Mediagazer: The Washington Post's choices with respect to covering the flag outside Justice Alito's house illustrate how deferential the coverage of SCOTUS was before Dobbs (Semafor)

7:05 PM ET, May 27, 2024

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The Washington Post's choices with respect to covering the flag outside Justice Alito's house illustrate how deferential the coverage of SCOTUS was before Dobbs — In January 2021, the Washington Post's Supreme Court reporter and his editors agreed: The upside-down American flag seen flying …

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The Washington Post says it knew about the upside-down US flag at Justice Alito's house in 2021 but did not report it as it didn't seem related to politics — In January 2021, Martha-Ann Alito said the flag, a symbol embraced by election deniers, was raised outside her home in response to a neighborhood dispute.

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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:

The Washington Post's decision not to report on the Alito flag story multiple times since 2021, even as SCOTUS ethics stories came out, raises many questions — Last week, many of us learned from The New York Times that an upside-down American flag had been temporarily raised over the Alito household in the days after January 6, 2021.

Discussion: Washington Post, @kelciemmorris, @lawdorknews, @msmalarkey24, @mad_democracy, @jallepap, @robertgumpert, @chrisgeidner, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social, @wdlindsy@toad.social and Media Nation

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Meta adds safety features to CrowdTangle for use during the EU elections, in a bid to address EU concerns over Meta's plan to shut down the tool in August 2024 — Meta Platforms (META.O) has added safety features to its misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle for use during European Parliament elections …

Discussion: @mathver, @clothildegouj, @orestepollicino, @rajiinio and @bravebosom

Caroline Frost / Deadline:

Martine Croxall, one of the four female BBC journalists who brought a tribunal claim against the BBC, returns to screen after being off-air for more than a year — BBC news presenter Martine Croxall has returned to screen after being off-air for more than a year, while her legal battle with her employer still plays out.

Discussion: The Guardian

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

As traffic from social media drops, nonprofit news outlets are experimenting with in-person outreach to distribute journalism to new and underserved audiences — As social platforms falter for news, a number of nonprofit outlets are rethinking distribution for impact and in-person engagement.

Discussion: @faziarizvi@mastodon.social, Sewell Chan on LinkedIn, @sarahscire, @gingergorman, @altavoz_lab, @themattadams, @artsjournalnews, @sarahscire, @caddymarketing, @gretadgv and @alereports

Max Tani / Semafor:

OpenAI seems to be uninterested in doing content licensing deals with partisan news sites, like left-leaning HuffPost or right-wing outlets like Breitbart News — The News — The partisan publishers that thrived during the social media age — most of all, high-flying right-wing outlets …

Discussion: Garbage Day, @semaforben, @maxwelltani and The Atlantic, more at Techmeme »

Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:

Q&A with Netflix's Ted Sarandos on the state of Hollywood, shifting US tastes, programming strategy, ads, corporate activism, YouTube, live events, AI, and more — Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times — If you're anything like me, you probably spent some large portion of this week sitting on your couch watching Netflix.

Discussion: Variety, IndieWire, @pmathew814, Business Insider, @enigmamfilms, The Verge, @nick_field90, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »

Andrew Buncombe / The Guardian:

A look at efforts to revive the community newspaper The Black Lens in Spokane, WA, as a printed monthly distributed by the Spokesman-Review for now — The Spokane community revived the paper to capture the nuance of the Black community - beyond the ‘feel-good stories’

Discussion: @andrewbuncombe and @andrewbuncombe

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:

Payroll provider Cast & Crew says California is disputing the common Hollywood practice of paying workers through loan-out companies instead of directly — The California state department charged with disbursing unemployment benefits has disputed the practice of paying compensation …

Discussion: Doug Smith on LinkedIn, @sagaftranews, SAG-AFTRA, Deadline and Variety

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

Q&A with Radio Ambulante's cofounders on the launch of Radio Ambulante Records, the podcast company's label, which they see as a community building exercise — “So much of podcast music is background, feels like filler sometimes, but with our composers, it never is.”

Caitlin Cassidy / The Guardian:

Australia's Nine commissions an independent review after complaints against former TV news boss Darren Wick and acknowledges “cultural issues” in its newsrooms — Chief executive Mike Sneesby acknowledges ‘very tough time’ for staff and ‘distress and frustration’ reports on allegations had caused

Discussion: Crikey and Sydney Morning Herald