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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Ben & Jerry's, Eddie Bauer, and Magnolia Pictures join Patagonia, REI, and others suspending Facebook ads in July to protest amplification of hate speech — Eddie Bauer, Magnolia Pictures, Ben & Jerry's and others have suspended campaigns over the platform's content moderation practices.
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@benandjerrys, Fast Company, @donie, @karaswisher, @jason_kint, @ma_franks, @tiffkhsu, @jimrutenberg, @mattnavarra, @mikeisaac, @slpng_giants, @megancgraham, @karaswisher, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Ad Age, The Hill, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Folio, Business Insider, Ben & Jerry's and Popular Information, more at Techmeme »
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@benandjerrys: We will pause all paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram in the US in support of the #StopHateForProfit campaign. Facebook, Inc. must take the clear and unequivocal actions to stop its platform from being used to spread and amplify racism and hate. >>>https://www.benjerry.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: The biggest tech story right now is companies like @benandjerrys @patagonia and @thenorthface pulling ads from Facebook.
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Now it's getting interesting — me and @profgalloway have long said the only way this changes is if Facebook gets hit in the wallet: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Facebook has treated its issues over the past 3+ years as a PR issue solved by cover-up and sweet talk. It's all coming back to haunt them. Every brand who advertisers on Facebook needs to be asking itself tough questions about its purpose right now. Next month may be too late. https://twitter.com/...
Mary Anne Franks / @ma_franks: “There's a growing awareness that this isn't a brand safety issue anymore — it's a societal safety issue.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tiffany Hsu / @tiffkhsu: Ben & Jerry's, Eddie Bauer and Magnolia Pictures joined Patagonia and more today in pausing paid Facebook ads. Agencies are now developing guidelines for clients thinking about joining the boycott (which doesn't include unpaid posts and ends after July). https://www.nytimes.com/...
@jimrutenberg: “Not Perfect” says @Facebook. “Not good enough” says @patagonia @thenorthface @MagnoliaPics and a growing list of other advertisers https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: I still think this is more symbolic and headline grabbing vs. Something Facebook will be overly concerned about. https://www.wsj.com/...
@slpng_giants: BIG NEWS: @benandjerrys has joined the #StopHateForProfit campaign and will pause their advertising on Facebook starting in July! As always, a leader in responsibility and civil rights! https://twitter.com/...
Meg Graham / @megancgraham: “...Unilever PLC tries to influence Facebook in the course of doing business with it, but isn't considering a wholesale boycott, said Luis Di Como, the company's executive [VP] of global media. “Walking away is not the solution at this stage” via @cmotoday https://www.wsj.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: To be needed and hated is not a great brand look: “Facebook is a double-edged sword. You don't want to support it, but you have to use it in order to reach a large audience.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Abid Rahman / Hollywood Reporter: Magnolia Pictures, Ben & Jerry's, Eddie Bauer And More Brands Join Facebook Ad Boycott
Todd Spangler / Variety: Trump Tweet Threatening D.C. Protesters With ‘Serious Force’ Hidden by Twitter for ‘Abusive Behavior’
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream: Ben & Jerry's Joins #StopHateForProfit Campaign, Puts Facebook Ads on Pause
Tyler Sonnemaker / Business Insider: Ben & Jerry's just joined the growing list of advertisers boycotting Facebook over the platform's lack …
Judd Legum / Popular Information: Facebook advertisers hit pause
@jonkarl:
WHCA cancels its White House Correspondents' Dinner planned for Aug. 29 but is working on a virtual presentation to salute award-winning journalism — Unfortunately, we must cancel the 2020 White House Correspondents' Dinner. We still hope to have a virtual event later this summer. But an in-person dinner simply is not possible. Here is my note to @whca members https://twitter.com/...
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Sam Cabral / @sambucabral: Genuinely heartbroken. One of the few things I could look forward to participating in. 2020 takes yet another victim. https://twitter.com/...
John R Parkinson / @jparkabc: Bummer, Jon - would have been the best Nerd Prom yet - but looking forward to the virtual event. Ordering a tuxedo t-shirt now. https://twitter.com/...
Sunny McSunnyface / @sunnyright: Local circle jerk cancelled https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart: White House Correspondents Association Cancels Annual Dinner
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Canceled Over Covid Concerns
Ursula Perano / Axios: 2020 White House Correspondents' dinner canceled
BBC:
ABC to cut 250 jobs across “every division”, including its newsrooms, in an effort to find savings of A$84M after budget cuts by the Australian government — The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) says it will shed 250 jobs in an effort to find savings after budget cuts by the Australian government.
Anthony Pesce / L.A. Times Guild:
LAT union's Black caucus demands management commit to hiring at least 18 Black journalists over 3 years, fix pay gap, engage with communities of color, and more — As a union, it is our responsibility to be a force for progress, and we cannot build the future we want for the Los Angeles Times until we clearly see its past.
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@mattdpearce, Poynter, @loisbeckett, @jenyamato, The Wrap, @makedaeaster, @angeljennings, @hunterw, @byfernandas, @melissagomez004, @davidfolkenflik, @jamesqueallylat, @jenyamato, @adamelmahrek, @laurenjmapp, @angeljennings, @brittanyhite, @gerrickkennedy, @tomas_mier, @gerrickkennedy, @josie_huang, @sherlyholmes, @ladyviii, @marissaaevans, @adrienneshih, @billplaschke, @liledit, @augustbrown, @vanessamartinez, @ryangirdusky, @stacyfernandezb, @jamilsmith, @matthjourno, @klcpegher, @jaylclendenin, @alenetchek, @thomas06037, @sonali_kohli, @mattdpearce, @aaja, @mitrakalita, @thecindycarcamo, @gerryfsmith and @adriana_lacy
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Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: .@GerrickKennedy was a phenomenally talented co-worker, and there's something broken in an institution that drives journalists like him away. I'm sharing his #BlackatLAT story in solidarity and hope it leads to positive change, outlined here via @latguild: https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lois Beckett / @loisbeckett: This is such a powerful statement/public messaging campaign from the @latguild's Black Caucus, on what it would mean to truly reckon with the ways that newsrooms have failed Black reporters for decades: https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jen Yamato / @jenyamato: “It is very easy for a Black reporter to disappear at the LA Times.” Black journalists have experienced pain and racism at the @LATimes. @JeromeRCampbell is one of many former Times employees sharing their stories. We demand lasting change. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Black LA Times Journalists Demand Change From Leadership: We Are ‘Ignored, Marginalized, Under-Valued’
Makeda Easter / @makedaeaster: my experience with the @latimes diversity program was — to put it lightly — awful. i know others have experienced the same. but it was black and brown journalists like @GerrickKennedy @TrevellAnderson @cmonstah who advocated for me and helped me navigate this place. #BlackatLAT
Angel Jennings / @angeljennings: It's shameful that I'm the only Black reporter in the largest section of the @latimes. We demand change now. https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hunter Walker / @hunterw: Gerrick is a great guy and literally a peerless music writer. Any institution that couldn't hold on to him should be doing some deep reflection. https://twitter.com/...
Fernanda Santos / @byfernandas: Just imagine if Black and Brown journalists in every news organization out there starting openly sharing their stories ... #BlackatLAT https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Gomez / @melissagomez004: There would be no path forward for brown journalists like myself without our Black colleagues, who continue to do great work despite being undervalued. The @latimes needs to do better if it wants to earn the trust of Black & brown folks. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: NEWS: Black journalists at the LATimes have posted a list of demands for change at the paper. They include hires to make newsroom reflect black population of LA County; pipelines for black journalists to rise; and apology for past wrongs in coverage. https://latguild.com/...
James Queally / @jamesqueallylat: .@GerrickKennedy is one of the most talented music journalists out there. The stories he used to tell me out of the Calendar section made my blood boil. We've completely and totally failed at retaining Black talent. #BlackatLAT https://twitter.com/...
Jen Yamato / @jenyamato: Please keep reading #BlackatLAT. Our colleagues shouldn't have had to go through this. And the pain revealed today by Black journalists about their experiences at the @LATimes can't have been easy to share. Thank you to all who have spoken out. https://latguild.com/...
Adam Elmahrek / @adamelmahrek: Reading all the #BlackatLAT testimonies has been a serious eye opener. We have got to do better. And 💯 we need Black journalists on the i-team. For moral reasons. And to do good journalism... what stories are we missing without them? https://twitter.com/...
Lauren J. Mapp / @laurenjmapp: I feel super fortunate that my @SDUT editors consistently ask me how they can support my writing and overall career goals. This should be the norm, not the exception. https://twitter.com/...
Angel Jennings / @angeljennings: There are ZERO Black journalists on the @latimes investigative team. We demand change. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brittany Hite / @brittanyhite: Generations of Black journalists have experienced pain and racism in the @latimes newsroom. This is just one such account from Jerome Campbell. I stand with my colleagues past and present. We demand change. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Gerrick D. Kennedy / @gerrickkennedy: And this was after being told my pay was based on my age and not my experience 😅 https://twitter.com/...
Toms Mier / @tomas_mier: I used re-read @GerrickKennedy's music stories (especially the Fifth Harmony ones) sooooo many times because I wanted to be as good as him. Shit, I wish I could be HALF as good. It saddens me that The Times didn't value his work as much as I did. #BlackatLAT https://twitter.com/...
Gerrick D. Kennedy / @gerrickkennedy: I appreciate you @mattdpearce https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: RTing in full recognition that much of public radio including my own station does not look or sound enough like the communities we cover https://twitter.com/...
Julia Wick / @sherlyholmes: As newsrooms reckon with systemic racism and discrimination, we collected the stories of former Black @latimes staff. Here is @TrevellAnderson's experience. We demand change. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Victoria Hernandez / @ladyviii: I'm so grateful for @GerrickKennedy welcoming me and showing me the ropes when I joined LA Times. He is a brilliant writer with a big heart and he deserved so much more than the awful treatment he received. #BlackatLAT https://twitter.com/...
Marissa / @marissaaevans: The truth about newsrooms retaining Black journalists is managers ask “how could we have supported you” when you're putting in two weeks notice. If managers asked their hires “how can we support you and your career here” and wanted honest answers they might keep Black folks. https://twitter.com/...
Adrienne Shih / @adrienneshih: Black journalists, past and present, have experienced pain and racism at @latimes. Ed Boyer shared his story, as did other former Times employees. Enough is enough. We demand lasting change. #BlackatLAT • Read our letter to @DrPatSoonShiong: https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bill Plaschke / @billplaschke: As newsrooms reckon with systemic racism and discrimination, we collected the stories of former Black @latimes staff. Here are their experiences. We demand change. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@liledit: Remember when top LAT brass hired that NY music critic who tried to expense a $5,000 strip club tab? That occurred while @GerrickKennedy was banging his head against a wall — for a fraction of the pay. Gerrick's departure remains devastating. #BlackatLAT https://twitter.com/...
August Brown / @augustbrown: Gerrick was one of the most passionate and insightful colleagues I ever worked with, and a true pal I miss every day here. Any structure that fails to look after and help talent like @GerrickKennedy rise up the ranks needs a deep overhaul. https://twitter.com/...
Vanessa Martnez / @vanessamartinez: “Diversity is when Black journalists are in your newsroom. Inclusion is when those Black journalists are appreciated, empowered, respected, heard and valued — and that isn't happening.” We collected the stories of former Black @latimes staff. Follow #BlackatLAT to see them all https://twitter.com/...
Ryan James Girdusky / @ryangirdusky: Do a headcount of how many conservatives work at the paper https://twitter.com/...
Stacy Fernndez / @stacyfernandezb: Too many newsrooms, including @latimes, want Black journalists there for the diversity boost and then fail us in every way that matters. I stand with #BlackatLAT. https://twitter.com/...
Jamil Smith / @jamilsmith: I stand in solidarity with the @latguild's Black Caucus—who have sent a list of demands to both Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of @latimes, and the paper's top editors concerning the racial equity and fairness of its workplace and coverage. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/...
Matt Hamilton / @matthjourno: Please read this account from @emsimani, one of many talented Black journalists who left The Times in recent years. Ellis is not alone. We can do better, and support our past, current and future Black colleagues. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kelcie Pegher / @klcpegher: The reason we have @latguild is so we can organize like this. Read more from the open letter https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jay L. Clendenin / @jaylclendenin: As newsrooms reckon with systemic racism and discrimination, it has become clear the L.A. Times is not immune. We collected the stories of former Black @latimes staff, including Ed Boyer. I stand with my co-workers. We demand change. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alene Tchekmedyian / @alenetchek: Generations of Black journalists have experienced pain and racism in the @latimes newsroom. @JeromeRCampbell shared his story, as did other former Times employees. We demand lasting change. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Suh Lauder / @thomas06037: Our former colleague @mmaltaisLA shared some of her experiences at the @latimes. Her story and all these stories need to be heard. The number of Black journalists who have had to move on from here is heartbreaking. Change is long overdue. #BlackatLAT https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@sonali_kohli: As newsrooms reckon with systemic racism and discrimination, we collected the stories of former Black @latimes staff. Follow #BlackatLAT to read their experiences. Those still at the @latimes demand change @NPearlstine @DrPatSoonShiong https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: Today, @latguild is staging a show of solidarity organized and led by our Black colleagues, who will use the hashtag #BlackatLAT throughout the day to tweet testimonials from Black former colleagues. You can read an open letter from our Black Caucus here: https://latguild.com/...
@aaja: #aajafamily, in solidarity with our Black colleagues at the @latimes, we'll be following #BlackatLAT and listening today. cc: @latguild https://twitter.com/...
S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: Following #BlackatLAT today. Listening. https://twitter.com/...
Cindy Carcamo / @thecindycarcamo: This! Please support our efforts to push our beloved @latimes to become more inclusive and hire more Black and POC colleagues. #BlackatLAT https://twitter.com/...
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Source: Amazon is “actively pursuing” licensing deals to add live and linear TV to complement its Prime Video offerings — Amazon is looking to add 24/7 live programming to its Prime Video service, according to multiple job listings posted over the past several weeks.
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Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: Amazon reportedly looking to integrate live TV with Prime Video
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: This isn't quite the scoop that Protocol's reporter might think it is: Live streams have been available on add-on Amazon Prime subscription channels like Showtime, Starz and CBS All Access. And Amazon has publicly expressed interest before in launching a linear video service.
@worldsoccertalk: Amazon making their move into live TV, which will likely include live sports. https://www.protocol.com/...
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: Protocol went looking through recent job listings on Amazon and came to the conclusion the company wants to add live TV to its Prime Video service https://www.protocol.com/... Amazon has been streaming sports and certain other programming for a few years now.
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: @dakotadallen That's because they include live news and sports channels due to distribution agreements with Disney (which owns Hulu), Comcast, CBS and Fox. My guess is it will look similar to @Philo — maybe even an acquisition.
Dakota Allen / @dakotadallen: @MatthewKeysLive Be nice if they rolled it into the Prime membership. But unlikely since Hulu charges like $54/month for their live TV option
Sergio Asenjo / Órbita: El superordenador más potente del mundo es japonés
Daniel Frankel / Multichannel News: Amazon Prime Video Set to Go Live and Linear
Wesley Lowery / New York Times:
Not only is “objective neutral” journalism predicated on a white perspective, it deprives readers of plainly stated facts for fear of accusations of partiality — What's different, in this moment, is that the editors of our country's most esteemed outlets no longer hold a monopoly on publishing power.
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@jeffjarvis, @newsbysamuels, @newsbysamuels, @janesports, @athertonkd, @maggiekb1, @sarahparvini, @newsbysamuels, @dataeditor, @anniema15, @newsbysamuels, @jamilsmith, @clarajeffery, @michaelharriot, @newsbysamuels, @newsbysamuels, @amanda_parris, @joseiswriting, @zoemjack, @anniema15, @mazsidahmed, @katzonearth, @katzonearth, @newsbysamuels, @newsbysamuels, @emarvelous, @drallirich, @allisonlcarter, @harrylylesjr, @sarahw, @armandondk, @benspielberg, @jordanchariton, @soledadobrien, @michaelluo, @vladduthierscbs, @maiasz, @miriamelder, @natematias, @katzonearth, @anastasiakeeley, @benyt, @benyt, @harrysiegel, @jaycaspiankang, @wesleylowery, @jbillinson, @ericmgarcia, @hshaban, @mr_berman, @tylerrickytynes, @oliviakrauth, @kat__stafford, @jeffjarvis and @jeffjarvis
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Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: 4/ After half a century, newsrooms have failed abjectly at diversifying staffs and especially management: at sharing power. The question I struggle with: Is it time to give up and support instead media from communities, new and old?
Robert Samuels / @newsbysamuels: Almost a decade ago, my old news organization asked me to placed on the night cops beat. I didn't want to do it because deadlines were stiffening, newsprint was shrinking and all that led to an uncomfortable reliance on arrest reports and official statements from cops. (2/
Robert Samuels / @newsbysamuels: Fortunately reporters on the day shift would often re-report what deadlines simply didn't allow me to do the time to do. But I felt like the job was journalistically ethical but morally dubious. Night cops reporting almost led to me giving up on news reporting altogether. (5/
Jane McManus / @janesports: Such a great piece about the identity and journalism, and how Black reporters have often been forced to erase their experience when they enter the newsroom and adopt the neutrality of the universal (white, male) voice. https://twitter.com/...
Kelsey D. Atherton / @athertonkd: “Neutral objectivity insists we use clunky euphemisms like “officer-involved shooting.” Moral clarity, & a faithful adherence to grammar & syntax, demand we use words that most precisely mean [what] we're trying to communicate: “the police shot someone."" https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maggie Koerth / @maggiekb1: Science journalists have been talking about false objectivity and the problems it creates for climate reporting for years. But here's a really good essay talking about the impact false objectivity has on diversity and racism. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Parvini / @sarahparvini: “Neutral ‘objective journalism’ is constructed atop a pyramid of subjective decision-making: which stories to cover, how intensely to cover those stories, which sources to seek out and include, which pieces of information are highlighted and which are downplayed.” https://twitter.com/...
Robert Samuels / @newsbysamuels: What's Wes right about? There needs to be a radical re-imagining of how daily cops reporting is done in journalism. It's long overdue, and it's been something reporters - particularly black reporters - have complained about for years. I know this because I am one of them. (1/
Steven Rich / @dataeditor: i always love reading Wes but i truly miss reading his drafts https://twitter.com/...
Annie Ma / @anniema15: but i never really felt empowered to say anything about it, and a cynical part of me felt like no one cared. cops reporting often fails to even meet the deeply flawed standard of “both-sides,” because limits on time and resources mean you're just left with “police said.”
Robert Samuels / @newsbysamuels: The problem with those reports were they would be thrown out if they came from any other source. Names spelled wrong, victims address' wrong, suspects previous arrest records were wrong. Fortuantely, I'd catch them. But some times, entire narratives were wrong. (3/
Jamil Smith / @jamilsmith: “Black journalists are hired and told — sometimes explicitly — that we can thrive only if we don't dare to be our full selves,” @WesleyLowery writes. “What's different now, in this moment, is that the editors no longer hold a monopoly on publishing power.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: This is a must read piece by @WesleyLowery. I also am fascinated by the photo selection. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@michaelharriot: Here is my comprehensive Twitter summary of @WesleyLowery's article on journalistic objectivity in the @nytimes today: “That MF spittin!” The end https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Robert Samuels / @newsbysamuels: And nothing was worse than getting a call the next day from a family who didn't care about all of the “police said” attributions you'd add to shift the blame from the fact that you couldn't report it fully. (4/
Robert Samuels / @newsbysamuels: In the end, an editor was called a dutiful but not extraordinary night cops reporter. It was true. The editor said it was also because they learned I was “insulted by the position.” That was not true. (7/
Amanda Parris / @amanda_parris: “The mainstream has allowed what it considers objective truth to be decided almost exclusively by white reporters and their mostly white bosses. And those selective truths have been calibrated to avoid offending the sensibilities of white readers.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jose Antonio Vargas / @joseiswriting: After reading @WesleyLowery's discerning piece, as I muted @chucktodd on @MSNBC, isn't it way overdue for a Black journalist to host @MeetThePress? https://www.nytimes.com/... #IdaBWellsWouldbeProud
Zo Jackson / @zoemjack: “Instead of promising our readers that we will never, on any platform, betray a single personal bias — submitting ourselves to a life sentence of public thoughtlessness — a better pledge would be an assurance that we will devote ourselves to accuracy.” 🔥🔥🔥 https://twitter.com/...
Annie Ma / @anniema15: anyways this is a great piece from my friend and former deskmate @SophieHaigney on objectivity and police narratives and who we grant authority to, none of which can be separated from the lack of diversity in newsroom decision-makers https://popula.com/...
Mazin Sidahmed / @mazsidahmed: I agree. Starting our own publications is one answer https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Myerson Katz / @katzonearth: The fact is that if people want to take this shift seriously, a lot of highly paid current reporters got to go, and a lot of other people who have been toiling on the sidelines for $250 web fees are going to have to take their jobs.
Jonathan Myerson Katz / @katzonearth: The fact that @benyt read @WesleyLowery's whole column and still thought “project fairness” was one of the two most important parts just proves my point.
Robert Samuels / @newsbysamuels: I told my editors that if I had to do the job for more than a year, I was going to leave the paper. By the 364th day, they knew I had a job offer and acceptance in grad school in hands, and gave me a new beat. But here is what stung: (6/
Robert Samuels / @newsbysamuels: I had serious journalistic discomfort about what I was doing. I rarely got the time to scrutinize the stories I was quickly writing to make sure that the cops were saying the right thing. I told them the job was off. Instead I got called a diva (which I may be, but not for this)
Errin Haines / @emarvelous: It's easy to be objective when the default setting is white and male. My friend @WesleyLowery outlines an old fight happening in a new day, why it matters and why change is coming in and out of the newsroom: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Allissa V. Richardson, Ph.D. / @drallirich: Mandatory @nytimes reading for all journalism schools, by @WesleyLowery: “A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists.” Definitely on my syllabus for the fall at @USCAnnenberg. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Allison Carter / @allisonlcarter: “No journalistic process is objective. And no individual journalist is objective, because no human being is.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Harry Lyles Jr / @harrylylesjr: *investing* in black writers and journalists is extremely important. hiring us is the viral video that everyone is comfortable sharing because it makes you feel like you Did A Good. investing is doing the thing that's actually going to bring about change https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Spielberg / @benspielberg: The concept of “objective journalism” as sold in the media is a facade. @WesleyLowery explains how it marginalizes and pushes out journalists of color; more broadly, it protects existing power structures rather than holding the powerful to account. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jordan / @jordanchariton: This is a MUST READ by @WesleyLowery on what I've been saying for years—"neutral objective" journalism is a bullshit paradim meant to keep the masses uninformed and misinformed all for the misguided desire of seeming “fair.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Seriously—best thing I've read today on what does “objectivity” mean, when reporting on communities generally ignored, mischaracterized, frequently exploited by the press. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Luo / @michaelluo: .@WesleyLowery offers a very, very thoughtful piece on this debate, the fruit of much thinking, reading, and wrestling. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Vladimir Duthiers / @vladduthierscbs: “We also know that neutral “objective journalism” is constructed atop a pyramid of subjective decision-making:..No journalistic process is objective. And no individual journalist is objective, because no human being is.” @WesleyLowery verum est..! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maia Szalavitz / @maiasz: indeed!! & notes failure of objectivity w/r/t police & prosecutors: their view often given as “objective” & this is a bias in itself. https://twitter.com/...
Miriam Elder / @miriamelder: This discussion keeps reminding me of @camanpour's mantra, developed after covering the genocide in Bosnia, that there's a difference between being truthful and neutral https://twitter.com/...
J. Nathan Matias / @natematias: @WesleyLowery's story about communities resenting poor news coverage reminds me of @kanarinka's project “Mapping the Globe,” which summarized the kind of coverage that the Globe gave to different neighborhoods in Boston. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Myerson Katz / @katzonearth: This has been a core question for my entire 20 year career. The fact that the new media columnist for the New York Times is just waking up to it is further proof that the incentive structure of journalism is completely backward. https://twitter.com/...
Annie Shields / @anastasiakeeley: If you couldn't see that what happened at the NYT was a labor story, I am afraid you were on the wrong side. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Also why twitter isn't always the best place for arguments about journalism. People take a slogan to mean whatever they want it to mean, when it's not really a theoretical business. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Here's @WesleyLowery wrestling with what I think really is a core question these days: how to be fair, and project fairness, as a reporter today https://www.nytimes.com/...
Harry Siegel / @harrysiegel: “If recent years have taught black journalists anything, it's that public embarrassment appears to make our bosses better hear us.” https://twitter.com/...
@jaycaspiankang: This is an important piece by @WesleyLowery. I only want to add, and not in a dispiriting way, I've now worked at ESPN, New Yorker, NYT, Vice, and This American Life and tried to push for diversity and I don't think media will ever change. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: What if we built a journalism where instead of judging a reporter's ability to be fair and accurate based on their tweets, we instead judged them based on their journalism? Let's abolish “your tweet” emails and meetings https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Billinson / @jbillinson: “Instead of telling hard truths in this polarized environment, America's newsrooms too often deprive their readers of plainly stated facts that could expose reporters to accusations of partiality or imbalance.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: Excellent piece by @wesleylowery on objectivity and the press. To his point reporters of color often have sources who look like them too give a more complete picture of what the objective truth is. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: A summary of American journalism's failure to properly cover the Trump administration and to understand how a fixation on the appearance of objectivity fails the public interest and allows bad-faith actors to manipulate the news media: Via @WesleyLowery https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Berman / @mr_berman: A concise case for why Twitter is good and why relying on “never tweet” is bad, within an overall really strong essay. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tyler R. Tynes / @tylerrickytynes: For the entirety of journalistic history newsrooms across the country, most prominently in national outlets, have demonstrated a labored refusal to racially integrate Thus, demands from Black journalists have always been simple: hire us & invest in us https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Krauth / @oliviakrauth: “Deference to precedent is a poor excuse for continuing to make decisions that potentially let powerful bad actors off the hook and harm the public we serve.” https://twitter.com/...
Kat Stafford / @kat__stafford: A column that every news manager and executive should read via @WesleyLowery. “...The failure of the mainstream press to accurately cover Black communities is intrinsically linked with its failure to employ, retain and listen to Black people.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: 5/ Most newsrooms are not diverse. Most newspapers are controlled by hedge funds or exhausted families & won't invest in diversity & innovation. So what do we do with them?
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Excellent by @WesleyLowery. What journalism calls its virtue—objectivity— is a pillar of its systemic racism: “the mainstream has allowed what it considers objective truth to be decided almost exclusively by white reporters and their mostly white bosses.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kevin M. Lerner / The Conversation:
While NYT's move online enabled increased op-ed page output, opinion and news stories look similar on the site and many casual readers can't tell the difference — The New York Times opinion editor James Bennet resigned recently after the paper published a controversial opinion essay by U.S …
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PNAS, @rjcc, American Press Institute, @jamesrbuk, @lucasgrindley, @marist, @lukewsavage, @michaelgendron, @brendannyhan, @fagstein, @spj_tweets, @alfredomeza, @stephenleahy, @dangillmor, @alanmillernlp, @sarahbures, @kellystrib, @huntercrowther, @leeanne25, @marklittlenews, @uncleree1, @timherrera, @michaelsocolow, @mfbernier and @naomi_schalit
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PNAS: A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news …
Richard Lawler / @rjcc: It's wild to me that to the NYT and WSJ the op-ed section is basically the same as desus & Mero saying “allegedly” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: My take on this has always been that news outlets need to move with the times on this rather than try to drag readers back to an imagined past. https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Grindley / @lucasgrindley: 100 percent true: Readers assume they are run by the same people. https://theconversation.com/ ...
@marist: Assistant Professor of Journalism @klerner weighs in on news versus opinion in @ConversationUS. https://theconversation.com/ ...
Luke Savage / @lukewsavage: This piece makes the straightforward case that many news consumers don't fully understand the difference between reporting and opinion - definitely something to that though puzzling that the Cotton/Bennett thing is the case study https://theconversation.com/ ...
Michael Gendron / @michaelgendron: Putting this on readers for not understanding the difference is a massive cop out imho. Journalists are (often) the ones blurring the lines right now. “Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers can't tell the difference” https://theconversation.com/ ...
Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan: Our new @PNASNews on how to counter dubious info online: A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the US & India https://www.pnas.org/... (with @andyguess @ba_lyons @michaelhlerner @Jacob_Montg @JasonReifler @NeelanjanSircar) https://twitter.com/...
Steve Faguy / @fagstein: I've been saying this for years. Newspapers believe everyone understands the secret codes (if there's a small picture of a journalist's face, it's opinion OBVIOUSLY). Our job is to make things clear. https://twitter.com/...
@spj_tweets: “It is a tenet of American journalism that reporters working for the news sections of newspapers remain entirely independent of the opinion sections. But the divide between news & opinion is not as clear to many readers as journalists believe that it is.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Alfredo Meza / @alfredomeza: Journalists know news and opinion are separate, but readers often can't tell the difference https://www.niemanlab.org/... vía @NiemanLab
Stephen Leahy / @stephenleahy: come across this all the time... should print opinion in a different colour https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Some good news on the media literacy front: Facebook posted tips that DO help people sort truth from lies, a new study says. https://www.pnas.org/...
Alan C. Miller / @alanmillernlp: It is vital that the public understand the difference between news and opinion. Many people do not. https://theconversation.com/ ... via @ConversationUS
Sarah Bures / @sarahbures: Tbh, I assumed it meant “opinion editorial” and I have been in journalism and journalism-adjacent for almost 10 years. https://twitter.com/...
Kelly Smith / @kellystrib: Journalists know news and opinion are separate, but readers often can't tell the difference. Opinion stories no longer look clearly different from news stories online. And reporters share analysis and opinion on Twitter, further confusing readers. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Hunter Follon-Crowther / @huntercrowther: Everybody take a few minutes and please read this. News literacy is vital to a healthy democracy, and right now, we're not healthy. https://twitter.com/...
Lee-Anne Goodman / @leeanne25: exactly why smart newspapers should be doing away with vast majority of columnists & op-ed writers. no one cares. give people quality reporting & investigative journalism. how many columnists/op-ed writers even know how to file an FOI? or have any relevant expertise? https://twitter.com/...
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: Such an important challenge ... particularly for news organisations who use opinion writing as a selling point for subscriptions https://theconversation.com/ ...
@uncleree1: As a person with a journalism degree I am always annoyed when someone like Rick Bell is called a “reporter”. He is not a reporter, he is a columnist. He is paid for his opinion. So is Andrew Coyne, or Chantal Hebert. They are not reporters. #cdnpoli #ableg #yql https://twitter.com/...
@timherrera: this is a good recap of the lie publishers tell themselves that readers know the difference between news articles and opinion articles. like, just look at the provenance of the phrase “Op-Ed” how could we expect readers to understand this!!!! https://theconversation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Socolow / @michaelsocolow: Great @klerner @ConversationUS piece explains how news & editorial content first became separated in U.S. newspapers - and how they then seemingly fused back together in the web & social media era, confusing readers. https://theconversation.com/ ...
MarcFranois Bernier / @mfbernier: «"Op-ed" is short for “opposite the editorial page,” not “opinion and editorial” or opinions that are opposite from those of the editorial page» Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers can't tell the difference https://theconversation.com/ ... via @ConversationUS
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NYT names Mary Suh acting Op-Ed Editor until the fall and The Intercept's Charlotte Greensit as Opinion's managing editor and associate Editorial Page editor
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Xeni Jardin / @xeni: The reason it's really bad that New York Times just hired this person from the intercept is she has passed on Russian disinformation and amplified it in her work. If this needs to be explained, I fucking give up on you.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / @taffyakner: Honestly whatever brings @MaryMSuh back here is the best news I've heard all day.
Susan McPherson / @susanmcp1: Massive congratulations to the brilliant @cgreensit who is joining the @NYTImes as managing editor, Opinion. Simply outstanding news. https://www.nytco.com/...
Charles Duhigg / @cduhigg: Once again, the world can rejoice by reading words that @MaryMSuh has touched! https://www.nytco.com/...
Claudia Sahm / @claudia_sahm: “ @talmonsmith is promoted to staff editor” https://www.nytco.com/... SUPERB choice!! absolutely honored to have my opinion piece mention in his many accolades PS his editing was essential to my piece. https://twitter.com/...
@sjgrunewald: lol just when you think they scraped the bottom of the barrel they find a whole new bottom of the barrel to scrape. https://twitter.com/...
Pim Techamuanvivit / @chezpim: I've stuck by @nytimes through many episodes I found rather disagreeable over the years, mostly for continued access to the fab @nytfood content. But this might just be the last straw. Is there a way to subscribe to just the food & nothing else? @SamSifton @tejalrao ?🙏🏼 https://twitter.com/...
Drew Holden / @drewholden360: The Glenn Greenwaldization of the NYT opinion page continues https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Source: Trump's younger brother is seeking a temporary restraining order to block publication of a book due out July 28 by the president's niece, Mary L. Trump — President Trump has said Mary L. Trump signed a nondisclosure agreement in connection with a 2001 court case related to the estate …
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@brianstelter, @maggienyt, @sherylnyt, @jjohnsonlaw, Fox News, @joyannreid, @samjcharles, @maggienyt, @robertswartwood, @jeffmacishere, @yashar, @joepompeo, Publishers Weekly, @maxboot, @clydehaberman, @jonathanalter, CNN, Law & Crime, The Wrap, New York Post, The Week, The Daily Beast, Deadline, The Guardian and The Hill
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Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Statement from @BoutrousTed, lawyer for Mary Trump, author of a forthcoming book calling her uncle the world's most dangerous man: “President Trump and his siblings are seeking to suppress a book that will discuss matters of utmost public importance.” (1/2)
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: The request for a TRO against Mary Trump and Simon & Schuster was filed in Queens County Surrogate's Court, and accuses her of breaking a confidentiality agreement stemming from settlement of Fred Trump's estate https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / @sherylnyt: Trump's niece has written a book: “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.” His family is trying to block publication, https://www.nytimes.com/...
Janet Johnson / @jjohnsonlaw: “You know, when we settled with her and her brother, who I do have a good relationship with — she's got a brother, Fred, who I do have a good relationship with — but when we settled, she signed a nondisclosure.” Most loving families require NDAs. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Aaro / Fox News: President Trump's brother trying to stop Mary Trump's family tell-all book: report
Sam Charles / @samjcharles: “In the book, Ms. Trump, 55, is expected to say she was a chief source for The New York Times's coverage of the president's finances, and that she provided the newspaper with confidential tax documents.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: .@BoutrousTed, who is repping Mary Trump, calls the suit an effort at “unlawful prior restraint” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Robert Swartwood / @robertswartwood: I guess this book contains a lot of highly classified information too? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeff Mac / @jeffmacishere: I'm sure lots of good, innocent people attempt to enforce an NDA signed by their niece. https://twitter.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: New: President Trump's family is seeking a temporary restraining order to try to block publication of a tell-all book by the president's niece, Mary Trump. They have filed for the TRO against Ms. Trump & her publisher Simon & Schuster @maggieNYT reports https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: Simon & Schuster's response to the Trumps trying to stop Mary Trump's book (https://t.co/...): “The courts take a dim view of prior restraint, and this attempt to block publication will meet the same fate as those that have gone before” https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly: Trump Family Sues to Block Publication of Tell-All Memoir
Max Boot / @maxboot: I'm surprised Trump isn't arguing that all of his family conversations going back decades are now classified top secret. https://twitter.com/...
Clyde Haberman / @clydehaberman: Isn't one definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and over expecting a different outcome? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jonathan Alter / @jonathanalter: This piece should have said Trump's effort to get a temporary restraining order to prevent publication has zero precedent and thus zero chance of success. He might win a civil suit against his niece post-publication for breaking a contract. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime: Trump Family Seeks Restraining Order Against Publication of Tell-All Book by President's Niece
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: Trump's Family Seeks Temporary Restraining Order to Block Niece's Upcoming Tell-All Book
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post: Trump's family seeks restraining order to stop niece's tell-all
Catherine Garcia / The Week: Trump family asks court to block release of tell-all written by president's niece
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Trump Family Tries To Stop Release Of Tell-All Book From President's Niece; Publisher Predicts Court …
Donald Trump / The Guardian: Trump family tries to block publication of book by president's niece - report
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill: Trump family asking court to block publication of niece's book
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Recent podcasting deals between platforms and talent resemble the deals musicians used to sign with record labels, forfeiting ownership in exchange for exposure — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 263, dated June 23, 2020. — Last week was an exceptionally busy one …
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@niemanlab: A growing group of podcasters — primarily women of color — are spearheading a reckoning in the podcast industry about systemic power imbalances between creators and the corporations who are increasingly interested in funding and marketing their work. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
GroupM: digital ad spend is predicted to overtake spending on traditional media for the first time in 2020, excluding online ads sold by old media outlets — Overall spending predicted to fall almost 12% but pain will be unevenly spread across industry — Digital advertising on platforms …
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Alec MacGillis / @alecmacgillis: And there it is: “Digital advertising on platforms such as Google, Facebook and Alibaba is set this year to overtake spending on traditional media for the first time, a historic shift in market share that has been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic.” https://www.ft.com/...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Bauer Media is shutting down a few titles in the UK, merging its two golf magazines, and is in advanced stages of negotiations to sell five titles — Magazine publisher Bauer is closing a number of titles as part of a review to “protect the long-term health” the business.
David Kaplan / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
A group of reporting networks and media outlets partner to amplify Rappler's work and offer its journalists access to resources like databases and reporters — Investigative reporting is getting harder and harder as autocratic governments crack down on media and government-friendly oligarchs use …
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David E. Kaplan / @kaplandave: Here are the good guys fighting back. Thanks to @DrewOCCRP for bringing this to @gijn. https://twitter.com/...
Icij / @icijorg: Together with other journalism networks, we plan to help the team at @rapplerdotcom continue - and amplify - their work, despite the recent convictions of @mariaressa and Reynaldo Santos. https://gijn.org/... #PressFreedom
Forbidden Stories / @fbdnstories: Collaborative journalism is always the most efficient way to defeat censorship. https://twitter.com/...
Icij / @icijorg: “The antidote to coercion is journalistic collaboration,” our director @RyleGerard said. Together with @OCCRP, @FbdnStories and more we plan to help @rapplerdotcom report their stories and amplify their findings. https://gijn.org/... #pressfreedom
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “It hurts everyone when a publication can no longer report...freely. Rappler has been a tireless voice against corruption and any restrictions on them are a problem for all of us” @gijn @OCCRP, @ICIJorg and co write, commit to amplify @rapplerdotcom's work https://gijn.org/...
@gijn: When journalists in one part of the world are under pressure, it is increasingly clear that the most effective support is from journalists in other parts of the world. @ARIJNetwork, @CLIP_AmericaLat & more media are banding together to help @rapplerdotcom https://gijn.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Forbidden Stories / @fbdnstories: Keeping stories alive https://twitter.com/...
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