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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Jeff Zucker's gripes about CNN and Chris Licht have become more frequent and Zucker is serving as a grievance switchboard for current and former staff — It's been more than a year since he was forced from the top job at the network. Since then, he has made no secret of his frustrations …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: Former CNN Chief Jeff Zucker Has a New Job at RedBird IMI. What Is It?
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Tidbit: Jeff Zucker has hired Rani Raad, formerly one of CNN's major rainmakers, to join him at RedBird IMI https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rosemary Rossi / The Wrap: Jeff Zucker Says Relationship With Allison Gollust Was Pretext for CNN Ouster: ‘I Gave Them a Gun and They Shot Me With It’
David Clinch / @davidclinchnews: Jokes aside, there could easily be a retrospective look at Zucker's time at CNN that could frame his professional and personal behavior in a very unflattering way. He may think he could fix CNN, but he probably couldn't and, just like Iger at Disney, he created some of the issues https://twitter.com/...
David Jolly / @davidjollyfl: “Executives at Warner Bros. Discovery believe Mr. Zucker is waging a proxy war against Mr. Licht, undermining his leadership from afar, according to three people familiar with their thinking.” -NYT https://www.nytimes.com/...
Virginia Heffernan / @page88: Between @DylanByers and Tim Alberta and now Benjamin Mullin, people reporting on CNN have now spoken to 2.7 million people familiar with CNN, Jeff Zucker, Chris Licht, and all their parent companies [image]
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: “I gave them a gun, and they shot me with it.” “He also said that the punishment he received didn't fit the crime.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alison Brower / Insider: Jeff Zucker reportedly compared his firing from CNN to a gunshot wound: ‘I gave them a gun, and they shot me with it’
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite: Zaslav Ally Goes After Jeff Zucker, Accuses Him of ‘Very Sad’ Fixation With CNN in NY Times Deep Dive: ‘He Should Move On With His Life’
@rafat: Zucker trying to pull a Chernin here. Someone should make a list of these former big time media execs who have launched rollup/investment shops, like TCG, WndrCo, Candle, Tornante. Others I am missing? https://twitter.com/...
Jack Walsh / @jackwaltimore: Coming from his job at Colbert, I used to believe Licht was a Louis DeJoy type—suspect because of who hired him, in the wrong place at the wrong time for the media narrative, but ultimately an honest and competent actor. The past month has obliterated that benefit of the doubt. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Wilburn / RADAR: Ex CNN CEO Jeff Zucker Meets with Amazon's Jeff Bezos as Part of a Possible Media Comeback
Patrick Dillon / @mpdillon: there's just gotta be more than only 2 guys who can run this thing (maybe even like, I dunno, a non-guy) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mike Allen / Axios: Devastating profile dogs CNN boss
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Brian Stelter / New York Magazine:
Over 40 CNN staffers share their anger and fear after a brutal profile of Chris Licht and the announcement of David Leavy as COO; Licht vows to earn back trust — Staffers' confidence is shaken, but the CEO is vowing to “fight like hell to win back their trust.”
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Jeffrey Goldberg / @jeffreygoldberg: A fair-minded, insightful recounting of Chris Licht's various difficulties from @brianstelter: https://nymag.com/...
Amol Sharma / @asharma: Since leaving CNN, @brianstelter hasn't reported much on his former employer. But here, he goes deep on the fallout from the Atlantic profile of Chris Licht and the state of affairs internally (after being on the receiving end of considerable staffer outreach.) https://twitter.com/...
@gettingsome: “It's tempting to say Licht is entangled in a proxy war between Zucker and Zaslav and shrug at all the rich white guys fighting over a declining asset. But that would be a mistake.” https://nymag.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Employees at all levels of CNN are startled, angry, sad, despondent. The Atlantic story was an unforced error by Chris Licht; an exposé of what some staffers already knew; a wake-up call to others. “How can he lead us now?”
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Anti-Licht sentiment is widely shared among the CNN rank and file, and has existed to some extent for months, but @TimAlberta's article cemented it. In the words of three employees: “He's over.” “He's done.” “There's no coming back from that profile.” However...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Employees don't know how Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav feels. My impression is that Zaslav is keeping his options open right now. His trusted lieutenant David Leavy is assessing the damage at CNN, and Zaslav is telling folks that Leavy is bringing adult supervision.
Tim Alberta / @timalberta: Cannot overstate how shocked/shaken CNN staffers were at the time of this episode, and how irate others have been as the story spread. Justifiably so. If this decision was indeed made to appease the Trump team—to keep him from quitting the town hall—it is an absolute scandal. [image]
Tim Alberta / @timalberta: Other moves—stocking the auditorium with Trumpers; swapping MAGA pundits for normie Republicans on the panels—can be plausibly denied/explained. But what, exactly, is the explanation for frantically calling to remove the words “SEXUAL ABUSE” from the pregame chyron? Stay tuned.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: David Leavy, CNN's incoming COO, worked the phones all weekend, talking with anchors and reporters, some of whom have lost all confidence in Licht and want him removed. That's how bad it's become. https://nymag.com/...
Katie Couric / @katiecouric: Another question: why are media reporters obsessed with the word defenestration? 🥴 https://nymag.com/...
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
An in-depth profile of CNN under Chris Licht and his vision for the network, as ratings keep falling and he seeks to create a forum for conversation and “truth”
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Mike Allen / Axios: CNN drama, Act 2: Zucker's revenge
Nicholas Carlson / Insider: 'It's like watching a snuff film': Media elites shocked by The Atlantic's surgical dismantling of CNN boss Chris Licht
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: As we praise @TimAlberta's profile of Chris Licht, let's not forget how David Zaslav tried at the last minute to change the rules of *his* interview. And Alberta told him (not exactly in these words) to fuck off. More reporters should do that. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Some news in here: -Jeff Zucker is one of 3 suitors in talks to purchase a majority stake in Air Mail, Graydon Carter's mediaco -He has met with Jeff Bezos in recent months -Jeff explored a spin-out of CNN with Emerson Collective in late 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Moe Davis / @colmorrisdavis: Akin to my membership in the Supreme Court Bar, I was once proud to appear on @CNN. Regrettably, both have collapsed and are now in ruins. News isn't that difficult, yet mega-rich big-brains like Zaslav and Licht found a way to wreck a former gem. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Alberta / @timalberta: I spent stretches of the past year shadowing Chris Licht, the new boss at CNN, who harbored ambitions of rehabilitating the journalism industry. This is an account — based on interviews with nearly 100 of his own reporters — of what went wrong. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Tim Alberta / @timalberta: The most damning thing I discovered in all my reporting didn't involve Chris Licht. It was done by one of his lieutenants, without his knowledge, and it's continuing to fuel intense anger (and furious speculation) inside CNN. The “SEXUAL ABUSE” chyron... https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Dylan Byers / Puck: Zaz Brings in the Pain Sponge
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: It's getting less attention than the Trump stuff but this excellent @TimAlberta profile of Chris Licht documents how the stress of the covid years has radicalized centrists. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Katie Rosman / @katierosman: Incredibly juicy story from @BenMullin. “I gave them a gun, and they shot me with it,” Mr. Zucker. “This is all very sad for Jeff,” said Kenneth Lerer, the co-founder of HuffPost. “He should move on with his life. It's disheartening to see.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: Kept thinking as I read @TimAlberta's deeply reported story on @cnn boss Chris Licht how happy the folks at Fox News must have been that the spotlight is no longer on them. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Rare on record Ken Lerer: “This is all very sad for Jeff.... He should move on with his life. It's disheartening to see.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Eric Schultz / @ericschultz: underneath both the Zucker and Licht eras CNN seems confounded by how to handle Trump. but didn't Savannah and Jonathan Swan show the rest of media how it can be done? Tough questioning, no advocacy, but not ceding your platform to lies and disinformation. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: And, wow, 15,000 words without mention of even one accomplishment at CNN or sentence of praise (okay, his hair was described as “tousled").
Alex Thompson / @alexthomp: Zucker twisting the knife. Through a spokesperson: “It is wholly unsurprising that Jeff Zucker, the architect of CNN's unprecedented success, would have deep misgivings about the direction the network has taken since he left” https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
Trung Phan / @trungtphan: We'll worth the read with interesting stuff on Trump town hall, Don Lemon and Warner Discovery deal: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Noah Berlatsky / @nberlat: yeah...I mean, a big part of what has happened at CNN is that the gop ran a very successful propaganda campaign against the network as part of the fascist agenda to delegitimize media. CNN decided that they would fight that by...being more fash friendly. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Let me rewrite that for you, @axios. https://www.axios.com/... via @brianstelter “What hangs in the balance is current management's ideological reset seeking to coax more Republicans to appear on CNN after Trump and others in his party turned it into a hate object. [image]
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Jeff Zucker's investment group is one of three “suitors” for a majority stake in Air Mail. I'm not in the target audience, but Air Mail baffles me. It's Monocle without the foreign affairs stuff. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: There are many parallels between what's happening at CNN and what happened at Disney w/ Bob Chapek and Bob Iger. It's hard to be a leader at a place when many remaining employees are loyal to the guy leaving if there's disagreement between old and new. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@jbouie: licht seems like a caricature of a rich guy centrist whose deepest belief is that nothing he believes could be unreasonable https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Morgan Stephens / @morganstephensa: I love CNN, still. And I still believe it is one of the best in news. That is because of the dedicated journalists and staff working there. It will survive this. But my heart can't help but to break a little seeing the spiral.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: >> @nichcarlson: “I was a conference with other media bosses when the [@TimAlberta] story dropped. I asked them what they thought.” Explicit quotes here https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: CNN's Licht Faces Wave of Tough Reporting in Wake of Executive Shakeup
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: Merciless profile of Chris Licht, the dimwit tasked with making CNN more appealing to conservatives
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: Backstage in New Hampshire last month, Licht told former President Trump: “Have fun.” Licht should have stayed with Colbert. Instead he went to the dark side. And he ruined Ted Turner's legacy media. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Mike Drucker / @mikedrucker: It's so funny Chris Licht in the article is basically “I only care about facts. Hard truths. I'm a man of reason and logic!” And then he's like “The CEO who famously fires eveyone and would kill his family to make a dollar surely has my floundering back”
Mike Drucker / @mikedrucker: Chris Licht talks about having David Zaslav's support the same way a Gotham City crime boss talks about the Joker right before the room fills with green gas
John Zhu / @jzheel: Head of CNN saying “have the conversation” the way Creationists say “teach the controversy” https://twitter.com/... [image]
Michael / @_fleerultra: honestly fucked up that so many people died of covid but barely anybody powerful did. the world would be better off if we lost 10,000 chris lichts in the pandemic. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: Chris Licht is 100% right here? Does anyone actually believe we know many deaths were caused by Covid? The idea that there's an objectively true number, comparable in true'ness to where Obama was born, is crazy https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Johnson / RADAR: Don Lemon Threatened to Recruit Black Leaders to ‘Rally in His Defense’ if Chris Licht Fired Him, Staffer Claims
Mark Jacob / @markjacob16: CNN's Chris Licht, criticizing media, says Trump “changed the rules of the game, and the media ... put a jersey on and got into the game as a way of dealing with it.” But if you're in the truth business, you have to go to war against lies. That's your job. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Axios: “Chris Licht, chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, felt so confident in his plan to reinvent cable news that he allowed extraordinary, months-long access to a magazine writer. The result is devastating.” https://www.axios.com/...
Sherrilyn Ifill / @sifill_: Is is a master-class in profile research and writing. Alberta largely stays out of the way and lets the subject reveal himself. Whew! https://twitter.com/...
Bob Cronin / Newser: CNN Boss Chris Licht Is Under Siege
Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses: This story raises serious ethics qs about Zaslav's around-the-clock editorial interference, while at the same time, refusing interactions with journalists himself. Job 1 of a network news president or executive editor is telling overreaching corporate execs, “NO.” https://twitter.com/...
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: Everyone is saying that Chris Licht story in The Atlantic is devastating but I've literally never empathized more with a person than in this passage. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: As a colleague just noted to me, a lot of Tom Wambsgans energy from this piece https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Lili Loofbourow / @millicentsomer: This is really, really good. https://twitter.com/...
@jilliansaysnow: Narrator: “He should have stayed up at night thinking,” Inside the Meltdown at CNN - The Atlantic How are we gonna cover Trump? That's not something I stay up at night thinking about," Chris Licht told me. “It's very simple.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The consensus, among people who knew @TimAlberta's piece was coming, is that it's much “worse” than they expected. Licht confided in Alberta the way a client confides in a therapist. Some CNN staffers are shocked.
Fox News: Brutal reports about CNN boss Chris Licht fuel questions of whether he still has backing of parent company CEO
Justin K. / @jkranites: This is one of the better articles I've ever read. And Chris Lichts hubris is insane. The man has no idea he is the emperor with no clothes. He dances to his bosses whims, and doesn't realize it. https://twitter.com/...
@jeradwalker: If someone tells you they're going to “save journalism” run as far away as possible. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: While some are calling this a hit piece, it's not. @TimAlberta has pulled off a real classic by simply observing with intelligent questions and appropriate pushback and incisive yet unfussy writing. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: What now? Well, tonight Puck's @dylanbyers reported that “in the last 48 hours, it has become clear, based on conversations with well-placed sources, that Zaslav's once steadfast support” for Licht “has wavered considerably.” https://puck.news/...
Clay Travis / @claytravis: This profile of CNN head Chris Licht is an incredibly interesting read. It's super long, but I have a few thoughts. 1. I agree with a ton of Licht quotes. I didn't expect that. 2. The crafting of the story, the author perspective that is, is devastating. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Sharon Waxman / @sharonwaxman: The tone-deaf response to the Trump town hall is a fatal mistake. Licht has to listen, not live in a bunker mentality. Zaslav is not helping, as he urges Licht on with the supposed vision of the “long-term.” But a lot of loss can & is happening b4 any long term can be delivered.
Mark Harris / @markharrisnyc: This profile of CNN's Chris Licht is brutal—a relentlessly observant eye-level portrait of the wrong man for the job struggling to come off as the right man for the job, convincing absolutely nobody except a boss who himself seems allergic to criticism. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Josie Duffy Rice / @jduffyrice: this article is incredible https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Tara Setmayer / @tarasetmayer: Excellent reporting on CNN @TimAlberta Brutal. Worth the read. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: David Zaslav declined to speak with @TimAlberta on the record, but he did send a statement. @TheAtlantic didn't include it, so I asked WBD PR for it, and here it is: “CNN is a very important business for us, and, in fact, we believe that nothing we do is more important...” (1/3)
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “We have the best journalists in the world at CNN reporting the news wherever it happens,” Zaslav continued, “and we aspire to be the news organization most trusted by viewers globally.” And then, at the end of the statement, he expressed support for Licht and the team... (2/3)
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Zaslav: “We set a high bar for ourselves and while we know that it will take time to complete the important work that's underway, we have great confidence in the progress that Chris and the team are making and share their conviction in the strategy.” (3/3)
Kasim Reed / @kasimreed: I see what you did there, @mehdirhasan. Nicely done! https://twitter.com/...
David Simon / @aodespair: Have read all and at this moment, I am confounded by a vague sense of sympathy for this man. Then I remember that astounding Trumpfest that was this mook's CNN town hall and, no, no, I am back to a fixed, generalized contempt for him and his work. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Nelson / @jakenelsonmn: Really well-written piece. Kind of makes Licht out to be the kind of character in a tragedy who can't see what's coming when it's really obvious to the audience. and Zaslav is just an amazingly omnipresent blight on humanity, huh https://twitter.com/...
Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses: The most “trusted” name in news has a “Titanic” Captain Queeg problem. Holy moly! https://twitter.com/...
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian: ‘Extra Trumpy’: Atlantic profile of CNN chief Licht details town hall disaster
@edmundlee: The most surprising thing wasn't this: “Everyone at CNN had long ago come to realize that Licht was playing for an audience of one. It didn't matter what they thought, or what other journalists thought, or even what viewers thought. What mattered was what David Zaslav thought.”
John Rogers / @jonrog1: This is not just a really nice piece of writing, but its fascinating in revealing that Licht has this idea of “truth” that seems virtuous but is, in fact, childlike. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@vanityfair: In case it wasn't clear, CNN purposely stocked the Trump town hall audience with MAGA diehards. https://vntyfr.com/UmBBFPZ
@ijbailey: How do you end up with a “townhall” filled with rabid Trump supporters who were told they could cheer but not boo Trump in a scene that was more like a Trump rally than a journalistic endeavor? Through an anti-woke journalism mindset, that's how. 6/
@ijbailey: The goal should not be to attract more Republican viewers, but to ensure that you are doing top-notch journalism without fear or favor. In this era, sometimes that means you will have to do one or the other, a truth news execs don't want to grapple with. 9/
@ijbailey: My bottom line: Licht has taken the Bill Maher/Joe Rogan road while deluding himself into believing he and those who think like them are the true “objective” journalists, and those who think differently must be countered and resisted at all costs. END
@ijbailey: Licht said this to Don Lemon after a morning segment on slavery: “I don't want to be preachy in the morning, but I do want to hold people accountable,” he said. I can't tell you how many times I've heard don't be “preachy” from white editors when I've written about race. 16/
@ijbailey: One of many gems: “A few weeks into his tenure, Licht instructed his producers to downplay the first hearing of the January 6 committee...” Why would he tell a news outfit to downplay a committee looking into why there was a violent attempted insurrection in our capital? 2/
@ijbailey: You best believe there were serious journalists inside @CNN telling them it was a horrific idea for obvious reasons. But those voices were likely ignored, if not belittled, as just being “woke” journalists who are “liberal” and don't want standards. 7/
@ijbailey: Maybe the most powerful evidence of his anti-woke journalism mindset is that he's a favorite of Frank Luntz, the man who taught Republicans how to lie to America better and more effectively. 28/
@ijbailey: This profile reveals something I wrote about recently, the growing tendency of top news execs and editors to take on an anti-woke mindset while deluding themselves that they are the ones being “objective”. It's clear that applies to Licht. 1/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@ijbailey: The only logical reason to do so would be to appease extremist Republicans who wanted to downplay such an important event - including a rightwing billionaire major shareholder who said CNN should be more like Fox News. 3/
@ijbailey: The author said this: “The media had every obligation to scrutinize him, interview him, and, yes, platform him.” That's a dodge. The question wasn't to cover Trump or not, but how. I dealt with that for @niemanfdn 5/ https://niemanreports.org/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: 3/♾️ From the start (BTW forgive me - link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...) Licht doesn't understand what the American journalism he professes to cherish, MUST do: It MUST advocate. It MUST advocate for democracy And ADVOCATING is not partisanship🤦🏼 ♂️ The shit HAS hit the fan, Dummy [image]
Jennifer Rubin / @jrubinblogger: YIKES: Lemon was a disaster on the morning show. (Licht finally fired him in April.) Collins wasn't better co-anchoring in New York ...Licht had been fixated on the negative press about him. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Yesterday, @TimAlberta notes, WBD “announced the installation of CNN's new chief operating officer, David Leavy, a Zaslav confidant whose hiring fueled talk of an imminent power struggle—and potentially, the beginning of the end for Licht.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Monster profile of CNN's CEO, Chris Licht, in @TheAtlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... More than anything else, this right here seems to be the heart of it. By “it” I mean Chris Licht's belief system, and the conclusions that have led him to his current course in steering CNN. [image]
Edward Wong / @ewong: For those who miss Succession, there are these details like this in the Atlantic story on Chris Licht and the power struggle at CNN. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Jeff Pearce / @jeffpropulsion: I realize many of you Americans think the world revolves around you (it doesn't), but while you're at last questioning how awful CNN's domestic coverage is, maybe it's time for you to reflect how they've been fucking lying to you about Africa FOR YEARS. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Gady Epstein / @gadyepstein: The part of this story where Licht's personal trainer becomes his last credible advocate lol https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Sharon Waxman / @sharonwaxman: But the whole pieces makes me wonder if this was why Zaslav top lieutenant David Leavy was just moved to run CNN global. This suggests that he's nervous about the heat Chris Licht is taking, and he needs a trusted hand in there day to day. ## @thewrap #CNN
Sharon Waxman / @sharonwaxman: Re CNN: So many interesting inside nuggets in this @TheAtlantic piece on Chris Licht, and it tracks fully with what I've know and observed up to now. Licht has a strong sense of journalistic mission, but his mistakes are being propped up by the need to please Zaslav and Malone
Dan Diamond / @ddiamond: Tim is such a master at setting scene, crafting a narrative and (clearly) getting people to open up to him. An incredible read, from the morning gym workouts and the Trump town hall to the exquisite kicker. https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: in which Don Lemon's white colleagues condescendingly explain to him that he should have been less angry and emotional about the president of the United States spending years trying to get him and his colleagues killed and overthrowing democracy https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Nicolle Wallace / @nicolledwallace: Wow re Licht: “Every move he made, big programming decisions and small tactical maneuvers alike, seemed to backfire. By most metrics, the network under Licht's leadership had reached its historic nadir.” Inside the Meltdown at CNN - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: Lol [image]
David Darmofal / @david_darmofal: Quite the article. Chris Licht comes across as an incredibly small person (calling Robert Reich bc he's upset at a critical Reich Substack post, threatening to “destroy” @kurtbardella) & his & Zaslav's epic failure seems borne from white male privilege. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: After Licht took over, I wrote for @CJR that I liked his plan to tone down performative bombast but thought he risked throwing the baby out with the bathwater—also dialing down sharp coverage of the right because some *perceive* it as bombast... https://www.cjr.org/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: Boy oh boy, this did not disappoint. Kudos to @TimAlberta. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: The CEO of CNN comes across in this profile as a weird mix of Kendall and Tom and the corporate dividend is pretty much as you'd expect: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Where I'm coming from: I have known Chris Licht and David Zaslav for 15+ years. Jeff Zucker for 10+ years. I have reported on, interviewed, lunched with all three. I was at CNN for nearly nine years. Licht fired me last August - but so graciously that we've joked about it since.
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Three in-bound texts from pr pals, all with the same question: Why did the CNN PR people agree to the disastrous Atlantic Chris Licht piece? Answer: The PR people are always a reflection of their boss.
@rafat: The *least* interesting story in media, according to...well, just me: whatever the fuck is happening at CNN. No desire to read anything about it, same as no desire ever watch CNN.
Edmund Heaphy / @edmundheaphy: The most obvious conclusion from this profile of the CNN boss is that he kind of has the right idea, but he is woefully inexperienced and totally unprepared to lead a major news organisation https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Some insiders are cheering Don Lemon's comments bemoaning “people” (Licht) “Monday-morning-quarterbacking” CNN's coverage of the Trump presidency. “You have to remember the time that we were in.” [image]
Anna Peele / @bananapeele: This is an unbelievable portrait of a man who doesn't understand or at least can't acknowledge) the position he's in or his own role in being there https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Ps CNN/Licht did try an access profile before - with NYT last fall - that worked well for them: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: It feels disingenuous at best to have a conversation about the state of news and not talk about what happens as the cable bundle erodes faster than analysts expected, Google Search growth completely stalls, text-based social media decreases, and news consumption habits change.
Will Sommer / @willsommer: There are some lol moments in the new @TimAlberta profile of CNN boss Chris Licht, including Licht reading about himself in Puck, Licht getting ripped at his personal trainer, and Licht unhappy with Don Lemon's menswear decisions. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Sarah Scire / @sarahscire: out loud? in front of a journalist?! [image]
Diane Ravitch / @dianeravitch: Terrific article about CNN's identity crisis https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@darth: chris licht is looking to create a social forum for truth a “Truth Social” if u will https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: One of the biggest surprises in the story is that Zaslav declined, repeatedly, for months, to sit for an on-the-record interview with @TimAlberta to talk about CNN. “This was Zaslav's last chance to make the case for Licht's leadership—and his own... Zaslav refused.”
Chris Parker / @crs_1ne: this is a terrific piece by @TimAlberta that essentially reinforces everything you probably deduced about @CNN what a garbage fire. Betting it's sold for parts shortly after the election, 18 months of so from now, it's ratings utter trash. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Ray Pride / @raypride: CNN's strategic brain: Licht on Licht https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Sarah Scire / @sarahscire: anyway, highly recommend this profile by @TimAlberta — easily the best thing I've read on Licht and CNN https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Steve Lichtman / @stevel3000: Epic. Paints picture of Chris Licht as Tom Wambsgans-like pain sponge for David Zaslav. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@danieljbatt: “Everyone at CNN had long ago come to realize that Licht was playing for an audience of one. It didn't matter what they thought, or what other journalists thought, or even what viewers thought. What mattered was what David Zaslav thought.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Reed F. Richardson / @reedfrich: Hard to see how journalists at CNN can feel confident about their network's news principles when its CEO has so willingly violated his own espoused commitment to standing up for facts and the truth. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Ilya Lozovsky / @ichbinilya: this is pretty fascinating, and a frustrating read. the amount of work we do, how hard we try to do really great journalism in the public interest, and the resources we do it with ... and this is what the money gets thrown at. https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Inside the Meltdown at CNN - The Atlantic Wow. Your #mustread of the day https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Rick Wilson / @therickwilson: Sitting in the Air France Lounge at DeGaulle reading this absolutely riveting piece by one of the greatest observers of the current moment. Read it. Then read it again. https://twitter.com/...
Richard Deitsch / @richarddeitsch: The definitive piece about today's CNN, how its U.S. programming gets shaped, and how the PR apparatus works for very wealthy people. https://twitter.com/...
@deggans: Wow. This profile in the Atlantic of CNN CEO Chris Licht is compelling, and not just for the details it has on how the cable newschannel's town hall with Trump turned out so one-sided. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Joan Esposito / @joanespositochi: Can't imagine that Licht can survive an evisceration like this. Wow. https://twitter.com/...
@froomkin: .@TimAlberta sees massive failures in execution. I think that's letting Licht off easy. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: This feels purposely obtuse. Far more concerning is lack of foresight or conversation about what news consumption is in a post-linear, post-cable, post-social media world, & how do you position CNN ~now~ for what that may be so you're not chasing whatever it's forced to become. [image]
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The transition, if one can call it that, from Zucker to Licht was...bumpy. Unnecessarily so. Licht candidly admits he should have handled it differently: “I should have just sort of slowly come in, without making these grand pronouncements of how different I was going to be.” [image]
Evan DeSimone / @mediaevan: This feels like the exact type of thinking that Musk had around Twitter moderation. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Jason Colavito / @jasoncolavito: The Atlantic's massive feature on Chris Licht and CNN has a lot to unpack, but most striking is what it leaves out: In all the discussion of personality and politics, no one ever talks about news beyond commenting on politics. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Isaac Chotiner / @ichotiner: It's almost impossible to explain how crazy this story is, and how many absolutely bonkers scenes there are. Incredible stuff. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: CNN gave the Atlantic enormous access for this story. Not what they were expecting in return. https://twitter.com/...
David Gura / @davidgura: CNN's mission, according to the network's CEO, from @TimAlberta's profile in @TheAtlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...): [image]
@froomkin: Helluva lede, on Chris Licht being totally outplayed by Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]
Sarah Scire / @sarahscire: 🚩 “Licht had accepted the position with ambitions to rehabilitate the entire news industry, telling his peers that Trump had broken the mainstream media and that his goal was to do nothing less than ‘save journalism.’” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter: CNN CEO Chris Licht Exposed: Five Takeaways From Bombshell Profile
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: CNN boss Chris Licht's days could be numbered after Warner Bros. Discovery names COO
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair: CNN Boss Chris Licht Wanted the Donald Trump Town Hall Audience to Be “Extra Trumpy”: Report
Ann Lipton / @annmlipton@esq.social: I'm just a law professor, not a media critic or a business strategist, but if you ask me, the fundamental problem here is that billionaires - like John Malone - haven't the faintest clue what most of America wants or needs. Even if they act in good faith, their judgment is fatally skewed. …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
NBC's Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd says he is stepping down after nine years and would be succeeded by NBC White House Correspondent Kristen Welker — He will be succeeded by Kristen Welker, NBC's chief White House correspondent and the co-anchor of “Weekend Today.”
Discussion:
@meetthepress, Washington Post, Variety, NBC News, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, Poynter, Politico, The Desk, @scarylawyerguy, National Review, Axios, @halliejackson, The Wrap, @jayrosen_nyu, @capehartj, Breitbart, @jbflint, @semaforben, @brianstelter, The Guardian, @halcyon270, The Daily Beast, @bristei, The Week, Newser, TVLine, @brianstelter, NewsNation, @alyssafarah, @nkulw, @frankthorp, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Fox News, The Messenger, Insider, The Hollywood Reporter, Mediaite, CNN, Bloomberg and NPR
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@meetthepress: Today we close our show with an announcement from @chucktodd: “While today is not my final show, this will be my final summer here at Meet the Press. ... I am really proud of what this team and I have built over the last decade.” [video]
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Chuck Todd Will Hand NBC's ‘Meet The Press’ Reins to Kristen Welker
Daniel Arkin / NBC News: Chuck Todd will depart NBC's ‘Meet the Press’; Kristen Welker to become host
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Kristen Welker will succeed Chuck Todd on NBC's ‘Meet the Press’ in September
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Chuck Todd To Step Down As ‘Meet The Press’ Moderator, Kristen Welker To Succeed Him
Kelly Garrity / Politico: Chuck Todd to leave ‘Meet the Press’
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Chuck Todd leaving NBC's “Meet the Press”
@scarylawyerguy: Todd turned MTP into a joke. Typically unprepared, credulous at bad faith arguments, obsessed with horse race analysis. Welker will be no better. She came up through the same politics-as-reality-show pipeline. https://twitter.com/...
Hallie Jackson / @halliejackson: What a run for @chucktodd and what a moment for @kwelkernbc - reams will be written about her journalistic chops, but she also happens to be one of the kindest and most generous people on the planet. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: Chuck Todd to Leave ‘Meet the Press’ at End of Summer, Kristen Welker to Take Over (Video)
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The great challenge given to Chuck Todd as host of Meet the Press was to recognize that with a ‘both sides’ orthodoxy his show could not meet the moment— and to set out on a different path. He never got there. https://pressthink.org/... As Norm Ornstein and Tom Mann wrote in 2012... [image]
Jonathan Capehart / @capehartj: Congratulations @chucktodd on an incredible run at @MeetThePress. I could not be more thrilled for my friend @kwelkernbc to take on this new role in September. 👏🏾🙌🏾 ✊🏾 https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Joe Flint / @jbflint: Chuck Todd is stepping down as anchor of NBC's Sunday program ‘Meet the Press’ in September, and will be replaced by network veteran Kristen Welker. Welker is only second female moderator in show's history. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Ben Smith / @semaforben: End of a Sunday Show era: Chuck Todd handing Meet the Press off to Kristen Welker. The only blogger ever to host a Sunday show? (I mean that as a pure positive, obviously.)
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Here's the full memo. “Please join us in congratulating Chuck on an extraordinary run and wishing him the best in his new role, and in welcoming Kristen to the moderator chair of television's longest-running program.” [image]
Hal Corley / @halcyon270: Not a minute too soon, but arguably years too late. https://twitter.com/...
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast: Sunday Shakeup: Chuck Todd Out, Kristen Welker in at ‘Meet The Press’
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: MORE: Todd to serve as NBC News' chief political analyst and work on varied projects. Welker will become first female moderator of ‘Meet The Press’ since Martha Rountree, who presided over the show's debut in 1947 https://variety.com/...
Bob Cronin / Newser: Chuck Todd Out, Kristen Welker In at Meet the Press
Claire Franken / TVLine: Chuck Todd Exiting Meet the Press; Kristen Welker Named New Host
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: >> @ChuckTodd says he recognizes that many leaders “overstay their welcome” and that he'd rather leave “a little bit too soon than stay a tad too long.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alyssa Farah Griffin / @alyssafarah: Congrats to @chucktodd on an incredible run. So excited for the fearless @kwelkernbc to take the helm. Kristen is a brilliant journalist & wonderful human. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Kulwin / @nkulw: Probably one of the worst anchors on television in the last decade and a half. Not that Russert (or Gregory, lol) were that good, but you could have replaced Todd with a cardboard MJ like from Home Alone and it would have been fine https://twitter.com/...
Frank Thorp V / @frankthorp: Congrats to @chucktodd on an amazing run helming @MeetThePress during an incredible time in political history, and I'm so excited to watch @kwelkernbc take this show into the future. https://twitter.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Chuck Todd stepping down from NBC's ‘Meet The Press’
Jack McCordick / Vanity Fair: Chuck Todd Announces Departure From NBC's ‘Meet the Press’ After Nearly a Decade
Fox News: NBC's Chuck Todd reveals it's his ‘final summer’ at ‘Meet the Press’: ‘Important time for me personally’
Kelly Rissman / The Messenger: Chuck Todd Stepping Down from ‘Meet the Press’
Jason Ma / Insider: Chuck Todd is leaving NBC's ‘Meet the Press’ and will be replaced by Kristen Welker
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Kristen Welker Named New Moderator of NBC's ‘Meet the Press’ as Chuck Todd Set to Exit the Program
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite: BREAKING: Chuck Todd to Step Down as Host of Meet the Press, Kristen Welker to Take Over
Ramishah Maruf / CNN: Chuck Todd is leaving ‘Meet the Press’
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
The DGA and studios reach a tentative deal on a new labor contract, covering wages, streaming residuals, safety, creative rights, diversity, and AI protections — The new deal also covers wage increases, creative rights and AI protections — The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance …
Discussion:
SAG-AFTRA Podcast, The Hollywood Reporter, Next TV, Variety, DGA, Deadline, Washington Post, CNN, Boing Boing, Deadline, CBS News, The Hill, Variety, @jbflint, @lucas_shaw, Vanity Fair, IndieWire, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, @sagaftra, Bloomberg, Fans for the WGA and The Messenger
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Duncan Crabtree-Ireland / SAG-AFTRA Podcast: A TV/Theatrical/Streaming Update from National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
Daniel Frankel / Next TV: Directors Guild Reaches Deal With Producers, Ups Int'l Streaming Residuals By 76%
Gene Maddaus / Variety: WGA, SAG-AFTRA Say DGA Deal Won't Change Their Contract Goals
DGA: DGA Tentative Agreement Achieves Historic Breakthroughs on Key Global, Economic, Creative Rights, and Safety Issues
Harry Hannigan / Boing Boing: DGA signs a deal to avert a strike
David Robb / Deadline: WGA Congratulates DGA On Its Deal; Says Strike Will Continue & That Its Bargaining Positions “Remain The Same”
C Mandler / CBS News: Directors Guild of America reaches “truly historic” deal with Hollywood studios
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill: Directors Guild announces deal with Hollywood producers
Gene Maddaus / Variety: DGA Deal Provides Pay Hikes, But Streaming Residual Still Not Tied to Show's Success
Joe Flint / @jbflint: DGA says it is near “historic” deal with studios, streamers and networks (otherwise known as the AMPTP). Here are the highlights per DGA: Wages and Benefits: Groundbreaking gains in wages and benefits including a 5% increase in the first year of the contract, 4% in the second... https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: The directors guild has a deal with the Hollywood studios that impacts residuals and AI. Now, all eyes turn to the actors. https://deadline.com/...
Jordan Hoffman / Vanity Fair: Directors Guild and Studios Makes Tentative Deal as Writers Continue to Strike
Christian Blauvelt / IndieWire: DGA Strike Averted? Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement with AMPTP
@sagaftra: “We continue to stand in strong solidarity with the members of the WGA and with their strike, and we congratulate the DGA on their bargaining and look forward to reviewing the detailed terms of their agreement as soon as possible.” https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Journalists covering Russia's Ukraine invasion have had their credentials threatened, revoked, or denied over charges they broke rules by Ukrainian authorities — The News — Journalists covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine are engaged in a running, low-grade conflict with the Ukrainian government …
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Francisca Skoknic / @skoknic: “The government has asked journalists seeking accreditation to take lie detector tests to prove they aren't Russian agents” https://www.semafor.com/...
Shelby Talcott / @shelbytalcott: “Articles and broadcasts from outlets ... have led to journalists having their credentials threatened, revoked, or denied over charges they've broken rules imposed by Ukrainian minders.” via @semaforben https://www.semafor.com/...
@semafor: The heated clashes have remained largely behind the scenes because the credentials are vital to report from the country, and journalists worry that a public conflict might further threaten their access. https://www.semafor.com/...
Kyle Rempfer / @kyle_rempfer: Work from outlets “including NBC News, The New York Times, CNN, The New Yorker, and the Ukrainian digital broadcaster Hromadske have led to journalists having their credentials threatened, revoked, or denied” by Ukrainian minders. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Showtime quietly pulled an episode about Ron DeSantis' time as a US Navy lawyer at Guantanamo Bay from Vice's fourth season; the episode was planned for May 28 — An installment delving into the Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate's time as a U.S. Navy JAG officer …
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Erik Childress / @erikthemovieman: Who got to them? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Wired:
Q&A with media scholar Ethan Zuckerman about why Twitter became the de facto digital public square, the politics of attention, the power of federation, and more — We talk to media scholar Ethan Zuckerman about why Twitter became the de facto digital public square and what other platforms like Bluesky or Mastodon might offer.
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Pierre Crom / @pierrecrom: “Here's why Twitter has always been important: Twitter allows journalists to be lazy, and very productively lazy” https://www.wired.com/...
@wired: This week on Have a Nice Future, @glichfield and @LaurenGoode are joined by @EthanZ one of the leading thinkers on social media and the founder of @iDPI_umass to talk about why Twitter isn't dead just yet, the future of digital public squares, and more. https://www.wired.com/...
@wired: Are you wondering how Twitter is still surviving? @glichfield and @LaurenGoode sat down with @EthanZ, leading social media thinker and founder of @iDPI_umass to talk about why Twitter isn't dead just yet, the future of digital public squares, and more. https://www.wired.com/... [image]
Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Sources: Pixar cut 75 out of ~1,200 staff, including two Lightyear executives, on May 23 as part of Disney's restructuring; Pixar last cut ~30 jobs in 2013 — Walt Disney's (DIS.N) Pixar Animation Studios has eliminated 75 positions including those of two executives behind box office disappointment …
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Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart: Disney Layoffs: Pixar Cuts Director of ‘Lightyear’ Right Before Anniversary of Woke Film's Box-Office Disaster
@ultrapurwater: Pixar needs a massive house cleaning and all I am saying is there is Pixar with John Lasseter and Pixar without him has led to layoffs. https://www.reuters.com/...
@nle318: Angus MacLane co-directed Finding Dory & was part of the senior creative team for Coco. Galyn Susman saved Toy Story 2. Them being laid off was the result of their efforts & contributions. A story as American as apple pie & love for comebacks. https://www.reuters.com/...
Morgan Fahey / @morganfahey: Holy shit. Talk about your object lesson in “the company will never love you.” And she had the copy because she was working on it during maternity leave! https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@discussingfilm: Galyn Susman was the individual who saved ‘TOY STORY 2’ by having a copy of the film at home after someone accidentally ran a command that deleted 90% of the film from Pixar's files. Today, she has been laid off from Pixar. [image]
Bryan Kress / Consequence: Disney Layoffs Impact 75 Pixar Employees Including Lightyear Director and Toy Story 2 Producer
Mike Reyes / @mrcontroversy83: ...this is bad, and someone should feel bad. Also here to rebroadcast the fact that Galyn Susman SAVED Toy Story 2 from being totally lost. Also also: Lightyear was good, and got caught in the wrong place/wrong time, which now led to this. https://www.reuters.com/...
Jim Shull / @jimshull: Disney's Pixar targets ‘Lightyear’ execs among 75 job cuts https://www.reuters.com/.... Having partnered with members of the Pixar team, this is bad news. Content creation drives revenue and that takes supported staff. #Pixar #PixarElemental
Ryan W. Mead / @rwmead: Sadly, “you're only as good as your last picture” is a mentality that continues to thrive in Hollywood. Angus MacLane and Galyn Susman were Pixar vets for years but “you made Lightyear” was enough for Iger to put them on the chopping block. https://www.reuters.com/...
Mat Brunet / @animat505: Cutting down literally thousands of jobs is bad enough, but this going way too far. Angus MacLane, and others, did not deserve this kind of treatment. https://www.reuters.com/...
Nicholas Brown / @news_by_nick: (Reuters) - Walt Disney's Pixar Animation Studios has eliminated 75 positions including those of two executives behind box office disappointment “Lightyear,” sources said on Saturday, the first significant job cuts at the studio in a decade. $DIS https://www.reuters.com/...
@geekvibesnation: Disney has laid off 75 Pixar employees including Angus MacLane and Galyn Susman who is remembered for being the one who saved ‘Toy Story 2’ (https://www.reuters.com/...) [image]
Armando Tinoco / Deadline: ‘Lightyear’ Director & Producer Among Disney Pixar Layoffs
Daniel Trainor / The Messenger: Pixar's ‘Lightyear’ Director Among 75 Positions Cut in Major Layoffs: Report
Jane Margolies / New York Times:
After the pandemic, some US cinemas hope to lure back moviegoers by spending millions on larger screens, heated seats, pricier refreshments, and other upgrades — After scraping by during the pandemic, cinemas are hoping to lure back moviegoers by spending millions of dollars on upgrades.
Chantel Tattoli / Fast Company:
A deep dive into the rise, fall, and rebirth of Snopes, the fact-checking website for internet myths and rumors founded by David and Barbara Mikkelson in 1994 — America's premier fact-checking site was failed by the two men who had charge of it, critics say.
Discussion:
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social, @itcdr, @davidpwhelan, @max_uf, @debunker, @matthewrozsa and @shootingthemess
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Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie.bsky.social: You know how I always say misogyny is a security failure? Here's a big reason I say it. Imagine if we had just been left the fuck alone to do our jobs. Imagine if anyone had listened to my dire warnings. — https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...
Chris Richmond / @itcdr: After years of interviews, one investigative reporter detailed the full history of Snopes and all the drama and scandals that went on internally with all the facts. I warn you, it's a long read. A couple quotes below to get you started. https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...
David Whelan / @davidpwhelan: Long read but great details—start of “trolling”, fact checking lineage—from @ChantChantel @FastCompany https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... Insights into business model behind fact checking, content management choices (edits, transparency), abutting journalism
Max Ufberg / @max_uf: “The Mikkelsons were not trained fact-checkers. They did not think what they were doing was journalism, but they tried to behave like journalists.” Great piece by @chantchantel! (CC @Longreads) https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...
Matthew Rozsa / @matthewrozsa: In an era of rampant misinformation, we need @Snopes more than ever. This is a compelling deep dive by @FastCompany into the history of @Snopes. Like my longtime employer @Salon, Snopes does its absolute best to be factually accurate. Highly recommend! https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...
Washington Post:
Timothy Burke's lawyer denies that his client “hacked Fox News” but does not say where Burke found the videos, instead offering a First Amendment rights defense — Federal investigators are probing the videos as a possible hack of Fox News. But a lawyer for a former Deadspin …
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Michael Bishop / @miklb: Lawyer for @bubbaprog to WaPo “He never hacked Fox News,” Rasch said. “We are confident that when all the facts come out, it will be demonstrated that Timothy never hacked anyone and that all the information he provided was accessible to the public.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: So, where did those Tucker Carlson videos come from? “If a video is posted, public, unencrypted, & unprotected, then there's simply no crime committed when a journalist like Tim finds it, reviews it, & accurately reports on it,” said @bubbaprog's lawyer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@washingtonpost: Days after Tucker Carlson's abrupt firing, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes videos leaked, showing the conservative pundit grousing about a variety of subjects and making uncouth remarks. Investigators are probing the videos as a possible hack of Fox News. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
YouTube stops removing content advancing “false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past US Presidential elections” — In a reversal of its election integrity policy, YouTube will leave up content that says fraud …
Discussion:
YouTube Official Blog, The Verge, @bruceanderson, @queenie4rmnola, @dez_blanchfield, @jeanne_mann, @punished_cait, NPR, The Week, TechCrunch, @sarafischer, Vanity Fair, MediaPost, @contrariantribe, @troonytoons, @davidmackau, @noahbookbinder, @thelastrefuge2, @jimstewartson, @markwarner, @attorneynora, @sawyerhackett, @1markmoss, @deggans, @donie, Neowin, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, Fast Company, Ars Technica, Deadline, Variety, Rolling Stone and CNN, more at Techmeme »
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Bruce Anderson / @bruceanderson: Apparently, there was so much disinformation to remove, the company lost the appetite to do it. “YouTube will leave up content that says fraud, errors or glitches occurred in the 2020 presidential election and other U.S. elections” https://www.axios.com/...
Allison Wiltz Psy.M. / @queenie4rmnola: Disturbing. As elections grow near, misinformation is given a green light by YouTube. 🟢 https://twitter.com/...
Dez / @dez_blanchfield: YouTube changes misinformation policy to allow videos falsely claiming fraud in the 2020 US election. One of the many reasons our companies decided to build our own platform and self-host video / YT has long been a platform for harm in the name of profit. https://www.engadget.com/...
Jeanne Mann / @jeanne_mann: We are in an information free-for-all where lies have equal standing with truth. It's up to us to fact check what we see. YouTube stops taking down election denial content : NPR https://www.npr.org/...
Justin Klawans / The Week: YouTube to stop deleting false claims about 2020 election
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: YouTube rolls back its rules against election misinformation
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Asked how YouTube was specifically able to make that determination (above), a spox pointed me to their statement. — YouTube didn't provide further examples of what factors or instances it considered when weighing its decision https://www.axios.com/...
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost: Will Advertisers Be Impacted By YouTube's Reversal Of Political Ad Policies?
@contrariantribe: Translation: We are losing money to “free speech platforms” 😂 https://blog.youtube/...
@troonytoons: YouTube has -uncensored- election fraud claims. Says the “ability to openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions, is core to a functioning democratic society-especially in the midst of election season."https://www.theverge.com/ ...
Noah Bookbinder / @noahbookbinder: False claims of fraud in the 2020 election are among the most dangerous forms of misinformation out there, having literally led to a violent insurrection. That YouTube, owned by Google, is now allowing such misinformation is deeply troubling. https://www.axios.com/...
@thelastrefuge2: This reads like a “mission accomplished” and we don't need this anymore kind of policy.... https://twitter.com/...
@jimstewartson: .@YouTube says it “carefully deliberated this change” but won't answer questions about it or about their “approach to the 2024 election.” For the people who were injured and died on J6, and for the rest of our traumatized nation, “deliberate” again. https://www.axios.com/... [image]
Mark Warner / @markwarner: Allowing election misinformation to proliferate online undermines trust and has dangerous consequences. https://www.axios.com/...
Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora: YouTube is dead wrong in asserting that removing false election content curtails political speech w/o meaningfully reducing real-world harms. Election lies & call for violence absolutely inspire real-world harms. This is the wrong direction:https://blog.youtube/ ...
Sawyer Hackett / @sawyerhackett: YouTube announces they'll stop removing content spreading 2020 election lies. Meanwhile they claim they're still disallowing “false claims that could materially discourage voting” or content that encourages interference with “democratic processes.” https://blog.youtube/... [image]
Mark Moss / @1markmoss: Game Theory in Action... mainstream media is getting hammed because of gaslighting and censorship, alt news sources are growing fast Twitter opens up content filters, and starts to allow full videos eating @YouTubeCreators lunch and... This is the response... https://twitter.com/...
@deggans: Scariest thing about today's truthiness in modern media, is that if enough people believe something that's false strongly enough, institutions which are supposed to protect us from misinformation often bend or break and allow that belief wide circulation. https://www.axios.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: YouTube will now allow 2020 election denialism content, in policy reversal https://www.cnn.com/...
Paul Hill / Neowin: YouTube reverses course, will not take down controversial or disproven political content
Media Matters for America: YouTube's reversal of 2020 election integrity policy sets the stage for an encore insurrection
Candice Ortiz / Mediaite: YouTube To Allow Election Denial On The Platform Ahead of 2024 Presidential Race
Bruce Haring / Deadline: YouTube Won't Remove Videos Claiming 2020 Election Was Stolen, But RFK Jr. Claims Instagram Ban For Campaign Site
Todd Spangler / Variety: YouTube Will Stop Removing Videos Pushing Lies About the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: YouTube Nukes Policy Banning Election Denialism
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