports Division
Jordan Bondurant / Barrett Media: EW Scripps To Bid For Local Sports TV Rights For 61 Local Stations
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
NBCU signs a deal with JetBlue to make Peacock the airline's exclusive streaming service; JetBlue loyalty program members get a one-year premium subscription — Originals available on seatback screens, passengers can access Peacock on mobile devices — NBCUniversal has made a deal …
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Ad Age, MediaPost, The Desk, JetBlue, The Wrap, @rashaadm5, LostRemote, The Streamable and The Verge
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Parker Herren / Ad Age: Peacock's exclusive JetBlue deal aims to attract more subscribers
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Peacock Streaming Deal With JetBlue Includes Freebie Sub-With-Ads Offer
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Comcast partners with JetBlue for Peacock promotion
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Peacock Set to Soar as JetBlue's Exclusive Streaming Partner in Spring 2023
Rashaad M. / @rashaadm5: JetBlue & Peacock partner together to offer TrueBlue loyalty members several perks, including a 1-year Peacock subscription. As expected, we'll see more streaming services enter bundles with other brands. S/o to @parkerdelrey for the story https://adage.com/...
Jessica Lerner / LostRemote: Peacock to Become JetBlue's Exclusive Streaming Partner
New York Times:
Leaked emails: VGTRK, Russia's largest state broadcaster, worked with security services to mine right-wing US and Chinese media to craft its Ukraine narrative — Leaked emails detail how Russia's biggest state broadcaster, working with the nation's security services, mined right-wing American news …
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Paul Mozur / @paulmozur: As Russia's invasion of Ukraine stalled, its television propaganda fired on all cylinders. In recent months we went through 1000s of emails from Russia's biggest state broadcaster to learn how. It was a master class in constructing an alternative reality. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kyle Orton / @kyleworton: #Russia ordered state media to “be sure” to include translated clips of Tucker Carlson and some other American Right-wing sites in its coverage of #Ukraine. Most interesting question is whether this is circular, i.e. Moscow planted the news on Fox etc. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Aric Toler / @arictoler: Glad that there is finally more mainstream coverage of the DDOSecrets leaks into VGTRK, the Russian state media giant. Hopefully people look into the other, massive, mostly untouched leaks they have on their site (which I can't link to on Twitter, sorry!) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ann Coulter / @anncoulter: Shouldn't the @nytimes Twitter account be suspended for a story based on HACKED DOCUMENTS? cc @nypost <<The data was made publicly available online by DDoSecrets, a group that publishes hacked documents.>> https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Lazarus / @davidlaz: Fox News has become a Russian propaganda tool https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Sipher / @john_sipher: “Each day, the Kremlin provides a list of talking points for broadcasters.” Tucker and Tulsi must also receive a copy. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Corn / @davidcorndc: This @nytimes story further confirms my scoop from March: the Russian government instructed pro-Putin media to feature Tucker Carlson in their reporting on the Ukraine war. https://www.motherjones.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@penamerica: How Russia's State TV Spins the Ukraine War: Leaked emails detail how Russia's biggest state broadcaster, working with the nation's security services, mined right-wing American news & Chinese media to craft a narrative that Moscow was winning. Read free: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: “'Be sure to take Tucker,' one Russian news producer wrote to a colleague. The email referred to a clip in which Mr. Carlson described the power of the Chinese-Russian partnership that had emerged under Mr. Biden” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Clint Watts / @selectedwisdom: Biggest change in Russian propaganda and disinformation since 2014 is they don't make much content anymore. They generally re-purpose American content that suits their objectives. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: The Carlson-Kremlin feedback loop: https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@paulmozur: There's much more in the piece. Domestic Russian television is less seen, but critical to Putin's grip on the Russian population. Even if there are cracks, it is amazing how well the propaganda apparatus has functioned as so much else has fallen apart. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kristofer Harrison / @toferh: Outstanding article @paulmozur. More please. American policymakers need to understand that the Kremlin constantly employs this almost like battlefield tactics to shape U.S. policy. They should *always* ask what Putin is doing to get inside their heads. https://twitter.com/...
@paulmozur: Tucker Carlson was a favorite. “Don't forget to take Tucker” producers wrote to a state-media journalist in the US, pointing to a clip where Tucker warned how opposing Russia and China could end the dollar's status as a world reserve currency. They often used other clips too: https://twitter.com/...
@paulmozur: Each day Russian producers sent incredibly detailed lists of memes and media that could be used to undercut the West. Often that included right-wing cable TV and misleading memes, like this one, showing empty grocery shelves in the US: https://twitter.com/...
Jenny Nordberg / @nordbergj: Fascinating on how Russian state television is using material from Fox News & other “alternative media” hating on Biden to justify and maintain support for war in Ukraine... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Borzou Daragahi / @borzou: Leaked emails show how Russian state TV weaponized Tucker Carlson on Fox News to pump out propaganda gullible viewers. “Be sure to take Tucker,” one producer commandes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Adam Satariano / @satariano: We got emails from inside Russia's biggest state broadcaster. It gave a behind-the-scenes peak at how propagandists cynically use U.S. pundits, right-wing social media and Chinese news to spin a counter narrative about the war. w/ @paulmozur @Aaron_Krolik https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bari Weiss / The Free Press:
Bari Weiss describes sifting through Twitter internal archives using dates and names as search terms and says her team didn't cherry-pick files to fit an agenda — 'I'm not going to spend $44 billion to reinstate a satire blog,' Elon Musk said. ‘I did it because I was worried about the future of civilization.’
Discussion:
Fox News, @jamesspiro, @cvecchiofx, @thefp, @alexyablon, @jesseltaylor, @semaforben, @dustyroseyyc, @bariweiss and Mediaite
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Fox News: Bari Weiss claps back at critics saying Twitter Files ‘cherry-picks’ reporting: ‘Twitter misled the public’
James Spiro / @jamesspiro: @bariweiss “For the past few days, conservative media—and social media—has thought this was the biggest story in the world. The legacy press—and those Americans who rely on it—barely seems to know it exists.” 💯 Half my friends have no idea this is happening.
@cvecchiofx: This was always one of my main concerns with @elonmusk's purchase of $TWTR. Why wouldn't the CCP leverage his other business interests - say, the $TSLA plant near Shanghai - to quiet dissent abroad? As @victorJ0NES and I have been saying for months, $TSLA has a $TWTR problem! https://twitter.com/...
@thefp: “There is something refreshing about Musk barging into the Twitter Tower on Market Street and turning over the tables. But I'm not sure anyone should have that kind of power.” @bariweiss discusses Elon's takeover, the Twitter Files, and more: https://www.thefp.com/...
Alex Yablon / @alexyablon: if only she'd had the access to elon necessary to actually ask him this question https://twitter.com/...
@jesseltaylor: This is Weiss revealing how she got access to the “Twitter Files,” and there are so many basic questions left unanswered about this process that I'm shocked she didn't even accidentally ask a relevant question https://www.thefp.com/...
Ben Smith / @semaforben: .@bariweiss is also curious about Elon and China https://www.thefp.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
GLAAD's 10th Annual Studio Responsibility Index finds that the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films dipped in 2021; Lionsgate and Paramount got failing grades — GLAAD's 10th Annual Studio Responsibility Index, which was released on Thursday, found that the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films dipped in 2021 …
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@nbcnews: 1 in 5, or 16 out of 77 films released in theaters last year by a major studio included at least one LGBTQ character, according to GLAADs 10th annual Studio Responsibility Index. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
David Ng / Breitbart: Disney Not Gay Enough for GLAAD, Receives ‘Insufficient’ Mark in Annual LGBTQ Inclusivity Report Card
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
A profile of political journalist Ron Brownstein, who works from Los Angeles for The Atlantic and CNN, focusing on long-term patterns instead of daily gossip — The man who is perhaps the sharpest observer of America's political divides lives not in Washington but Los Angeles.
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@postopinions: News organizations need to rethink how they cover elections and government — and Ronald Brownstein is an exemplar of a better way, @PerryBaconJr writes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “'How would Ronald Brownstein cover this story?' is a question that political journalists should have at the top of their minds. He's doing the job the way it should be done.” I agree. He's not seen as partisan. Not both sides. Not a ‘savvy’ type either. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Borzou Daragahi / @borzou: I still remember the great talks we used to have at @latimes to expand principles of US political coverage to international political coverage. Really smart and generous colleague. https://twitter.com/...
Ken Rudin / @kenrudin: I've been reading @RonBrownstein for close to 40 years, and there's never been a time where I didn't learn something new. Perry Bacon's superb piece may help introduce Ron's work to the new political junkies out there. But we've known this all along. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Perry Bacon Jr / @perrybaconjr: I wrote about one of my favorite political journalists and what he's doing so well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Natalie Jackson / @nataliemj10: One of my favorites writing about another of my favorites - @RonBrownstein is thoughtful, informed (by numbers and not-numbers), and really gets the complexity of our landscape in ways many miss. Btw, Perry is great at this too. https://twitter.com/...
Sam Wang / @samwangphd: .@RonBrownstein takes data seriously, and places the data in the context of our weird polarized time. Treats the ends of the spectrum differently but fairly. One of the best political journalists working today. https://twitter.com/...
Greg Sargent / @theplumlinegs: A very well-deserved treatment for @RonBrownstein, nicely turned by @perrybaconjr. Via @PostOpinions: https://twitter.com/...
Ronald Brownstein / @ronbrownstein: I really appreciate this exceedingly generous assessment from an important voice who is carving innovative paths of his own and advancing our understanding of this complex and contentious era. Thanks for the kind words-and even more, thanks for work I learn from in every column https://twitter.com/...
Shane Goldmacher / @shanegoldmacher: I'm all in for praise of Ron Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Patrick Gaspard / @patrickgaspard: A great tribute to @RonBrownstein, (One of the most thoughtful political journalists) by @perrybaconjr Brownstein considers data in the context of complicated national stories. He gets that history didn't begin with the latest poll! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jonathan Freedland / @freedland: Good to see the excellent @RonBrownstein getting the recognition he deserves https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nick Riccardi / @nickriccardi: This is a good piece on @RonBrownstein but one addition — he's always been like this. Famously, he was singled out by Bill Clinton as an example of a rare WH reporter who understood and liked policy and didn't just chase the herd https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Nichols / @nicholsuprising: Perry Bacon makes us smarter by explaining how Ron Brownstein makes us smarter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dan Beucke / @danbeucke: “Covering politics beyond the campaign trail and Capitol Hill, using data, reporting on both policy and electoral considerations, and describing the GOP honestly are all things that political journalists and news organizations can and should embrace."https://www.washingtonpost.com / ...
Bill Kristol / @billkristol: Nice appreciation of @RonBrownstein by @perrybaconjr. Which reminds me: Ron's post-election conversation (https://conversationswithbillkristol.o rg/ ...), where you can see Ron, so to speak, in action, is worth a watch or a listen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...