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Sources: Katzenberg pitched Apple, WarnerMedia, and Facebook about buying Quibi, but so far had no takers; Quibi has between 400K and 500K subscribers now — Six months after launching his revolutionary video-streaming service, Quibi, Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is looking for a buyer.
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AppleInsider, Gizmodo Australia, @trengriffin, @edzitron, @ashkan, @beijingpalmer, @azeem, @kantrowitz, @jbillinson, @jimwaterson, @mccrackenagain, @jessesachs, @edsbs, @cityofthetown, @readdanwrite and MacRumors
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Caitlin McGarry / Gizmodo Australia: Apple, Like the Rest of Us, Does Not Want to Pay for Quibi
Tren Griffin / @trengriffin: CAC and churn are stone cold killers of value. Distribution and retention are vastly harder than most people imagine. Quibi has between 400,000 to 500,000 paying subscribers (including those who have it free through T-Mobile). https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Ed Zitron / @edzitron: Imagine the pitch. “So it's shows that are not good, that are also short, also you can't watch them on a tv. What do you think. We're thinking 2 billion dollars” https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: If this is true https://www.mediagazer.com/... then @quibi should use $800M to acquire assets with pertinent audiences. Seems like a no brainer vs approaching Apple/Warner/Facebook. It could spend $250-500M on smart distribution bets instead, esp if much of their catalog/IP is evergreen
James Palmer / @beijingpalmer: I have $25 right here. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Azeem Azhar / @azeem: This one was CA Technologies and KMart written all over it https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: The FTC should force big tech to acquire Quibi to even the playing field https://twitter.com/...
Josh Billinson / @jbillinson: My offer of $10 stands. Jeffrey Katzenberg must come to the table and hear what I have to offer https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: It's very sad that no one in the UK knows what Quibi is. Because I would love to spend my time writing about the slow-motion downfall of Quibi. https://twitter.com/...
@mccrackenagain: Quibi failure news is the only thing providing serotonin lately https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Sachs / @jessesachs: For Sale: Baby shows, never watched https://twitter.com/...
Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown: Quibi sale update: no dice. Katzenberg approached Apple, Warnermedia and Facebook. All passed quickly. It still has around $800million in the bank, so it's not dire. But with fewer than 500,000 paying subs, where do you go? w/ @jtoonkel https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Twitter announces changes to clamp down on US election misinfo, like blocking retweets of misleading content from candidates and accounts with 100K+ followers — Move is latest escalation of anti-misinformation measures in run-up to presidential vote — Twitter has announced …
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@twittersupport: We'll temporarily ask people to add their own commentary before amplifying content by prompting Quote Tweets instead of Retweets. We hope this encourages everyone to consider why they are amplifying a Tweet, and brings more thoughts, reactions & perspectives to the conversation. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Ananny / @ananny: What if Twitter paused Trump? New in @WIRED from me & @kreissdaniel: delay social media “of those who seek to manipulate the public—like the president.” It'd be “a sea change in platform content moderation. But it is exactly the pause we urgently need.” https://www.wired.com/...
Washington Post: With Election Day looming, Twitter imposes new limits on U.S. politicians — and ordinary users, too
O...K / @kateconger: These are some of the biggest product changes I've seen from a social media company in response to election misinformation. Now the big question: Will it work? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Changing how retweets work, Twitter seeks to slow down election misinformation
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Twitter's Policy Changes Underscore the Election-Related Misinformation
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: Twitter will add a warning label to any claim about who won the US election until it has been officially determined. Western democracies should do the same thing, refusing to endorse any premature claim of “victory.” America's democracy may depend on it. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maz Hamilton / @newsmary: Research has shown that repeated exposure to a falsehood makes people more likely to believe it. Amplifying something false, even to fact check or refute it, can paradoxically make it more widely believed - especially if the original context is preserved. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@wired: Opinion: If Twitter is serious about its stated goal of “protecting the integrity of the election conversation,” it should consider putting a time delay on the tweets of Donald Trump and other political elites https://www.wired.com/...
Ed Ronco / @edronco: I read the thread, clicked “retweet” to see what would happen, and got this. I love it for so many reasons. (And yes, I read the story!) Really interesting changes. Will be eager to know if they make a difference. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charles Johnson / @green_footballs: They should leave the recommendations off. Algorithmic recommendations are one of the main reasons why social media has been so destructive; they help spread conspiracy theories and extremism way beyond their normal reach. https://twitter.com/...
@aelkus: i have a better idea: just ban politicians from social media services entirely https://www.wired.com/...
Mike Caulfield / @holden: The one thing Twitter could do that would actually maybe save our democracy is to force people sharing video / photos of events to make *specific* assertions about where and when that video is from. If @TwitterSafety is listening I can explain why failure to do that is dangerous. https://twitter.com/...
Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane: the fascinating thing about twitter is that a mere product change as small as this one can cause people to lose their mind https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: Twitter imposes restrictions, more warning labels ahead of U.S. election
@cernovich: Twitter sees the real data. They know it's going to be close. Real close, and they don't want you talking about *that* on election night. https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Coultergeist / @shannoncoulter: Is it just me or is it a bit awkward that Twitter just said, basically, hey, we're going to press the pause button on that whole mass dissemination of misinformation thing for a couple weeks, but we'll start up again soon...? https://twitter.com/...
Kate Starbird / @katestarbird: I've been recommending this same thing. Once they hit the platform, his tweets are RTed 1000s of times in the first few minutes. Many folks seeing that content won't see (or accept) the labels that get added. Only way to stop the cascades of disinfo is before the tweets post. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Kreiss / @kreissdaniel: New piece by @ananny and I. @Twitter made a bunch of great changes today, but we think even more friction is necessary: https://www.wired.com/...
Grace Panetta / @grace_panetta: Just got some clarification from a Twitter spox on the new announcement today - the policy barring premature race calls/declarations of victory only applies to presidential/congressional elections and not state-level, state leg, and other downballot races https://blog.twitter.com/...
PropOrNot ID / @propornot: Thank you @Twitter/@Policy for trying these major reforms on your platform to counter disinformation/propaganda! These changes to how Twitter works are long overdue, but much better late than never. Bravo! https://twitter.com/...
Nicolas / @necolas: Twitter is temporarily disabling algorithmic recommendations to combat misinformation 👍 Indicates these systems are fundamentally broken (on all platforms) and shouldn't be used. If it's not election meddling it's conspiracy theories, anti-vax, climate denial, etc. But $$$ https://twitter.com/...
Kate Starbird / @katestarbird: Definitely steps in the right direction. Helping users slow down before retweeting. Reducing the trending functionality (it seems). And curbing specific types of election-related disinfo. All things that researchers have been recommending. Good to see Twitter take these actions. https://twitter.com/...
Laura Rosenberger / @rosenbergerlm: 👏👏👏 Yet another step by Twitter recognizing that platform architecture matters, and that rethinking the way information moves can create a healthier ecosystem. This more systemic approach - vs just content moderation - is where we need more thinking. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Hank Green / @hankgreen: This all strikes me as intelligent and good....which is...new. https://twitter.com/...
@mozilla: This is important news from @twitter, but falls short of the biggest action that could help stop the spread of misinformation leading up to the US election. Join our call to #UnTrendTwitter: https://foundation.mozilla.org/ ... https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Scalzi / @scalzi: I just checked to see if it would ask me to add my own views before I RT'd on Tweetdeck. Seems not! https://twitter.com/...
Jackie Speier / @repspeier: A step in the right direction by Twitter for halting the spread of misinfo & disinfo. However, there's still more to do. Social media platforms, incl. Facebook, must take responsibility for enforcing their content policies, incl. those for threats of violence & hate speech. https://twitter.com/...
Vijaya Gadde / @vijaya: Twitter has a critical role to play in protecting the integrity of the election conversation, and we encourage candidates, campaigns, news outlets & voters to use Twitter respectfully and to recognize our collective responsibility to the electorate... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jonathan Greenblatt / @jgreenblattadl: Good to see @Twitter taking steps to combat political misinformation, incl. lies, premature declarations of victory & calls for violence at both the policy & product levels. Social media companies have an important role to play in protecting our democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Marco Rogers / @polotek: OH: Only 4 years of trump needed for twitter to make it to “maybe literally calling for violence and murder isn't always ok” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@twittercomms: You may have heard, we're very into Quote Tweets and context, so here's a Quote Tweet about our news today with a ton of context. https://twitter.com/...
Yasha Levine / @yashalevine: Hahaha. Oligarch Nanny State. No healthcare, no jobs, toxic pollution — but nudging for more thoughtful and wholesome engagement on behalf of advertiser revenue. https://twitter.com/...
Michael McFaul / @mcfaul: Have to admire @twitter for their innovation and leadership in helping the U.S. conduct a free and fair election. Bravo @nickpickles @jack . https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Dunleavy / @jerrydunleavy: Twitter will soon be openly prompting us all to dunk on people. https://blog.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nick Ochsner / @nickochsnerwbtv: Now @Sharrison_WFAE asks a fourth time. “I've said what I'm going to say about it. I've answered the question” related to his extramarital relations. Dodged question four times #ncpol
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: These are big, substantive changes that seem thoughtfully designed. Turning off algorithmic recommendations, in particular, is a step no other platform has taken. https://twitter.com/...
Christian Datoc / @tocradio: temporary changes... if twitter actually cared and wasn't just ass covering why wouldn't these changes be made permanent? https://twitter.com/...
Karissa Bell / @karissabe: They're also cleaning up trends (a little) by changing “for you” trends to only include topics with “context” and (finally!) taking the “recommendations” out of your timeline that showed tweets from people you don't follow https://twitter.com/...
Karissa Bell / @karissabe: Twitter is also adding new labels when a tweet is “disputed” and making it harder for tweets to go viral. Retweets will automatically direct people to quote tweet instead to “encourage conversation” https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan: Great changes. Why not keep them after Election Day? https://twitter.com/...
Alan White / @aljwhite: oh apparently you *will* have to have a take now https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: That nobody at all is even analyzing how information flows for non “standard populations” or has any analysis for abuse is so on par with the shit show that this field is https://twitter.com/...
Steven Johnson / @stevenbjohnson: Wow. The rise of assisted/algorithmic ways of spreading info in the social media age is probably just as significant as the shift from open to closed standards. It was harder to make something viral in Web 1.0. Twitter seems to be implying that friction was a feature not a bug. https://twitter.com/...
Nick Pickles / @nickpickles: Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election and on election night - New prompts and more warnings on misleading Tweets; encouraging greater consideration before amplifying Tweets; adding context to Trends and reducing recommendations. https://blog.twitter.com/...
Yoel Roth / @yoyoel: In the lead-up to #Election2020 in the US, we're introducing additional measures to protect the integrity of the conversation, including more overt warning messages on Tweets which violate our Civic Integrity Policy. Learn more: https://blog.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Amy Freitag / @bgrassbluecrab: This is fantastic, but probably insufficient to help. I've been thinking about the role of social media in global society lately. Permit me a brain dump... (1/n) https://twitter.com/...
Joyce Alene / @joycewhitevance: Blocking premature victory announcements is an important step. Many more of us are voting by mail & exit polls are based on how folks in person vote, so there could be a “red mirage” on election night. All votes should be counted before races are called. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Definitely very little and very late, but still worthwhile, and should arguably continue even when there isn't an election https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Twitter, the company, said it will disable the system that suggests posts on the basis of someone's interests and the activity of accounts they follow. A recognition that algorithmic systems can create misinformation cascades. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: In retrospect, the whole concept of virality may have been a mistake. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Neera -Vote Early- Tanden / @neeratanden: These are important steps. Thank you @jack and @Twitter https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: this is the kind of friction these platforms should all be adding into the design. (like i wrote y'day with Facebook...it's an admission that the current platform design, the one they've been using for over a decade, is broken) https://twitter.com/...
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: Twitter Slows Down Retweets Ahead of U.S. Election
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Five suspended USAGM officials are suing it, CEO Michael Pack, and some senior aides, alleging they're breaking the law by pursuing a Pro-Trump agenda for VOA — Five suspended officials at the U.S. Agency for Global Media are suing the agency, its new CEO and several of his most senior aides …
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David Kaye / @davidakaye: @davidfolkenflik it's a serious suit that pack cannot just wave away https://twitter.com/...
Juli Briskman / @julibriskman: Every agency is compromised by this administration. VOA is not meant to be a propaganda machine for the President. https://www.npr.org/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: From former UN special rapporteur for freedom of expression, on accusations against USAGM over political interference at Voice of America https://twitter.com/...
PEN America / @penamerica: Former executives of @VOANews, who have been suspended, sue the US Agency for Global Media, including CEO Michael Pack, alleging the agency has interfered in newsroom coverage displaying partisanship and favoritism towards the Trump administration. https://www.npr.org/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: My exclusive on lawsuit alleging USAGM CEO & top aides broke law protecting VOA newsroom from political interference https://www.npr.org/... His reaction below: https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Update: USAGM CEO Michael Pack tells NPR that lawsuit filed against him yesterday is “totally without merit.” “Every decision and action made by me and implemented by my senior leadership has been correct and lawful,” Pack wrote in a statement sent to NPR. Full statement: https://twitter.com/...
Kim Andrew Elliott / @kaedotcom: “The plaintiffs argue that this violates the agency's ‘firewall,’ which according to its website 'prohibits interference by U.S. government officials, including the USAGM's Chief Executive Officer, in the objective, independent reporting of news'” https://thehill.com/...
Molly McKew / @mollymckew: This story is such an abuse of power and such a travesty that basically no one has time to pay attention to. https://twitter.com/...
Pranshu Verma / New York Times: Trump Appointee Is Turning Voice of America Into Partisan Outlet, Lawsuit Says
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Interview with James Murdoch on why he “pulled the rip cord” by resigning from News Corp board, declining a role at Disney, not watching Succession, and more — Increasingly uncomfortable with News Corp's politics and profit motives, Rupert's younger son chose chickens and sheep over Fox …
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@benyt, @jimrutenberg, Variety, @brianstelter, @nytimes, @georgetakei, @shawnmccreesh, @sicarswell, @johnlevenstein, @kenvogel, @jkbjournalist, @abigaildisney, @johncleese, @raju, @cernovich, @halsparks, Deadline and The Wrap
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Ben Smith / @benyt: A scoop from @maureendowd here: Current Fox management seems likely to lose control when Rupert Murdoch passes from the scene, based on the balance of family power https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@jimrutenberg: MURDOCH WORLD NEWS: James Murdoch confides in @maureendowd about why he “pulled the rip cord” and left the family business, says Murdoch news properties “legitimize disinformation”, “sow doubt” & “obscure fact” in his most candid interview to date (1/3) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ellise Shafer / Variety: James Murdoch Talks Family Politics and His Exit From News Corp
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: James went *on the record* with Dowd for multiple interviews...but isn't quoted talking about this takeover theory. He says he still watches Fox News sometimes, “if there's an important thing, like an important interview or something like that, sometimes.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimes: “I think at great news organizations, the mission really should be to introduce fact to disperse doubt — not to sow doubt, to obscure fact, if you will,” James Murdoch tells Maureen Dowd about his decision to leave News Corp. https://www.nytimes.com/...
George Takei / @georgetakei: Straight out the writers' room for Succession. https://twitter.com/...
Shawn McCreesh / @shawnmccreesh: Q: “Wendi Deng dated Vladimir Putin.” A: “You can't ask me those questions.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Simon Carswell / @sicarswell: James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion - fascinating @maureendowd interview with Rupert's son MD: ‘With Trump & Fox, who is the dog and who is the tail?’ JM: 'I don't think you're going to get one pristine, consistent analysis of that phenomenon' https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Levenstein / @johnlevenstein: Asked if he would keep the money, he erupted in laughter. https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: JAMES MURDOCH — who left @newscorp's board & has started donating to super PACs supporting BIDEN/opposing TRUMP — suggests News Corp's conservative outlets (including @foxnews) have been used “to sow doubt, to obscure fact” & “legitimize disinformation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julie K. Brown / @jkbjournalist: This is quite a story. James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion https://www.nytimes.com/...
Abigail Disney / @abigaildisney: If this is true, why are they tipping their hand so publicly before Rupert has left the stage? https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: “I decided that I could be much more effective outside.” A fascinating profile of James Murdoch with @KathrynAMurdoch, by @maureendowd in @nytimes. Rebellious Scion https://www.nytimes.com/...?
@cernovich: James Murdoch wants to be loved by the left now? How about you give daddy his billions back? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
New England Journal of Medicine condemns Trump in its first-ever political editorial, following Scientific American's first-ever presidential endorsement — Editors at the world's leading medical journal said the Trump administration “took a crisis and turned it into a tragedy.”
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New England Journal …, @richarddawkins, @david_gergen, @courtneyr, @sarahriggsamico, @picardonhealth, Wired, Forbes, PRESS RUN, NPR and Gizmodo
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Richard Dawkins / @richarddawkins: To those who say a high prestige scientific journal should not enter politics: Indeed. And that is exactly why this is the first time in 200 years that they have done so. Doesn't that tell you something? https://www.nejm.org/...
David Gergen / @david_gergen: For first time in its 208 years, the New England Journal of Medicine has endorsed a presidential candidate. It's accompanying editorial is the best, most succinct examination I have read of the country's leadership failure in the pandemic. https://www.nejm.org/...
Dr. Courtney Radsch / @courtneyr: Dying in a Leadership Vacuum | a rare editorial from @NEJM: Reasonable people will certainly disagree about the many political positions taken by candidates. But truth is neither liberal nor conservative. https://www.nejm.org/...
Sarah Riggs Amico / @sarahriggsamico: 🚨@NEJM: “#Covid_19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership....Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test. They have taken a crisis & turned it into a tragedy. The magnitude of this failure is astonishing.” 1/x 👇 https://twitter.com/...
Andr Picard / @picardonhealth: In a First, New England Journal of Medicine @NEJM Joins Never-Trumpers. Editors at the world's leading medical journal said the Trump administration “took a crisis and turned it into a tragedy,” by @ginakolata https://www.nytimes.com/... via @nytimes #Covid19
Eve Sneider / Wired: A Super-Spreading Presidency, Experimental Treatments, and More Coronavirus News
Bruce Y. Lee / Forbes: New England Journal Of Medicine Takes Stance On Presidential Election For First Time Ever
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN: Why the debates were always doomed — Trump's a madman
Bill Chappell / NPR: In Rare Step, Esteemed Medical Journal Urges Voters To Oust Trump
Robert Gearty / Fox News:
Two Daily Caller reporters say they were beaten with nightsticks by police as they reported on an anti-police protest Thursday night in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin — ‘It was excessive force for sure,’ Shelby Talcott said — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 9
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@gpingersoll, @richiemcginniss, @espiers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Breitbart and Mediaite
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Geoffrey Ingersoll / @gpingersoll: We have video and audio evidence of your guys beating the shit out of our reporters. What the fuck is this? Who are the officers responsible? https://twitter.com/...
@richiemcginniss: Video of @ShelbyTalcott and my detainment. As I was recording arrests, one officer told me to (quickly) clear the area. Upon arriving to the car, I was forcibly detained (with press cred in hand) and as you can hear in the video, I tried my best to comply with police orders. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: A) the police should not be beating up reporters. B) it's sad and pathetic that the police have to beat up some reporters from the Daily Caller for right wing media to wake up to the fact that this kind of thing happens routinely. https://twitter.com/...
Yvonne Leow / RJI Stories:
The mixed results from the surge in local news grants indicate that funders and founders need a clearer funding pipeline, perhaps mirroring VC tech funding — Tech and philanthropic institutions are giving thousands of $5,000 to $250,000 grants to individual newsrooms, but... then what?
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
The decline of local news outlets has also impacted epidemiologists, who depend on them as an important resource to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks — Two years ago, Helen Branswell wrote for STAT that “When Towns Lose Their Newspapers, Disease Detectives are Left Flying Blind.”
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@cjr: New from @LHarrisWrites: Epidemiologists depend on regional outlets in monitoring outbreaks. But the pandemic's effects on local media could make it even harder for us to detect the next infectious disease outbreak. https://www.cjr.org/...
Lauren Harris / @lharriswrites: A worldwide disease outbreak has hurt local newsrooms—the same local newsrooms that should provide an important line of defense in predicting, preventing, and understanding the next outbreak. https://www.cjr.org/...
@niemanreports: The pandemic begets a troubling cycle: a worldwide disease outbreak has hurt local newsrooms—the same local newsrooms that will provide an important line of defense in predicting, preventing, and understanding the next outbreak. via @cjr https://www.cjr.org/...
Laura Bassett / @lebassett: The pandemic has contributed to the decimation of local news, and the lack of local newspapers in turn makes it harder to combat a pandemic. COVID relief must include relief for newsrooms. https://www.cjr.org/...
@spj_tweets: “As regional news outlets weaken and dwindle, so does that first line of epidemiological defense, and we're caught in an increasingly murky feedback loop that leaves us more aware of the system's limitations—but less prepared to address them.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT's Caliphate, under internal review, included an odd storytelling sequence and possible exploitation of a Yazidi girl put on the phone with an alleged rapist — In Chapter 9 of the 2018 podcast series “Caliphate,” New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi speaks with an Islamic State detainee in an Iraqi prison.
Discussion:
@erikwemple, @adamwren, @biancajoanie, @lailaalarian, @mclendaniel, @williams_paige, @peterbale, @bgrueskin, @joshsternberg, @rbkhoury and @ggreenwald
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Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: The New York Times has its hands full with its investigation of the 2018 podcast series “Caliphate.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Adam Wren / @adamwren: I hope to God I never get a call about my reporting from @ErikWemple. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Bianca Padr Ocasio / @biancajoanie: If this all turns out to be accurate, this is such a scandal at the @nytimes, from bypassing local reporting without crediting to how a rape victim was put on the spot with her alleged abuser on the phone, all through a translator. Don't do this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Laila Al-Arian / @lailaalarian: “While it's scrubbing down ‘Caliphate’ for factual problems, the New York Times review team might consider the sensibility that drove the entire enterprise: sensationalism.” Such reporting from the ME doesn't receive enough scrutiny bc it confirms biases https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Morgan Clendaniel / @mclendaniel: I'm glad it's getting caught with Caliphate but basically every major narrative podcast hit of the last five years has the same structure, which is to admit in the last episode that the entire thing might be made up and you'll come to no real conclusions (Serial, S-Town, etc). https://twitter.com/...
@williams_paige: Strong suggestion of the drive for multimedia star power over the primacy of fact. https://twitter.com/...
@peterbale: @BGrueskin @ErikWemple I feared it was “too good” at the time as well as respecting her courage and questioning her wisdom in some cases such as taking large quantities of documents.
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: The NY Times has launched an internal investigation into its popular ‘Caliphate’ podcast, and as @ErikWemple's column shows, there are a lot of troubling questions about how this series was reported and presented. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: “Turning a talent like Callimachi into a multimedia star is a fine strategy, so long as the eye-catching discoveries pan out. If they do not, the entire enterprise will have more distance to fall.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at The Lancet's past editorial decisions, like the infamous study linking vaccines and autism, and the stakes of publishing research during the pandemic — Should medical journals enter the political realm? — In late May, The Lancet, a leading British medical journal …
Discussion:
@loucorsius, @senseaboutsci, @jon_allsop, @jon_allsop, @jon_allsop, @jon_allsop, @jon_allsop and @jon_allsop
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Lou Corsius / @loucorsius: The hydroxychloroquine publication was retracted. So why has the PACE study still not been retracted? The scientific problems in that study were even worse. Just imagine; quite a number of patients were allready recovered at inclusion. which other study got away with that? https://twitter.com/...
@senseaboutsci: This article from @Jon_Allsop gives a refreshingly detailed and balanced account of the diverse and high-stakes challenges faced by academic journals, in their important role at the forefront of scientific research dissemination. https://www.cjr.org/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: Recently, The Lancet has published potentially groundbreaking COVID vaccine trials. That's its job: to accelerate medical knowledge for the greater good. Yet it has also, indelibly, played a role in many people's distrust of that knowledge. https://www.cjr.org/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: Scientific publishing is often written off as fusty and academic—but that's never been true, and right now especially, it is a locus of enormous power. Diving into it was one of my most interesting reporting challenges to date. I'd love you to read more! https://www.cjr.org/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: As Horton told me in July, he'd love to float “wild new ideas in medicine and science,” but “there is a limit... if we publish something that's so wild, and it ends up on the front page of the New York Times, then that could be very damaging.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: The Lancet's critics, of course, say it's repeatedly blown past limits: from publishing Andrew Wakefield on vaccines, to its recent retracted study on hydroxychloroquine. The line between the free exchange of ideas and malign consequences is mighty fine. https://www.cjr.org/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: THREAD: For @CJR, I spent many months on this deep profile of The Lancet—a medical journal that is rarely far from controversy—and its editor @richardhorton1. It's a story about COVID—but also about politics, radicalism, and fraught debates over knowledge. https://www.cjr.org/...
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: The Lancet was born, in the 1800s, with a fiercely anti-establishment spirit that it retains today. But it is, in a sense, now a *part of* the establishment—and I think that has consequences for its founding philosophy of bold, risk-taking science. https://www.cjr.org/...
Carly Stern / Storyboard Posts:
Q&A with Katie Engelhart, who wrote for California Sunday about a nursing home battling COVID-19, on getting details for an inside view without going on site — Katie Engelhart on the reality of nursing homes and the undercovered issue of elder care in America: “We all think we won't end up in a nursing home.”
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@knibbs: This @CalSunday story on the first Covid hotspot is one of the best pieces of journalism about the pandemic. I'll miss reading this magazine! https://story.californiasunday.com/ ...
@niemanreports: An intimate narrative from inside a COVID-afflicted nursing home — reported by phone, via @niemanstory: For @CalSunday, @katieengelhart examined the reality of nursing homes and the undercovered issue of elder care in America https://niemanstoryboard.org/ ...
@niemanlab: .@niemanstory spoke to @katieengelhart about her @CalSunday feature on America's first COVID hot-spot — a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington — and why elder care remains an urgent but undercovered beat. https://niemanstoryboard.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Emily Flitter / New York Times:
Profile of Matt Levine, whose newsletter on Bloomberg, Money Stuff, has ~150K subscribers and mixes deadpan humor with technical explanations — Finance journalism isn't known for its writerly voices. Matt Levine, the author of Money Stuff, is an oddball exception.
Discussion:
Weekend Reccs, @mikeisaac, @craigmod, @davidlat, @tseides, @gerritd, @film_girl, @veenavenugopal, @marktercek, @devpend, @sruhle, @levfinlol, @eiffeltyler, @alexgoldmark, @vicfleischer, @aixiicee, @spac_insider, @andrewparker, @abigailshrier, @lizzieohreally, @matt_levine, @jacquiemcnish, @elienyc, @mdc, @bharatramamurti, @shiraovide and @praddenkeefe
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Harrison Satcher / Weekend Reccs: October 10, 2020 — Welcome to the Weekend Reccs. … Hi friends, — I hope you all are staying well.
Rat King / @mikeisaac: hell yes long overdue @matt_levine profile https://www.nytimes.com/...
Craig Mod / @craigmod: categorically, one of the best newsletter-shaped things i get is @matt_levine's money stuff: https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Lat / @davidlat: A great @NYTimes profile of the brilliant @matt_levine (and I was honored to get a shout-out in it). Like its subject, it's a very fun read; @FlitterOnFraud does a superb job of explaining what makes Matt such a compelling voice. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ted Seides / @tseides: Not often you see a competitive paper praising a journalist. Well deserved @matt_levine (Ep.97) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gerrit De Vynck / @gerritd: Matt sat next to me during Bloomberg orientation week in 2013. Peak of my career really https://www.nytimes.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: My favorite financial columnist gets a nice profile https://www.nytimes.com/...
Veena Venugopal / @veenavenugopal: I understand writing profiles isn't fashionable anymore. But when done well, it's such a delight. Like this one. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Tercek / @marktercek: Bravo @matt_levine. All of your fans miss your posts. Hurry back. https://twitter.com/...
Devon Pendleton / @devpend: Nothing better than a good writer talking about why a good writer is a good writer https://www.nytimes.com/... @FlitterOnFraud @matt_levine
Stephanie Ruhle / @sruhle: Bravo to the Big Brain @matt_levine ! https://twitter.com/...
@levfinlol: Completely agree - and very well put, MDC! https://twitter.com/...
Tyler McCall / @eiffeltyler: Matt absolutely kicks ass and this is so cool https://twitter.com/...
Alex Goldmark / @alexgoldmark: +1. Come for the delight of @matt_levine stay for the delight of an @mdc quote. https://twitter.com/...
Victor Fleischer / @vicfleischer: My life goal is to become the Matt Levine of tax https://twitter.com/...
Amy Aixi Zhang / @aixiicee: I was so starstruck after interviewing @matt_levine. People want locks of his hair, but he is only humble and kind. He spoke to students at Harvard Law School re: his life plan (and lack thereof): law to banking to blogging. Check it out if interested! https://www.youtube.com/... https://twitter.com/...
SPACInsider / @spac_insider: I had the privilege of talking to Matt Levine when I first started this site. He's a gentleman, an absolute genius, so talented, and I enjoy everything he writes. Sign up for his column. https://twitter.com/...
@andrewparker: “He makes readers feel in on the savage joke that is late capitalism.” — the best Matt Levine one line summary https://twitter.com/...
Abigail Shrier / @abigailshrier: Very proud of my old friend, @matt_levine. He's one of a very few people I've known who actually is brilliant—always quicker, more incisive, thinking on a higher plane than the rest of us. Everyone should read him. https://twitter.com/...
Lizzie O'Leary / @lizzieohreally: Matt is exceptionally wonderful and this photo is everything. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Levine / @matt_levine: it's been kind of a strange day https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jacquie McNish / @jacquiemcnish: Terrific read on one of the most informed and wittiest Wall Street columnists of our time, he brings us inside “the savage joke that is late capitalism.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Elie Mystal / @elienyc: Goddamn @matt_levine CORRECTED ME, to the interviewer in an article where I'm PRAISING HIM... which is easily the most Matt Levine to happen to me since he left Dealbreaker. (It's a really good article about my good friend, NONETHELESS) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mary Childs / @mdc: one big reason @matt_levine is so so great, which @FlitterOnFraud captures beautifully, is that the acrobatics of finance genuinely fascinate and delight him, which imbues his work with delight, which transfers to us, his readers https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bharat Ramamurti / @bharatramamurti: Great profile of one of the most consistently informative and entertaining finance writers out there. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Shira Ovide / @shiraovide: “It read like a bedtime story about West Texas Intermediate Crude.” @matt_levine is a glorious unicorn, and this piece by @FlitterOnFraud captures his essence. https://www.nytimes.com/... Also this is most Matt Levine anecdote that ever lived: https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Radden Keefe / @praddenkeefe: Great profile of @matt_levine, who somehow manages to write about finance in a way that is both comprehensible & funny. We were lawschool classmates and it's a source of comfort to know I'm not the only one who threw away a perfectly good legal education. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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