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Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya:
[Thread] Twitter updates Hacked Materials Policy, says it won't remove content unless shared by hackers themselves and will label tweets instead of block links — Over the last 24 hours, we've received significant feedback (from critical to supportive) about how we enforced our Hacked Materials Policy yesterday. After reflecting on this feedback, we have decided to make changes to the policy and how we enforce it.
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Discussion:
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: We believe that labeling Tweets and empowering people to assess content for themselves better serves the public interest and public conversation. The Hacked Material Policy is being updated to reflect these new enforcement capabilities.
@jack: Straight blocking of URLs was wrong, and we updated our policy and enforcement to fix. Our goal is to attempt to add context, and now we have capabilities to do that. https://twitter.com/...
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Twitter changes hacked material policy after backlash over blocking NYPost story about Biden's son
Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter CEO Admits Blocking NY Post Stories Was Wrong, Changes Hacked-Content Policy
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: I'm grateful for everyone who has provided feedback and insights over the past day. Content moderation is incredibly difficult, especially in the critical context of an election. We are trying to act responsibly & quickly to prevent harms, but we're still learning along the way.
Andy Stone / @andymstone: While I will intentionally not link to the New York Post, I want be clear that this story is eligible to be fact checked by Facebook's third-party fact checking partners. In the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform.
Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter: Without methodology or transparency, Facebook and Twitter become the ‘arbiters of the truth’
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News: Facebook Gave A Platform To The Shady Ukrainians Pushing The New York Post Biden Story
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says blocking New York Post story was ‘wrong’
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept: Facebook and Twitter Cross a Line Far More Dangerous Than What They Censor
Brandon / @bborrman: Yesterday was the highest profile application of the Hacked Materials Policy to date. We want to clarify — the policy isn't meant to chill journalistic efforts or whistleblowers. More to come. https://twitter.com/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: Twitter and Facebook spent 24 hours defending decisions to throttle or block links to the NYPost story. Amazingly, tonight Twitter changed its stance because of the chilling effect its “hacked materials” policy could have on whistleblowers w @kateconger https://www.nytimes.com/...
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Twitter changes its hacked materials policy in wake of New York Post controversy
Maarten Schenk / Lead Stories: Fact Check: Twitter Did NOT Shut Down Entire Network To Slow Spread Of Negative Biden News
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: 100% this - “Without methodology or transparency, Facebook and Twitter become the ‘arbiters of the truth’” @ctardaguila says. “Naive are those who believe this isn't dangerous ... Transparency is essential [to] the cause of reducing mis and disinformation” https://www.poynter.org/...
Brendan Morrow / The Week: Twitter announces ‘stunning policy reversal’ after New York Post article block
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: So, what's changing? 1. We will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in concert with them 2. We will label Tweets to provide context instead of blocking links from being shared on Twitter
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: All the other Twitter Rules will still apply to the posting of or linking to hacked materials, such as our rules against posting private information, synthetic and manipulated media, and non-consensual nudity.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: These companies have serious problems with non-consensual imagery for both celebrities and normies, and strong enforcement of those rules (and anything that could lead to physical or electronic brigading) should still be free of political considerations. https://twitter.com/...
Martin Farrer / The Guardian: Twitter softens policy on hacking after row over blocked New York Post story
Rat King / @mikeisaac: But! Twitter will still continue to block links to the NYPost story under a *separate* policy, because the story contains links to email addresses and personal information, which are not allowed on the site. tune in tomorrow for our next installment https://www.nytimes.com/...
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: We will continue to keep you all updated on our progress and more details as we update our policy pages to reflect these changes in the coming days.
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: We've recently added new product capabilities, such as labels to provide people with additional context. We are no longer limited to Tweet removal as an enforcement action.
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: “We are trying to act responsibly & quickly to prevent harms, but we're still learning along the way.” - Twitter moves quickly to adjust how it enforces the controversial policy that blocked NYP article from being posted or shared. https://twitter.com/...
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: We put the Hacked Materials Policy in place back in 2018 to discourage and mitigate harms associated with hacks and unauthorized exposure of private information. We tried to find the right balance between people's privacy and the right of free expression, but we can do better.
Brandon / @bborrman: @ScottNover @TwitterComms @nypost No change as the materials in the article still violate our rules on sharing personal private information.
Jessica Verrilli / @jess: This is such a hard job but I have total faith @vijaya and the Twitter team are acting in a principled manner, listening to the feedback, and transparently evolving. https://twitter.com/...
Steven Overly / @stevenoverly: Twitter makes changes to its policies for handling hacked materials following the New York Post controversy. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Weinstein / @ericrweinstein: You have: a consistency problem a hypocrisy problem a political bias problem an arrogance problem an authoritarian problem an insularity problem and a censorship problem And all are *repeatedly* misportrayed as a single “clarity in communications” problem. #SlipTheDISC https://twitter.com/...
@poynter: It seems like Facebook and Twitter have decided to assume the position they've been avoiding for so long. https://www.poynter.org/...
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: Why the changes? We want to address the concerns that there could be many unintended consequences to journalists, whistleblowers and others in ways that are contrary to Twitter's purpose of serving the public conversation.
Asha Rangappa / @asharangappa_: Subject of NY Post story is now being investigated by the FBI a foreign intel operation and Twitter decides to facilitate our adversaries by allowing it to spread like wildfire. Remember, lies spread 6x faster than truth on social media...Russia counts on it 🇷🇺 https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: @bborrman @TwitterComms @nypost Okay, thanks. But the change indicates that, under the new policy, the @nypost article itself doesn't violate the hacked materials policy anymore? Is that correct?
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Everyone is making it up as they go along. The only question is do you want folks who are democratically elected/appointed doing it or do you want folks accountable only to shareholders doing it (and only barely because of special stock classes and packing the board and stuff)? https://twitter.com/...
Brandon / @bborrman: @ScottNover @TwitterComms @nypost New policy is not in place yet, but we'll share it when it is in the coming days. So as of now nothing changes.
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: we're changing the policy that led to this but it also violates another policy https://twitter.com/...
Liz Kelley / @lizkelley: moving forward, we'll label hacked materials rather than blocking links. here's the latest: https://twitter.com/...
One Matt among many / @0xmatt: @alexstamos It does seem to me though, like the practical effect of this change is that hacktivists will have their content taken down, but anyone who can afford to launder their hacked data through the New York Post will get a pass.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: This seems like a reasonable change. It's appropriate for social media platforms to prevent themselves from being used as the initial distribution point for a hack-forge-leak, but not once the stories hit the press. Twitter and Facebook can't fix bad journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: @bborrman @TwitterComms Hey Brandon — How does this effect the @nypost article?
Cristiano Lima / Politico: Twitter changes policy on hacked materials — but links to N.Y. Post story still blocked
Sohrab Ahmari / @sohrabahmari: This is a Big Tech information coup. This is digital civil war. I, an editor at The New York Post, one of the nation's largest papers by circulation, can't post one of our own stories that details corruption by a major-party presidential candidate, Biden. https://twitter.com/...
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon / New York Post: Twitter changes guidelines following Post censorship controversy
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@twittersafety:
[Thread] Twitter clarifies why it blocked the sharing of NY Post's Biden story, saying it contained private info and violated its Hacked Materials Policy
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@twittersafety: The policy, established in 2018, prohibits the use of our service to distribute content obtained without authorization. We don't want to incentivize hacking by allowing Twitter to be used as distribution for possibly illegally obtained materials. https://blog.twitter.com/...
@jack: Our communication around our actions on the @nypost article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we're blocking: unacceptable. https://twitter.com/...
Renee DiResta / @noupside: This is related to today's Biden story: A few months ago the fact-respecting portion of the internet was outraged at social media companies allowing Plandemic to go wildly viral, despite stated policies against health misinfo. The video was taken down after millions of views...
Thomas Rid / @ridt: Relax. Twitter and Facebook are not the internet, and they're not the government. These are private companies. A little bit like a supermarket asking you to wear a mask. You can just stay out or leave if you don't like it.
Jack Shafer / Politico: Facebook and Twitter Have Bitten Off Too Much
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: I tweeted a link to the NYP story right after it dropped yesterday morning. I immediately reached out to the Biden campaign to see if they had any answer. I wish i had given the story a closer read before tweeting it. @twitter suspended me https://twitter.com/...
Ted Cruz / @tedcruz: My letter to @jack regarding @Twitter's censorship of the @nypost. https://twitter.com/...
Duluth News Tribune: Twitter briefly restricts Trump campaign account, Republicans decry company's actions
Trump War Room / @trumpwarroom: BREAKING: Twitter has locked the personal account of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany for sharing news Democrats don't like. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: New: Facebook reduced the distribution of the NY Post story with unverified claims about the Bidens. But for a year+ it's given a platform to Ukrainian operatives—including one the US sanctioned & deemed an “active Russian agent”—to spread Biden disinfo. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Parker / @pt: I have read the argument a lot in the last day that social media is the Public Square. No. The internet is the public square, and it is infinite. Twitter is an Arby's on the Square, and you're inside yelling about their lack of vegan options being literal fascism.
Justin Amash / @justinamash: The First Amendment prohibits government censorship and protects private censorship. In a free society, Twitter and Facebook are allowed to make horrible decisions with respect to content moderation, and you are allowed to tell them off and use another service.
@deanobeidallah: Here is the fact checking for the Hunter Biden email myth- the owner of a small computer store has no idea who gave him the mystery computer. Add to that he copied the hard drive and gave it to Rudy Giuliani. Hmmm, is giving a hard drive to Rudy standard? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Pinho / networked: But his emails — (Yup, like everyone else, I moved from TinyLetter to Substack.
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: @Twitter my goal was not to spread informatoin. my goal was to raise questions about the story — as i did in subsequent tweets — and see how the biden campaign was going to respond. They later did respond.
Jake Sherman / @jakesherman: @Twitter My account is clearly no longer suspended. I deleted the tweet.
Casey Newton / Platformer: YouTube comes for Q — I. — On Wednesday Facebook and Twitter sniffed out what appeared …
S.V. Dte / @svdate: It seems like maybe the real story here is the role of Giuliani and Bannon in obtaining and disseminating Russian disinformation to swing the US election. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tom Cotton / @sentomcotton: There will be ... NO QUARTER for censorship by Big Tech Oligarchs. https://twitter.com/...
Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo: News flash everything on social media is an editorial decision by the company. Every single thing, the UI, the posts you see, the posts you don't, the metrics, the speed with which everything updates, the colors, it's all human decisions all the way down. It's all subjective
Sarah Kopit / Bloomberg: N.Y. Post Biden Story Spreads Despite Censorship Claims
James Todaro / @jamestodaromd: I'm waiting for the day when twitter issues a similar statement about actions taken against a Washington Post or New York Times article. I feel like I'll be waiting a while... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: US Senators Call for Increased Social Media Regulation After Blocking of NY Post Article
Tom Dreisbach / @tomdreisbach: It's fairly clear that Twitter is making this up as they go along. “Illegally obtained materials” could include records that are widely considered in the public interest - the WikiLeaks release of Iraq War and State Department cables, Snowden's leaks, the Pentagon Papers... https://twitter.com/...
@twittersafety: The images contained in the articles include personal and private information — like email addresses and phone numbers — which violate our rules. https://help.twitter.com/...
@twittersafety: As noted this morning, we also currently view materials included in the articles as violations of our Hacked Materials Policy. https://help.twitter.com/...
Caleb Parke / Fox News: Gowdy rips mainstream media: More articles about Pence debate fly than Hunter Biden
Michael McFaul / @mcfaul: Has the NY Post responded? These are some very definitive statements from former Biden officials. They either need to be challenged with factual reporting or apologies and retractions need to be issued. https://twitter.com/...
@garycoby: .@jack and @finkd are illegally interfering in the election. @HawleyMO we need leaders who will step up and take real action... deliver actual consequences to these corporations. Thank you for stepping up. USA needs it! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: “Content obtained without authorization” is a hilarious standard that seemingly nobody at Twitter has spent any time thinking through. https://twitter.com/...
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Fifteen important things to say about Facebook, Twitter, and the New York Post's Hunter Biden story
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: Twitter Goofed It — Yesterday morning, the New York Post published a bombastic and dubious report …
@twittersafety: Commentary on or discussion about hacked materials, such as articles that cover them but do not include or link to the materials themselves, aren't a violation of this policy. Our policy only covers links to or images of hacked material themselves.
Jennifer Jacobs / @jenniferjjacobs: Twitter locks more White House posts. https://twitter.com/...
Burgess Everett / @burgessev: Cruz and Hawley sent letters to Twitter within minutes of each other https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: It's because she tweeted out a screenshot containing an email address. This is a standard Twitter policy that gets regularly enforced across the political spectrum. It's a basic rule that applies to everyone. But ok. https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: Remember when Ted Cruz used Cambridge Analytica's services to get elected? And now that we know that their whole model was basically disinformation and dirt, it sort of puts this little tantrum into perspective https://twitter.com/...
Kayleigh McEnany / @presssec: Censorship should be condemned! cc: @Twitter & Facebook NOT the American way‼️ 🇺🇸
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: Facebook and Twitter are finally using their most effective tool against disinformation
@twittersafety: We know we have more work to do to provide clarity in our product when we enforce our rules in this manner. We should provide additional clarity and context when preventing the Tweeting or DMing of URLs that violate our policies.
@twittersafety: We recognize that Twitter is just one of many places where people can find information online, and the Twitter Rules are intended to protect the conversation on our service, and to add context to people's experience where we can.
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: by not having a stance and being sloppy af both companies have asked for this. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Hawley / @hawleymo: .@Twitter @jack this is not nearly good enough. In fact, it's a joke. It's downright insulting. I will ask you - and @Facebook - to give an explanation UNDER OATH to the Senate subcommittee I chair. These are potential violations of election law, and that's a crime https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / Platformer:
The Post hack-and-leak may remain in the right-wing conspiracy sphere if mainstream outlets treat it with the same severe skepticism Twitter and Facebook have
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News: Feds examining whether alleged Hunter Biden emails are linked to a foreign intel operation
David Corn / Mother Jones: Giuliani and the New York Post Are Pushing Russian Disinformation. It's a Big Test for the Media.
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones: Is Rudy Giuliani a Russian Pawn?
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: Yes, we're doing it all over again
Justin Hendrix / Just Security: Facebook and Twitter's Handling of New York Post Hunter Biden Story Bodes Poorly for Post-Election Period
Jonathan Chait / @jonathanchait: I realize there is No Collusion but the Giuliani-Derkach relationship does seem a little bit... collusive? https://nymag.com/...
Jeff Asher / @crimealytics: This is smart and I wonder if the platforms are more than just suspecting a hack and leak. https://twitter.com/...
@cjr: New from @mathewi: Since Donald Trump became president, there's been a never-ending series of articles about how the media enabled his victory. A blizzard of news on Wednesday showed that some are failing to heed those warnings. https://www.cjr.org/...
Lisa Snowden / @lisamccray: All the good people in journalism got fired yet the people making these trash decisions still collect a paycheck. https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: I regret to inform you that yes, we're doing it all over again: A major TV network is giving Trump a megaphone, and a newspaper is promoting a thinly-sourced story based on hacked emails https://www.cjr.org/...
Jack Shafer / @jackshafer: “Sen. Josh Hawley...announced that he would investigate the platforms' [Twitter and Facebook] action as a possibly illegal contribution to the Biden campaign. (Which would make Fox News' prime-time lineup what, exactly?)” @CaseyNewton https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Robby Soave / @robbysoave: It's a huge problem that many in the mainstream media and pundit class (i.e. the people attacking Maggie Haberman for daring to share NY Post's Hunter Biden scoop) now think its their job to suppress information they don't want the public to read. https://reason.com/...
@barrydeutsch: Robby, does this mean your own policy at Reason is to carry every single story that's submitted or that you come across? And if you decide that some stories aren't worth carrying, does that mean you're suppressing information you don't want the public to read? https://twitter.com/...
Thuy Ong / @thuyong: i'm kinda biased but @CaseyNewton's newsletter is the best explainer on that nypost Hunter Biden article and its ramifications: https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Janira Planes / @janiraplanes: “These dumps, combined with the news media's obsession with campaign trivia and gossip, have resulted in whistle-drowning, rather than whistle-blowing: In a sea of so many whistles (...), we cannot hear a single one.” @zeynep cited in @platformer https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Hollywood Reporter:
Over 100 actors, writers, and producers sign a letter to NBCUniversal and Comcast execs protesting the airing of a Trump town hall opposite a Biden event — “You are enabling the president's bad behavior while undercutting the Presidential Debate Commission and doing a disservice to the American public …
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Columbia Journalism Review, @conanobrien, @jbflint, @merrillbro, @brianstelter, @shakeenz, Wall Street Journal, @feliciasonmez, @greenfield64, Politico, @yashar, ABC News, @vivian, New Republic, @benyt, @suehalpernvt, @deanluk, Washington Post, @adamnagourney, @marcacaputo, Washington Post, Fast Company, The Wrap, Real Clear Politics, The Hill, @kylepope, @billyeichner, @moorehn, @warrenleighttv, @jenszalai, The Daily Beast, Top Celebrity News …, @hodgman, @ericidle, @sulliview, @bradleywhitford, @marcacaputo, @jbenton, @connieschultz, @abbydphillip, @jackischechner, @ericbalfour, @lollardfish, @markos, @wajahatali, @ynb, @keitholbermann, @brianstelter, @jon_allsop, @brianstelter, @bgrueskin, @bgrueskin, @owillis, @corb_the_lesser, @joshsternberg, @nprinskeep, @dandrezner, @danrather, @bevysmith, @shawnhatosy, Los Angeles Times, @ditzkoff, @schmittnyc, @frances_fisher, @byronyork, @w7voa, @blackamazon, @drdave1999, @vivian, @joshsternberg, @elaheizadi, @doncheadle, @brithume, @helenkennedy, @poniewozik, @marmel, @herzogfan, @jayrosen_nyu, @b52malmet, @shakeenz, @mrjoncryer, New York Times, @heffnera, TVLine, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, TVNewser and IndieWire
Discussion:
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: Guthrie grills Trump, but NBC still has to answer for itself
Conan O'Brien / @conanobrien: I can't remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision.
Joe Flint / @jbflint: NBC News head Cesar Conde says, “We share in the frustration that our event will initially air alongside the first half of ABC's broadcast with Vice President Biden. Our decision is motivated only by fairness, not business considerations.” https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Merrill Brown / @merrillbro: Management at @NBCNews needs to explain ASAP how agreeing at last minute to add a town hall with President Trump opposite an @abcnews Joe Biden Town Hall is in the public interest. Even doing it at 10 ET just after Biden would have been a better decision. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: This is how Trump is previewing his town hall: “You know, I'm being set up tonight. I'm doing this town hall with Concast - C O N, right - CON - cuz it's a CON JOB. Concast. C O N. Not C O M. CONcast. So I'm doing it, and it's NBC, the worst...” https://twitter.com/...
Shakina / @shakeenz: Shame on @NBC. Y'all sign my checks as of late but I'm disgusted by my home network giving Trump a platform for fear mongering, bigotry & disinformation. Don't praise yourselves for putting a trans woman on primetime then give a platform to someone who wants to abolish my rights.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: NBC Actors, Producers Protest Decision to Host Trump Town Hall at Same Time as Biden Event
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: Trump tells the crowd he's doing his NBC town hall tonight. He says NBC is “the worst” and repeatedly insults them and host Savannah Guthrie. “I figured, what the hell, we get a free hour on television,” Trump says.
Jeff Greenfield / @greenfield64: The decision by NBC News to run a Trump town hall directly opposite ABC's Biden town hall is indefensible.
Marc Caputo / Politico: Trump town hall sparks behind-the-scenes fury at NBC
@yashar: I've heard from over a dozen NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC sources (talent and staff) and the frustration with and anger toward their employer for scheduling a town hall against Biden is palpable.
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: The point of a news organization is to serve the public. This is the opposite. @NBCNews could literally run this any other day, or any other time. Shameful. (Disclosure: I am a former NBC News exec) https://twitter.com/...
Alex Shephard / New Republic: NBC Did Joe Biden a Big Favor
Sue Halpern / @suehalpernvt: The cynicism of NBC execs, who gave us The Apprentice and thus this President, is stunning and shameful. ABC should call their bluff and move Biden so he talks after Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Lukasiewicz / @deanluk: This is a bad result for American voters, who should not be forced to choose which to watch. So much is still going wrong with how TV journalism copes, or still fails to cope, with @realDonaldTrump. https://twitter.com/...
Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post: At Trump's NBC town hall, reality strikes back at a reality-show president
Adam Nagourney / @adamnagourney: Fair point; not sure why Trump/NBC couldn't have gone before or after, or on another day. This should be about voters, give them a chance to see candidates. Instead, feels like this is going to deteriorate into chest-thumping over who gets biggest ratings. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Caputo / @marcacaputo: Maddow enjoyed Savannah Guthrie's questioning of Trump but suggested she had some reservations about how the town hall came to be, potentially reflecting some of the internal NBCUniversal discontent over it background: https://www.politico.com/... video of Maddow starting her show👇 https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: By giving Trump a town hall to rival Biden's, NBC is playing into his ratings obsession — again
Joe Berkowitz / Fast Company: The last 36 hours of news prove that “fairness” further poisons politics
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: CNN's Don Lemon Bashes NBC's Trump Town Hall as ‘Outright Embarrassing Ratings Ploy’
Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics: At Trump Townhall, Guthrie Steps In as Debate Opponent
Kyle Pope / @kylepope: I'm reminded of Chris Wallace bemoaning the fact that Trump's shouting meant the American people didn't get the benefit of hearing from both candidates. @NBCNews apparently has no such view. This is a craven ratings stunt, caving to the Trumpian impulses the network helped hone.
Billy Eichner / @billyeichner: I love @ConanOBrien. https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: my entire timeline is trump. literally no biden at all. members of the media included. y'all are really going to give him those metrics, huh? that's how we got here.
Warren Leight / @warrenleighttv: How can you “share in the frustration” when you are the ones who scheduled it? https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Szalai / @jenszalai: According to this, the person at NBC who wanted to move ahead “unilaterally” with the Trump town hall was Noah Oppenheim, who featured prominently (and not in a flattering light) in @RonanFarrow's “Catch and Kill” https://www.politico.com/...
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast: Jimmy Kimmel Calls Out NBC's Cozy Relationship With Trump: ‘NBC Sucks’
Brent Furdyk / Top Celebrity News, Hollywood Headlines: Celebrities Share Reactions To Vastly Different Biden And Trump Town Halls
John Hodgman / @hodgman: Someone in my feed asked if anyone getting paid by NBC was standing up to this. @shakeenz was incredibly brave to leap out among the first. CONNECTING show creators @martingero and Brendan Gall backed up their cast and put their reps and brand new show on the line too. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Idle / @ericidle: This is bollocks. You're losing a lot of friends. Think again. https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: In a Sept 23 note to @NBCNews staff, the top honcho urged news group to pause to think about ‘mission’ and being ‘best in class’. Weeks later, he signed off on this ratings-driven spectacle. My column https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bradley Whitford / @bradleywhitford: Bullshit. “Fairness” would mean doing it the following night, not opposite each other. It also would have given you better ratings. The stupidity of your decision would be hilarious if it didn't exacerbate the divisions in our already traumatized country. Shame on you. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Caputo / @marcacaputo: What Ive gathered: ✅NBC News Noah Oppenheim made the decision for the Trump town hall ✅He clashed w/MSNBC's Phil Griffin over it ✅The 2 also disagree over their networks' directions ✅Chuck Todd had 0 to do w/town hall (colleague says he's appalled) https://www.politico.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Your penance is the release of all Apprentice tapes by Monday morning, NBC https://www.wsj.com/...
Connie Schultz / @connieschultz: “As @vivian Vivian Schiller, a former NBC, Twitter and NPR executive, put it: ‘The point of a news organization is to serve the public. This is the opposite.’” https://twitter.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: Yeah... so this is going well. https://twitter.com/...
@jackischechner: How humiliating for you, @NBCNews. You offer him an hour of free exposure, and he sh*ts all over you and your anchors. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Balfour / @ericbalfour: This is such a lame move on the part of @NBCNews. They should have held it on another night! https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: Protest is good. But also: strike. https://twitter.com/...
Markos Moulitsas / @markos: Great job @nbc @NBCNews! You managed to piss everyone off, and for what? https://twitter.com/...
@wajahatali: Congrats NBC. You brought this on yourselves. Was it worth it? Just for ratings. Pathetic. https://twitter.com/...
Yvette Nicole Brown / @ynb: Alexa, play a reading of the poem “The Snake”. https://twitter.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Pro tip: cancel it https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “MSNBC head Phil Griffin strongly disagreed with NBC News President Noah Oppenheim's decision to unilaterally move forward with the town hall during that time slot,” @MarcACaputo reports, citing “three high-ranking sources” https://www.politico.com/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: @BGrueskin @benyt They probably won't, though Trump might make it a nightmare for himself...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: @BGrueskin @benyt Holt asked lots of his own Q's last week, so Guthrie will too
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: @brianstelter @benyt Right. But the host still has to feed off the voters' questions
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: @benyt It's a town hall, so NBC's options are more limited than a straight interview or debate.
Oliver Willis / @owillis: @benyt youve been at this too long for this naive a take
@corb_the_lesser: @benyt If Trump is tossed a few relevant questions, he'll do his own nightmare making.
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: @BGrueskin @brianstelter @benyt I will be interested to see if NBC puts its ad sales execs in the front row like previous presidential town halls, like 2016's Commander-in-Chief forum on the Intrepid.
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: Okay that's a good line. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: Tweet of the day. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Rather / @danrather: This shade is as warranted as an umbrella on a hot summer day at the beach. And @ConanOBrien, I'm here for it. https://twitter.com/...
Shawn Hatosy / @shawnhatosy: Dude, I remember. That decision caused the first cancellation of Southland. https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: NBC faces backlash over scheduling its Trump town hall against ABC's Biden event
Dave Itzkoff / @ditzkoff: the important thing is that, by offering Trump a competing town hall, NBC was able to maintain its dignity and avoid the wrath of the president https://twitter.com/...
Rob Schmitt / @schmittnyc: To shocked NBC staff, your company, like every other corporation, is just pretending to be woke and liberal. Trump town hall will make millions and they need money to pay you. Welcome to capitalism. https://twitter.com/...
Frances Fisher / @frances_fisher: @jjabrams @Ava @marhargitay Among 100 Top Hollywood Players: “We are simply asking that #NBC air the President's town hall either before or after Vice President #Biden's so that American voters can have the opportunity to watch both.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Byron York / @byronyork: NBC actors, producers protest network's decision to air Trump town hall tonight at same time as Biden's on ABC. They want you to know that, ‘This is not a partisan issue. This is about the political health of our democracy.’ OK. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: “So I'm being set up tonight” with “Concast” and “NBC, the worst,” says @POTUS of this evening's televised town hall event. “We get a free hour on television.”
@blackamazon: ...... god the social and comms consultant space is bad and bland and boring right now https://twitter.com/...
Dr. David A. Lustig / @drdave1999: I call it ‘Corporate Cowardice.’ Other users on social media were less kind. NBC deserves to be blasted for giving the Sociopath-in-Chief 90-min. of free airtime after he withdrew from his debate with Biden, as well as for scheduling it opposite Biden. https://www.latimes.com/...
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: @benyt They made their own bed.
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: Would appreciate a look into how much money the networks are making from town halls. We blew past the “informing the public” argument. Media buyers, my DMs are open to hear how much your clients are spending to be a part of this.
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: .@Sulliview has some words: “In fact, NBC News is doing what so much of mainstream media has done time and again: allowed Trump to steal the spotlight and command attention on his terms.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Don Cheadle / @doncheadle: yep. fairness. not business. um hm. they're in the fairness business. like all networks are. um hm ... https://twitter.com/...
Brit Hume / @brithume: They are like most college faculties: liberal, biased and trying to run the institutions. https://www.wsj.com/...
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: As TV professionals know, NBC executives have no control over their scheduling decisions, which are made by drawing a time slot on a slip of paper using an arcade claw machine, an admittedly frustrating but nonetheless binding process. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Marmel / @marmel: This took courage that Savannah Guthrie does not have. https://twitter.com/...
LK Lawson / @herzogfan: @MSNBC Goodbye NBC. You reward Trump's bad behavior by giving him his own special opposite Biden ? Haven't you guys done enough in promoting this conman and pathological liar ? Savannah Guthrie ? What, Toadstool Todd wasn't free ? The NBC-Trump legacy: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: Look. The historical predicate of Trump shaking down NBC for what he wants. https://twitter.com/...
Shakina / @shakeenz: Honestly shame on @ABC and @NBC, this echo chamber of rhetoric is a root problem in America. These days leading up to the election should be about the exchange and comparison of ideas and policy, not ratings and stoking division. @realDonaldTrump & @JoeBiden should #debate.
Jon Cryer / @mrjoncryer: I'm proud to join my colleagues protesting NBC's shameful decision. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... via @thr
Alexander Heffner / @heffnera: Holy Malarkey. After NBC Entertainment elected Donald Trump and decimated democracy, NBC News wants to platform his re-election. https://twitter.com/...
Kimberly Roots / TVLine: Mariska Hargitay, This Is Us Cast Implore NBC to Move Trump Town Hall
Margeaux Sippell / The Wrap: Carl Bernstein Bashes NBC for ‘Allowing Itself to Get Conned’ Into Trump Town Hall
Christopher Rosen / Vanity Fair: NBC's Biggest Stars Sign Open Letter Demanding Network Move Trump Town Hall
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: This Is Us, Law & Order: SVU Actors Among 100 Top Hollywood Creatives Speaking Out Against NBC News' Trump Town Hall
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Despite fears that the NBC town hall would amount to free promotion for Trump, Savannah Guthrie grilled him and repeatedly challenged his evasions — The network was criticized for accommodating Trump after he rejected a debate. But then the ‘Today’ host started asking him questions.
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Annie Karni / New York Times: Savannah Guthrie gets answers from Trump by setting a fast pace and following up.
Peter Hamby / @peterhamby: Two days of How Dare You, NBC! takes conclude with an avalanche of applause tweets for @SavannahGuthrie. News cycles can be really dumb these days.
Rob Quinn / Newser: Guthrie Gave Trump ‘One of His Toughest Grillings’
Brian Stelter / CNN: Savannah Guthrie's questions at NBC's town hall exposed Trump's warped information diet
David Frum / The Atlantic: The Final Season of the Trump Show
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots: Mr. Rogers vs. Your Crazy Uncle
Liz Kocan / Decider: Jimmy Kimmel Explains Why Trump And Biden's Town Halls Were Head-To-Head: “NBC Sucks”
Susan Crabtree / Real Clear Politics: At Townhall, Biden Channels Mr. Rogers
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: I don't know what NBC pays @SavannahGuthrie but execs should give her a whopping bonus this year bc she might just get them out of one of the company's biggest messes in years
Claire Shaffer / Rolling Stone: Jimmy Kimmel Slams Trump's Dueling Town Hall on Debate Night
Simon Owens / @simonowens: Alternate theory: the two days of harsh criticism forced NBC to go tough on Trump https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: Savannah Guthrie peppered President Trump during Thursday's town hall with a series of quick-paced, conversational questions that managed to put him on the spot and reveal his evasions in a way that few others have managed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Willie Geist / @williegeist: .@SavannahGuthrie did an excellent job of drawing answers out of @POTUS tonight, as we all knew she would. Proud of my friend. https://twitter.com/...
C Bryan Jones / @cbryanjones: Yes! @SavannahGuthrie was AMAZING! @SusanPage should take notes. This is how a real journalist asks questions of someone who evades and distracts with moronic nonsense. https://twitter.com/...
@foxnews: Critics pan NBC town hall, Savannah Guthrie for ‘debating’ Trump, ABC for giving ‘softballs’ to Biden https://www.foxnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Dillon / @mpdillon: @PeterHamby @SavannahGuthrie I mean, I do think believing a network giving a head-to-head townhall slot to an incumbent President who's blowing off debates is not a great precedent, and that she did a pretty solid job given the circumstances, are not wholly inconsistent or opposite beliefs
Walter Shapiro / New Republic: The Whiplash of Watching Two Town Halls From Different Planets
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Ajit Pai says FCC will start a rulemaking to clarify the meaning of Section 230, and social media doesn't have “special immunity denied to other media outlets” — - Agency chief says it will conduct rulemaking Trump sought — Social media doesn't have special immunity, Chairman Pai says
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@ajitpaifcc, @jrosenworcel, @tommjohnsonjr, @jisraelbalderas, @brendancarrfcc, MediaNama, @jisraelbalderas, @jaycaruso, @hawleymo, @micsolana, Law & Crime, CNN and CNET, more at Techmeme »
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Ajit Pai / @ajitpaifcc: I intend to move forward with an @FCC rulemaking to clarify the meaning of #Section230. Read my full statement below. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Rosenworcel / @jrosenworcel: The FCC has no business being the President's speech police. #Section230 https://twitter.com/...
Tom Johnson / @tommjohnsonjr: I've informed Chairman @AjitPaiFCC that the @FCC has the legal authority to interpret #Section230. We now intend to move forward with a rulemaking to clarify its meaning. Read the Chairman's full statement below: https://twitter.com/...
@jisraelbalderas: Looking forward to see how the FCC avoids an arbitrary and capricious ruling when it “clarifies” 230 while simultaneously “clarifying” that in its RIFO final rule, it found 230 to be determinative that regulating broadband as info service means free market deregulation approach https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Carr / @brendancarrfcc: FCC Chairman Pai announced today that he is moving forward with clarifying Section 230. This is great news, and I applaud his leadership on this important issue. My full statement on the need to reform Section 230 and rein in Big Tech immediately: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Aditya Chunduru / MediaNama: US communications regulator to revisit Section 230 safe harbour protections for social media companies
@jisraelbalderas: “The congressional record reflects that the drafters of Section 230 did ‘not wish to have a Federal Computer Commission with an ARMY OF BUREAUCRATS regulating the internet.’” See Restoring Internet Freedom Order 33 FCC Rcd 311 (1) (emphasis added) https://twitter.com/...
Jay Caruso / @jaycaruso: “But they do not have a First Amendment right to a special immunity denied to other media outlets, such as newspapers and broadcasters.” You're right and they do *not* have special immunity, Chairman Pai. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Hawley / @hawleymo: This is a major announcement from FCC on #BigTech. Now Congress must act on #Section230 https://twitter.com/...
Mike Solana / @micsolana: welcome to the new republican party. special thanks to all the short-sighted tech execs who made this possible. https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime: Lawyers Hit FCC Chairman for Joining Trump Admin Assault on Section 230: ‘The Law Is Pretty F***ing Clear, Ajit’
Brian Fung / CNN: FCC chairman says he'll seek to regulate social media under Trump's executive order
Marguerite Reardon / CNET: FCC's Pai takes aim at Section 230 protections for social media
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The FCC has no jurisdiction over Section 230, which was explicitly written to deny the FCC any authority over websites — For years, FCC Chair Ajit Pai has insisted that the thing that was most important to him was to have a “light touch” regulatory regime regarding the internet.
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Bloomberg, @sarahjeong, @adamtaylorbates, @esaagar, @nxthompson, @justinamash, WWD, Engadget, Breitbart and AppleInsider
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Sarah Jeong / @sarahjeong: pretty much the tl;dr on this one!!! https://www.techdirt.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Adam Bates / @adamtaylorbates: I have never in my life seen so many ostensibly smart people be so unable to read a basic statute. https://twitter.com/...
Saagar Enjeti / @esaagar: Cannot overstate the importance of this announcement FCC Chairman @AjitPaiFCC says he has the legal authority to interpret section 230 and intends to do so with an eye towards transparency from social media companies on now clearly revealed biased content moderation standards https://twitter.com/...
@nxthompson: The Ajit Pai FCC until today: we need a light regulatory touch to keep innovation going. The Ajit Pai FCC today: the president is mad at Twitter and now we're going to dress up some bogus arguments and rewrite section 230 https://www.techdirt.com/...
Justin Amash / @justinamash: Ironically, @AjitPaiFCC is adding to the confusion by misstating the law. Section 230 does NOT convey “a special immunity denied to other media outlets, such as newspapers and broadcasters.” It applies all the same to social media companies, newspapers, broadcasters, you, and me. https://twitter.com/...
Adriana Lee / WWD: FCC Signals Regulation Following Social Media Controversy
Karissa Bell / Engadget: FCC's Ajit Pai wants to ‘clarify’ the meaning of Section 230
NBC News:
YouTube is now banning conspiracy theory content, such as QAnon or Pizzagate, that targets individuals and groups and is used to “justify real-world violence” — YouTube said Thursday that it would no longer allow content that targets individuals and groups with conspiracy theories …
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Steadman / @asteadwesley: maybe someone has reported this and I've missed it: but why are the tech companies Doing Things now when they have refused to Do Things for forever https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Kevin Roose / New York Times: YouTube Cracks Down on QAnon Conspiracy Theory, Citing Offline Violence
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Yeah I wonder about this too https://twitter.com/...
Minitrue / @banthebbc: YouTube DELETES dozens more alternative media channels. Welcome to the west's own version of Communist China. https://blog.youtube/...
@glinklive: Now watch as all of the big youtubers stay silent and stay in line https://twitter.com/...
Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston.com: Watch: Donald Trump refuses to condemn QAnon conspiracy theory during town hall
American Jewish Committee / @ajcglobal: Good news: @YouTube has announced that it will crack down on QAnon and other dangerous conspiracy theories. We applaud Youtube for taking crucial steps to curb the spread of antisemitism and all form of hate on its platform. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Susan Wojcicki / @susanwojcicki: Today we're taking another step in our efforts to curb hate and harassment by removing more conspiracy theory content used to justify real-world violence. Read more: https://blog.youtube/...
Marc-Andr Argentino / @_maargentino: Re-sharing my new piece I updated in light of YouTube's new policy announcement about “managing harmful conspiracy theories” “Facebook, YouTube moves against QAnon are only a first step in the battle against dangerous conspiracy theories” https://theconversation.com/ ...
Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny: This matters—QAnon videos are still coming up in recommendations, and they act as the superhighway to red-pilling. BUT, so many folks have already been radicalized by this content. And YouTube acts less like a community than FB or Twitter. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@blackamazon: It stopped being just marginalized people (mostly Black women) and the media half covered it https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Threat of regulation https://twitter.com/...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: Just two and half years after a QAnon-inspired armed standoff on the Hoover dam, technology platforms have finally taken action to keep this death cult content off their platforms. They've got the break things part down. Not so much the move fast part. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Gavin Sheridan / @gavinsblog: Of course had YouTube had good policies in place to begin with, Qanon would not have become what it is now, helped in large part by YouTube itself.
Jonathan Greenblatt / @jgreenblattadl: Good to see @YouTube taking additional action to tackle #antisemitism, conspiracy theories, QAnon and other hateful activity on the platform. We will continue to watch to ensure that these new policies are enforced properly. https://blog.youtube/...
Daniel Uria / UPI: Experts testify online conspiracies ‘dismantling democracy,’ YouTube bans QAnon content
Michael Vincent / @mvddm: Good! But I can't help but wonder if they're a little late https://twitter.com/...
Ej Dickson / @ejdickson: BREAKING: YouTube, one of the platforms that have arguably done the most to mainstream QAnon, is finally banning the conspiracy theory, removing tens of thousands of videos and hundreds of channels: https://blog.youtube/...
Samuel Oakford / @samueloakford: Am I wrong in reading YouTube's release as not explicitly banning QAnon? https://blog.youtube/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: In our reporting, YouTube was QAnon's largest remaining radicalization driver. This enforcement action puts YouTube somewhere in between Twitter (make QAnon accounts harder to find, ban overt harassment) and Facebook (outright ban on QAnon content). https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: NEW from @BrandyZadrozny + me: YouTube says it is banning QAnon, other conspiracy content that targets individuals https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: So many people we talked to who said they fell into QAnon during the pandemic claimed they got there through YouTube recommendations, or friends telling them to watch a ten-part YouTube series about the cabal. That recruiting engine is now under threat. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Dalvin Brown / USA Today: YouTube will remove videos making harmful claims rooted in conspiracy theories
Joan E. Solsman / CNET: YouTube bans QAnon conspiracy videos that target a person or group
Rhett Jones / Gizmodo Australia: YouTube Bans QAnon, With a Catch
Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal: YouTube Becomes Latest Tech Giant to Curb QAnon
David Cohen / Adweek: YouTube Ramps Up Its Efforts Against QAnon-Related Content
Matt Binder / Mashable: YouTube bans ‘harmful’ QAnon, Pizzagate, and other conspiracy theory content
Julia Alexander / The Verge: YouTube won't ban QAnon content, but will remove videos that could promote violence
Jason Koebler / VICE: YouTube Bans QAnon After Helping Mainstream QAnon
Jennifer Elias / CNBC: YouTube tightens rules on conspiracy videos, but stops short of banning QAnon
Rachel E. Greenspan / Business Insider: YouTube announces new action against QAnon conspiracy theory but stops short of ban
Nicolas Vega / New York Post: YouTube cracks down on QAnon content targeting individuals, protected groups
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett CEO Mike Reed announced that the company will be offering another round of voluntary buyouts starting next week — The company's CEO announced the changes during a town hall Wednesday. Offer letters to potential buyout volunteers will be sent out Monday.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
FiveThirtyEight starts three-week-long live blog to cover voting logistics, with posts that don't yet merit their own stories, reader questions, and live chats — From wild conspiracy theories to legitimate growing pains associated with implementing brand-new voting procedures …
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Nexstar ABC affiliates dropped From Hulu + Live TV in 20+ markets due to a carriage dispute, though Hulu has replaced them with a national ABC feed — In the first major carriage dispute for the Live TV Streaming Service, Hulu + Live TV has lost Nexstar ABC affiliates on the service.
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch, semi-retired from operations at Fox News and News Corp, has told people he thinks Biden will win, as his NY Post blasts the candidate — The Australian mogul is disgusted by Trump's handling of COVID-19, remarking that the president is his own worst enemy and telling associates …
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Jack Brewster / Forbes: Facebook, Twitter Limit Reach Of Article About Hunter Biden
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post: Hunter Biden's alleged laptop: An explainer
Natasha Bertrand / @natashabertrand: New: Biden campaign responds to NY Post story. “The New York Post never asked the Biden campaign about the critical elements of this story...moreover, we have reviewed Joe Biden's official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.” https://twitter.com/...
Lia Eustachewich / New York Post: Trump slams Biden on ‘very bad showing’ despite no ‘corruption’ questions
Steve Chaggaris / Al Jazeera: Trump, Biden go at it - from a distance - in US town hall events
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week: Biden promises to focus on spreading ‘decency and honor’ if he loses election
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: Uhm. Excuse me. Murdoch runs Fox News. Fox News flooded covid misinformation into the landscape. Murdoch has blood on his hands for what Fox News has done these past few months. Lots of blood. Don't anyone let him pretend otherwise. https://twitter.com/...
@bettemidler: Never, never, EVER listen to anything #RupertMurdoch says, or take a cue from him or #Fox. This is probably a ploy to suppress #Biden voters, #JoeVoters may think, “well, he's got it in the bag” and stay home. Vote as if Joe were 10 points down. These creeps will try anything. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: This was extremely predictable and I know that because I fucking predicted it! All it took was the basic understanding that the president of the United States believes the shit Rupert Murdoch's employees tell him and would act accordingly. https://www.mediamatters.org/ ...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: “More Americans are going to die from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 because President Donald Trump is watching Fox News and listening when the network's hosts minimize the risks posed by the deadly epidemic.” — Me on March 6. https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@wajahatali: Vote as if Biden is down 10. Also recognize Murdoch is one of the major villains of the 21st century who has done immense damage to democracy and truth. https://twitter.com/...
Monica Lewinsky / @monicalewinsky: i hope he's right but also feel like it's a ploy to make people voting “not trump” complacent. https://twitter.com/...
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart: ABC's George Stephanopoulos Fails to Ask Joe Biden About Hunter Biden Emails
Judd Apatow / @juddapatow: Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch are super spreaders of life costing bad information and propaganda. Shame on them. They know better. They are just prepping for a Biden administration. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Kristol / @billkristol: Rupert Murdoch tries to exit the sinking Trump ship, hoping everyone will now forget or forgive the role he's played and plays today (who controls the New York Post?) in the degradation of American democracy. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Amy Siskind / @amy_siskind: Pretty rich for Rupert Murdoch to say he is disgusted with how Trump has handled the pandemic, when studies show his network is responsible for disinformation that causes sickness and death. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@thedailybeast: Murdoch had long prized having unfettered access to the White House, but people familiar with the matter say the two men have not spoken in several weeks after Murdoch grew tired of Trump's endless complaints about so-called negative coverage on Fox News https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Lachlan Markay / @lachlan: A story about a Lachlan, written by a Lachlan, confused for a different Lachlan. We're taking over https://twitter.com/...
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: Translation: “I am doing all I can for this mentality deficient monster but damn, he's killed a lot of people. Time to back away a step or two.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: This is COLD: In response to an email inquiry for this report asking him if he believes Biden will win in a landslide and his thoughts on Trump's handling of coronavirus, Murdoch responded, “No comment except I've never called Trump an idiot.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Heather Schwedel / Slate: That New York Post Story Raises One Legitimate Question: Is Hunter Biden Hot?
Kyle Cheney / @kyledcheney: Again, stipulating that the suspect email is real, there's literally nothing in it that says Joe Biden met with a Burisma adviser. “The opportunity to meet,” may just as easily have meant Hunter promised a meeting in the future that may never have occurred.
Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: Is Rupert Murdoch Completely Off the Trump Train?
Chris Megerian / @chrismegerian: I asked Rudy Giuliani how long he's had the copy of this hard drive. He responded, “Your interested in the wrong thing. This time the truth will not be defeated by process. I've got a lot more to go. We just started. Print a headline saying Lyin' Joe and we can talk.”
Graham Piro / Washington Free Beacon: Cruz: Twitter CEO Will Be Subpoenaed Over Hunter Biden Censorship
Asawin Suebsaeng / @swin24: “The latest round of Hunter Biden attacks come approximately one year after President Trump found himself embroiled in impeachment investigations for using the levers of government to try and help Giuliani dig up dirt in Ukraine on the Bidens.” https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
PBS' ability to meet the moment with free educational content and programming that contextualizes US history shows the need for its original, expansive mission — It created the blueprint for what TV has become. And, while networks and streaming services reap the benefits of PBS's successes, it is still struggling to survive.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
C-SPAN suspended editor Steve Scully indefinitely after he admitted he lied about his Twitter account being hacked following his tweet to Anthony Scaramucci — NEW YORK (AP) — C-SPAN suspended its political editor Steve Scully indefinitely Thursday after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed …
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Poynter, CNN, @scaramucci, @kurtschlichter, @robgeorge, @megynkelly, @brianstelter, @sullydish, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @congressmanhice, @asteadwesley, @alxthomp, @davidmackau, New York Times, Washington Free Beacon, Newser, OutKick, Washington Post, TVNewser, Wall Street Journal, TVLine, Washingtonian, Mediaite, Axios, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Deadline, The Week, The Wrap and Variety
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Tom Jones / Poynter: Who had the best night of the Trump-Biden dueling town halls? Here's the unexpected answer.
Brian Stelter / CNN: C-SPAN political editor Steve Scully suspended after admitting he lied about his Twitter feed being hacked
Anthony Scaramucci / @scaramucci: Brutal outcome for a silly non political tweet. Nothing objectionable. Cancel culture going too far. https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Schlichter / @kurtschlichter: Not cancel culturedude https://twitter.com/...
Robert A George / @robgeorge: The tweet was defensible. Scully's lying about it wasn't — especially when his ability to be fair was already under scrutiny. https://twitter.com/...
Megyn Kelly / @megynkelly: Scully seems like a nice guy but C-SPAN did the right thing. Contrast w/MSNBC & its host who made up a fake hacking to excuse her bigoted blog posts re LGBT+. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A true WTF, what-was-he-thinking moment... causing real damage to the national news media's reputation https://www.cnn.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: Compare with MSNBC and Joy Reid. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Sadly, this looked doubtful from the start. Scully's reputation for probity won him some time, but the lie will now be part of the record. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: New: CSPAN suspends political editor Steve Scully for falsely claiming his Twitter feed was hacked when he inadvertently sent public note to former Trump aide & current Trump critic @Scaramucci Scully was to moderate canceled event tonight with Trump & Biden Full Statements: https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Jody Hice / @congressmanhice: WOW. Debate moderator @SteveScully suspended from @cspan after admitting he lied about being hacked — after we were told how nonpartisan he was for weeks... Folks, the fix is in. The media, the deep state, and big tech are all against @realDonaldTrump. https://apnews.com/...
Steadman / @asteadwesley: twas always dubious that a hacker would spend their precious time tweeting at anthony scaramucci https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alxthomp: Turns out “I was hacked” was a lie, part 738 C-Span suspends Scully indefinitely after he admitted it. https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Mack / @davidmackau: 👀 https://twitter.com/...
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: C-SPAN suspended Steve Scully after he admitted to lying about his Twitter account being hacked.
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon: Journos Demand ‘Significant Consequences’ for False Hacking Claims. Joy Reid Too Busy Hosting Primetime Show to Comment.
Bobby Burack / OutKick: C-SPAN Suspends Steve Scully For Lying About Twitter Hack
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post: C-SPAN suspends Steve Scully after he says he lied about his Twitter account being hacked
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: C-SPAN Puts Steve Scully on ‘Administrative Leave’ After He Admits to Lying About His Twitter Account Being Hacked
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: C-Span Suspends Anchor Steve Scully for Lying About Twitter Post
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: BREAKING: C-SPAN Suspends Political Director Steve Scully For Admitting to Lying About Twitter Hack
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: C-SPAN Suspends Editor Steve Scully for Lying About Hacked Twitter
Ted Johnson / Deadline: C-SPAN Places Steve Scully On Indefinite Leave After He Admits To False Claim About His Twitter Hack
Brendan Morrow / The Week: C-SPAN suspends editor who falsely claimed his Twitter account was hacked
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: C-SPAN's Steve Scully Suspended After He Admits to Lying About Twitter Hack
Brian Steinberg / Variety: C-SPAN Places Host Steve Scully on Leave After False Hacking Claims
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