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Laura Wagner / VICE:
New York Times Opinion writer Bari Weiss says she's leaving the paper — The writer and editor has self-expelled from the newspaper, she tells VICE. — Laura Wagner — Bari Weiss, a writer and editor for the embattled New York Times Opinion section, is leaving the paper.
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Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Free idea: Start online magazine, hire the 12 most thought-provoking opinion columnists from across political, ideological, cultural spectrum for top $$. Let them at it. No editors, no retractions (!) — if columnist(s) take issue with what another wrote, they can write about it.
Brian Flood / Fox News: Bari Weiss' resignation letter proves New York Times engaging in ‘outright censorship,’ critic says
@yashar: Bari Weiss is leaving the New York Times. I heard about this possibility a few weeks ago and have heard rumors since of what her next plans are. https://www.vice.com/...
Paul Graham / @paulg: @waitbutwhy We live in scary times if you read this as “Newspaper of record taken over by ideologues.” But a newspaper of record taken over by ideologues stops being one. So all it really means is “The NYT is becoming irrelevant.” Which is unfortunate, but not scary.
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: The New York Times confirms Bari Weiss' departure, as first reported by Vice: https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
MZS / @mattzollerseitz: That Bari Weiss feels confident enough to leave one of the most prestigious jobs in journalism when the entire economy is collapsing tells you all you need to know about how right wing personalities are protected by the safety net of the conservative media welfare state.
@connorsouthard: Oh no the cowardly libs at The New York Times cancelled Bari Weiss!! I'm sure that means she won't pop up somewhere else making well into six figures and doing even less work. That's how this goes, right?
Alex Peter / @loloverruled: She called staff who said “don't publish an article by Tom Cotton saying roll tanks into US cities” the “wokes” https://twitter.com/...
Luke Thomas / @lthomasnews: I'd ordinarily say I welcome her departure from the NYT, but wherever she ends up next will almost certainly be a vehicle in near-exclusive service to her own sense of heroic free speech martyrdom. https://twitter.com/...
Mic Wright / Conquest of the Useless: Ex-NYT opinion writer Bari Weiss is a martyr to her own bullsh*t
Eli Valley / @elivalley: The harassment and bullying I experienced in the run-up to Stanford were a direct result of the amplification from Weiss via her @NYTopinion pulpit. I would hope other NYT contributors would be able to grasp the privilege and power that position confers. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Krakauer / @stevekrak: The Purge: Newsrooms continues... https://twitter.com/...
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller: ‘Intellectual Curiosity ... Is Now A Liability’: Bari Weiss Writes Scathing Resignation Letter …
Steven Rich / @dataeditor: or we could hire like 100 local journalists for the same price https://twitter.com/...
Mike L. Goodman / @them_l_g: The reason this doesn't exist is sadly also that nobody wants it. But this is exactly the thing we should do despite that. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Justin Wolfers / @justinwolfers: This free-thinker just invented blogs. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: I have had the honor of trying to support both @bariweiss at the New York Times and @BretWeinstein in their battles simply to stand alone against the internal mob mentality. It is THE story all over the country. Our courageous individuals are being hunted at work for dissenting.
G. Elliott Morris / @gelliottmorris: Uh, this is what twitter is, right? https://twitter.com/...
The Right Scoop: NY Times Opinion Editor resigns, writes SCATHING letter exposing harassment and bullying she received from colleagues
Eli Valley / @elivalley: Here's an earlier, smaller example of manager-calling by a person who throughout her professional life has abused her positions of power to get people cancelled, fired, and silenced. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Normandin / @marc_normandin: Genuinely curious about where she'll go, in the sense I'm curious if this awful person can still get a job at an outlet generally thought of as “respectable,” or if she's just going to write for Quillette now https://twitter.com/...
@thomaschattwill: @ParkerMolloy @elivalley I am (except in the most extreme cases, which i guess are theoretically possible) against de-platforming, especially for campus lectures. But I don't believe she harassed and bullied this person, either, which is what has happened to her.
Matthew Chapman / @fawfulfan: So long. Bari Weiss never produced one thought of value. Her entire tenure was nothing but op-eds whining that liberals are trying to silence her speech, and trashing the NYT reporting team (who, BTW, were not allowed to respond due to newsroom policy). https://www.vice.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: Hear me out: it's a website, that publishes 6-10 opinion columns per day, from across the political spectrum. You might think this has already been done, but here's our secret sauce: we massively overpay for them https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: @thomaschattwill Just last year she cheered on efforts to get @elivalley's talk at Stanford canceled because he was too pro-Palestine. https://twitter.com/...
@alex: https://www.vice.com/... gotta be hard to work at a place where your reporting gets torn apart like this https://twitter.com/...
Adam Rawnsley / @arawnsley: The world does not need more takes. It does need more reporting. https://twitter.com/...
Hemant Mehta / @hemantmehta: You can't blame cancel culture if you cancel yourself, right? https://www.vice.com/...
Dr. Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen / @alixabeth: Self-cancel culture is brutal. Pre-planned cancellation is even worse. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: I don't know exactly what the right metric is, but Bari Weiss has to be one of the most effective opinion journalists in the country in terms of like, how much attention & conversation is generated by a 35-year old who commissions and *occasionally* writes takes on things
Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley: Free idea: opinion columnists are not worth top $$ https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Yang / @originalspin: Every pitch for promoting free speech and elevating discourse by high-profile commentators seems to land on “let's pay big money to high-profile commentators to say whatever they want,” as opposed to “let's make it easier for everyday people to safely speak on free public fora” https://twitter.com/...
Ali Abunimah / @aliabunimah: .@BariWeiss, the thuggish censor and Jupiter-sized hypocrite who tried to get Joseph Massad and other professors fired from Columbia University for daring to speak truthfully about Israel's crimes against Palestinians, is no longer working at @nytimes https://www.vice.com/...
Bari Weiss / New York Post: Bari Weiss on why she left the New York Times
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: Before Bari resigned, I did a podcast with her. It was chilling. I'd make an innocuous statement of simple fact and ask her about it. She'd reply “That is obviously true but I'm sorry we can't say that here. It will get me strung up.” That's when I stopped telling her to hang on.
Daniel Darling / @dandarling: Hate to see this. Didn't always agree with Bari, but I liked her voice at the Times. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: i'm gonna go ahead and say... tablet and/or quillette
@blackamazon: Who defines thought provoking? Is it the same people who are shown to talk to almost exclusively men , and WOC least of all? And when the most marginalized are targeted how would you handle that https://twitter.com/...
Noah Rudnick / @rudnicknoah: This is just Crossfire which has been rebooted like 6 times now, nobody watches it or cares, and just makes everyone not named Jon Stewart look dumber than before it aired https://twitter.com/...
Meghan McCain / @meghanmccain: .@bariweiss is a true original, a fearless thinker, and a brilliant writer. I'm grateful for her voice in culture and media. She will he just fine - the @nytimes on the other hand remains to be seen. This is another nail in the coffin for diversity of thought in mainstream media. https://twitter.com/...
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Bari Weiss:
In her resignation letter, Bari Weiss says she's been bullied by coworkers, that Twitter has become the NYT's editor, and self-censorship is the new norm — Dear A.G., It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times. I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago.
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Yael Halon / Fox News: Ayaan Hirsi Ali praises Bari Weiss, warns ‘censorship terrorists’ are leading US ‘down a path to hell’
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Seeing who is fawning over @bariweiss's resignation letter on Twitter tells you everything you need to know about the intellectual dishonesty of her arguments: https://twitter.com/search
@mattdpearce: My understanding of hostile-environment law is that it has to be based on persistent conduct against someone of a protected class, so i guess the argument here is that the New York Times is anti-Semitic? The law doesn't say your coworkers have to like you. https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Melynda Fuller / MediaPost: Bari Weiss Resigns From ‘New York Times,’ Andrew Sullivan To Exit ‘New York’
Michael Goodwin / New York Post: Bari Weiss exposes how The Times has gone astray
Douglas Murray / @douglaskmurray: Bari Weiss leaving the NYT after ‘constant bullying by colleagues.’ A devastating resignation letter. ‘Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.’ Bravo Bari @bariweiss . https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: In Dramatic Exit From the Times, Bari Weiss Makes Bid for Woke-Wars Martyrdom
Nardine Saad / Los Angeles Times: Journalist Bari Weiss skewers New York Times in her resignation letter
Brit Hume / @brithume: A NY Times columnist quits in disgust at what an organ of enforced orthodoxy the paper's editorial pages have become. Read every word. The ring of truth is unmistakable. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Dani Di Placido / Forbes: The Harper's Letter, Bari Weiss And Tucker Carlson: Why Are We Still Talking About ‘Cancel Culture?’
Graig Graziosi / The Independent: Writer and editor Bari Weiss leaves New York Times over ‘bullying’ and ‘harassment’ from colleagues
Donald Trump Jr / @donaldjtrumpjr: 🚨🚨🚨This is a must read for everyone. If you want to get a glimpse into today's enlightened media, and in this case The New York Times, you need look no further. Resignation Letter — Bari Weiss https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: As with the Harper's letter, the *remedy* she proposes is unclear. She lists criticism, private and public, that she feels unwarranted. The only solution for internal criticism would be the silencing of it: “I do not understand how you have allowed this kind of behavior to go on”
Comfortably Smug / @comfortablysmug: #SaveBariWeiss https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Sigh. We were just moving past #TheLetter when now we'll have to live through days of #TheResignationLetter. I eagerly await @jayrosen_nyu's dissection of the latter.
Osita Nwanevu / @ositanwanevu: 🤔🤔🤔 https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: She accuses the Times of several misdeeds: “unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge.” What she describes is a desire for an absence of *difficult speech about her*, which she lumps all together as abuse. This is...illiberalism.
Michael Tracey / @mtracey: I have major criticisms of @bariweiss, especially regarding her views on anti-semitism. However, I never found her any more “offensive” than dozens of other people the NYT has amplified throughout the years. The petty, screeching reaction she provokes is insanely disproportionate
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I despise this journalistic conceit: “I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history.” What this really means is that journalists ignore history. Journalists think everything that happens is new — thus news.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: These are fightin' words: “There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge.” Yet her letter drips — overflows — with hostility.
Comfortably Smug / @comfortablysmug: I Stand With @bariweiss
Max Cohen / Politico: New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss resigns, citing hostile culture and lack of ideological diversity
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: “Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times,” says Weiss. “But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.” Another way to put this: Readers are the ultimate editor. And I would say they are—especially in the subscription-supported Times.
Nick Wingfield / @nickwingfield: Bari Weiss leaving the NYT with a flamethrower on her back https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller: Andrew Yang Suggests The NYT ‘Make Some Real Changes’ After Bari Weiss Resignation Letter
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: And by the way, the cure to The Times coverage of the 2016 election does not rest with bringing in self-declared centrists to write opinion pieces. It should start with an honest assessment of but-her-email. But I digress.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart: Read: Bari Weiss Resigns from New York Times; Accuses Liberal ‘Paper of Record’ of Intolerance, Antisemitism
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: A1 below the fold: Prominent Female Exec Resigns from Ad Tech Platform, Cites Toxic Work Environment
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: “As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space.” Twitter is accused to letting anyone speak but Weiss says the Times doesn't let anyone (i.e., her) speak (though she did). I'm confused
Jack Posobiec / @jackposobiec: Bari Weiss just dropped a tactical nuke on the NY Times' credibility Read this: Resignation Letter — Bari Weiss https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: Bari Weiss has written the ultimate “my steak arrived poorly cooked” resignation letter. With no specifics coupled with allusions to situations that have already been refuted, it's about as good as her average column. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Emma Vigeland / @emmavigeland: This is who Bari Weiss is and who she speaks to. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: “other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action”: I don't understand where the free, unfettered statement of difficult truths fits in with this statement.
Washington Post: Bari Weiss resigns from New York Times, says ‘Twitter has become its ultimate editor’
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: Bari Weiss - who once wrote an entire column about how women should suck it up if they don't like being sexually badgered - is accusing the times of unlawful discrimination because her colleagues don't like her (not linking it's on her website) https://twitter.com/...
Matt Welch / Reason: Bari Weiss Resigns From The New York Times, Alleging That ‘Self-Censorship Has Become the Norm’
Brianna Wu / @briannawu: Unpopular opinion: @bariweiss has many views I don't agree with. But, unlike most figures on the right she expressed them without denigrating anyone's fundamental humanity - a quality entirely lacking from many if not most figures on the right.
Mark / @kept_simple: bari weiss quit voluntarily then writes a letter acting as if she was fired while also complaining that the the nyt management bowed to cancel culture by... not firing colleagues who disagreed with her publicly. my head is spinning. https://twitter.com/...
Brandy Jensen / @brandyljensen: starting to believe we all live in a very specific hell made by @ashleyfeinberg's mind https://twitter.com/...
Josh Wolfe / @wolfejosh: HISTORIC. SHAME on you @nytimes leadership for allowing this. As with anything, you can subscribe or CANCEL. Wherever @bariweiss goes next—I SUBSCRIBE. https://twitter.com/...
Carlos Lozada / @carloslozadawp: The @bariweiss resignation letter is better than the Harper's Letter, further proof that individual voices almost always trump collective pronouncements. #AlwaysACritic https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Lin Wood / @llinwood: Integrity & truth still matter. To some. We need integrity & truth to matter to more. #FightBack https://twitter.com/...
Donald Trump Jr / @donaldjtrumpjr: NYT editor @bariweiss resigns in STUNNING fashion & exposes the Times' rampant attacks on anyone who breaks from the far-left narrative. “Speak your mind at your own peril... the publisher will cave to the mob.” If you RT/share 1 thing today THIS is it! https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Peter J. Hasson / @peterjhasson: “The paper of record is, more and more, the record of those living in a distant galaxy, one whose concerns are profoundly removed from the lives of most people.” - Bari Weiss, in her resignation letter https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: Fwiw, I have no idea what Bari Weiss did or didn't write in college. I just think her Times columns have been bad, and she's mediocre writer. And also: me saying that is counterspeech, not cancel culture.
Ben Shapiro / @benshapiro: This letter of resignation from @bariweiss is devastating https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: This is a ridiculous and excruciating read. “My own forays into Wrongthink” Gosh, seems like she's mad that other people weren't silenced. HMM... https://www.bariweiss.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: These, too, are fightin' words: “Rule Three: Never believe an editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain. Eventually, the publisher will cave to the mob, the editor will get fired or reassigned, and you'll be hung out to dry.”
Tom Jones / Poynter: Noted opinion editor and writer Bari Weiss blasts The New York Times in resignation letter
Dave Rubin / @rubinreport: The NY Times just lost its last non-woke public person. While this will be cheered as a victory, it just finalizes the death of the paper itself. I kept warning Bari that the real threat was the far left in that IDW piece and begged her to put it in. She didn't and her we are. https://twitter.com/...
Piers Morgan / @piersmorgan: This is very damaging for the @nytimes - because it's true. They've stopped being a paper of record & become a partisan tribal paper of illiberal woke liberalism. 👇 https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas A. Christakis / @nachristakis: When histories of this period at the @nytimes are written, this letter by @bariweiss will be featured. I disagree with Bari in several topics, but what she has had to put up with is absurd, and deeply hypocritical. 1/ https://www.bariweiss.com/...
@beyondreasdoubt: “There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. I'm no legal expert. But I know that this is wrong.” -@bariweiss 🔥
Nick Gillespie / @nickgillespie: “Rule One: Speak your mind at your own peril. Rule Two: Never risk commissioning a story that goes against the narrative. Rule Three: Never believe an editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain.” The rules of #CancelCulture, by @bariweiss https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Hamilton Nolan / @hamiltonnolan: Bari Weiss was not a top-one-thousand writer in NYC. James Bennet was not a good editor (the NYT columnist roster is proof of that). Not being good at your job is a perfectly legitimate reason for people to want you to leave that job. This does not amount to oppression. Sorry!
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Oh, my lord, the hubris: @bariweiss thinks she was the cure to what ails @nytimes. Well, as another infamous Times op-ed put it, the cure was worse than the disease. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Jay Bookman / @jaysbookman: A Fox News creature bemoans “an organ of enforced orthodoxy?” What would Shep Smith say about that? Also, where are the complaints about the WSJ edit page, which enforces a much more narrow orthodoxy than the NYT? The Times has issues, but really? https://twitter.com/...
Lauren L Walker / @llw902: starting a gofundme for bari weiss until she lands on her feet at national review
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I can't even parse this: “Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn't a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.”
Noam Blum / @neontaster: Look at that. Someone actually getting up and leaving instead of demanding the firing of others, which would have been 100% justified in this case anyway. The way @bariweiss was treated is truly appalling. The Times is a cesspool. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Ryan Glasspiegel / Outkick: Bari Weiss Leaves NY Times, Says Twitter Runs the Paper and She Was Bullied on Slack
Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis: I want to quote this whole thing. But it's too good to excerpt. Every centrist should leave the New York Times. And set up on Substack, or as an independent entrepreneur. There is plenty of funding for technological progressives out West. https://www.bariweiss.com/...
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: Media Twitter Explodes After Bari Weiss' Sudden Resignation from the NY Times
Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu: @bariweiss @nytimes Also: Weiss pulls out the old trope that the Times was out of touch because it failed to anticipate Trump's win. (@deanbaquet says this too.) No. They believed the data. If the data showed Trump would win, they'd have believed that instead.
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Bari Weiss Resigns From New York Times Decrying “Constant Bullying” Of Colleagues
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: NY Times Opinion Editor Bari Weiss Resigns, Accuses Staffers of ‘Constant Bullying’
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Media coverage of an opposition research-like statement listing Fauci's alleged errors let anonymous White House officials discredit him with no accountability — Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy …
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@karlbode: it takes a very special piece of shit to launch a coordinated op/ed smear campaign against medical professionals just because you're mad they're telling the public the truth https://www.usatoday.com/...
@karlbode: That said I'm so glad that @USATODAY was courageous enough to give a platform to Trump sycophants clearly looking to undermine government health professionals during an historic health crisis with millions of lives in the balance really solid standards there
@cjr: “By any metric, the Fauci statement looks like as clear an example as any of an occasion when anonymity should not have been granted. It consisted of disingenuous score-settling utterly inimical to the public interest.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Matt Mittenthal / @mattmittenthal: “the Fauci statement looks like as clear an example as any of an occasion when anonymity should not have been granted"-@Jon_Allsop https://www.cjr.org/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: .@Acosta: Why is the WH trashing Fauci anonymously? I thought Trump didn't trust anonymous sources McENANY: Trump noted that Trump has made mistakes ACOSTA: Hasn't Trump made mistakes? He suggested Americans inject disinfectants McENANY: The president stands by his actions https://twitter.com/...
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: Reminder that it isn't Russia, China, North Korea or Iran trashing Fauci...its his own government, at the behest of the US President. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Schultz / @ericschultz: Columbia Journalism Review admonishes reporters for granting anonymity to WH officials peddling smears on Fauci: “this looked very much like the press getting played again.” https://www.cjr.org/... via @Jon_Allsop
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News: Trump defends Fauci relationship despite White House efforts to discredit him
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish:
[Thread] Andrew Sullivan says he's leaving New York Magazine and his column will continue elsewhere — This will be my last week at New York Magazine.
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@yashar: Over the past few weeks I've repeatedly heard rumors from sources that Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan were going to work on a project together. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: I'm sad because the editors I worked with there are among the finest in the country, and I am immensely grateful to them for vastly improving my work.
John Bowden / The Hill: Andrew Sullivan to leave New York Magazine
Eoin Higgins / @eoinhiggins_: Weiss leaves NYT Shapiro leaving EIC position at Daily Wire Sullivan leaving NYMag They're starting their own outlet https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: NY Magazine Columnist Andrew Sullivan to Exit
Helen Rosner / @hels: “I was bullied out of my job and that's the story I'm sticking to and how dare you make it seem like this seven-figure check Peter Thiel or whoever is dangling from a stick while riding on my shoulders has anything to do with that”
Mike Barnicle / @mikebarnicle: Not good news https://twitter.com/...
Viet Thanh Nguyen / @viet_t_nguyen: New York publications better hire some LA writers. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: The underlying reasons for the split are pretty self-evident, and I'll be discussing the broader questions involved in my last column this Friday.
Glenn Fleishman / @glennf: He's moving to Parler. https://twitter.com/...
Conor Friedersdorf / @conor64: And it, too, will now be less ideologically diverse. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: lmao nevermind, they are 1000% starting something new and it's gonna be called like, The Heretic https://twitter.com/...
Justin Tiehen / @jttiehen: Credit to them for getting Noam Chomsky to help with the marketing blitz, if true. Savvy. https://twitter.com/...
@kevinwglass: I think this is good for individuals but bad for the media ecosystem. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: Folks want to know why I've neither been talking about the preposterously named “Intellectual Dark Web” nor have I been willing to walk away from it and shut it down as dead. Because it wasn't time yet. It was too early. You're going to want adults back soon enough. You'll see.. https://twitter.com/...
Jared Holt / @jaredlholt: Bari Weiss left the New York Times and now, we learn Andrew Sullivan is leaving New York mag. Unclear if there will be more resignations There's some sort of shakeup happening and the only thing I'm able to guess is that we're going to get some sort of new opinion blog https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: I've been preparing for this eventuality, and the column will continue elsewhere. See you on Friday, when I'll detail some exciting news.
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: I have no beef with my colleagues, many of whom I admire and are friends.
Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis: Prexit With Sullivan & Weiss both leaving the New York establishment on the same day, there's now an obvious alternative for the smartest folks in media: leave now, on your own terms, to become a founder. Exit the legacy press and do a Substack. Become a personal media brand. https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
NBCUniversal's Peacock launches Wednesday with a free ad-supported tier offering 10,000+ hours of streaming content and 2 premium levels with double the content — The service will challenge Netflix with a digital version of channel-surfing and lots of what one executive calls “comfort-food TV.”
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET: NBC's Peacock: Prices, launch date, discounts, devices, shows and movies
Julia Alexander / The Verge: Peacock's not-so-secret ingredient in the streaming wars is its free tier
Peter Nickeas / @peternickeas: This is the xzibit meme https://twitter.com/...
Nicole Sperling / @nicsperling: We're in month four of this pandemic so it must be time to launch another streaming service. NBC's Peacock launches their free app Wednesday and is counting on our desire for nostalgia fare as a good reason to sign up. “Cheers” anyone? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Rayburn / @danrayburn: This NYT's piece doesn't get it. Says @peacockTV will “challenge Netflix.” Netflix doesn't have live sports/news, free ad-supported tier, or option for only $5 a month. Most of these services compliment one another, they don't replace each other outright. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mariam Ahmed / Talking Biz News: NBC's Peacock features TV-style platform
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Owners of TV stations reaching about half of US TV homes told NBC they will preempt Thursday's 30 Rock reunion, reasoning it is too much of a Peacock promotion — In a plot twist right out of 30 Rock, NBC's biggest local affiliate groups have decided not to broadcast the network's upcoming …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline: ‘30 Rock’ Reunion Special Won't Air On Majority Of NBC Affiliates As Stations Push Back On Peacock Promo
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: Multiple NBC Affiliates Won't Air Thursday's ‘30 Rock’ Special Due to All the Peacock Promos
Ben Pearson / /Film: ‘30 Rock’ Reunion Special Won't be Broadcast on NBC Stations in More Than Half the Country
Shannon Miller / The A.V. Club: Many NBC affiliates are skipping the 30 Rock reunion due to heavy Peacock promotion
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Peacock is free. That may be the streaming service's not-so-secret weapon
Matthew Keys / The Desk: NBC affiliates refusing to air “30 Rock” reunion
Joe Flint / @jbflint: You're selling it short. It's not just an infomerical for Peacock. It's an infomercial for USA, Bravo, Syfy, and the rest of the NBCU assets dressed up as a 30 Rock reunion. https://twitter.com/...
Claire Spellberg / Decider: The ‘30 Rock’ Reunion Special Will Not Air in More Than Half the Country
Anthony Crupi / @crupicrupicrupi: Understandably less than enthralled with the prospect of airing a one-hour infomercial for an OTT service that likely will cannibalize linear TV audiences, several NBC affiliates are choosing not to air Thursday night's 30 Rock reunion/NBCU upfront pitch. https://www.vulture.com/...
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Dario Calmese becomes first Black photographer to shoot a Vanity Fair cover, which only featured a Black person 17 times between 1983 and 2017 — Viola Davis appears on the cover of this month's issue, the first by a Black photographer, in an image meant to be a protest.
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Sonia Saraiya / Vanity Fair: Viola Davis: “My Entire Life Has Been a Protest”
Radhika Jones / Vanity Fair: Radhika Jones on Icons, Fame, and Evolution
Eli Countryman / Variety: Viola Davis Says She ‘Betrayed’ Herself With Role in ‘The Help’
Janet Mock / @janetmock: The Black gaze matters: “He pushes back more toward the camera. His hand is at his waist — you know that line, with his profile going down the arm and coming back. So I was like: I can recreate this.” -photographer Dario Calmese on his historical reference https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Shelby Black / @shelbycblack: The fact that we are in 2020 and this is the first Black photographer for the cover of Vanity Fair. The fact that we're still seeing “the first” in regards to representation........anyway Viola Davis is royalty. https://twitter.com/...
Lauryn Overhultz / The Daily Caller: Actress Viola Davis Says ‘The Help’ Was Created In A ‘Cesspool Of Systemic Racism’
Louise Hall / The Independent: ‘For me, this cover is my protest’: Vanity Fair publishes first ever cover shot by black photographer
Laura Zornosa / Los Angeles Times: Dario Calmese makes history as first Black photographer to shoot Vanity Fair cover
@disruptfascism: When I was a young man I dreamt that in my lifetime there would be some kind of equity revolution. How can you not be excited by what's happening and what is still to come? https://twitter.com/...
Makeda Easter / @makedaeaster: vanity fair needs a detailed explanation and apology for this (and a lot of other things). taking over 100 years to hire a black photographer for a cover is more than shameful. https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: First. Black. Photographer. Vanity Fair has been around since the 1800s, though the modern history of the brand is the relaunch by Condé Nast in 1983 May there be many, many more NYT has a good story with Jones and Calmese: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jenna Wortham / @jennydeluxe: these ‘milestones’ always come at a high cost. before you celebrate dario's undeniably gorgeous image, its important to think about what he wanted to recreate, who greenlit it, and what it means that viola's body bears that reincarnation. she deserves more. we all do. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
On Monday, Tucker Carlson said Blake Neff's racist posts were wrong and that the former staffer has paid a “heavy price”, and announced a pre-planned vacation — Carlson announced his plans Monday in the wake of a new controversy surrounding his program, “Tucker Carlson Tonight …
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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Here's how @TuckerCarlson addressed his former top writer Blake Neff's resignation for having secretly posted racist and sexist material on an online message board. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Tucker Carlson's biggest advertiser, the MyPillow guy, doesn't think Carlson needed to apologize …
Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter: Tucker Carlson Disavows Former Top Writer's Racist Comments While Slamming Critics' “Self-Righteousness”
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: ‘Do You Want Tucker to Be Canceled?’: The View Clashes Over Carlson in Heated Debate
Max Boot / @maxboot: No connection?!? Like I said: @TuckerCarlson's head writer has now resigned for doing online what Tucker has been rewarded with riches and ratings for doing on the air. Truly there is no justice in America. In @PostOpinions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Gretchen Carlson / @gretchencarlson: Why would ANYONE be surprised by this? When you encourage this kind of behavior .. duh ... it happens https://www.mediaite.com/...
@timothys: Oh I get it, the ‘gravest sin of all’ was reporting this guy's racist diatribes in the first place! Tucker for the White Nationalist win. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Tucker Carlson's soul search last night came up empty. It was an absurd performance. His head writer, Blake Neff, resigned over racist, sexist and misogynist comments that Neff had published — for years — under a fake name in an online forum. Now watch: https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Lawrence / @life_onthecouch: Nothing to see here. I always plan my vacations to start on a Tuesday. https://twitter.com/...
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: New Day Co-Anchor John Berman Goes Off on Tucker Carlson's Response From Last Night …
Scott Greer / @scottmgreer: This is about the best possible response Tucker could've delivered https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Tucker says that the things written online by Blake Neff—the head writer for Tucker's show who said he wrote the first draft of everything Tucker says on air & was recently exposed as a prolific racist anonymous online poster— have “no connection” to Tucker's TV show. https://twitter.com/...
Norman Ornstein / @normornstein: Racist sympathizing with racist he hired, promoted and coddled. Of course. https://twitter.com/...
John Harwood / @johnjharwood: Tucker calls exposure of racist posts by his former top writer “destruction of a young man” by those trying “to hurt other people” https://twitter.com/...
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: Subtext does not endorse text https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: About Tucker Carlson's commentary: May have been designed to quell concerns in corporate offices and advertisers - unlikely to resonate with those Neff's attacks (and Carlson's rhetoric) target. Not really meant to. https://twitter.com/...
Ken Tremendous / @kentremendous: It's infuriating how stupid they assume everyone is, and even more infuriating that they're getting away with it. https://twitter.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: Carlson condemning Neff by saying blandly “it is wrong to attack people for qualities that they can't control,” only makes sense if he thinks, as Neff has said, that black people are stupid and criminals and that those are inherent “qualities” but it's just rude to say so. https://twitter.com/...
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson failed to mention the substance of Neff's posts, disingenuously claimed Neff's views didn't affect his show, and seemed more angry than regretful — In a brief segment on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the host said this: … Carlson's comments cap off a turbulent weekend …
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Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: Will Tucker Carlson's “Long-Planned” Vacation Smooth Things Over at Fox?
Stephen A. Crockett Jr / The Root: Tucker Carlson Continues to Have Trouble With Honesty and Then Says He's Going on Vacation, Which Is Probably a Lie
Norman Ornstein / @normornstein: . @ErikWemple just eviscerates, systematically, the racist Tucker Carlson for what he is. Wow. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian: Tucker Carlson announces vacation after writer resigns over racist remarks
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Vox Media has told unions to prepare for company-wide layoffs; a source says many of the ~100 workers furloughed in April will be laid off — - Vox Media has informed its unions that it plans to cut jobs as advertising revenue has slumped in the first and second quarters.
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Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: CNBC reporting (https://www.cnbc.com/...) that Vox is about layoff about 100 folks while Vox currently has 20 jobs open on its careers site. https://www.voxmedia.com/...
@jason: As I predicted, the media layoffs we watched in March, April & May were the tip of the iceberg—it's going to be ~50% at most brands. Sad to see more coming @voxdotcom, which shut down two of my favorites: @Curbed & @Eater :-( https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Avinash Kunnath / @avinashkunnath: Saddened that SB Nation is ditching community and likely heading toward content farm territory. They could've been the leader in online communities by miles if they'd understood what they had. But ad money is easier I guess. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Marc Normandin / @marc_normandin: I find it very odd that Vox furloughed a bunch of people in sports because sports were postponed, and now sports are back and Vox is like “what if we completely got rid of you instead” https://twitter.com/...
@tcopain: Yet Matty Y will get to continue spinning “actually Trump telling people to drink bleach is clever” takes for Vox https://twitter.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Scoop: Vox Media has informed its unions of layoffs — will primarily affect those who were furloughed in April who haven't already taken buyout packages. Maybe some others depending on union discussions with Vox this week: https://www.cnbc.com/...
Yusuf Gad / @ygadinthesix: Another victim of the “pivot to video” scam Facebook and Google rolled on media companies. https://twitter.com/...
Natalie Weiner / @natalieweiner: what a mess https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: Yesterday McClatchy revealed the majority of people furloughed - on “pandemic leave” - would be let go Vox Media is now looking to make a similar move if furloughed staffers didn't already take a buyout, per @sherman4949 https://www.cnbc.com/...
Carie Kuehn / @cariekuehnnews: Journalism is a hard place right now. That being said, remember if you have a local media outlet of any kind, or a publication that you appreciate ... SUPPORT IT. Support the writers, support the brand. Although not perfect, media is important - with no support we lose quality https://twitter.com/...
Ethan Kraft / @ethan_kraft: Vox Media is preparing for layoffs, sources tell @sherman4949. Many of the affected workers will be people that were furloughed in April but didn't take buyouts and work for parts of the company that were hard-hit by the pandemic, like SBNation and Curbed. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Greg Dool / @gregdool: Vox Media has informed its staff unions, incl. that of NY Mag, that company-wide staff cuts are coming, per @sherman4949. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Charles / @fourverts: of course https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Greg / @gwiss: Fuck Vox Media https://twitter.com/...
Louis Bien / @louisbien: this is a way bigger story than how much we should be coddling our loudest Very Concerned airhorns https://twitter.com/...
Dennis Tracy / @dennismtracy: Now this is something to actively be upset about, this sucks https://twitter.com/...
John Sickels / @minorleagueball: Not a surprise. I never thought the business model would survive a recession, let alone a catastrophe. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: This is unfortunate but inevitable. We'll see a second wave of cuts because the first round wasn't deep enough to compensate for the downturns in ad revenue. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Max Burns / @themaxburns: Just terrible news for my friends at @voxmedia. This is such a brutal time to be in media, and we aren't talking enough as an industry about how to address the psychological toll of job stress many people are facing right now. https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie M. Lee / @stephaniemlee: this sucks so much. https://twitter.com/...
BKactual / @bravokiloactual: In 2014-2015 alone, @voxdotcom had investors pour 250 million dollars into their company. And they can't make any money. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Wall Street Journal:
Investigation: Google Search displays YouTube videos more prominently than nearly identical videos from Facebook and other sites; sources say this is by design — Facebook and other competitors host the same videos, but engineers have made changes that effectively preference YouTube—owned by Google—over other video sources.
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Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: of course it does https://www.wsj.com/...
Dan McDermott / @danielpmcdermot: Isn't that the point of having multiple popular websites? Retailers put their house brand products at eye level on the shelves and often charge other brands for any shelf space at all. One can argue G is a de facto monopoly in many countries but this behavior isn't unique. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Pershing / @benpershing: This has interesting implications for the antitrust scrutiny Google already faces -> https://www.wsj.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: Calling Facebook Watch a “competitive challenge” to YouTube is the nicest thing anyone has ever written about Facebook Watch. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John West / @johnwest: “Helpful” and “relevant” results are what Google is looking for when its algorithms decide which videos to show in its video carousels. But in a story from @samschech, @kirstengrind, ans me, we show that Google steers users to YouTube over its rivals. https://www.wsj.com/...
Lisa Riemers / @lisariemers: Nice bit of rigorous journalism @wsj (actually prompted me to subscribe) to evidence what everyone already knows: Google prefers Youtube content https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Deborah Douglas / Nieman Reports:
A look at the new Black press, including TheGrio, The Root, ZORA, The TRiiBE, The Plug, and Blavity, and how they tell stories about and for Black communities — How nimble, mission-driven outlets and a citizen-focused initiative are telling stories about — and for — Black communities
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@torresrandres, @theopedproject, @natashasalford, @asteadwesley, @aaronkfoley, @theamarareport, @soljourno, @ahofschneider and @niemanreports
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Andres / @torresrandres: “The TRiiBE would do one thing none of the other outlets would initially do: Talk to someone who was there.” Impressed how this sentence is written about a @TheTRiiBE story, but applies broadly to their approach. Chicago is better for their work. https://niemanreports.org/...
@theopedproject: “The new Black press is changing the lenses of victimization and dysfunction into lenses of empowerment and agency.” - @deadlinedd a senior leader with @TheOpEdProject https://niemanreports.org/...
Natasha Sonia Alford / @natashasalford: Thank you @deadlinedd for spotlighting the power of the Black press in this moment! Words and reflections on @theGrio from my fam @rantoddj ✊🏾 https://twitter.com/...
Steadman / @asteadwesley: If you would like to read something about historically underrepresented voices https://niemanreports.org/...
Aaron Foley / @aaronkfoley: Your must-read about a new chapter for Black press — including a quick mention of a forthcoming @CCMNewmarkJ report on the state of Black media. https://twitter.com/...
Amara Omeokwe / @theamarareport: Shout out to @NatashaSAlford and @Sherrell_Dorsey. Their most excellent work is featured in this great piece. https://twitter.com/...
@soljourno: This is absolutely, positively, importantly in the #mustread category, from the brilliant mind of @deadlinedd: https://niemanreports.org/...
Anita Hofschneider / @ahofschneider: “News and reporting about Black communities, which is what mainstream news offers, is a lower bar than news and reporting for Black communities,” says journalist and researcher Carla Murphy at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. https://twitter.com/...
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