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The Texas Tribune:
Texas Observer, founded in 1954, is shutting down and will lay off its 17-person staff including 13 journalists; employees' last day is scheduled for March 31 — The 68-year-old progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles …
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Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: EXCLUSIVE: The Texas Observer, the crusading liberal magazine founded in 1954, which Molly Ivins edited in the '70s, is closing down and laying off its staff. The board voted on Wednesday, and again today, to proceed with the shutdown. https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: In the end, the Texas Observer couldn't survive the rise of digital media
Joe Weisenthal / @thestalwart: Really sad news for independent Texas media here. https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
John E Warren / @floppyadult: This sucks https://twitter.com/...
Bradford Pearson / @bradfordpearson: In addition to its own, essential value, @TexasObserver alums fill up the mastheads at (just off the top of my head) Texas Monthly, the 19th, the Marshall Project, and the LA Times. An awful night for journalism.
Steven Monacelli / @stevanzetti: Apparently, the Texas Observer is closing. It's been an honor to serve as a Special Investigative Correspondent for the organization. Nevertheless, I'll continue to report on extremism and threats against democracy in my home state. https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
Jonathan Cohn / @citizencohn: Oh no — the Observer is a legendary source of accountability journalism and dissent in a place that desperately needs it. So sad to hear this. https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: >>Dissenting board members told me they wanted a “dignified funeral” for the publication. I'm sad that staff and donors have to find this out from us.<< https://twitter.com/...
@jeffsharlet: This isn't a little bad, this is serious bad. I can't emphasize enough how important the death of local, regional, and progressive news has been to the growth of American fascism. It's almost a direct correlation. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Birnel / @alexbirnel: I literally spent yesterday afternoon with this lovely brilliant beautiful funny couple. Hard pressed to find a better two people. Journo friends, hire Gus and send him leads. No writer of news I respect more in Texas. Help him tout! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@profmusgrave: all my life I've been hearing about how the left needs to build its own institutions to mirror the right and yet it seems zero billionaires are interested in doing this https://twitter.com/...
David Dayen / @david_dayen: Wow, terrible, @TexasObserver was a partner, we literally cross-posted something of theirs on Friday. Great magazine, very sad for the country that they're shuttering. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Mason Pieklo / @hegemommy: This is such a gut punch I don't even know what to say https://twitter.com/...
Amal Ahmed / @amalahmed214: Been struggling with how to process this news. I will always remember the Observer as the newsroom I always wanted to work in, the newsroom with the best coworkers I ever had, the place that gave me my first cover story. https://twitter.com/...
Maurice Chammah / @mauricechammah: No no no no no no no https://twitter.com/...
@joekatz45: This is bad news for journalism and an absolutely shitty way for staff to find out https://twitter.com/...
April Siese / @ayetalian: awful, awful news ugh https://twitter.com/...
Pamela Colloff / @pamelacolloff: “Reached Sunday night, Gabriel Arana, who was hired as the magazine's editor in chief in April 2022 after two consecutive top editors left abruptly, said: 'This is the first I'm hearing of it, the board hasn't communicated with me or the staff about this.'"https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
@lomikriel: This is a terrible loss. I learned so much from the terrific journalists at the Observer, past and present, who often investigated what no one else did. What a sad day. https://twitter.com/...
@pleizar: the big difference between liberal elites and conservative elites is that conservatives who make as much money as Chris Hayes fund conservative organizations instead of talking about how sad it is when they close down https://twitter.com/...
Bradford Pearson / @bradfordpearson: @BrandyLJensen I've been fired in pretty terrible ways before but this is next-level stuff
@texasobserver: Gus was about to go on paid maternity leave. Please keep everyone at the Observer in your thoughts tonight and send job leads if you have them. https://twitter.com/...
Leonid Baezhnev / @rev_avocado: A handful of Democratic donors could solve this in a heartbeat. https://twitter.com/...
Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: This is crushing. Texas needs the @TexasObserver more than ever. https://twitter.com/...
David Sirota / @davidsirota: The @TexasObserver held the first event for my first book. It was with Molly Ivins right before she died, and @LloydDoggettTX also headlined it. The Observer has always been one of my inspirations & one of the inspirations for @LeverNews. This news is such a bummer 👇 https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Darby / @brandondarby: Though they've been really ugly to me in the past, I think it's a loss for Texas to not have them doing their work. It's important for as many voices and views as possible to be part of Texas. https://twitter.com/...
@chrisgeidner: Ugh. This is really horrible news. Thoughts with everyone affected. https://twitter.com/...
Josie Duffy Rice / @jduffyrice: Oh my god this is awful news https://twitter.com/...
Michael Hobbes / @rottenindenmark: American philanthropists keep trying to reinvent the wheel but they should just resurrect all the defunct or dying alt-weeklies. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Oh my god the board couldn't scrounge a couple million bucks together? https://www.texastribune.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Samantha Grasso / @samjgrasso: For its legacy, it's a damn shame it ended the way that it did (blatant disregard for young staffers, particularly Black women and women of color) https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: A sad night in Texas journalism. https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
Amanda Clarke-Fromberg / @aclarkefromberg: This is such a fucking loss for Texas and journalism broadly https://twitter.com/...
Chris Hayes / @chrislhayes: This is really devastating. My entire formation in journalism was in the world of publications like this -both the Observer specifically and so many other small magazines like it. These magazines have contributed so much to journalism, ideas, criticism and democratic culture. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Harris / @jwharris: Lots of folks lamenting the end of The Observer, and rightly so. It's the end of an era for sure and a loss of a distinctive voice in Texas politics. I'm optimistic that @TexasSignal can step in to help - quite capably - fill the void. #txlege https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey Mckinney / @mckinneykelsey: This sucks so much https://twitter.com/...
Bradford Pearson / @bradfordpearson: What an exceptionally cruel way to end an essential publication https://twitter.com/...
Steven Monacelli / @stevanzetti: With the closure of the Texas Observer, there is now only one full time reporter focused on extremism and threats against democracy in the entire state of Texas. https://twitter.com/...
Amber Sims / @msberbiage: This is not good for this fledgling democracy Texas purports to have. Like losing a MAJOR STATEWIDE publication is huge. This is def a lack of accountability that will pull Texas deeper into authoritarian government. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Root / @byjayroot: This makes me very said. I worked alongside Molly Ivins as Austin bureau chief of the @startelegram when she was the columnist there and I know that a big ole tear is rolling down her cheek somewhere up there in the (Lone) stars right now. She loved the Observer w/all her heart https://twitter.com/...
Sunny McSunnyface / @sunnyright: so long https://twitter.com/...
@wilson__valdez: The osenstably ‘liberal’ media is just completely dominated by RW ownership. Local news reporting is just completely disappearing, and being replaced by Sinclair/cookie cutter garbage. A travesty. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Birnel / @alexbirnel: Terrible terrible news. I've counted several Observer staff as good friends over the years and I've tried to take every occasion they've given me to tell them that they're, in my mind anyway, the most vital pull no punches journalists in the state. https://twitter.com/...
Radley Balko / @radleybalko: Terrible news. https://twitter.com/...
Mary Tuma / @tumatime: I was offered a job by @TexasObserver last year. As a progressive Texas journalist and deep admirer, it was a dream job. But the problems I heard about the board gave me too much pause. Turning it down was heartbreaking. Its demise is *incredibly devastating* for Texas journalism https://twitter.com/...
Austin Sanders / @daustinsanders: What horrible news that the Observer is shutting down in FIVE DAYS. A terrible loss for Texas at a time when our state bday needs sharp, empathetic reporters like Gus. And utterly shameful for the board to have handled the situation this way. https://twitter.com/...
Gus Bova / @gusbova: Heard of this minutes before story pub'd b/c Trib asked for comment. I suppose I will be arguing tomorrow for this not to happen. Assuming that's in vain, I will need fairly urgent help from people who have worked with me or liked my work figuring out freelance and a new job. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Taylor / @chrisjudetaylor: Jfc it's absurd that 2mil was the operating budget. A very good paper could've been sustained by a standard-issue uni donor finding change under the couch https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social: We just found out the Texas Observer is shutting down this week. Unfortunately, we found out via our friends at @texastribune. — It's been an absolute pleasure interacting with everyone in the Fediverse as the Texas Observer, and we'll miss you. …
Dan Solomon / @dansolomon: the texas observer has been an incredibly important part of covering texas since before i was born. it also means a lot to me personally; it was the first place i was published in print and the first place to give me 1000 words to report a story https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
Jesse Spector / @jessespector: we need to stop phrases like “no matter what your political leaning” because there's a lot of folks who are giddy about this, and they definitely have an identifiable political leaning https://twitter.com/...
@scholarlyspoon: That's actually really sad, I sometimes day dreamed about being a writer for the Observer as a kid because they had so many cool pieces that I'd read. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Boyd / @ryanaboyd: In ten years there will be three magazines and the New York Times https://twitter.com/...
@lomikriel: .@gusbova one of many supremely talented @TexasObserver journalists. Please consider him for assignments/ work https://twitter.com/...
Anne Trubek / @atrubek: As devastating that this is, it's so important to have a well-reported and researched article explaining what happened. There hasn't been this attention to the many other recent media/publishing closures. https://twitter.com/...
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: Everyone loses whenever fact-based journalism disappears. No matter what your political leaning, today is a sad day for Texas journalism. https://www.texastribune.org/ ...
Chris Bury / @chrisburynews: Terrible news for Texas and anyone that values gutsy independent reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Gary Price / LJ Infodocket:
A US federal judge rules in favor of four publishers in their copyright infringement case against the Internet Archive and its Controlled Digital Lending system — This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible. — This coverage is free for all visitors.
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@internetarchive: We will appeal. #DigitalRightsForLibraries #EmpoweringLibraries https://blog.archive.org/...
Chrisfreeland / Internet Archive Blogs: The Fight Continues — Today's lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow …
@internetarchive: Today's lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries & the communities we serve. But it's not over—we will keep fighting for the traditional right of libraries to own, lend, and preserve books. Learn more & take action👇 https://blog.archive.org/...
Max Kennerly / @maxkennerly: The central holding is, if you own a physical book and scan it, you infringed the author's copyright by creating an unauthorized copy—even if you never use both at the same time. (This also implies that printing an ebook = infringement.) That's quite bad. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly: Is Controlled Digital Lending on Borrowed Time?
@publisherswkly: BREAKING: A federal judge has decided in favor of four publishers in the long-awaited copyright case Hachette v. Internet Archive. “There is nothing transformative about IA's copying and unauthorized lending of the works in the suit,” the judge writes. This story is developing.
Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives: Copyright: US Court Rules Against Internet Archive
@quoteresearch: QI uses the Internet Archive to verify quotations by checking out books from the Open Library using a system called Controlled Digital Lending. That system is now in jeopardy The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend https://www.theverge.com/...... https://twitter.com/...
@wyswyg_protogen: This decision just reinforces my belief that a culture of piracy needs to come back stronger than ever. Seriously screw people that prevent knowledge and information from being spread *at all* because they don't feel like publishing it anymore https://twitter.com/...
@firestormcoop: We support @InternetArchive! Booksellers and librarians must unite in struggle against the monopolistic publishers and political censors conspiring to restrict access to books. https://twitter.com/...
@libraryjournal: We Continue to Update Our Roundup of Media Coverage, Statements re: Hachette v. Internet Archive Ruling; Recent Additions Include: Statements From @publicknowledge @fightfortheftr + Reports From @PublishersWkly @RollingStone @nprnews & Others https://ow.ly/... https://twitter.com/...
Joe Hernandez / NPR: A judge sided with publishers in a lawsuit over the Internet Archive's online library
Cory Doctorow / @doctorow: The court bases this on the existence of a “licensed” ebooks from publishers - ebooks that cost many multiples of the print editions and self-destruct after just a few lend-outs: https://blog.archive.org/... 47/
Paul E Williams / @pewilliams_: It'll be a shame if Internet Archive has to end their digital lending service. Has helped me access dozens of hard to find, out of print books over the years. Feels like publishers thrashing around—taking good services down with them—because they can't adapt to a changing world. https://twitter.com/...
Andres Guadamuz / @technollama: This is a worrying development in the US courts. The erosion of exceptions and limitations that protect libraries and archives must be stopped. Copyright maximalism won't rest until there are no libraries left. https://twitter.com/...
Neb / @luckstreetboy: losing the internet archive would be the modern equivalent of the burning of the library of alexandria https://twitter.com/...
Tonyo Cruz / @tonyocruz: The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in a lawsuit brought by four book publishers. https://www.theverge.com/...
@shortformernie: The publishers won the first round. If they win the other rounds, they might as well just shut down libraries because that's honestly what they're trying to do. https://www.theverge.com/...
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: A federal judge delivers an easily predicted rebuke to the Internet Archive
@rysiek@mstdn.social: So @internetarchive scanning books for their digital library is copyright infringement: — http://blog.archive.org/... But OpenAI slurping all of that to train a model that then can generate text and put actual authors out of business (already happening with copywriters), is not. …
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone: Internet Archive Loses First Battle in Publishers' Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Nancy Sims / @copyrightlibn: The Internet Archive's position was dealt a heavy blow in today's opinion - but it may still be early days. Opinion access: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...
Nancy Sims / @copyrightlibn: The arguments on Monday were about “cross-motions for summary judgment” - i.e., both parties said “everything is so clearly in my favor that we don't need a trial.” The opinion sides entirely with publishers, and loss on MSJ is not great in terms of legal procedure. But...
Nancy Sims / @copyrightlibn: This is the kind of case where most district court opinions get appealed. I would be a bit surprised, given the effort IA has put into this so far, if they don't appeal this decision - and decisions from a higher court might change the game a lot.
Nancy Sims / @copyrightlibn: Hachette v Internet Archive is abt IA lending digital copies of print books it keeps in storage - both in the form of controlled digital lending (CDL) and the National Emergency Library (NEL) during the early days of COVID. Oral arguments were Monday, an opinion today is -wild-.
Nancy Sims / @copyrightlibn: Because of the likelihood of appeal, I'm -not- going to fully analyse the opinion here. Also because it is Friday afternoon, and I need to go do some real-people stuff. But here are a couple thoughts on things that stand out to me...
Daniel Walters / @danielwinlander: Hachette doing their best to take an axe to the single most important tool that an investigative journalist has. https://twitter.com/...
Devlin Hartline / @devlinhartline: Yahtzee! District court rejects the ridiculous controlled digital lending (CDL) theory in Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive! All four fair use factors strongly favor the plaintiffs. #copyright https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...
Eriq Gardner / @eriqgardner: Not transformative, rules judge https://twitter.com/...
Eriq Gardner / @eriqgardner: BIG breaking news: Book publishers win lawsuit against Internet Archive over e-book lending at start of pandemic. https://www.courtlistener.com/ ...
Jason Weisberger / Boing Boing: Internet Archive loses book lending lawsuit
Cathy Gellis / @cathygellis@mastodon.cloud: We're banning books, we're banning Internet sites, and now we're banning Internet sites that lend books. — And that's just this week alone. — Good job, America.
Max Kennerly / @maxkennerly@mstdn.social: The central holding of the #InternetArchive court opinion is, if you own a physical book and scan it, you infringed the author's copyright by creating an unauthorized copy—even if you never use both at the same time. …
Evan Prodromou / @evan@cosocial.ca: I'm an active Open Library user and I hope to see the unfair ruling against Internet Archive overturned in a higher court.
Evan Prodromou / @evan@cosocial.ca: One particular thing I use it for is for out-of-print, small-run books. I would 100% be unable to read these books otherwise.
Ernie Smith / @ernie@writing.exchange: This is so infuriating. We have let the law break things in the digital world that just worked in the physical world. @internetarchive matters so much in this world: https://www.theverge.com/...
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg files new claims about coercive coaching by Fox lawyers, bias and unprofessional behavior by staff, and retaliation by Fox — Abby Grossberg sued Fox last week, alleging she was coerced into giving misleading testimony about the network's election fraud coverage.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News fires Tucker Carlson producer Abby Grossberg after she alleged in court filings of being coerced into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case
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Nina Burleigh / @ninaburleigh: Ex producer defies Fox attorneys' efforts to manipulate her testimony, alleges (surprise!) “rough culture within Fox News' corridors, with women treated badly and Carlson staffers making crude remarks about women and Jews.” https://variety.com/...
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap: Fox News Fires Producer Who Sued the Network Over Dominion Case
Kim Insley / @kiminsley: 1. If she was fired for telling the truth in court, I hope she is covered under some form of whistleblower legislation. 2. Better to be fired than risk perjury charges 3. Can we please stop calling it Fox “News”? Their own staff don't believe what they put out there. https://twitter.com/...
@adriennelaw: Fox News Fired the producer who sued them over the hostile work environment and claimed she was bullied into her Dominion Voting deposition testimony. If this isn't text-book retaliation, I don't know what is. https://variety.com/...
Jaimie Ding / Los Angeles Times:
The California Journalism Preservation Act, a state bill unveiled this week, would force Google and Meta to pay a “journalism usage fee” to fund newsroom jobs — In the latest attempt by legislators to rein in Silicon Valley, a measure has been introduced in California …
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Editor and Publisher: News/Media Alliance applauds California State Assembly for introducing California Journalism Preservation Act
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: This is not a good idea. https://twitter.com/...
Rachael Myrow / @rachaelmyrow: The California Journalism Competition & Preservation Act (@BuffyWicks) would require digital ad giants pay a “journalism usage fee” for selling ads next to news. Industry rep: “It's unsurprising to see CA copying failed [federal] proposals.” https://www.latimes.com/... via @latimes
Howard Cohen / Miami Herald:
Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is retiring, describing the change as “stepping down” after 18 years — Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Miami-based philanthropy …
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Rishi Jaitly / @rsjaitly: Working w/ @ibarguen @knightfdn changed my life: in a cluttered world in which breaking through often involves tethering to single issues of the day, Alberto taught us that a community's soul and sense of belonging needs attention, too. A monumental legacy!https://www.nytimes.com/ ...
Charlie Savage / @charlie_savage: As Alberto @Ibarguen — the head of the Knight Foundation @knightfdn and former publisher of The @MiamiHerald — retires, I would like to add a public note of personal appreciation to the encomiums. /1 https://www.philanthropy.com/ ...
Michael S Roth / @mroth78: My friend @ibarguen, a beloved @wesleyan_u alum, brought his creativity & commitment to his philanthropic leadership via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Andrew Sherry / @andysherry: It was an honor to work with @ibarguen for almost a decade @knightfdn. His disruptive sense of fun invigorated the arts in #Miami and Detroit; meanwhile his strategic vision helped revive #journalism nationwide https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Daniels / The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Knight Foundation Leader to Retire, Leaving a Powerful Legacy
Alondra Nelson / @alondra: A wonderful interview that captures the spirit, ingenuity, dedication, and joyfulness of the great @Ibarguen as he winds down his transformative tenure as president of the @KnightFdn https://www.nytimes.com/...
Coral Morphologic / @coralmorph: It's hard to put into words the positive effect @ibarguen has had on so many people's lives. He and the @knightfdn took a chance on Miami and this city is what it is right now in large part because of his vision to make “Art general in Miami” - Thank You. https://twitter.com/...
Richard N. Haass / @richardhaass: A day to salute @ibarguen, who is stepping down from his perch atop the @knightfdn. Alberto has done much over the years to bolster democracy & journalism & the arts, & knowing him as I do, I would bet there is a lot more than pickle ball in his future. https://www.miamiherald.com/ ...
@crainsdetroit: Alberto Ibargüen, who helped Detroit come out of bankruptcy with the DIA's assets intact, is retiring from the Knight Foundation. https://ow.ly/...
Emilio T. Gonzalez / @emiliotgonzalez: Sad to learn that South Florida & @knightfdn will lose a great visionary and leader. @ibarguen is the personification of class, professionalism and integrity. Enjoy your richly deserved retirement my friend. https://nationalpost.com/...
Lilly Weinberg / @lillyweinberg: Alberto @ibarguen brought #vision + #tenacity to philanthropy—inspiring innovation in community, the arts and journalism. Filled with #gratitude to have worked by his side in 26 @knightfdn cities—tough, fair, kind + openminded. #oneofakind https://www.nytimes.com/...
@philanthropy: Former colleagues, board members, grantees, and foundation peers say what stands out about Ibargüen's leadership has been his willingness to veer off-script or scuttle an approach to a problem if it wasn't paying off. https://www.philanthropy.com/ ...
@philanthropy: Ibargüen will depart when Knight finds a replacement. In the meantime, he is still busy trying to put together what he hopes is a mammoth fund to support journalism. https://www.philanthropy.com/ ...
Karen Rundlet / @kbmiami: Have learned so much from @ibarguen @knightfdn abt changing communities, technologies, industries & the way we engage & inform each other. He reminded our teams to be tenacious going forward. What a legacy he leaves. https://www.philanthropy.com/ ...
Michael Bolden / @michaelbolden: I worked for @ibarguen at @MiamiHerald and @knightfdn, and learned much both times. He leaves indelible marks in journalism, community engagement and art. There are cities that have been transformed by his vision and commitment. https://www.philanthropy.com/ ...
Judy Woodruff / @judywoodruff: a giant in the world of philanthropy is stepping aside after making huge waves in journalism & the arts; with everlasting thanks from @NewsHour & #Canvas, we can't wait to see what you do next https://twitter.com/...
Graciela Mochkofsky / @gmochkofsky: A champion of journalism & journalism education, and a phenomenal friend and supporter of the @newmarkjschool is retiring. Buena suerte en lo que viene, @ibarguen. Te vamos a extrañar. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Paul Cheung / @pcheung630: Truly an End of an Era. I had the privilege of working for @ibarguen twice in my career. First time @MiamiHerald & 2nd time @knightfdn. https://twitter.com/...
Sarabeth Berman / @sarabethberman: In his 18 years at @knightfdn, @ibarguen helped catalyze a national movement to revive local news. We are grateful for your work, leadership, and commitment to an informed and engaged public. Huge congrats to a legend! https://www.nytimes.com/...
@omiamifestival: We're over the moon to see our beloved President of the @knightfdn Alberto Ibargüen (@ibarguen), profiled in the @nytimes. Incredibly grateful to him and everything he has done for O, Miami. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jim Brady / @jimbrady: It has been a great honor to work for @ibarguen and I'm glad I will still get to do it for a while longer before he retires from @knightfdn . Still a lot for me to learn. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Through @knightfdn, Alberto @ibarguen has been a seminal figure in American journalism, among other philanthropic projects. https://www.nytimes.com/...? via @nytimes
Fernand R. Amandi / @amandionair: Alberto @ibarguen's decision to retire after an extraordinary run @knightfdn leaves Grand Canyon-sized shoes to fill for his successor. A true visionary. A giant amongst giants. The best of the best. A job extraordinarily well done, Alberto.👏🏼👏 🏼 https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimesarts: In its 18 years under Alberto Ibargüen, the Knight Foundation funded punk shows in Detroit and poetry dropped from helicopters in Miami. As Ibargüen prepares to retire, he talks about what might be next. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Haggman / @matthaggman: A salute to the one and only Alberto Ibargüen, who has led transformative change across Miami and profoundly impacted so many lives, including my own. Alberto Ibargüen to retire as president of Knight Foundation | Miami Herald https://www.miamiherald.com/ ...
@froomkin: It was a tragedy when @knightfdn passed on the chance to buy McClatchy, which then got sold to a vulture fund. https://www.niemanlab.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kingsbury / New York Times:
Q&A with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on the US' classified material system, why there are so few whistleblowers, and nuclear and climate fears — Daniel Ellsberg, famous for leaking the Pentagon Papers and his activism against nuclear weapons, announced recently that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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@danielellsberg, @nytopinion, @peterbakernyt, @melmitchell1, @elfjcgc, @rachelsklar, @lbassets, @froomkin and @froomkin
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Daniel Ellsberg / @danielellsberg: “It has been said that it's good to live each day as though it were your last, but that's not really practical. Living this *month* as though it is my last, however, is working out well for me, and I can recommend it.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytopinion: Now 91, @DanielEllsberg, famous for leaking the Pentagon Papers and his activism against nuclear weapons, announced recently that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He spoke with Times Opinion about the lessons he's learned. http://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Baker / @peterbakernyt: As Daniel Ellsberg faces his final chapter, he bemoans the state of the world. “I'm leaving a world in terrible shape and terrible in all ways that I've tried to help make better during my years,” he tells @AKingsburyNYT https://www.nytimes.com/...
Melanie Mitchell / @melmitchell1: Daniel Ellsberg is a national hero. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rachel Sklar / @rachelsklar: “My work of the past 40 years to avert the prospects of nuclear war has little to show for it. But I wanted to say that I could think of no better way to use my time and that as I face the end of my life, I feel joy and gratitude.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jameel Jaffer / New York Times:
A TikTok ban would have to satisfy the most stringent form of First Amendment review as the ban would operate as a prior restraint on speech of would-be users — The First Amendment has so far played only a bit part in the debate about banning TikTok. This may change.
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MIT Technology Review, Washington Post, @rattinger, @jeffjarvis, @ivanthek, @vegasvisions, @kenroth, @thedragonfeeder, @andymok, @drewharwell, @davidafrench, @rdrv3, @shiraovide, @aclu, @aaronparnas, @trevortimm, @rasmus_kleis, @knightcolumbia, @cwarzel, @ingrahamangle, @evan_greer, @shiraovide, @cendemtech, @cendemtech, @cendemtech, @penamerica, @drewharwell, @jeffjarvis, @jameeljaffer, @scottgreenfield and Gizmodo
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Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review: An early guide to policymaking on generative AI
Andy Rattinger / @rattinger: I'm sure you've heard that there is a bill trying to ban TikTok. Don't be fooled. This act is way bigger and significantly worse. S.686, the RESTRICT Act, has significant implications in how it regulates your first amendment rights.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Thank you, @ShiraOvide.' “Maybe not since Prohibition has there been a possible national ban involving a product used by so many Americans.” Americans deserve a better message than ‘Trust us, TikTok is bad.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@ivanthek: Banning TikTok would be banning a brand, not an entire product line. https://twitter.com/...
@vegasvisions: 2/ ☝️It's what many civil rights, internet privacy rights, First Amendment groups are saying. Data privacy laws for ALL social media, not target just TikTok, which 5 million business rely on. Ban TickTok then ban them all.Where is Elon sending your data? Russia or Saudi Arabia?
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: There is a way to protect Americans' privacy without implicating the First Amendment — by enacting comprehensive privacy regulation. Otherwise, even if TikTok is banned, the Chinese government can just buy Americans' data. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Fenton / @thedragonfeeder: Why? I believe you say it best here... “The app helps shape what a billion people see and believe, and it collects intimate data about what we do.” @ShiraOvide The government needs to prove why a TikTok ban is best - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...?
@andymok: Why a #tiktokban would violate First Amendment: “But the legitimacy of [American] democracy depends on the free trade of information and ideas, including across international borders.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell: New: This dissident uses the Chinese-owned app TikTok to criticize China's government. A nationwide ban would suppress not just him but the First Amendment rights of 150 million U.S. accounts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @megatobin1
David French / @davidafrench: This is a wise statement from FIRE. Banning TikTok because of its content would raise significant First Amendment concerns. Banning it because it hoards sensitive information about Americans and is under the thumb of the CCP is a different matter. https://www.thefire.org/...
David Ruddock / @rdrv3: This is the only good article I've read about banning TikTok and honestly, makes me wonder why we are even having this discussion. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: I don't downplay the risks of TikTok. But we need to be honest about the enormity of an attempted ban. Maybe not since Prohibition has there been a ban involving a product so widely used. Plus: the First Amendment Plus: Where else might a ban hammer fall?
@aclu: The government has no right to ban entire platforms and censor the free flow of information. This is a clear violation of our First Amendment rights. https://www.cbsnews.com/...
Aaron Parnas / @aaronparnas: I understand the First Amendment concerns with a potential TikTok ban, and as a member of Gen Z, I understand the impact this app has had on my generation. But, I have serious concerns with TikTok's content moderation (or lack thereof).
Trevor Timm / @trevortimm: Every news article that discusses banning TikTok needs to start directly grappling with the fact that the First Amendment almost certainly would prevent such an act. Pretending otherwise is willfully ignoring the obvious. https://freedom.press/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “If the U.S. government actually tries to shut down [TikTok], the First Amendment will certainly have something to say about it” @JameelJaffer writes. “Users are indisputably exercising First Amendment rights when they post and consume content” on TikTok https://www.nytimes.com/...
@knightcolumbia: “If the U.S. government actually tries to shut down this major communications platform, the First Amendment will certainly have something to say about it,” @JameelJaffer. Read more in today's @nytopinion. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: I appreciate this @ShiraOvide piece because it gestures toward the way that this ban would be very confusing/frustrating for ppl https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Laura Ingraham / @ingrahamangle: The CCP's hacks try to hide behind the First Amendment. Opinion | There's a Problem With Banning TikTok. It's Called the First Amendment. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
@evan_greer: The First Amendment doesn't care about your feelings, Congress https://www.nytimes.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: If the government is serious abut banning TikTok, it's time for an honest pitch to the American public. “If you're going to take something from the American public, we need to tell them why,” Tim Wu told me. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@cendemtech: @JameelJaffer .@JameelJaffer: “A broad coalition of free speech orgs — including @PENamerica, @CenDemTech & the @knightcolumbia First Amendment Institute, which I direct — made essentially this observation in a letter sent to Congress in advance of Thursday's hearing.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@cendemtech: .@JameelJaffer: “As to fears relating to #disinformation, the U.S. government has not pointed to evidence that the Chinese government has forced TikTok to align its algorithm with the imperatives of the country's disinformation efforts.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@cendemtech: “...as many digital rights advocates have pointed out, the federal gov't could protect Americans' privacy much more effectively — & without [] a categorical ban [of a] platform used by millions of Americans — by enacting comprehensive privacy regulation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@penamerica: “The legitimacy of our democracy depends on the free trade in information and ideas, including across international borders. Except in... extreme circumstances, citizens should be able to engage freely with the... platforms of their choice”—@JameelJaffer https://www.nytimes.com/...
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell: “The First Amendment would require the government to carry a heavy burden of justification. This is an important feature of our system, and not a bug” https://www.nytimes.com/... @JameelJaffer
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Thank you, @JameelJaffer, for finally raising the crucial issue of First Amendment rights in connection with the xenophobic fever to ban TikTok and with it the voices of millions of Americans. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jameel Jaffer / @jameeljaffer: Wrote about the proposed TikTok ban and the First Amendment. Tl;dr If the U.S. government wants to shut down a major communications platform, it's going to have to come up with better reasons. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Scott Greenfield / @scottgreenfield: Jameel Jaffer argues that the First Amendment precludes the govt from shutting down TikTok as a prior restraint on speech. Is the mechanism by which speech occurs protected? It's a complicated question. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: Why TikTok Needed to Pay for Influencers to Attend Anti-Ban Rally
Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World:
After India's legal orders this week, Twitter blocked the tweets of 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more — Last year, before Elon Musk took over as CEO, Twitter pushed back against such requests from the government. — • NEW DELHI, INDIA
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Russell Brandom / @russellbrandom: Concerning https://restofworld.org/...
Arshdeep Sandhu / @arsh11kaur: Another Indian Express journalist Kamaldeep Singh Brar's twitter account withheld https://twitter.com/...
Indian American Muslim Council / @iamcouncil: India is becoming a global leader in censorship, and big tech is complying with its diktats. This week, on the Indian government's legal requests @Twitter @elonmusk blocked 122 accounts belonging to journalists, authors, and politicians. https://restofworld.org/...
Cengiz / @cengizyar: Twitter is blocking accounts of journalists, authors, and politicians in India after government requests. @Samriddhi0809 reports for @restofworld https://restofworld.org/...
@cpjasia: CPJ calls on @Twitter to restore the handles of journalists Kamaldeep Singh (@kamalsinghbrar), Gagandeep Singh (@Gagan4344), and Sandeep Singh (@PunYaab), which were withheld in #India following their coverage on the government's crackdown in #Punjab. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social: Mega-hypocrites at Musk site go on bended knee to India's increasingly dictatorial regime, which is on the attack against free speech the government doesn't like. https://restofworld.org/... …
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick@mastodon.social: Much free, very speech from the “free speech absolutist” who has now rolled back Twitter's policy of fighting Indian demands to silence journalists and critics of the Modi government: — https://restofworld.org/...
Lauren Weinstein / @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org: Instead of pushing back as #Twitter used to do, Elon now bends over for India's requests to block accounts. - https://restofworld.org/...
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D / @rvawonk: Wow. Twitter has blocked the accounts of several high-profile Canadians — including NDP leader Jagmeet Singh & poet Rupi Kaur — from internet users in India, apparently at the request of India's government. https://www.cbc.ca/...
@gypsystrategy: “The blocked Twitter accounts include those belonging to journalists Pieter Friedrich, Sandeep Singh, Kamaldeep Singh Brar, and Gagandeep Singh..” @restofworld #India is expected to participate in the #summitfordemocracy which begins on March 28 https://restofworld.org/...
@restofworld: Twitter blocked 122 accounts in India after they posted about the country's ongoing massive manhunt for Sikh separatist https://restofworld.org/...
Gagandeep Singh / @gaganjassowal: BBC India: Director general tells staff to report without fear https://www.bbc.com/...
CT Jones / Rolling Stone:
A look at the impact on TV writers when streaming services cancel their shows and erase entire projects, some after filming was done, treated as tax write-offs — Ahead of ongoing WGA negotiations, several TV writers tell Rolling Stone the burst of the streaming bubble has them nervous …
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@rollingstone, @tvgrimreaper, @menendezrand, Deadline, @brigliebs, @wgawest, @missvimendes, @zoectjones, @ameksin, @wgawest and @rollingstone
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@rollingstone: Ahead of ongoing WGA negotiations, several TV writers tell Rolling Stone the burst of the streaming bubble has them nervous for the future of the industry— and their hard work. https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
@tvgrimreaper: The answers to all your questions is money. - Don Ohlmeyer https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@menendezrand: “Since 2022, at least 35 projects have been canceled and removed from streaming service HBO Max. This includes shows that had already been given a renewal and some that were close to or completely done filming.” https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
Armando Tinoco / Deadline: HBO Max's ‘Gordita Chronicles’ Showrunner Says Show's Cancellation Is Part Of A “Diversity Problem” In Hollywood
Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz / @brigliebs: @RollingStone Thank you @RollingStone and @zoectjones for covering what's happening to the TV writing community!
@wgawest: “It is a crisis point for writers in terms of the viability and sustainability of writing as a career. The goal is to get a contract for our members that addresses their concerns, puts money back in writers' pockets and fairly compensates them for the value that they create.” #1u
Virgínia Mendes / @missvimendes: @zoectjones this is such a great article. I had the chance to interview a couple of tv writers and the truth is that's a constant fear on the back of their heads! Congrats 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@zoectjones: For TV writers, getting cancelled has long been apart of the gig. But ahead of the ongoing WGA contract negotiations, several writers and creators of canceled HBO Max shows told me they're worried about what could happen if shows disappear altogether https://www.rollingstone.com/ ...
Anya Meksin / @ameksin: The brilliant @brigliebs points out that if our shows are removed from streamers, we don't even have any archival records of our work. No files, no dvds. Nothing to show our kids when we're old. No chance for a show to become a sleeper classic over time. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Demands from films' talent and marketing drive Apple and Amazon's embrace of theaters, where Apple plans to debut top movies at least a month ahead of Apple TV+ — Did you watch the World Baseball Classic? Did you know it happened? The event, billed as the World Cup of baseball, is a huge hit beyond US shores.
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Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: The music industry has rebounded from its nadir a decade ago. But if you adjust for inflation it's still a lot smaller than it used to be. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Two of the largest tech companies in the world are going to release movies in theaters before their streaming services. I tried to explain why https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Derek Baine / Forbes: APPLE TV+ JUMPS INTO THEATRICAL MOVIE DISTRIBUTION
Martin Baron / Washington Post:
Objectivity is a journalistic principle and is neither a false balance, a false equivalence, both-sidesism, nor neutrality, but a call for open-minded reporting — Martin Baron was executive editor of The Post from January 2013 through February 2021 and, before that, editor of the Boston Globe for more than 11 years.
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@paula_span, @matthewjfranck, @waltmossberg, @bruceanderson, @johndelaney, @juliedicaro, @aarondberman, @heartmountainwy, @davidgrann, @ashihipar, @danielmorain, @howardfineman, @nickijhabvala, @spj_tweets, @orskov, @seungminkim, @scottnover, @davidminpdx, @johnwhawthorne, @postopinions, @aservais1, @rafat, @scotthech, @larabazelon, @dvnjr, @saletan, @anupkaphle, @lyman_brian, @dcwoodruff, @delwilber, @lfung, @lollardfish, @kendrawrites, @jeffjarvis, @joshkraushaar, @nickkristof, @mike_hixenbaugh, @ebboyd, @jonathanchait, @ryanjthomas83, @froomkin, @brizzyc, @sewellchan, @carlosnyt, @abgutman, @kaitlynjakola, @rjcc, @mariaramirezny, @ijbailey, @ijbailey, @ijbailey, @ijbailey, @ijbailey, @tatecurtis, @ijbailey, @ktumulty, @ktumulty, @ijbailey, @jayrosen_nyu and @bylenasun
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Paula Span / @paula_span: A thoughtful argument for recommitting to objectivity (which may not mean what you think it means) in journalism. By Marty Baron. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matt Franck / @matthewjfranck: What Martin Baron argues here should also be taken on board by those in the academy who teach politics (or other subjects sadly invaded by it). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg: A great editor, Martin Baron, defends journalistic objectivity from its many current critics. “It is not false balance or both-sidesism,” he writes. I agree. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bruce Anderson / @bruceanderson: Great read “I believe our profession would benefit from listening more to the public and from talking less at the public, as if we knew it all...more impressed with what we don't know than with what we know ..we could use more humility — less hubris” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Delaney / @johndelaney: Marty Baron is the greatest media editor of our generation. His argument for objectivity in journalism is exactly what a troubled profession needs, including a “genuine understanding of all people, perspectives & a receptivity to learning unfamiliar facts” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Julie DiCaro / @juliedicaro: MY main problem with this Op-Ed is that this standard only gets applied to things journalists that belong to marginalized groups care about. We almost never talk about bias when it comes to rich, white guys. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Berman / @aarondberman: This is exactly what was drilled into my head as an intelligence analyst at CIA. Objectivity may be an impossible standard, but that doesn't mean it's not worth striving for. Worth a read. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@heartmountainwy: Walter Lippmann was one of the most influential thinkers in 20th Century journalism, but for all his alleged skepticism of propaganda, he was swayed by false claims against Japanese Americans and greased the skids toward incarceration. @PostBaron https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Grann / @davidgrann: Martin Baron makes the case for aspiring to objectivity in journalism: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Abdullah / @ashihipar: objectivity is not the crisis facing journalism in terms of lack of reporting - it's the fact that reporting is being gutted across the country. small outlets shuttered, conservative oped writers paid handsome funds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@danielmorain: @PostBaron's essay on the importance of objectivity in journalism has many great lines. This is one: “In journalism, we could use more humility — and less hubris.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@howardfineman: READ THIS! Marty Baron, who edited the Boston Globe and Washington Post, presents an eloquent, convincing case for the idea that, yes, journalists have biases, but they should rise above them as they fairly, honestly, rigorously strive to find the truth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nicki Jhabvala / @nickijhabvala: “We start with more questions than answers, inclined more to curiosity and inquiry than to certitude. We always have more to learn.” ~@PostBaron https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@spj_tweets: “So, when I defend objectivity, I am defending it as it was originally defined and defending what it really means. The true meaning of objectivity is not the straw man that is routinely erected by critics so that they can then tear it down.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@orskov: 1/ This speech on objectivity in journalism by Marty Baron, former executive editor of The Washington Post, should be mandatory reading for newsrooms and journalism schools. Stuffed with great points on the basic ideas - and tasks - of journalism 🧵https://www.washingtonpost.com / ...
Seung Min Kim / @seungminkim: “Most in the public, in my experience, expect my profession to be objective, too. Dismissing their expectations — outright defying them — is an act of arrogance. It excuses our biases. It enshrines them. And, most importantly, it fails the cause of truth.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: I think the standard for journalists to strive for is fairness, not objectivity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Menschel / @davidminpdx: This is by far the biggest problem with “objective” journalism. It's a lie. It's deceitful. It grounds the process of journalism in dishonesty. Its disrespectful to readers. It reflects a deep ignorance about the nature of the human condition. https://twitter.com/...
John W. Hawthorne / @johnwhawthorne: The problem isn't objectivity versus something else. It's putting even objective reporting into a pre-established narrative. This is a problem for a doctor who relies too much on prior diagnoses or a banker who uses the last loan as model for the next. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@postopinions: “I'm about to do something terribly unpopular in my profession these days: Defend the idea.” A guest opinion from Martin Baron, executive editor of The Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Alain Servais / @aservais1: Objectivity is not neutrality. It is not on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand journalism. It is not false balance or both-sidesism. It is not giving equal weight to opposing arguments when the evidence points overwhelmingly in one direction. By Martin Baron https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Scott Hechinger / @scotthech: If journalists are concerned about writing objectively on our legal system, stories should explicitly acknowledge *the facts* of how deeply failed, wasteful, arbitrary, & racist the system is. And *if* still quoting police, disclaim that they routinely lie.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lara Bazelon / @larabazelon: My main problem with this op-ed is the premise: journalists must strive for pure objectivity. Such a thing does not exist. To claim otherwise denies reality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Don Van Natta Jr / @dvnjr: Every journalist, ex-journalist and non-journalist should read this spirited, important defense of objectivity by @PostBaron. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Will Saletan / @saletan: “Objectivity is not neutrality,” @PostBaron explains. “It is not giving equal weight to opposing arguments when the evidence points overwhelmingly in one direction.” It's a “method of testing information — a transparent approach to evidence.” Exactly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle: “Increasingly now, journalists — particularly a rising generation — are repudiating the standard to which we routinely, and resolutely, hold others.” @PostBaron on objectivity in journalism: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Lyman / @lyman_brian: Baron is correct that Walter Lippmann's idea of journalistic objectivity was A) not neutrality and B) a reaction to the failure of the older neutrality model to fight the propaganda of World War I. The problem is that Lippmann never clearly defined that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Chase Woodruff / @dcwoodruff: Number one sign of an insular and poorly reasoned piece is the total inability to name, quote and engage directly with the arguments your (supposedly numerous!) interlocutors are making https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Del Quentin Wilber / @delwilber: Great essay on importance of objectivity. @PostBaron is wise: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Fung / @lfung: ‘Our profession would benefit from listening more to the public and from talking less at the public, as if we knew it all... In journalism, we could use more humility — and less hubris.’ Great op-ed from @PostBaron https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: Let's just take the headline. We do want objective judges and doctors. Decades of work has shown that we don't have them because objectivity isn't really possible. No human lives in a void where their decisions are simply abstract. https://twitter.com/...
@kendrawrites: There are many things wrong with this opinion piece but something he doesn't consider is there's no such thing as perfect information. Doctors rely on hunches because it's rare to turn up with symptoms so specific they can only be caused by one thing https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: As you read Marty Baron on objectivity, you'll want to reread @wesleylowery. They are in dialog in print over the idea and execution of this journalistic McGuffin: https://www.nytimes.com/... We want objective judges and doctors. Why not journalists too? 1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Josh Kraushaar / @joshkraushaar: Marty Baron: “Failure to achieve standards does not obviate the need for them. It does not render them outmoded. It makes them more necessary. And it requires that we apply them more consistently and enforce them more firmly.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nicholas Kristof / @nickkristof: .@PostBaron weighs in on the debate about objectivity in journalism. He emphasizes the importance of reporting, of starting with questions rather than answers. Good piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mike Hixenbaugh / @mike_hixenbaugh: This line actually summarizes the exact view held by many in the “rising generation” of journalists who are being criticized in this piece: “The method is objective, not the journalist.” Who's arguing otherwise? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
E.B. Boyd / @ebboyd: This argument is based on a false—or naive—premise: That judges and doctors don't approach their work with a framework for understanding the world. Everyone has a framework. That's not the same thing as *having an agenda.* But no one is a blank slate of “objectivity.” 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Chait / @jonathanchait: Marty Baron engages with, and persuasively refutes, the popular criticisms of objectivity in journalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ryan Thomas / @ryanjthomas83: This is thoughtful, as is the piece criticizing objectivity. But it strikes me that this list of traits - fairness, honesty, rigor - are things that both advocates and critics of objectivity would broadly agree on, which suggests that we need to stop using the term “objectivity” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: Much of what @postbaron writes here is inarguably true. But for all his fancy talk, objectivity as practiced in our elite newsrooms is a construct of comfortable white cis men. It is full of false equivalence and cowardice and complacency. 1/x https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Carrie Brown / @brizzyc: Sigh. I swear, there is something about the word “objectivity” that causes people to lose even the slightest grasp of nuance or complexity. I just...serenity now! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: Must-read essay by @PostBaron on objectivity in journalism: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Carlos Lozada / @carlosnyt: “Failure to achieve standards does not obviate the need for them. It does not render them outmoded. It makes them more necessary. And it requires that we apply them more consistently.” The great @PostBaron renews the case for journalistic objectivity: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Abraham Gutman / @abgutman: We want doctors to be objective. We don't want doctors who say: here is the evidence, I can't recommend treatment. We want to know their opinion. Same with judges, they don't only repeat the law. If that's objectivity, sign journalists up too! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Kaitlyn Jakola / @kaitlynjakola: “Critiquing objectivity” vs. “showing humility” is a false dichotomy: Journalists who call out inherent bias *necessarily* display humility, acknowledging what we perceive as humans is filtered through lived experiences; thus, “objective truth” is a concept of limited usefulness https://twitter.com/...
Richard Lawler / @rjcc: @mediagazer @PostBaron Open minded https://twitter.com/...
@mariaramirezny: “There is an immense universe beyond the lives we ourselves have lived. And if there are constraints on our ability to understand a world beyond our own, we as journalists should strive to overcome them,” writes @PostBaron. Every word of this👏👏👏 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@ijbailey: But what grates at me the most is this idea that Baron and those of like mind want to adhere to standards and those of us who challenge their view of “objectivity” don't. Heck, I'm surprised he didn't just slur us as “woke.” Guess I should give him a point for that. 12/
@ijbailey: The cute distinction is that the reporter is biased, because we all have biases, but that the process is objective - as though you can really separate the two. We need to acknowledge the complexity of what we do, and the flaws inherent in our processes - because we are human. 8/
@ijbailey: He also got upset when top-notch black reporters challenged him. If you read his piece and the detailed definition of “objectivity” he lays out, I would have to agree with it - in a vacuum. But I know how “objectivity” has played itself out in the real world time and again. 3/
@ijbailey: He calls for more humility. But he and others of like mind express little of that humility inside newsrooms or in discussions about “objectivity.” Not only that, they falsely assert that those of us who dare disagree with them don't really want standards. And that's hogwash. 4/
Curtis L. Tate / @tatecurtis: @ijbailey It's a strange hill to die on.
@ijbailey: If your “objectivity” leads you to suspend a reporter who survived a sexual assault from covering sexual assault stories because she demands high journalistic standards, it's an objectivity I want no part of, for instance. 9/
Karen Tumulty / @ktumulty: This follows an earlier @postopinions column by @lendownie — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Karen Tumulty / @ktumulty: Two former editors of the @washingtonpost find themselves on different sides of a central debate in journalism today. From @postbaron: We want objective judges and doctors. Why not journalists too? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@ijbailey: While reading this, you should understand that Baron's definition of “objectivity” included him being upset at folks like me for calling out The Post for its handling of a reporter on the issue of sexual assault. 1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Hollywood and music industry insiders, actors, and others say a TikTok ban could seriously hurt their businesses and are scrambling to create contingency plans — The entertainment industry has become so reliant on TikTok that banning the app could hurt business, industry insiders say
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Adam Faze / @adamfaze: spoke with @TaylorLorenz @washingtonpost about what a tiktok ban means for the entertainment industry and the content revolution as a whole @fazeworldinc https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: A TikTok ban would upend Hollywood “Alex Sanger, executive VP of global digital marketing at Universal Pictures, said that the company relies on TikTok “heavily” when it comes to marketing its movies. TikTok is how we can reach everyone at scale” “https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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