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Stephanie Clifford / Elle:
Profile of ex-Bloomberg reporter Christie Smythe, who quit her job and divorced her husband after she fell in love with the man she was covering, Martin Shkreli — Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?
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@ellemagazine: Christie Smythe covered white-collar crime for Bloomberg News and lived “the perfect little Brooklyn life” with her husband. Then she threw it all away for one of her sources: infamous pharma bro Martin Shkreli. https://ellemag.co/Uod8gtH
Meredith Haggerty / @manymanywords: so you're telling me there's some newly divorced, gainfully employed guy in brooklyn who likes dogs and has a great party story?
Stephanie Clifford / @stephcliff: Meet the journalist who broke the story of Martin Shkreli's arrest—and fell in love with him. Story for @ELLEmagazine: https://www.elle.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: feel bad for @benyt as there's literally no way he can publish the media story of the night
@thedailybeast: A former Bloomberg News reporter quit her job, divorced her husband, and froze her eggs for imprisoned former CEO Martin Shkreli, known as the “Pharma Bro,” who now refuses to talk to her https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Sara Pearl / @skenigsberg: I remember Martin continually coming after @TaylorLorenz back in 2016. He harassed a lot of female journalists https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: How many people who read the Elle story are got this bizarre ad for the onesie with a butt flap, over and over again? I know it's not just me https://twitter.com/...
James Palmer / @beijingpalmer: the pharma bro story did not include the bit where she was like ‘my man will save us from the coronavirus’ https://twitter.com/...
Steadman&trade / @asteadwesley: one of the great no context pull quotes. Thank you, Elle https://twitter.com/...
Bobby Shawarma / @hummusandpizza: this is an extremely normal thing that I say about everybody I date https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: A note on the Elle article: The author is on Twitter, she can see your tweets, and also it's not helpful nor does it make you look smarter to shower shame and contempt on someone who's the victim of a narcissist. Try compassion instead of self-aggrandizing flexing? Could work.
Jill Filipovic / @jillfilipovic: @MeAndMyDogToo She's a journalist who violated the ethical obligations of her profession because she had a crush on a narcissist and then told the story to ELLE because she's one, too.
Aaron Bady / @zunguzungu: this woman makes CHOICES https://twitter.com/...
@carigervin: This is not a funny story. It's not “good writing” because there was the smell of chicken wings. (Like omg have you ever worked in a restaurant, chicken wings smell never leaves, ask my old Dominos delivery car.)
Christie Smythe / @christiesmythe: I realize it's hard for many people to accept that 1. Martin is not a psychopath, and 2. a woman can choose to do something with her life (which does not affect you) that you in no way approve of. But that's OK.
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: The last time a completely unexpected magazine story made me feel this alive was when Sean Penn published that thing about El Chapo.
Tyler Dinucci / @tylerdinucci: I'm sorry. What??? https://twitter.com/...
Liam Stack / @liamstack: The Bloomberg reporter who covered Martin Shkreli quit her job and divorced her husband to pursue a relationship with him while he is in jail. He has refused to speak to or email her since he found out this article was being written. https://www.elle.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: @ChristieSmythe @MST3KNKOTB Here are my questions: have you spoken to your ex, was he aware the article was coming out? What is his reaction? And 2. In a perfect world (for you) how does this story end?
Jourdyn Berry / @jourdynberry: I am begging @kellykeegs to write bout this. BEGGING https://twitter.com/...
@meandmydogtoo: @JillFilipovic Let's not shame her; like many women, she's in shaky mental health and easily victimized by predators like Shkreli ... and ELLE magazine
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Oh no, oh no, oh no no no https://twitter.com/...
Elena Schneider / @ec_schneider: amen. https://twitter.com/...
Sawyer Hackett / @sawyerhackett: Come for the disorienting twists of a weird story about a sociopath. Stay for the endless butt-flap pajama ads. https://twitter.com/...
@mattikovler: “Love is a rebellious bird,” sings Bizet's Carmen. Here is an exceptionally well written, nuanced account of a true story of a close family member of mine. @ChristieSmythe —Mikey and I love you and admire your courage. @DMSmythe1 https://twitter.com/...
Kelly Keegs / @kellykeegs: @JourdynBerry https://twitter.com/...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: You really need to read it to the end because you might think you know the craziest part before the end but they saved a real nugget for last
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Tonight's must-read: https://twitter.com/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: Yes the situation is absolutely wild but it's also pretty deeply wrapped up in mental health, and mocking someone in a pretty hard mental health situation is not the media-cool-girl flex you may think it is.
Josh Billinson / @jbillinson: Juror 59 got a much better read on him than she did https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Lippman / @dlippman: Plot twist! “When Shkreli found out about this article, though, he stopped communicating with her. He didn't want her telling her story, she says. Smythe thinks it's because he's worried about fallout for her.” https://twitter.com/...
Steven Zeitchik / @zeitchikwapo: Spoiler alert on the Shkreli story so scroll away if you haven't read but... ...It continues to be insanity amid the insanities that they're not even together anymore. And it's...because of this very article? And this...doesn't give her second thoughts?!
Alisha Grauso / @alishagrauso: Everything about this screams of a woman who was manipulated but also willingly bought into a con to advance her own agenda and now it's all she has after blowing up her life in the messiest way possible. But she so clearly thinks she's in total control when she's so clearly not. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: The fact that like half my feed is talking about congress and not this story really makes me think I follow too many DC people.
@angryblacklady: How you gonna get ghosted from prison by Martin Shkreli. That shit's embarrassing. It's not like he has plans
Jennifer Wright / @jenashleywright: Did this woman ever consider not dating the worst person on earth who was also clearly not into her? https://www.elle.com/...
Christie Smythe / @christiesmythe: Did I just get subtweeted by Jack Shafer? I can die happy now. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Reese / @offbeatorbit: She should have taken this to the grave is my take lol. https://twitter.com/...
Sexy Train Lenin Stan / @drea_carmen: martin shkreli trending does mean I get to talk about this again tho https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Huseman / @jessicahuseman: I've been reading this for 20 min in an ihop and my waitress just asked me if I was ok because I “look terrified.” https://www.elle.com/...
Dave Schilling / @dave_schilling: If I got cucked by Shkreli, I would use that to get sympathy for the rest of my life. https://twitter.com/...
Adriana Gallardo / @otraletra: This is a wild ride “The minute she left the courtroom, Smythe texted and emailed Shkreli's friends, asking if he had his medications and arranging for someone to retrieve his cat. Then she filed a story from the pressroom.” And it keeps going... https://twitter.com/...
Amber Athey / @amber_athey: This is why it's important to have at least one girlfriend who will honestly tell you when you look fat in that dress https://twitter.com/...
Chris Evans / @notcapnamerica: I'm not joking when I say it's one of my life goals to be asked to comment on something and have my official response be “I wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.” That said, Martin Shkreli is a POS and I'm glad he's in prison. 🙂 https://twitter.com/...
Christie Smythe / @christiesmythe: @PubertSchlarff I wasn't in his life when that happened. I don't approve of these kind of price hikes. He is certainly far from the only one who did it, though. It's pervasive throughout the industry. And attacking him for it won't fix the problem.
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: had to keep taking breaks while reading this due to the physical pain of my face contorting https://www.elle.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: This story is one of those Bad Romance TikToks https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Having read this article, I have come to the conclusion that Christie Smythe may have gotten a little too close to one of her sources https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Imagine a reporter came to you, an editor, and said “I just need to declare something: I fell in love with a source,” then you said, okay, what's the damage, and she said “it's Martin Shkreli.” How many times would she have to say it before you stopped laughing and called HR?
Anna Merlan / @annamerlan: I am... speechless. This is well-done and resisted the urge to take the many, many cheap shots that were available https://www.elle.com/...
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: Christie Smythe quit her job as a reporter & divorced her husband—to pursue the man she covered, Martin Shkreli When contacted by ELLE for this story, Shkreli gave this statement: “Mr. Shkreli wishes Ms. Smythe the best of luck in her future endeavors” https://www.elle.com/...
Megan McCarthy / @megan: In addition to <waves hands> all of this </waves hands>, can we talk about how the subject is willingly posting for a fashion shoot to illustrate this story? https://www.elle.com/...
Lindsey Adler / @lindseyadler: Something about this story isn't sitting right with me. It's a good story, but I did not enjoy the experience of reading it and I can't articulate why. https://www.elle.com/...
Alex Heard / @alexheard: Does the “option me!” feel of this story remind you of the Caroline Calloway/Natalie Beach thing? https://www.elle.com/...
Anna Merlan / @annamerlan: Is now a good time to brag that I snagged one of the Vampire's Wife/H&M collab dresses that cost $30
Arrglalo Msica / @arreglalo: Amazing story about the power of the Dark Triad personality. Many years back he doxxed a guy I follow for presciently calling him out long before law enforcement caught up with him. https://twitter.com/...
Daisy Alioto / @daisandconfused: “These are incremental decisions, where you're, like, slowly boiling yourself to death in the bathtub.” https://www.elle.com/...
Alberto Luperon / Law & Crime: Journalist Who Said She Fell in Love with Martin Shkreli Revealed Their Emails Might Have Landed Him More Prison Time
Steadman&trade / @asteadwesley: the end made me very sad!! https://www.elle.com/...
Jason Pinter / @jasonpinter: This is the most batsh*t article I've read since we learned Dan Mallory liked to pee in cups. https://twitter.com/...
Jill Filipovic / @jillfilipovic: This one goes out to all of you ladies who believe you make bad romantic choices: at least you didn't divorce your husband and torch your career for Martin Shkreli. https://twitter.com/...
@robbiese7en: @Zeddary “perfect brooklyn life” is gonna be a phrase that haunts me while i sit here in my williamsburg apartment and watch ep 2 https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: In case you just emerged from a cave, here's the story, by @stephcliff. https://www.elle.com/... (Smythe is a former Bloomberg colleague of mine, and also a fellow of the Bagehot program, housed at the J School)
Molly Conger / @socialistdogmom: sometimes you watch somebody post through something and just think, thank god there are people who love me enough to come over to my house and take my phone if it ever came to that.
Malcolm Harris / @bigmeaninternet: Damn what if Martin Shkreli stole your wife https://www.elle.com/...
Kate Smith / @bykatesmith: The stylist that dressed the reporter in a Vampire's Wife dress deserves every award. https://twitter.com/...
Helen Rosner / @hels: The most insane part of this entire extremely insane story is that the art is a multiple-looks photo shoot with fashion credits??? https://www.elle.com/...
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Yup. He harassed me non stop for a while he was fixated on several female journalists it was weird. https://twitter.com/...
MarGarrote H. / @mrsfridaynext: Deeply grateful to Christine Smythe for stepping up to put all my terrible romantic decisions in STARK PERSPECTIVE. I feel so much better about my mistakes right now. https://www.elle.com/...
Marie Solis / Jezebel: Janet Malcolm Is Shaking
Jes Skolnik / @modernistwitch: this story is a huge bummer from beginning to end in like forty different ways. bad scene everyone's fault https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: so now we ALL SEE why this is a terrible idea right?! https://twitter.com/...
Christie Smythe / @christiesmythe: @soledadobrien @MST3KNKOTB Yes, ex was aware of article. It should be up to him, though, whether any focus is on him, so I will move on. 2. I don't know how the story ends, but I knew I couldn't stay hidden. At the very least, I've spoken my piece. I stood up for Martin when no one else would.
Jordan / @jordanuhl: imaging upending your life only to be ghosted by a guy who can't even leave his prison cell https://twitter.com/...
Christie Smythe / @christiesmythe: @HRHPrimaDomina It's a good question. It wasn't an easy decision. I became aware that good people were afraid to stick up for him. They cared about him, but were afraid of what would happen, the tweet storm, etc. I decided I wasn't afraid, and he needed someone to stick their neck out.
Grinchbilly Elegy / @dierobinsondie: This is literally the origin of Harley Quinn lol https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: So @ChristieSmythe, the reporter whose relationship with Martin Shkreli was just revealed via Elle, is taking on all comers on Twitter tonight, and her replies are almost as good as the story.... https://twitter.com/...
Paul Ford / @ftrain: @felixsalmon @stephcliff @ellenjpollock1 @Choire ELLE is fantastic to write for and has wonderful editors!
Austen Allred / @austen: I don't even know what to say about this article. You just have to read it. https://www.elle.com/...
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / @rebeccadobrien: What a story. Credit to @stephcliff and @ChristieSmythe for telling it. (This is the kind of love story that includes the quote: “These are incremental decisions, where you're, like, slowly boiling yourself to death in the bathtub.") https://www.elle.com/...
Jessica Roy / @jessicakroy: i promise this story is wilder than you could ever imagine!!! https://twitter.com/...
Christina Farr / @chrissyfarr: It's an excellent read. But I do feel nervous that it fits this narrative I see a lot in TV/ movies that female journalists commonly have romantic relationships with sources. Have never heard of it happening IRL. https://twitter.com/...
Harry Siegel / @harrysiegel: OMG, the turn of the screw at the end of @stephcliff's piece on the journalist who fell hard for Martin Shkreli https://www.elle.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: A Reporter Quit Her Job And Divorced Her Husband After Falling In Love With ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
@carigervin: Everything described in the story is textbook manipulation. Can't rec “Why Is He Like That?” highly enough to make you not feel crazy and begin to break down the gaslighting. And I hope the subject of the story can do that, but it's shitty af the writer put her in that position.
@karnythia: I note the “He's a Svengali” aka Joker/Harley slant in this article & I counter with “She has consistently chosen to ignore her own instincts about his motives by her own admission, so perhaps the problem here is that she chose to become part of the story.” https://twitter.com/...
Christie Smythe / @christiesmythe: The last few years have been incredibly difficult for me — no less scary now with COVID raging through the prison system, including in Martin's prison now. @stephcliff did a fantastic job telling this story, warts and all. It's raw and real, the backstory behind everything. https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Christmas / @jerrydunleavy: Oh no how could Martin Shkreli do something like this. https://www.elle.com/...
Steadman&trade / @asteadwesley: “Maybe I was being charmed by a master manipulator,” Smythe tells me uhhhhhhhhhh!!! https://www.elle.com/...
Kayla Webley Adler / @kaylawebley: I don't think I've ever green lit a story so quickly! And trust me, you're going to want to read this til the very end—quite a twist! Thank you @stephcliff for bringing this to us, and to @ChristieSmythe for trusting us to tell your story! https://www.elle.com/...
Sadie Gurman / @sgurman: When Shkreli found out about this article, he stopped communicating with her. She monitors Google Alerts for his name and—because inmates must place outgoing calls and can't accept incoming ones—hopes one day he will call or reply. Incredible story on the tireless @ChristieSmythe https://twitter.com/...
Saeed Jones / @theferocity: My immediate and selfish thought — aside from finding the glossy photo spread distracting — was that this story made me feel WAY better about some of the men I've dated, including but especially Diplo. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Parker / @ashleyrparker: I don't want to hear people dismissing women's magazines ever again.
Erin Keane / @eekshecried: I have a lot of thoughts about this, but mostly I just feel terrible for her. One day — after some distance and reflection — this is going to be a hell of a book, I think. https://www.elle.com/...
Soo Youn / @lalasoo: *In the visitors' room, “I told Martin I loved him,” Smythe says. “And he told me he loved me, too.” She asked if she could kiss him, and he said yes. The room smelled of chicken wings, she remembers.* https://twitter.com/...
Ben Dreyfuss / @bendreyfuss: I...I...am speechless https://www.elle.com/...
Heather & Jessica / @fuggirls: I shrieked when I got the last two words of this tweet. - J https://twitter.com/...
Walter Olson / @walterolson: “It draws you in,” she says. “I don't know if everything he was saying was true, but maybe like 1 percent is, and that's awesome on its own.” Amazing story, just one twist after another. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Voting machine companies including Smartmatic have hired high-powered libel lawyers and, legal experts say, have strong cases if they sue Fox, Newsmax, and OAN — Voting machine companies threaten “highly dangerous” cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams.
Discussion:
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Smartmatic is “still reserving the right to go forward with litigation,” as @oliverdarcy noted on today's show https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: Really hope that Smartmatic and Dominion stick with this lawsuit despite the dangerous precedent it will set. Fox's lies have destroyed individuals, families, businesses and even public health. There needs to be a line established that cannot be crossed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: ‘PROVE ME NUTS!’ Giuliani Goes on Wild Rant Pushing Voting Machine Conspiracies After Companies Threaten Legal Action
Lea Black / @leablackmiami: Good. Let's get everyone in a court room under oath and sort it out. Truth https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: “In an era of brazen political lies, Mr. Mugica has emerged as an unlikely figure with the power to put the genie back in the bottle.” Read @benyt on how Fox, OAN and Newsmax may have put legal nooses around their own necks. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mike Wise / @mikewiseguy: Every time I heard any no-fact, hyper-partisan variation of “These voting machines have been calibrated to rig the election” parroted by “media” outlets, I kept wondering would Dominion or someone other company sue for defamation. Boom. Just like that. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: “Newsmax and OAN appear likely to face the same fate as so many of President Trump's sycophants, who have watched him lie with impunity and imitated him — only to find that he's the only one who can really get away with it.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: That is a ridiculously loose definition of “news organization”. Are you one just because that's what you call yourself? These are propaganda and entertainment companies masquerading as news orgs. https://twitter.com/...
Bad Fox Graphics / @badfoxgraphics: “And his new lawyer is J. Erik Connolly, who not coincidentally won the largest settlement in the history of American media defamation in 2017, at least $177 million, for a beef producer whose ‘lean finely textured beef’ was described by ABC News as ‘pink slime.’” -@benyt https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Chaitin / @danielchaitin7: Legal threats from Smartmatic/Dominion jeopardize Newsmax & OAN's dream of becoming a new “Trump TV.” Both are burning money to steal ratings from Fox, executives from both companies have acknowledged, and litigation could scare investors, @benyt writes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: If you see injustice & feel like you've been wronged, fight back. It's not easy, but stand your ground against arrogance. Strike back, strike hard, and you'll persevere. #FairWarning https://www.mediagazer.com/...
@thephilosotroll: It turns out that if you spend every waking hour directing false and irresponsible stories at private organizations and people, at some point someone might sue you, and leave you with a lot of exposure. Connolly and Clare are both serious lawyers and have a good case. https://twitter.com/...
Jacqueline Keeler / @jfkeeler: Huh. Who thought capitalism and a lack of journalistic ethics could sink far right media? via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
Joanne Lipman / @joannelipman: Really interesting point from @benyt here: “OAN and Newsmax have been avidly hyping Mr. Trump's bogus election claims... But their own roles in propagating that lie could destroy their businesses” if voting machine companies sue. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: This is a big deal. https://www.nytimes.com/...
RELATED:
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox News hosts Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro, and Maria Bartiromo aired a fact-check of their own election conspiracies, after Smartmatic threatened legal action — Fox Business host Lou Dobbs has recently taken to raising questions about voting machine companies, which have been cast as complicit …
Discussion:
@justinbaragona, @atrupar, MSN, The Guardian, @geejustg, @alanweedspan, @limmered, @atompkins, @pjmooney, @nschneideraz13, @toddschnitt, @meiselasb, @ansonmount, @hig68, @loweringthebar, CNN, Washington Post, @amy_siskind, @oliverdarcy, @jeremymbarr, @jeremymbarr, @dandrezner, @swin24, @aghamilton29, @bryanlowry3, @jayrosen_nyu, @nycsouthpaw, @gcaw, @marceelias, @oneunderscore__, @anoushasakoui, @deetwocents, Slate, Fox Business, @mmasnick, @klasfeldreports, UPROXX, @bgrueskin, @eddiepereztx, @mgcanmore, @joshuajfriedman, @ryanjreilly and @oliverdarcy
Discussion:
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Maria Bartiromo ended her show today with the Smartmatic fact-check that already ran on Lou Dobbs' and Jeanine Pirro's shows. She essentially framed it the same way those shows did and that she has been investigating “election integrity” over the past few weeks. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: This is very bizarre. Lou Dobbs ran a segment tonight basically debunking his own lies about Smartmatic voting machines https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Rumpf / MSN: Jeanine Pirro's Show Runs Same Fact-Check as Lou Dobbs — At End of Show With Guest Host Filling In
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian: Fox News retracts Smartmatic voting machine fraud claim in staged video
Bigly Nasty / @geejustg: @kylegriffin1 If you haven't seen it yet, watch these clips. https://twitter.com/...
Alan Weedspan / @alanweedspan: They lied to you with a straight face. Now they can't get the toothpaste back in the tube. https://mediaite.com/a/yrihv
@limmered: Watch Lou Dobbs pretend like he's the one that reached out on behalf of “Election Integrity” Hard to lie when they have you by the sensitivities, isn't it Lou? #ONEV1 https://www.mediaite.com/...
Al Tompkins / @atompkins: Fox News airs a fairly stunning video that contradicts all of the “stolen election” claims that their programs have promoted for the last month. The video aired several times Saturday and this morning. https://video.foxbusiness.com/ ...
@pjmooney: Lou Dobbs Airs Stunning Fact-Check of His Own Election Conspiracies After Company Threatens Legal Action https://mediaite.com/a/yrihv How humiliating—and how par for the course. @LouDobbs @FoxNews @IngrahamAngle @TuckerCarlson @seanhannity @JudgeJeanine
Nathan Schneider / @nschneideraz13: Instead of empty threats, could someone actually sue these f**kers? https://twitter.com/...
Todd ‘MJ’ Schnitt / @toddschnitt: WATCH: @foxnews and @FoxBusiness mitigation efforts to stave off a potential lawsuit from @smartmatic for wildly unsubstantiated claims made by Fox News personalities and surrogates about election conspiracy trash. Also ran on Judge Pirro's bonkers show. https://www.mediaite.com/...
Ben Meiselas / @meiselasb: Notice how he says “there are lots of opinions” about the 2020 election. His lawyers advised him an “opinion” is a defense to defamation. So he claims his disinfo are “opinions” then presents the FACTS as if it's a counter-opinion. This is how they will defend defamation cases. https://twitter.com/...
Anson Mount / @ansonmount: Not bizarre. It's the sudden realization of culpability after a legal threat from Smartmatic, & the further realization that FOX/Dobbs would have about as strong a defense as a naked prisoner strapped prostate to the ground &!forced to watch the red hot poker heating over flames. https://twitter.com/...
@hig68: Hair-brained conspiracy theories collapse like a house of cards. Especially when it threatens their livelihood and spreading further lies. #ONEV1 #wtpBLUE Lou Dobbs Airs Stunning Fact-Check of His Own Election Claims https://www.mediaite.com/...
@loweringthebar: That's what happens when you're facing a defamation suit and don't have the faintest possibility of proving what you said is true or even that you lacked actual malice. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / CNN: After legal threat, Fox airs news package debunking election fraud claims made by its own hosts
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: Lou Dobbs debunks his own claims of election fraud — after a legal demand from Smartmatic
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: New: When asked about the fact-checking package Fox is running this weekend, Smartmatic attorney Erik Connolly tells me, “We cannot comment due to potential litigation.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: UPDATE: OSET's co-founder says his group had no idea what the segment would be used for. “In fact, it was a bit sketchy in terms of Fox disclosures about purpose,” he said. “We were all surprised when it ran, how it was framed, and what it ended up being.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Fox News seems to be hoping that the fact-check clip that ran on Lou Dobbs last night and will run on Judge Jeanine tonight and Maria Bartiromo tomorrow will satisfy @smartmatic's demand for a retraction of misinfo. No response from Smartmatic yet, though: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo are gonna air the same segment? Wow, Smartmatic has some great lawyers. https://twitter.com/...
Asawin Suebsaeng / @swin24: Either he's a coward who truly believes this is the scandal of the century but doesn't have the commitment with all his advantages of fame and money to keep fighting after just an ounce of legal threat, or he's a bullshit artist who is in on his own grift & hit pause conveniently https://twitter.com/...
@aghamilton29: Wow. So apparently the Fox News programs (Dobbs, Pirro, & Bartiromo) that have run with conspiracies (from Powell) about Smartmatic are being forced to run a fact-check segment after Smartmatic threatened legal actions against FNC. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: This text will challenge anyone's powers of description. What is it, really? Okay: ass covering under threat of lawsuit, but that leaves untouched many additional levels of strangeness. For example, who's asking the questions? https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: Everything about the way this is produced conveys the show's fear and panic. https://twitter.com/...
Graeme Wood / @gcaw: This is what cable news looks like when you are threatened with a lawsuit and your legal department gets full editorial control for the evening https://twitter.com/...
Marc E. Elias / @marceelias: Does this mean his suggestion that Republicans pay me $500 million wasn't true either?👀 https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: A little less bizarre when you remember Smartmatic sent Fox News a cease and desist earlier this week. https://twitter.com/...
Anousha / @anoushasakoui: I've been wondering how long it would take for legal action. Pretty fascinating stuff https://twitter.com/...
Danielle Moodie / @deetwocents: If Fox News hosts see no threat of loss of money or fear of legal action they will never change. More companies need to threaten suit or drop their sponsorship of Fox News for their dangerous and deadly lies. #WokeAF https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: Fox Airs Segment Debunking Voter Fraud Claims After Legal Threat From Smartmatic
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: Does it become actual malice when you admit that if you'd actually spoken to an expert, they would have told you absolutely everything you'd been reporting for weeks is bogus? https://twitter.com/...
Adam Klasfeld / @klasfeldreports: This incredible segment demands to be watched in full. “Lou Dobbs Airs Stunning Fact-Check of His Own Election Conspiracies After Smartmatic Threatens Legal Action” https://mediaite.com/a/yrihv via @mediaite
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Lou Dobbs Was Apparently Forced To Air A Segment Utterly Debunking His Baseless Conspiracy Theories About Voter Fraud
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: To have any real hope of staving off a suit, Bartiromo, Pirro and Dobbs would have to deliver full-throated apolgies. This weird, disembodied interview isn't that. https://twitter.com/...
Eddie Perez / @eddiepereztx: @OSET and I were pleased for the opportunity to state the facts. We may have criticisms of vendors, but wild allegations unsupported by facts are corrosive to democracy, unity, and national security. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Gilchrist / @mgcanmore: It appears Smartmatic's legal threat put the fear of God in FOX, and they made @LouDobbs do a point-by-point retraction of his crazy claims . . . https://mediaite.com/a/yrihv via @mediaite
Joshua J. Friedman / @joshuajfriedman: @ryanjreilly Here's the letter: https://beta.documentcloud.org/ ...
The Guardian:
Citizen Lab: iPhones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists were hacked using software from NSO Group in an attack likely ordered by Saudi Arabia and UAE — Citizen Lab researchers say cyber-attack using NSO Group software likely ordered by Saudia Arabia and UAE
Discussion:
The Citizen Lab, Business Insider, @jsrailton, TechCrunch, The Verge, Daily Herald, AppleInsider, @dr_ulrichsen, @borzou, Engadget, @marietjeschaake, @elivalley, @anoushasakoui, @aaschapiro, @citizenlab, ZDNet, @iyad_elbaghdadi, @dangillmor, @film_girl, @andyratto, The Indian Express, @karenattiah, @evacide, @shashj and newslaundry.com, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider: Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists' iPhones were hacked using spyware from Israeli security company NSO Group, report claims
John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton: 🚨MAJOR REPORT: zero-click #0day in #iMessage used to infect 36 ppl @Aljazeera w/ NSO spyware. We attribute to UAE & Saudi Arabia w/medium confidence. THREAD https://citizenlab.ca/... https://twitter.com/...
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Dozens of journalists' iPhones hacked with NSO ‘zero-click’ spyware, says Citizen Lab
Kristian Ulrichsen / @dr_ulrichsen: ‘The claims of a hacking campaign against journalists from the two Qatari-funded media outlets underscores the extent to which Saudi Arabia and the UAE continue to see the Doha-based network as a major threat to their interests.’ https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Borzou Daragahi / @borzou: 'Given the global reach of NSO Group's customer base and apparent vulnerability of almost all iPhone devices prior to the iOS 14 update, we suspect that the infections that we observed were a miniscule fraction of the total attacks leveraging this exploit' https://citizenlab.ca/...
Marietje Schaake / @marietjeschaake: Thread exposing more of the sophisticated and nearly undetectable way in which hackers for hire NSO continue to knowingly sell and service to humanrights abusers. @BradSmi is right to speak out against this dangerous market of proliferating tools ↘️ https://twitter.com/...
Eli Valley / @elivalley: Peace Process already bearing fruit https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Anousha / @anoushasakoui: the apparent malicious code they discovered made “almost all” iPhone devices vulnerable if users were using an operating system that pre-dated Apple's iOS 14 system, which appears to have fixed the vulnerability. https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: When Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group was acquired by UK Private Equity Firm Novalpina, in 2019, they made big promises about rolling out a new “human rights” framework. Now, we hear *dozens* of journalists were targeted this summer. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@citizenlab: NEW REPORT “The Great iPwn: Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage “Zero-Click Exploit” by @citizenlab @billmarczak @jsrailton @nouraaljizawi @sienaanstis @RonDeibert: https://citizenlab.ca/...
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Zero-click iOS zero-day found deployed against Al Jazeera employees
@iyad_elbaghdadi: NEW: UAE & Saudi regimes hacked the phones of upto 36 broadcast journalists using Israeli-provided hacking software. This happened in July/August 2020. https://twitter.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: Well this is terrifying. The fact that an iOS 0-day could allow for this sort of attack is truly terrifying. https://citizenlab.ca/...
Andy Ratto / @andyratto: I have seen some Israel critics who have been discounting the bourgeoning cooperation between Israel and Arab countries. We should be celebrating how Israel, via the NSO Group, providing Saudi Arabia with the technology they used to help kidnap/murder Jamal Khashoggi. Teamwork!
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: Important thread re: Saudi Arabia, NSO, and the hacking of @AlJazeera journalists https://twitter.com/...
Eva / @evacide: New @citizenlab report finds a no-click 0-day in iMessage being used by NSO Group to targets Al Jazeera journalists. If you are concerned about being a target, make sure you've upgraded to iOS 14: https://citizenlab.ca/...
Shashank Joshi / @shashj: “In one case, the Saudis and the Emirates appear to have spied on the same phone, researchers found, suggesting the attacks may have been coordinated. Journalists, executives, anchors and producers were alleged to have been affected by the hacks.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Charles Kaiser / The Guardian:
Interview with Arthur Sulzberger Jr, who retires as NYT chairman this month, and AG Sulzberger about turning around the paper, keeping it in the family, more — Against the odds, a unique American institution has thrived. Its chairman is retiring but the paper will stay in the family
Discussion:
@vivian, Context is King, @jeffjarvis, @jswatz, @michaelluo, @andrewlavallee, @jayrosen_nyu, @jswatz, @ckummer, @meslackman, @eckholm and @raju
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Vivian Schiller / @vivian: Arthur Sulzberger Jr is an American hero. He does not get enough credit — this tribute is a start. @nytimes .https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / Context is King: Media - and news in particular - is a Thankless Mission.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Very Arthur: “But then he made his first big ad sale and 'realized that I had just covered Johnny Apple's liquor bill for a year!'” 😁 https://twitter.com/...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: “He did not ever push me to be his successor,” AG Sulzberger said. “He was always really consistent about me following my passions. But I made the mistake of having my first job out of college being a reporting gig.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Michael Luo / @michaelluo: Well deserved tribute to Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Also truth in this line from @CharlesKaiserNY: “...the Times tends to enter the bones of everyone who works there.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Andrew LaVallee / @andrewlavallee: ‘I only wrote for the paper for eight years, five as a reporter on the metro staff. But the Times tends to enter the bones of everyone who works there, and a preoccupation with its peculiarities has been my hobby ever since.’ https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “As soon as Rosenthal was succeeded by Max Frankel as executive editor, the Times was transformed from the most homophobic to the most gay-friendly major institution in America.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
John Schwartz / @jswatz: In incredibly tough times. AO Sulzberger, Jr. laid the groundwork for a safe, even thriving, New York Times. He leaves it in great hands. Journalism, and the nation, owe him gratitude. @CharlesKaiserNY — who can be fiercely critical of the NYT — weighs in. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Corby Kummer / @ckummer: “The lightbulb came on when he went to work in the advertising department. 'I figured I'd give it a year and go back to the newsroom.' But then he made his first big ad sale and 'realized that I had just covered Johnny Apple's liquor bill for a year!'” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Michael Slackman / @meslackman: Paul Goldberger, a longtime Times architecture critic, said the most relevant description of Sulzberger Jr's philosophy could be found in a novel: “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” Or as Arthur said “Adapt or die.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Erik Eckholm / @eckholm: 'But then he made his first big ad sale and “realized that I had just covered Johnny Apple's liquor bill for a year!” Excellent look at how the NYT survived intact. @CharlesKaiserNY https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: On @nytimes Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr who has, in time, become one of the best stewards of journalism out there, because of what the New York Times has become this past decade in a remarkable turnaround for a publicly held media company https://www.theguardian.com/ ... via @guardian
ProPublica:
Leaked docs show how China stage-managed what appeared on its domestic internet to make coronavirus look less severe in the early days of the outbreak — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
Discussion:
@shenlulushen, @dktatlow, @elmihiro, @sophia_yan, @postmodern3, @sub8u, @ajphelo, @jerometaylor, @leezeldin, @minhazmerchant, @marietjeschaake, @hillelneuer, @gypsy_heart6, @breadandposes, @artjonak, @bostonjoan, The spying game, @mrbcyber, @justinhendrix, @williamyang120, @propublica, @suilee, @tim_canova, Fox News, @camillefrancois, @ajitpaifcc, @khanoisseur, @noupside, @tingdc, @gordongchang, @dabeard, @triketora, @alfonslopeztena, @raju, Trade War, @informor, @gadyepstein, @propublica, @dicktofel, Just Grady Things, @ilariamariasala, @digiphile, @sheenagreitens, @paulmozur and Raymond Zhong, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Shen Lu / @shenlulushen: So it sounds like public opinion swaying, censorship, and propaganda are often sold as a package. Those tech companies provide truly comprehensive service! Reminds me also of this bit from @QiZHAI & his colleague's scoop on Ant Financial's IPO collapse. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Didi Kirsten Tatlow / @dktatlow: Yup. Some of us have been pointing to and demonstrating these realities & risks for months, years. Good to finally see it in the pages of a major mainstream media: https://twitter.com/...
Sophia Yan / @sophia_yan: Read the whole thread about China's censorship/propaganda machine & how that shaped what the world knew of the pandemic in the early days https://twitter.com/...
Eddie Schmitt / @postmodern3: Erasure of online memorials to Li Wenliang last February was truly disappointing but hardly surprising. Despite terrible editorial decisions on subtitles (Engineers of the Troll... seriously?), there are important details about state censorship of memorialization here. https://twitter.com/...
Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u: Oh, China! 🤦♂️ If the rest of the world is to recognize China as a key global leader, rest assured that will not come by trying to define online narratives. https://www.propublica.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew J Phelan / @ajphelo: We knew this anyway but here's the Orwellian detail behind it and how the #CCP censorship machine works.Negative' News: How China Censored the Coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/... @chrissmithonair
Jerome Taylor / @jerometaylor: The perfect lede: “At a time when digital media is deepening social divides in Western democracies, China is manipulating online discourse to enforce the Communist Party's consensus.” 👌🏼 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lee Zeldin / @leezeldin: A key to prevent a pandemic is early detection. The CCP denied the world early detection, transparency, education & advocacy needed to stop this outbreak. Some in the US may oddly want to whitewash all of this, but that's also totally unacceptable. https://www.propublica.org/...
Minhaz Merchant / @minhazmerchant: How thousands of #Chinese censors blocked early news on #Covid_19 from reaching the world, possibly worsening the spread of the #pandemic. Long but rewarding read: story based on meticulous investigation of documentary evidence. https://www.propublica.org/...
Marietje Schaake / @marietjeschaake: Insightful on how China controls and weaponizes information online: Leaked Documents Show How China's Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus ↘️ https://www.propublica.org/...
Hillel Neuer / @hillelneuer: Nightmare dystopian universe of George Orwell's 1984—totalitarian surveillance and thought police of Big Brother—has come alive today in the Chinese regime. It reaches beyond as Beijing deploys propagandists like @jameschau, @WHO “goodwill ambassador.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Syed / @gypsy_heart6: It's like a horror movie. China has the sort of censorship & propaganda network that Pakistan's 5th generation warfare soldiers can only dream about. Neighborhoods have paid snitches & people hired to spread the “positive China/CCP” motto. https://twitter.com/...
@breadandposes: Wow I cant believe the Chinese and no other governments did this https://twitter.com/...
Art Jonak / @artjonak: The world's best system of disinformation sits not in Moscow, but Beijing. @PaulMozur and his team have done an incredible job covering China this year. Read this eye-opening thread👇 —more evidence of how despicable the Chinese Communist Party is, and in many ways terrifying. https://twitter.com/...
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: Excellent reporting here on documents related to how China surveils and manipulates public sentiment at scale. Fascinating to see that a private company provides spam-like services to blanket platforms with uplifting news. https://www.propublica.org/...
Michael Ron Bowling / @mrbcyber: The Chinese government has created an incredibly sophisticated censorship system and there is every reason to believe they are extending it globally. - ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: No ‘Negative’ News: How China Censored the Coronavirus: incredible @propublica + @nytimes investigation of thousands of secret directives and documents that lay bare the systems that helped the Chinese authorities shape online opinion during the pandemic: https://www.nytimes.com/...
William Yang / @williamyang120: Important story by @paulmozur, @zhonggg, @jeffykao and @Aaron_Krolik that looks at how #China tried to manage online information about #COVID19 pandemic during the early stage of the outbreak. Thousands of documents and directives offered some clue. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@propublica: Headlines should steer clear of the words “incurable” & “fatal,” one directive said, “to avoid causing societal panic.” The word “lockdown” should not be used, said another. Multiple directives emphasized “negative” news about COVID was not to be promoted. https://www.propublica.org/...
@suilee: So much to be scared about ... in the wake of whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang's death, censors were told to “pay particular attention to posts with pictures of candles, people wearing masks, an entirely black image or other efforts to escalate or hype the incident.” https://twitter.com/...
Tim Canova / @tim_canova: While China's Silicon Valley allies used Chinese censorship techniques to censor dissenting medical scientists and discussions about the causes, nature, and treatment of the covid virus. The agenda behind censorship is never altruistic. https://twitter.com/...
Camille Franois / @camillefrancois: Fantastic @propublica and @nytimes piece on how the Chinese gov controlled the information environment around the coronavirus using both censorship techniques and scores of fake profiles commenting and posting across platforms. https://twitter.com/...
Ajit Pai / @ajitpaifcc: You don't say. If you read only one entry in this 220+ tweet-series, read this one. The reporting from @paulmozur and colleagues detailed in this thread (and linked article) is stunning. Lessons extend well beyond #COVID19. https://twitter.com/...
@khanoisseur: Both Trump/his officials and Chinese authorities downplayed the coronavirus risk. China moved aggressively to contain the virus, however, and ended up with fewer than 10,000 reported COVID-19 deaths. US crossed 300,000 deaths. https://twitter.com/...
Renee DiResta / @noupside: Fascinating glimpse into the official directives shaping the phenomenon that @vanessa_molter and the SIO team were tracking as it happened https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@tingdc: Fascinating, essential reading. The disturbing CCP playbook for pushing one approved narrative and quashing everything else revealed in this detailed investigation affects us all. The CCP has the power, $, tech, and ppl/trolls to prevail in the info space at home & elsewhere. https://twitter.com/...
Gordon G. Chang / @gordongchang: In the last several years, #China's propaganda has taken on an air of unreality. So as time progresses, we know less and less about the country. #CCP #CCPChina #coronavirus #COVID19 https://twitter.com/...
David Beard / @dabeard: How authoritarian China manipulated its domestic internet to hide the severity of #COVID19 from its own citizens https://www.propublica.org/...
Tracy Chou / @triketora: the tools that they have for coordinating trolling seem pretty handy... https://www.propublica.org/...
Alfons Lpez Tena / @alfonslopeztena: When COVID outbroke, Chinese authorities clamped down on information to make COVID look less severe, and the government more capable, thousands of secret government directives and other documents show. China's army of paid internet trolls helped censor https://www.propublica.org/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: This is quite the story Leaked Documents Show How China's Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor Its Coronavirus Impact https://www.propublica.org/... via @propublica
Dexter Roberts / Trade War: Trade War — Welcome to the 50th edition of Trade War. This will be the last one of 2020 as I take some time off.
Mor Naaman / @informor: These attitudes, as we found in qualitative research led by @luzc08, were well-internalized by people in China that often considered the ‘positive energy’ of pandemic content they shared, prioritizing information valence over veracity. Paper under review, hopefully out soon! https://twitter.com/...
Gady Epstein / @gadyepstein: Important story on China's methods of control and propaganda via the internet, down to paid commenters & snitches in local areas. Worth noting this system was built and refined over many years. Lessons from each crisis are absorbed. You don't flip a switch overnight to get this https://twitter.com/...
@propublica: New: As the coronavirus spread in China, the government stage-managed what appeared on the domestic internet to make the virus look less severe and the authorities more capable, according to thousands of leaked directives and other files. https://www.propublica.org/...
Richard Tofel / @dicktofel: Breaking: @propublica and @nytimes have obtained documents tracking the secret Chinese effort to suppress early news of the virus https://www.propublica.org/...
Grady Yuthok Short / Just Grady Things: Google Forms Mailbag; Penguins in Danger; The Case Against Bike Helmet Laws
Ilaria Maria Sala / @ilariamariasala: Read the piece - but also the thread below: https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: “...Chinese officials tried to steer the narrative not only to prevent panic & debunk damaging falsehoods domestically. They also wanted to make the virus look less severe — & the authorities more capable — as the rest of the world was watching.” Blinded: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sheena Greitens / @sheenagreitens: Terrific story from @paulmozur @zhonggg on China's efforts to control info on the early days of coronavirus. This is why I teach a class on info flows withinin the PRC bureaucracy @TheLBJSchool. They have global consequences. https://twitter.com/...
BRANDED:
Adalytics: brand safety technology from companies like Grapeshot and Moat marked 30.3% of NYT, 21.4% of The Economist, and 51.7% of Vice articles as “unsafe” — Welcome back to BRANDED, the newsletter exploring how marketers broke society (and how we can fix it).
Discussion:
@swodinsky, @chrysopoetics, @ilhanniaz, @brooklynmarie, @masonpelt, @nandoodles, @cwarzel, @media_evan, @brooklynmarie, adalytics.io and The Media Nut
Discussion:
Shoshana Wodinsky / @swodinsky: if you're a reporter that gets paid to cover........ really anything (but esp topics like police brutality or qanon), you *need* to read this https://branded.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Cyrus / @chrysopoetics: The fact that “the Brand Safety Floor Framework, which is made up of ... 13 horrifying content categories that we can all agree we don't want to be on” a priori includes ‘adult content’ is doing a lot in the background Also, the foreground is terrible https://branded.substack.com/ ...
Ilhan Niaz / @ilhanniaz: Journalism isn't dying so much as it being killed- 3 billion dollars of ad revenue lost last year just due to malevolent ‘brand safety’ companies: https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: I can't stop thinking about this story. I went to sleep thinking about it and I woke up thinking about it. It's so infuriating. $3b stolen from the journalism industry last year alone. We need to be repaid. https://branded.substack.com/ ...
Mason Pelt / @masonpelt: This is basically the same thing @nerdcity reported on with YouTube. None of it is surprising, and as a marketer I would much rather buy directly from publishers when the option is available because the idea of “not safe for an add” is silly if you trust the publisher. https://twitter.com/...
Nandini Jammi / @nandoodles: This is the true human cost of what we have lost to brand safety technology companies. How many journalists would still have jobs today if it weren't for these janky algorithms blocking billions of dollars from the news industry? https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: few spaces are more frustrating to report on than the broken online advertising ecosystem. it is confusing, often impossible to get answers and basically a black box. this reporting is so valuable (and troubling!) https://twitter.com/...
Evan DeSimone / @media_evan: I'm not going to defend the merits of this technology, but if you're angry at verification providers for creating these tools and not brands for using them in the most hamfisted way possible then you're missing a big piece of the story. https://branded.substack.com/ ...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: This is absolutely jaw dropping. “Brand safety” companies have led to a staggering yearly loss for the news industry — in the billions — while hatemongers get a free pass, and the lack of transparency means that it's been invisible to us all. Until now. https://branded.substack.com/ ...
Josh Sternberg / The Media Nut: Let's talk about fraud
Pranay Prabhat / NYT Open:
A look at the NYT's first-party data program for its direct-sold ads; NYT says ad campaigns that used it performed as well as those using third-party data — The New York Times launched an advertising data program for our direct-sold ads business that uses our own data and data science techniques.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Despite a few bright spots in local journalism like Charlotte Agenda, bought by Axios, and Daily Memphian, 55 news outlets have closed amid the pandemic — You would think that Adam Ganucheau would be feeling upbeat about the state of local journalism. — After all, Mississippi Today …
Discussion:
@j_hancock, @fitzprov, @tnlookout, @acnatta, @djtweets, @tylrfishr, @sarabethberman, @amzam, @fheinderyckx, @pilhofer, @ganucheauadam, The Flack on Stack, @taraemcg, @sdnewswatch and @sulliview
Discussion:
Jason Hancock / @j_hancock: Very cool to see @statesnewsroom — which includes @MO_Independent, @KansasReflector and 17 other state-Capitol based news organizations — among @Sulliview 's flickers of hope for journalism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... #moleg #ksleg
Edward Fitzpatrick / @fitzprov: .@Sulliview says signs of hope for journalism include @BostonGlobe investigating how police cover up crimes of brethren, Austin American-Statesman/KVUE digging into Javier Ambler's death, Louisville Courier-Journal never let up on killing of Breonna Taylor https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tennessee Lookout / @tnlookout: Proud to be part of @statesnewsroom, recognized in @washingtonpost today. We look forward to growth in the next year and broader coverage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Andr Natta / @acnatta: Thanks for the @tinynewsco mention, @Sulliview! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Danielle Jones / @djtweets: “And within the industry itself, there were some hopeful signs: Virginia-based Axios bought a small local news start-up, The Charlotte Agenda, where revenue has soared; there are plans to expand the model into other cities.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tyler Fisher / @tylrfishr: Very, very cool to see @tinynewsco in today's @sulliview column. I especially appreciate the framing that, while our project has large ambitions, it's nowhere near close to the size of the problems in local news. We alone cannot fix it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Sarabeth Berman / @sarabethberman: Margaret Sullivan offers the flickers of hope in local news (there are plenty!) and points out that it's not enough. Here's to working towards a 2021 and beyond where there is more than just flickers. I'm bullish on the belief that it can be done. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: Fifty-five news outlets have closed for good since the pandemic began — and that's on top of more than 2,000 newspapers that have folded since 2004. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Francois Heinderyckx / @fheinderyckx: Local journalism is proving its worth over and over again, but it's not yet enough to save it. “There is no obvious, single fix; there are only pieces of the puzzle that need to be found and fitted together — as quickly as possible.” writes @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Aron Pilhofer / @pilhofer: Super kind @tinynewsco shoutout from @Sulliview in todays WashPo. We hope Tiny News is a flicker that helps ignite a bonfire. But couldn't agree more with the premise: These efforts are nowhere near enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Adam Ganucheau / @ganucheauadam: We're working hard @MSTODAYnews (and growing!) to hold our state's most powerful to account at a scary time for local news. We're an answer, but we're not *the* answer. Subscribe to your great local papers, send encouraging notes to reporters, share tips. Mississippi needs it. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Himler / The Flack on Stack: Journalism's Reckoning — For many, it would seem unusual, if not highly suspect …
Tara McGowan / @taraemcg: “Fifty-five news outlets have closed for good since the pandemic began — and that's on top of more than 2,000 newspapers that have folded since 2004. Thousands of local journalists have been fired or furloughed.” @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@sdnewswatch: Thank you, @Sulliview, for the focus on local journalism. A replay of our July conversation with Margaret Sullivan about her book is on our YouTube channel. Perspective | There are flickers of hope for local journalism. So far, it's not nearly enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Linda Solomon Wood / Nieman Lab:
National Observer EIC predicts Canada's philanthropic sector will lean in further to fund journalism in 2021, and new companies will continue to launch and grow — “Canada has shown leadership in securing a future for journalism — but there is more that can be done." — This year, Canada refused to let journalism fail.
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Fateema Sayani / @fateemasayani: A look at @pressforward_ca and predictions from @Linda_Solomon via @NiemanLab: “In 2021, new companies will continue to launch and grow, providing a diversity of management, teams, tone, and focus.” 🇨🇦 https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@natobserver: “Canada has shown leadership in securing a future for journalism — but there is more that can be done.” National Observer editor-in-chief @Linda_Solomon gives Harvard's @NiemanLab her predictions for Canadian journalism in 2021: https://ow.ly/...
Mark Jacob / Local News Initiative:
An analysis puts the overall increase in digital circulation for news outlets in 138 markets at 51.2%, from Nov. 2019 to Nov. 2020; print circulation fell 12.9% — Newsroom Challenge for 2021: Keep New Customers in the Fold and Find More — The pandemic and other major news events …
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Tom Rosenstiel / @tomrosenstiel: 2020 was a year when local news became more relevant...and, though from too low a base, saw gains in subscriptions as a result. https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
Tim Franklin / @timafranklin: In a tough year for local news, here's a big positive: Digital subscriptions surged 51.2%. The study was conducted by @MatherEconomics of 138 markets and made available to @LocalNewsIni @MedillSchool. Can local news orgs retain and grow those huge gains? https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
@ctguild: We're glad our hard work under punishing conditions has driven more people to buy digital subscriptions. But our excitement is tempered by @tribpub's program of strangling newsrooms to pay people who are already rich in service of a destructive hedge fund. https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
Gabby Deutch / NewsGuard:
NewsGuard names news sites with most online engagement in 2020: NBC News, NYT top among trustworthy sites; Breitbart, TheBlaze for COVID-19 and election misinfo — NewsGuard's Top Ten Disinformers - and Top Ten Straight Shooters With The Most Online Engagement — Facts did not always flourish in 2020.
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@rsm, @anirbanroy, @retractionwatch, @daveyalba, @theinclinepgh, @retractionwatch, @larrypotash, @gsdeutch and MediaPost
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@rsm: Congrats to my colleagues at @theinclinepgh for the recognition from @NewsGuardRating of their super-trustworthy local news! https://www.newsguardtech.com/ ...
Anirban Roy / @anirbanroy: Well, misinfo, disinfo and fake news has robust legs and with telling effect. Proof below. https://twitter.com/...
@retractionwatch: We're honored to be among @NewsGuardRating's “Unsung Heroes” who “are models in producing content that is truthful, compelling, credible, and transparent.” https://www.newsguardtech.com/ ...
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: The top 10 misinformers and top 10 repeat offenders of 2020 via @NewsGuardRating congratulations to all the winners 🍾 https://www.newsguardtech.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@theinclinepgh: We're one of @NewsGuardRating's ten “Unsung Heroes” of 2020 (!!), earning a perfect score on credibility and transparency: https://www.newsguardtech.com/ ... You can support our brand of credible and transparent local journalism by becoming a supporting member here: https://trypico.com/...
@retractionwatch: Retraction Watch is honored to be among NewsGuard's “Unsung Heroes” who “are models in producing content that is truthful, compelling, credible, and transparent.” https://www.newsguardtech.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Potash / @larrypotash: Here's a shock: you shouldn't believe everything you read off the web/social media. https://www.newsguardtech.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
The rush for podcast-generated IP that can be sold to Hollywood is driving demand for podcasts like Caliphate, which may ignore facts for “cinematic experience” — The need for IP pushes facts aside — The New York Times' Caliphate podcast was a hit — until it wasn't.
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@opindia_com, @omar_quraishi, @patrickosgood, @lizsly, @caseyriankelly, @reckless, @shomarq and @ashleyrcarman
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@opindia_com: New York Times admits ‘institutional failure’, says it was likely duped by a Pakistani-Canadian pretending to be an ISIS executioner https://www.opindia.com/...
Omar R Quraishi / @omar_quraishi: You should be fired by your employer the New York Times - you are lucky you've just been reassigned - also you should return your awards https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Osgood / @patrickosgood: While RC moves on to some undefined new beat at the NYT, are women and children still stranded in squalid internment camps in Syria because of political decisions explicitly premised on RC's egregious misreporting? Did the NYT reckon with this at all? If not, why not? https://twitter.com/...
Liz Sly / @lizsly: The New York Times refrains from issuing a retraction for its “Caliphate” podcast even though it acknowledges its own investigation found that the guy featured was lying and the story “did not meet our standards for accuracy.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Casey Kelly / @caseyriankelly: Reminds me of when This American Life had to retract an entire episode bc they couldn't stand behind the reporting of actor/author Mike Daisey. Maybe there's something about longform audio where people fall in love with “a compelling narrative yarn” over reporting & hard facts? https://twitter.com/...
Nilay Patel / @reckless: It is so so easy to slide over the hard standards of rigorous journalism in order to sell a compelling story - and it's happened a lot in podcasting recently, as @ashleyrcarman details here https://www.theverge.com/...
Ely / @shomarq: Here's an article by Ashley Carman about how the rush for IP means ignoring the need for fact-checking. Important reference here to the 2012 TAL incident. https://www.theverge.com/...
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
The New York Times has agreed to return the Peabody Award it won for Caliphate, following its retraction of core elements of the podcast series
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Fox News, @erikwemple, @silvermanjacob, @chitrasd, @katie_robertson, @pspoole and The Wrap
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Brian Flood / Fox News: New York Times' ‘Caliphate’ debacle should teach Americans ‘not to trust’ once-proud paper, critics say
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Another editor's note stemming from the @nytimes review of Rukmini Callimachi's work. This one pertains to a 2019 story on protection arrangements for an Islamic State leader: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: Looks like the NYT added another editor's note to Callimachi's suspect Hurras al Din story. It still fails to address the central problem, which is that the sole source for the article is a shady self-proclaimed ex-spy who supplied forged documents. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chitra Subramaniam / @chitrasd: Sensitive single source stories need constant, varied and several levels of verification. That's lesson #1 for #NYTimes after the #Caliphate fiasco. The apology is neither wholehearted nor convincing. #journalism https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: And to another story, this one from the end of 2019. The Times investigators were looking at a broader range of work than just Caliphate https://www.nytimes.com/...
Patrick Poole / @pspoole: Problems with NYT's ISIS reporting appeared much earlier than discussed. I noted in 2017 that they pushed hard the claims of a German ISIS “defector” Harry Sarfo that came apart weeks later. Callimachi accused critical reporters of complicity with ISIS. https://pjmedia.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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