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Mike Allen / Axios:
Last week, US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the January 6 riot — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me.
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Mike Allen / @mikeallen: 🚨NEW in @axios AM: @SpeakerMcCarthy has given @TuckerCarlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from 1/6 Carlson producers were on Capitol Hill last week to begin digging through the trove 📺 Excerpts begin in coming weeks https://www.axios.com/...
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: House Dems Sound Alarm About ‘Significant Security Concerns’ of McCarthy Giving Jan. 6 Footage to Tucker: ‘Hard to Overstate’ the Risks
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Rachel Maddow Slams McCarthy for Letting Tucker Carlson ‘Concoct an Alternate Narrative’ With Capitol Security Footage (Video)
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart: January 6 Committee Howls as Kevin McCarthy Gives Footage to Tucker Carlson
Rep. Jamie Raskin / @repraskin: McCarthy giving 40,000 hrs of Jan. 6 tape to a pro-Putin journalist is an astounding ethical collapse. What security precautions were taken to keep this from becoming a roadmap for 2024 insurrection? Why isn't it available to all media & public? Smell the MAGA propaganda coming.
Tom Jones / Poynter: What did Fox News bigwigs really think about Trump's fraudulent election claims?
Dan Pfeiffer / @danpfeiffer: The extent to which House Republicans will try to cover up for the people that tried to murder them should be more surprising. https://twitter.com/...
Victor Shi / @victorshi2020: So, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — knowing that Tucker Carlson intentionally lied to his viewers about the 2020 election — gave Tucker Carlson more than *41,000* hours of January 6th footage. Let's be clear: this is the definition of state-run media & is a betrayal to our nation.
Pradheep J. Shanker / @neoavatara: 1. Its dumb of the Speaker to give access to these videos to only Tucker. Should have widely released it, and let the facts fall where they may. 2. Why the hell didn't Democrats release this long ago? There was no good reason not to. https://twitter.com/...
Definitely Danny / @semperwry: Prepare for Fox cherry-picking footage of relatively calm scenes and people. The Capitol complex is huge and it wasn't a bloodbath on every square inch of it every second of that day; it didn't have to be. Pretending otherwise just belies your malice. https://www.axios.com/...
Susan J. Demas / @sjdemas: This is pro-insurrection propaganda. https://twitter.com/...
Donald Trump Jr / @donaldjtrumpjr: Awesome! Incidentally, when I did my Triggered podcast interview with @SpeakerMcCarthy he had mentioned, as we chatted afterwards, that he was trying to get all the footage to make sure it got out. This has been in the works, but great that it's happening! https://www.axios.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: This reveals as much about Kevin McCarthy as it does about Tucker Carlson. https://www.axios.com/...
@sergeantaqgo: @SpeakerMcCarthy knows this will be detrimental to US Capitol security in the future since terrorists, both at home and abroad will use these videos to train and plan more precisely. https://www.axios.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: What do they expect to find? Insurgents planting daisies? https://twitter.com/...
Prem Thakker / New Republic: Why Is the Most Powerful Member of the House Handing Over January 6 Footage to Tucker Carlson?
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene / @repmtg: For all of you that doubted we would release the tapes. Here you go! I'm very happy to be right again in my support for Kevin McCarthy as our Speaker. Americans deserve to see the truth, not a one sided narrative and unfair two tiered justice system. https://www.axios.com/...
Joyce Alene / @joycewhitevance: How does this square w/the Founding Fathers' vision of the 1st Am & free press? Of an open gov't w/checks & balances? & what does McCarthy hope to do by anointing state run media? Why not make this available to everyone in the media-it's the people's property, not the Speaker's. https://twitter.com/...
Clayton Keirns / Trending Politics Conservative: BREAKING: Tucker Carlson Confirms He Has Received Jan. 6 Footage, Says It “Contradicts What We've Been Told”
Hal Sparks / @halsparks: Tucker Carlson is now the official editor of History for the @HouseGOP. https://twitter.com/...
Geoffrey M. Young / @geoffyoung4ky: Kevin McCarthy, good move. Now, this is even more important: Hold a hearing with Jake Sullivan, Antony Blinken & Victoria Nuland on the stand and demand that they tell us all about the destruction of the Nordstream 2 pipeline. Under oath. Do this ASAP. https://www.axios.com/...
David Frum / @davidfrum: Public property for partisan propaganda and private profit. https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: The only reason to give the footage exclusively to Tucker is McCarthy knows the footage will only reinforce the GOP's preferred narrative if it is selectively released by an unrepentant manipulator and liar. https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: The reason I tire of media coverage that frames Kevin McCarthy ‘against’ the conspiratorial far right of his party is that Kevin McCarthy *is* the conspiratorial far right of his party: https://www.axios.com/...
Laura Loomer / @lauraloomer: No. He didn't keep his promise. He said he would release it to the PUBLIC. Tucker Carlson shouldn't get to decide what we see and don't see. Basically Rupert Murdoch (owner) & Paul Ryan (Fox News board member) get to decide how much footage we see. Absolute McCarthy deception. https://twitter.com/...
Scott MacFarlane / @macfarlanenews: If they watch the video from start to finish. Without taking a break to sleep, use the restroom ....... or blink...... they can finish by mid-June https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Lawrence / @ndrew_lawrence: wow i wonder if tucker will use this opportunity to lie to his audience about 1/6 to trick them into watching and help juice fox news' stock price or if he'll give an honest and thorough account of what he finds https://twitter.com/...
Luke Zaleski / @zaleskiluke: It's like with the house swinging the main and only thing the midterm's may have accomplished for republicans was to thwart the prosecutions and investigations of trump and any possible accountability for 1/6-which is probably what the trump war chest was used for and why that is https://twitter.com/...
Victor Nava / New York Post: Kevin McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to Jan. 6 riot surveillance tapes
John Bowden / The Independent: Kevin McCarthy gives trove of unreleased Jan 6 footage to Tucker Carlson
Lisa Boothe / @lisamarieboothe: This is smart. If you release all the footage immediately, people will move on too quickly. Tucker is brilliant, & so is his team. They will handle this correctly. Exclusive: Kevin McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to massive trove of Jan. 6 riot tape https://www.axios.com/...
Pamela Williams / @my_babyanme: Is that even legal? What gives Kevin the authority? The evidence is still there regardless of the edits. https://twitter.com/...
@emptywheel: Axio's @mikeallen apparently couldn't find space in his 12-bullet report that this will make the Capitol more prone to attack. https://twitter.com/...
Lara Logan / @laralogan: Finally. Tucker Carlson has a great team who understand the fate of many innocent Americans lies in their hands. The whole truth is the only thing that can save them & us. Kevin McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to massive trove of Jan. 6 riot tape https://www.axios.com/...
@nycsouthpaw: Giving publicly owned records *exclusively* to a white nationalist agitator who was just exposed once again this week for his complete lack of integrity and willingness to mislead viewers for profit. That's exactly the kind of man Speaker McCarthy likes and the kind of man he is. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Beutler / @brianbeutler: The GOP is an institution purpose-built to abuse power to generate propaganda, in order to accumulate more power to generate more propaganda, and then to repeat the cycle until enough power has been accumulated to legally strip rights from their political enemies and cut taxes. https://twitter.com/...
Evan Hurst / Wonkette: Kevin McCarthy Gives Tucker Carlson J6 Tapes, Because Nothing Matters Anymore
Katie Balevic / Insider: Speaker McCarthy gave Fox's Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 riot tapes: report
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Polk Awards: The New York Times wins three, CoinDesk wins for its FTX report, The Stanford Daily's Theo Baker becomes the youngest recipient yet at 18, and more — The Times was honored for its coverage of the war in Ukraine and a photo of war victims, as well as for its reporting on private schools for Hasidic Jews in New York.
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Long Island University, Reuters, @shimonpro, @johnarchibald, @benjamindictor, @bgrueskin, @johnwoodrowcox, The Hill, @chaskelbennett, @terrence_mccoy, The Stanford Daily, @ericalg, @lynseyaddario, @laforgia_, @nixonron, @susanchira, @marcambinder, @michaelbolden, @stuloeser, Washington Post, @petersagal, @indira_l, @polkawards, @smerelman, @nytimescohen, @meridithmcgraw, @juliepace, @elizashapiro, @katie_robertson, @benryanwriter, @gingerthomp1, @bgrueskin, @clarissaward, @jdawsey1, @cnnpr, @warondumb, @0x_tracy, Talking Biz News, Washington Post and CoinDesk
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Shimon Prokupecz / @shimonpro: I can't believe it. Literally crying. This is an amazing honor @PolkAwards. Never in my life did I think. To the Uvalde families...as I always say the work continues. Thank you for trusting me. See you this week. Forever indebted to the team @press_friedman @CNNRachel https://twitter.com/...
John Archibald / @johnarchibald: Pretty proud of this one. #polk https://www.nytimes.com/...
Benjamin Dictor / @benjamindictor: Remarkable number of @newsguild publications and journalists are among this years' awardees https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Wow. Theo Baker (@tab_delete), the reporter on this story (and other stories about the Stanford president) is 1) 18 years old and 2) is now the youngest person ever to win a Polk award. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Woodrow Cox / @johnwoodrowcox: So thrilled for my pal @terrence_mccoy, whose courageous coverage of the Amazon disaster has been honored with a Polk award. https://liu.edu/...
Chaskel Bennett / @chaskelbennett: Much like your articles, only sycophants or agenda driven affirmations are welcome to reply or comment. Demonizing a beleaguered marginalized community used to be contemptible. Sad that this passes for award winning journalism today. https://twitter.com/...
Terrence McCoy / @terrence_mccoy: Last year, I set out to tell the story of how the Amazon — a crucial defense against catastrophic global warming — had been brought to the brink of collapse, and who was to blame. Today, I'm beyond honored to have won the George Polk award for that effort. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Cassidy Dalva / The Stanford Daily: Daily wins Polk Award, first for an independent, student-run newspaper
Erica L. Green / @ericalg: “The Times also won the education reporting award for work by Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal that exposed how private schools in New York's Hasidic Jewish community were failing to provide students with an adequate education...” Bravo, sis. Bravo. 🙌🏾 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lynsey Addario / @lynseyaddario: what an incredible honor to win a @PolkAwards in #photojournalism for the @nytimes New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael LaForgia / @laforgia_: Huge congrats to @elizashapiro and @brianmrosenthal for this well deserved recognition. https://twitter.com/...
@nixonron: Extremely proud of @mstyslav9, @VasilisaUKR, @EMaloletka, @lhinnant, and editor @maryrajkumar for winning @PolkAwards for their coverage of the Russian siege of Mariupol. https://liu.edu/...
Susan Chira / @susanchira: So proud: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Marc Ambinder / @marcambinder: And has some pretty nifty journalism genes in his DNA... (read the whole story - fascinating to see how some colleges and companies try to obscure hard truths through equal amounts of communications obfuscation) https://twitter.com/...
Michael Bolden / @michaelbolden: So much worthy work is honored here today, but I feel especially grateful to those journalists uncovering abuses and holding the powerful to account in my home state of Alabama, especially @reckonnews @aldotcom. Congratulations, all! https://twitter.com/...
Stu / @stuloeser: And huge huge congratulations to @elizashapiro & @brianmrosenthal - the other two NYC political veterans winning Polk Awards for hard-hitting investigative work today. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Sagal / @petersagal: Comforting the afflicted, afflicting the comfortable. https://twitter.com/...
Indira Lakshmanan / @indira_l: Huge congratulations to my @AP colleagues @mstyslav9 @EMaloletka @vikakorehok and @lhinnant who have won the @PolkAwards for War Reporting for extraordinary narratives and images during the siege of Mariupol #Ukraine https://twitter.com/...
@polkawards: We are pleased to announce with Long Island University the 2022 George Polk Awards in Journalism, honoring reporters in 15 categories for their revelatory news coverage and investigations. https://liu.edu/...
Stephen Merelman / @smerelman: Highest congrats to the Birmingham News crew, maybe the first father-son combination in Polk Award history! https://liu.edu/....
Roger Cohen / @nytimescohen: via @nytimes Very happy to report a Polk award! For long piece on Putin's evolution as part of remarkable NYT Ukraine coverage. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Meridith McGraw / @meridithmcgraw: Congratulations to @joshgerstein @alexbward @PeterCanellos and @politico for winning the National Reporting award for Supreme Court coverage https://twitter.com/...
Julie Pace / @juliepace: Thank you to the @PolkAwards for honoring the incredible reporting from Ukraine of @mstyslav9 @EMaloletka @VasilisaUKR and @lhinnant. So proud of this team. https://liu.edu/...
Eliza Shapiro / @elizashapiro: “The New York Times won three George Polk Awards, two for its coverage of the war in Ukraine and one for an investigation into Hasidic Jewish schools in New York that denied students a basic education.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: In which @brianmrosenthal wins his 3rd Polk Award in six years https://www.nytimes.com/...
Benjamin Ryan / @benryanwriter: @Theo Baker @tab_delete, 18, is the youngest ever winner of the George Polk journalism award for his investigation of the president of @Stanford's alleged fabrication of research results. He is the son of @peterbakernyt and @sbg1. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ginger Thompson / @gingerthomp1: Congrats to this amazing slate of @PolkAwards winners, especially my terrifically talented colleague @BrettMmurphy @propublica! https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Congratulations, Alabama officials. Your retrograde policies on child labor and criminal justice are responsible for *two* Polk Awards this year https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Clarissa Ward / @clarissaward: Richly deserved honour for my great friend @lynseyaddario !!!! https://twitter.com/...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: An incredibly impressive accomplishment for a great reporter and person. https://twitter.com/...
@cnnpr: Congratulations to CNN's @ShimonPro and team for winning a George Polk Award for their groundbreaking and relentless effort to uncover the truth behind the failed law enforcement response to the mass school shooting in Uvalde, TX. Thank you, @PolkAwards. https://liu.edu/... https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Whitmire / @warondumb: Congratulations @JohnArchibald, @aremkus1, and @RamseyArchibald on winning this year's George Polk Award for local reporting. https://liu.edu/...
Tracy Wang / @0x_tracy: wow, a Polk award! it's been an honor to work with @ianallison123 (the most humble guy and a silent killer!), @inkbacker (my superstar editor), and the rest of the amazing team at @coindesk dear crypto: y'all are batshit crazy and the greatest beat i could hope for 😘 https://twitter.com/...
Lou Carlozzo / Talking Biz News: New York Times wins three Polk Awards
Washington Post:
A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from a Islamic State attack in Paris in 2015, and Twitter v. Taamneh on Wednesday — By Robert Barnes and Cat Zakrzewski — Updated just now — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google …
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Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: Will the Supreme Court End Social Media as We Know It This Week?
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: Google Case Heads to Supreme Court With Powerful Internet Shield Law at Stake
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Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
A preview of Gonzalez v. Google SCOTUS case and a look at the Israeli nonprofit Shurat HaDin that is arguing the case against Google at the February 21 hearing
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Brian Fung / CNN: Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Google case with potential to upend the internet
Khadija Khan / The Indian Express: Is Google aiding terror? US Supreme Court to hear vital challenge to legal protection enjoyed by tech platforms
@tnatw: Gonzalez v. Google will be argued Tuesday and centers on whether internet companies are liable for the content their algorithms recommend to users, testing the Section 230 legal shield. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ariel Zilber / New York Post: Google faces Supreme Court in case that could decide future of Section 230
Mark Sherman / Associated Press: A lawsuit claiming YouTube helped ISIS recruit a mass shooter is the crux of the pivotal Supreme Court case on the internet's future
Queenie Wong / CNET: How the Supreme Court Could Reshape Online Speech
David McCabe / New York Times: Supreme Court to Hear Case That Targets a Legal Shield of Tech Giants
Issie Lapowsky / Fast Company: The internet's Supreme Court showdown is here, and the stakes couldn't be higher
@washingtonpost: Are tech companies liable when their algorithms recommend terrorist content? The Court's answer could upend the way the internet works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
NBC News: Biden and some GOP senators have formed a loose alliance in asking SCOTUS to change Section 230 protections when hearing Gonzalez v. Google on February 21
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: Google's $168 Billion in Ad Revenue at Risk in Supreme Court Case
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Next Week, The Supreme Court Could Destroy Everything Good About The Internet
Ian Millhiser / Vox: The Supreme Court hears two cases that could ruin the internet
Jeffrey M. McCall / The Hill: Supreme Court to wade into quagmire of internet regulation
Josh Richman / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Section 230 is On Trial. Here's What You Need to Know.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
James O'Keefe resigns as head of Project Veritas, after he clashed for weeks with its board, following staff complaints alleging “outright cruel” conduct — The founder of the right-wing nonprofit resigned without striking a severance deal, The Daily Beast has learned.
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New York Times, The Daily Dot, @willsommer, @blackhannity, @nytmike, Project Veritas, Axios, Trending Politics Conservative, @gtconway3d, @5dollarfeminist, @rschooley, @realaxelfoley, @willsommer, @davmicrot, @brianbeutler, @kylegriffin1, @joshtpm, @jkarsh, @green_footballs, @wendysiegelman, @actuallyemerson, @actbrigitte, @jeffjarvis, CNN, @deggans, @jesseltaylor, The Week, @thedailybeast, @kazweida, @garylegum, @dineshdsouza, @kevinmkruse, Associated Press, @willsommer, @mattortega, @jessehawken, Breitbart, @ariehkovler, @pattymo, @profblacktruth, @willsommer, @iwriteok, Insider, Wonkette, @rschooley, The Wrap, @ryandbusse, @nycsouthpaw, @rothschildmd, @thetomzone, @justinbrannan, @nycsouthpaw, @jamesrbuk, Mediaite, The Hill, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, Fun UnLeaAshed, New York Daily News, Politico and NewsNation
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Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot: Project Veritas bleeds followers online in wake of James O'Keefe's resignation
Will Sommer / @willsommer: Breaking: Right-wing activist James O'Keefe resigned from Project Veritas this morning, under pressure from the board of the nonprofit he founded. O'Keefe faces an FBI investigation and employee complaints of “outright cruel” behavior. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@blackhannity: This is not accurate. James was removed from his position as CEO by the Project Veritas board. They are in charge now https://twitter.com/...
Michael S. Schmidt / @nytmike: BREAKING: O'Keefe has been ousted by PV's board. He had risen to prominence during Trump era as Trump and his followers embraced his controversial tactics. Project Veritas is under federal investigation by SDNY for purchasing Ashley Biden's stolen diary. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ivana Saric / Axios: James O'Keefe ousted at Project Veritas
Liz Dye / @5dollarfeminist: What are the odds this malevolent dweeb goes on to found some conservative Broadway type grift where they serve up musical numbers about Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden, free from any icky woke stuff? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Benjamin Hart / @realaxelfoley: As good as James is at editing footage misleadingly, he's an even better colleague. HIRE HIM https://www.nytimes.com/...
Will Sommer / @willsommer: Update: James O'Keefe posted a 45-minute video denouncing Project Veritas's board as he's ousted from the group. O'Keefe released board minutes that purport to show him put on unpaid leave and offered “mental wellness care.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
David Rothschild / @davmicrot: Cannot believe the dude we funded to grift other people grifted us! https://twitter.com/...
Brian Beutler / @brianbeutler: Always important to note at times like these: O'Keefe, an irredeemable trash person, is a figure of high esteem among rightwing elites. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: Breaking NYT: James O'Keefe, the embattled leader of the conservative group Project Veritas, has been removed from his position amid a series of questions about his oversight of the organization, according to a speech he gave to the group. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: Weirdest part of this is that a significant reason for his ouster seems to have been his inappropriately using the propaganda organization to launch a new career in musical theater. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Karsh / @jkarsh: This dude tried to get a CNN reporter onto a boat with dildos, handcuffs, and a camcorder in 2010. How long do you think Trump was in office, my guy? https://twitter.com/...
Charles Johnson / @green_footballs: James O'Keefe got the boot apparently because he's a gigantic asshole to everybody, which NOBODY could have ever predicted. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Wendy Siegelman / @wendysiegelman: This is some snake eating its own tail story🐍 “James has become a power-drunk tyrant, and he is exactly who he pontificates on who we should be exposing,” the memo from a a group of his colleagues said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Emerson Collins / @actuallyemerson: Imagine how truly awful you have to be to get ousted from the organization created and gleefully funded to support your grift of gotcha bad edit videos. https://twitter.com/...
Brigitte Gabriel / @actbrigitte: Without James O'Keefe, Project Veritas does not exist! https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: This is like saying that Hell fired the Devil. It's still hell. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Passantino / CNN: James O'Keefe ousted from right-wing activist group Project Veritas
@deggans: Given all the unethical stuff Project Veritas has been involved with in the past, I think I'm genuinely surprised that questions about James O'Keefe's oversight of the group is what got him sidelined there. https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Taylor / @jesseltaylor: If you're going to cover national politics, you should probably have a memory that goes further back than 2016 https://twitter.com/...
Peter Weber / The Week: James O'Keefe out at Project Veritas amid allegations of staff bullying, ‘financial malfeasance’
@thedailybeast: UPDATE | In a statement posted Monday night responding to O'Keefe's video, Project Veritas's board Accused O'Keefe of wasting $60,000 on “dance events,” among other notable costs. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Kaz Weida / @kazweida: Excellent news. Project Veritas is a central player in the disinformation world that seeks to undermine democracy for political and monetary gain. https://twitter.com/...
Gary Legum / @garylegum: So this went well. https://twitter.com/...
Dinesh D'Souza / @dineshdsouza: BREAKING: James O'Keefe Departs Project Veritas, Was It Voluntary Or Was He Forced Out? https://dcenquirer.com/...
Kevin M. Kruse / @kevinmkruse: The same week Tucker Carlson gets exclusive access to 41,000 hours of January 6th security tapes? It's a match made in grifter heaven! https://twitter.com/...
Associated Press: Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe removed after board accuses him of ‘financial malfeasance’ and spending donor funds on personal luxuries
Will Sommer / @willsommer: The Project Veritas board has fired back at recently ousted founder James O'Keefe, accusing him of financial malfeasance — including spending $60K on musical theater-style “dance events.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Matt Ortega / @mattortega: Filed under “The press has the memory of a goldfish.” https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Hawken / @jessehawken: Elon brought this guy back on Twitter personally https://twitter.com/...
Robert Kraychik / Breitbart: James O'Keefe Leaves Project Veritas After Dispute with Board
Arieh Kovler / @ariehkovler: Wait until O'Keefe's new organisation tries to infiltrate Project Veritas. https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Monahan / @pattymo: Project Veritas has gone Woke! https://twitter.com/...
@profblacktruth: James O'Keefe has been dumped by his own cesspit, the cynically named “Project Veritas.” He did the same lying and race-baiting that incompetents like @realchrisrufo would imitate. Just like with the alt-right they all turn on each other. The lesson here: no honor among sleaze. https://twitter.com/...
Will Sommer / @willsommer: In a lengthy video exit video for his staff, James O'Keefe quoted Ayn Rand, claimed the board investigated him over black-car use and a nearly $13,000 Christmas party, and wiped away tears as he announced that he was packing up his personal belongings. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Robert Evans / @iwriteok: lmao fudge off you fuck https://twitter.com/...
Ellen Thomas / Insider: Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe says he was accused of taking too many black cars, stealing 'a pregnant woman's sandwich' before his ouster as CEO of the right-wing org
Schooley / @rschooley: I really feel like this story must now be told on stage in a musical to bring this full circle. Perhaps the Book of Mormon team. https://twitter.com/...
Josh Dickey / The Wrap: Project Veritas Founder James O'Keefe Ousted Following Reports of Toxic Workplace Behavior
Ryan Busse / @ryandbusse: When you are too creepy and crooked even for Project Veritas ... the only place to go is the Trump campaign. James O'Keefe Is Removed as Project Veritas' Leader - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nycsouthpaw: This dumb falsehood is still in the paper of record. Not a word about Andrew Breitbart in the whole piece. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Rothschild / @rothschildmd: Now O'Keefe can spend more time refining his off-off-off-off Broadway musical ambitions. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Mckay / @thetomzone: oh shit my official project veritas certificate of fake news is now a collectors item https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Justin Brannan / @justinbrannan: These grifters tried me once when I worked at Tweed. It was during the Common Core hoopla. They sent some shapeshifter to stalk me. She was SO bad at it and it was so obvious after 10 minutes. I reported her to DOE SCI. Detectives interviewed me. Never heard from her again. https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: This felt inevitable. The question now is whether they can keep their funders without him. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Griffing / Mediaite: James O'Keefe Confirms He's Out at Project Veritas Amid Accusations of ‘Cruel’ Behavior Toward Employees
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Founder James O'Keefe out at Project Veritas
Andrew Rice / New York Magazine: Project Veritas Has Forced James O'Keefe Out
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post: James O'Keefe is out at Project Veritas after internal power struggle
Theresa Braine / New York Daily News: Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe says he's out, blaming board
Olivia Olander / Politico: Project Veritas leader removed
New York Times:
CNN says Don Lemon will return on February 22; in a memo, Chris Licht says the anchor “has agreed to participate in formal training” over his sexist comments — CNN's chairman, Chris Licht, said in a Monday night memo that the anchor “has agreed to participate in formal training” …
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The Daily Beast: Don Lemon to Undergo ‘Formal Training,’ Will Return to ‘CNN This Morning’ on Wednesday
Associated Press: Don Lemon returns to CNN airwaves after Nikki Haley comments, will receive ‘formal training’
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Don Lemon to return to CNN after formal training following sexist comments, network boss says
Tim Miller / @timodc: Don Lemon made a stupid sexist comment about a Republican & CNN is rending their garments about how to hold him accountable. Meanwhile fox hosts were inciting an insurrection & trying to get reporters who told the truth about the election fired with absolutely no self-reflection https://twitter.com/...
John V. Moore / @johnvmoore: What Tim said. Lemon should be held accountable but if he receives no more punishment, he has paid a larger price than anyone at FOX has for much worse. Additionally, he crossed an unacceptable line while pushing back on Nikki Haley's inexcusable ageism. https://twitter.com/...
Arden Dier / Newser: Don Lemon Will Return to Host Chair—With Conditions
Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone: Don Lemon Returning to CNN, Will Undergo ‘Formal Training’ Following Sexist Comments About Nikki Haley
Gretchen Carlson / @gretchencarlson: Perfect example of what's wrong w/ our culture. Men make misogynistic comments & are offered “formal training” & survive. Women who simply have the courage to come forward to report misogyny, harassment etc — get the shaft and never work again. #DonLemon https://twitter.com/...
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Don Lemon Will Return to CNN Morning Show
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast: Don Lemon did not appear on February 20's CNN This Morning; sources say executives are discussing Lemon's future after his offensive women and aging remarks
Fox News: CNN insiders say Don Lemon has ‘no defenders’ at the network, not worth the headache to keep on-air
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Don Lemon will return to ‘CNN This Morning’ on Wednesday
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: Don Lemon to Receive ‘Formal Training’ After Comment About Women in Their ‘Prime,’ Says CNN Boss Chris Licht
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Don Lemon To Return To ‘CNN This Morning’ On Wednesday, Will Participate In “Formal Training” Following Backlash Over Comments About Women
David Propper / New York Post: Don Lemon returning to CNN show Wednesday after ‘frank’ talk with boss
Rosemary Rossi / The Wrap: Don Lemon to Return to ‘CNN This Morning’ Wednesday and Undergo ‘Formal Training’
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
BBC removes an article on Will Ferrell apologizing to fans of an English soccer club after being fooled by a parody Twitter account with a Blue verified badge — EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has taken down from its website a story about Will Ferrell after being fooled by a Twitter account that did not belong to the Anchorman actor.
Jack Mirkinson / The Nation:
The New York Times' anti-trans coverage parallels its notorious failings over gay rights and AIDS under Abe Rosenthal, who led the newspaper from 1969 to 1986 — The paper's anti-trans coverage parallels its failings over gay rights and AIDS. But the Times appears determined not to learn from its own history.
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@froomkin: “Cooler heads might have warned Kahn that, in his rush to defend the paper's antagonism toward an LGBTQ civil rights movement, he risked the kind of infamy that now haunts one of his most prominent predecessors, Abe Rosenthal.” https://www.thenation.com/...
@ericthurm: “The parallels between its current anti-trans coverage and its past coverage of gay rights are obvious. But the Times appears blind to them—and blind to the fact that... it is once again placing itself in a situation that it will later regret.” https://www.thenation.com/...
A.V. Marraccini / @saintsoftness: This excellent piece aligns the NYT's current anti-trans rhetoric with the paper's bad history during the AIDS epidemic and earlier. If we learned anything from SILENCE = DEATH, we must never be silent on this issue. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: My first piece in @thenation is up! It is all about how, with its anti-trans crusade, the New York Times is refusing to learn from what it has long admitted is a low point in its history: its dreadful coverage of queer people and AIDS https://www.thenation.com/...
@brownsvillain: “Once again, people inside and outside the paper are pleading with management to change. And once again, the Times is putting its barriers up. It is as though it has learned nothing from its own history.” @jackmirkinson https://www.thenation.com/...
Amy Jo Cousins / @_ajcousins: “The Times faced intense backlash from the LGBTQ community for its indifferent coverage [of the AIDS crisis]. But the response from the paper was hostile and unchanging.” The more things change... 😒 https://twitter.com/...
Jo Livingstone / @jo_livingstone: Donna Cartwright, whom the Nation identifies as the first person at the Times to come out as transgender, speaking on her three decades at the paper. https://www.thenation.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sean T. Collins / @theseantcollins: This is the best piece on our letter to the Times and all the reasons we wrote it that I've read so far. Thank you so much, @jackmirkinson https://www.thenation.com/...
Melissa Gira Grant / @melissagira: “Cooler heads might have warned Kahn that, in his rush to defend the paper's antagonism toward an LGBTQ civil rights movement, he risked the kind of infamy that now haunts one of his most prominent predecessors, Abe Rosenthal.” https://www.thenation.com/...
Samantha Schuyler / @sdschuyler: “There is also a good chance that the Times will attempt to explain its behavior by saying that anti-trans panic was just in the air back then, part of the intrinsic way of things. But just as with its coverage of queer life and AIDS in the past, people will know better.” https://twitter.com/...
Tabatha Southey / @tabathasouthey: The @nytimes seems to have learned nothing from what it acknowledges is a low point in its history: its dreadful coverage of queer people and AIDS. An absolutely must read from @jackmirkinson via @thenation: https://www.thenation.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Carolyn Petit / @carolynmichelle: A great and important piece that makes an argument I've long been wanting to see someone make, and makes it very well. https://twitter.com/...
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: As this excellent piece makes clear, it's impossible to understand current arguments at NY Times trans issues without context of paper's long history of homophobia. https://twitter.com/...
@six6jiang: “[The New York Times] is still so instinctively appalled at the notion that its critics might be right that it is choosing the path of aristocratic contempt.” https://twitter.com/...
@ijbailey: If I was a news outlet that not too long ago published a piece advocating tattooing AIDS victims, I'd be slow to dismiss concerns of folks - especially fellow journalists credible enough to have contributed to that outlet - saying that they see parallels to that coverage now. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Harris / @markharrisnyc: This piece by @jackmirkinson is historically rich and rock solid—and I know many good people at the NYT will agree with it. I hope those in charge will listen to them. Treating trans people as “a knotty problem for society to solve” is not a way forward. https://www.thenation.com/...
Ludwig Hurtado / @ludwighurtado: New York Times article on how to tell if a play is gay: “Be suspicious of the compulsive slut...” https://www.thenation.com/... h/t @jackmirkinson https://twitter.com/...
Muna / @muna_mire: The first openly trans staffer at the New York Times, Donna Cartwright, is disappointed in their coverage of trans issues. Read why in this piece from @jackmirkinson in @thenation on how the Times risks repeating its homophobic past: https://www.thenation.com/...
Ashley Koch / @ashleykochkgw: It's baffling to me to see legacy news outlets constantly issuing apologies for their past bigoted coverage and then willingly ignore it just to do it again to another group https://www.thenation.com/...
@sorayamcdonald: “The paper infamously allowed William F. Buckley Jr. to demand that people with AIDS be tattooed, like concentration camp victims, to mark them out from the rest of society.” https://www.thenation.com/...
@uhshanti: this is a great piece but my favorite part is where an NYT theater critic wrote a flashlight-under-chin article about how to spot “homosexual themes...” in... the theater https://twitter.com/...
Petra / @kutheks: As the gay rights movement gained steam, the Times reacted with alarm. Homosexuality was seemingly a big concern everywhere: It was “troubling Britons” in 1953, causing panic in Cuba in 1965, and infusing West Berlin with a “loose morality” in 1967 https://www.thenation.com/...
Steven Porter / @reporterporter: “We'll never know how things would have been different if the Times had chosen to use its hugely influential platform to sound the alarm about AIDS in a concerted way. We only know what happened when it didn't.” https://www.thenation.com/...
Anthony Girardi / @anthony_girardi: “At the time, plenty of people warned the paper that it was on the wrong side of history. But the Times ignored them. ” - https://www.thenation.com/...
Jeff Sharlet / @jeffsharlet: Crucial history, journalism, and — gasp — advocacy. Because the truth can be all three at once. https://twitter.com/...
Fruit Springsteen / @prismxp: Rosenthal, who led the NYT from 1969-1986, is most frequently remembered for something he refused to do: cover the LGBTQ rights movement, particularly the AIDS crisis (The epitaph on his tombstone, HE KEPT THE PAPER STRAIGHT, now seems like a sick joke.) https://www.thenation.com/...
@sorayamcdonald: “LGBTQ people at the Times 'say that they were immensely frightened and frustrated under Rosenthal.... They couldn't complain because to do so they'd have to come out. But they felt they couldn't come out because it would definitely jeopardize their jobs.'” https://twitter.com/...
Gregg Gonsalves / @gregggonsalves: Really fantastic piece by @jackmirkinson on the @NYTimes' anti-trans crusade and its doubling down on its own in-house bigotry. We've seen this before with the paper, as Jack notes, on lesbians and gays and the AIDS epidemic. What another sorry episode in the paper's history. https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jen Psaki, Biden's former press secretary, will begin hosting “Inside With Jen Psaki”, a weekly hourlong MSNBC talk show, on March 19, airing on Sundays at noon — The former White House press secretary will start hosting a weekly MSNBC talk show on March 19.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: MSNBC to Launch New Sunday Program Led by Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: MSNBC Sets Jen Psaki Weekly Series, Says Streaming and Social Shows in the Works
@msnbcpr: JUST ANNOUNCED: @jrpsaki will debut “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Sunday, March 19 at 12 p.m. ET on @MSNBC. Psaki will also contribute a regular column for @MSNBCDaily and develop a new original streaming show set to launch this spring. MORE: https://www.nbcumv.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: MSNBC announced today that @jrpsaki will host a weekly Sunday show starting March 19. @charlottetklein spoke to Psaki just ahead of midterms about making the jump from the Biden White House to cable news https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@nytimes: Jen Psaki, the former White House press secretary, will start hosting a weekly MSNBC talk show. “Inside With Jen Psaki” will air Sundays at noon, vying for the same weekend clout as political mainstays like “Meet the Press” and “Face the Nation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline: MSNBC Sets Debut Date For Jen Psaki's New Show
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Al Tompkins, a local broadcast reporter in Kentucky and Tennessee and a teacher at the Poynter Institute for 25 years, plans to retire at the end of March — He taught and advised tens of thousands of journalists to craft better stories. — Al Tompkins is known throughout the world …
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin: The great @atompkins is retiring. He's taught journalists in 49 states and internationally, in countries including Canada, Denmark, South Africa, Japan and Egypt. https://www.poynter.org/...
Brendan Keefe / @brendankeefe: Some pretty big news I've been sitting on for some time: my mentor & friend, the great Al Tompkins, is retiring after a half century of nurturing storytellers around the globe @atompkins https://www.poynter.org/...
Sam Smink / @samsminknews: The greats. Never a lesson not learned watching Al. Grateful to have had some lessons. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Butera / @baynews9jeff: If I made a list of the people who have had a positive impact on my career, @atompkins would be near the top. The even cooler part is I'm one of hundreds in the TV News industry who can say that. https://twitter.com/...
Naomi Starobin / @nstarobin: Al Tompkins has been a human toolkit for so many journalists. So grateful for his work! https://www.poynter.org/...
Matt Grant / @mattgrantkxan: .@atompkins has done so much to teach, coach, and inspire countless journalists. He's made me better. Al, you are a gift to our profession and we are all so lucky to learn from you. Enjoy your well deserved retirement! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Les Rose / @lesrosesyracuse: @atompkins saw something in me as a person, photojournalist, future best friend, and teacher right from the start. And me, him. He is all four @thebeatles . He is THAT cool. There is no greater friend to journalists and journalism than #AlTompkins... https://www.poynter.org/...
Howard Berkes / @hberkes: It's hard to imagine @poynter without @atompkins. He had me teach there but I always left with more gained than I gave. He is tireless in supporting and celebrating great journalism A remarkable career of paying it forward & making good journalists better https://www.poynter.org/...
Melissa Luck / @melissakxly4: If I have done anything good in this industry, it is because of something I learned from @atompkins. I'm still in awe that I got to learn from him in person and I go back to so many of his teachings nearly every week. I am one of thousands who say THANK YOU, AL. For everything. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Garcia / Nieman Lab:
A look at the close collaboration between Ron DeSantis' administration and The Florida Standard as he cultivates a network of sympathetic conservative outlets — Last summer, six days after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Tampa prosecutor Andrew Warren, one of the governor's top aides drafted …
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@deggans: Amid reports Fox News Channel broadcast Trump-friendly claims about election fraud its own anchors criticized off air, Nieman Reports has story on how Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has “weaponized” conservative-oriented media outlets to boost his own efforts. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Brian J. Karem / @briankarem: The destruction of a free and independent press is ongoing. Our vigilance must be as well. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Seth Stern / Freedom of the Press Foundation: Anti-press bill filed following DeSantis' roundtable stunt
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: I spend a lot of time talking with international journalists working under regimes that attack and delegitimize independent media. What Ron DeSantis is doing in Florida is straight out of those playbooks. “This is what state-run media looks like.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Alexander Russo / @alexanderrusso: DeSantis is doing everything he can to destabilize the independent media, as you can read here, but the media is also destabilizing itself the way it is so readily trolled for outrage. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@spj_tweets: “Just this week, the governor...attacked ‘legacy media’ that engages in ‘partisan activism’ and suggested that he might lobby the Florida Legislature to pass a law...making it easier for people to sue news organizations on claims of libel or defamation.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: A simple way to describe the kind of 2024 coverage we need is this: Not the odds, but the stakes. Meaning: less that tries to handicap the race, more that shows what is at stake in that race. “DeSantis is weaponizing partisan media.” From @NiemanLab. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@froomkin: The governor's efforts to prop up supplicant sources of news—while trying to destabilize and delegitimize independent ones—make for a dangerous combination, @mbar62 tells @Jason_Garcia. That's the journalistic dichotomy: “supplicant” vs. “independent”. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Candle Media hires former ABC News president James Goldston to lead a new, in-house production studio focused on nonfiction projects and documentaries — - Goldston recently advised Congress' Jan. 6 select committee in adapting a documentary-style presentation for its hearings last year.
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Former ABC News Chief James Goldston to Head New Nonfiction Division at Candle Media
Phineas Rueckert / Forbidden Stories:
Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims — Leaked documents obtained by Forbidden Stories reveal the inner world of Eliminalia, a Spanish reputation management company.
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Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: “It's hugely significant that this stuff is happening,” Adam Holland, a project manager at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for the Internet and Society, said after being told of The Post's findings. “This is information warfare.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@washingtonpost: Eliminalia's methods are laid in documents leaked to Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based journalism nonprofit organization that shared the records with The Post and other media partners. The records are the most comprehensive account of its tactics to date. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Sandra Cuffe / @sandra_cuffe: “The files show how Eliminalia worked for scammers, spyware companies, torturers, convicted criminals, corrupt politicians and others in the global underworld to hide public-interest information.” Great ‘Story Killers’ investigative piece by @PhineasJFR: https://forbiddenstories.org/ ...
@rawtraveltv: Good article from @FbdnStories Journalists worldwide R under attack, some dying 2 tell truth, literally. Companies like @digitalocean kowtowing 2 shady “reputational firms” like #Eliminalia pour salt in wounds & inhibit public's right to know the truth. https://forbiddenstories.org/ ...
Phineas James / @phineasjfr: Around the world journalists are being imprisoned, hacked, even killed. So why should we care about copyright law? #Thread about the “subtle censorship” of a reputation management firm that uses manipulative methods bury the truth. #StoryKillers 1/14 https://forbiddenstories.org/ ...
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