The Associated Press has inked new deals with five local nonprofit newsrooms to share and distribute content ahead of the 2024 election (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer: The Associated Press has inked new deals with five local nonprofit newsrooms to share and distribute content ahead of the 2024 election (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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Financial Times:

Letter: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for BuzzFeed to axe staff, focus on video, and hire new voices, like Tucker Carlson, after raising his stake in BuzzFeed to 8.3%— Former US Republican presidential candidate urges media group to hire from ‘across the political spectrum’
Discussion:

Kerry Flynn /
Axios: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for job cuts at BuzzFeed

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Vivek Ramaswamy Calls for New Buzzfeed Board Members, Heavy Cost-Cutting After Major Investment Vivek Ramaswamy: To the Board of Directors of BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed has lost its way. The company was a pioneer … @chrisgeidner: Having to choose sides here is both easy and depressing. Fuck Vivek. (But also, get that Pulitzer out of your mouth, Jonah. You gutted the newsroom after using hundreds of us to gain value/credibility/prestige for your company.)

Martin Peers /
The Information: Politician-Turned-Activist Ramaswamy Pursues BuzzFeed

Matthew Zeitlin /
@mattzeitlin: Seems pretty clear Vivek is trying to do elon twitter to what remains of BuzzFeed

Tom Gara /
@tomgara: Vivek to BuzzFeed: “The silver lining is that your competitors' records are equally bad”

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Vivek Ramaswamy Calls for New Board Members and Cuts at BuzzFeed in Letter to Jonah Peretti

Matthew Gertz /
@mattgertz: Also don't sleep on wealthy right-wingers doing hostile takeovers of media outlets, perhaps with the feds pressuring companies to sell to them. https://x.com/...

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Here's Jonah Peretti's response to Vivek Ramaswamy: “Based on your letter, you have some fundamental misunderstandings about the drivers of our business...” And Vivek's letter: “BuzzFeed has lost its way.” [image]

Brianna Chesser /
@briannachesser: He realizes that shifting (back) to video is more expensive than listicles, right? Go ruin your own thing.

James Aylett /
@james.tartarus.org: Focus on video, eh? I hadn't realised it was 2015 again. [embedded post]

Axios:

The Associated Press has inked new deals with five local nonprofit newsrooms to share and distribute content ahead of the 2024 election— - And it continues to add more statehouse reporters through an ongoing collaboration with Report for America. … - Those newsrooms were selected based …

Discussion:
@jeffjarvis

Press Gazette:

FT CEO John Ridding says news publishers “have leverage and should insist on payment” from AI companies and disintermediation is the industry's “biggest threat”— Financial Times chief executive John Ridding has told other news publishers they “have leverage and should insist on payment” from AI companies.

Discussion:
@mitalilive, @olifranklin and @ftpressoffice

Discussion:

Mitali Mukherjee /
@mitalilive: ⁦@John_Ridding⁩ of ⁦@FinancialTimes⁩ - “The biggest risk to the industry today is disintermediation - separating readers from their publications.” #AI #journalism ⁦@NewspaperWorld⁩ #WNMC24 [image]

Oli Franklin-Wallis /
@olifranklin: Counterpoint: media companies should stop signing agreements with tech companies that are actively trying to replace them and put them out of business

New Yorker:

How a struggling actor duped friends and investors in a $690M+ Hollywood Ponzi scheme, claiming to buy cheap movie rights and sell them to major streamers— A struggling actor struck it rich in Hollywood—then the F.B.I. showed up. — Anyone who visited Zach and Mallory Horwitz in 2019 …

Discussion:
@xenocryptsite, @franklinleonard, @ewong, @eosnos, @newyorker, @dancow and @eosnos

Discussion:
@xenocryptsite: Good article. Funny thing is, at the end, it mentions that this dude's story has already been on various shows and podcasts about scams. Does the demand for journalism about scammers outstrip the supply.

Franklin Leonard /
@franklinleonard: The story is wild. The details are hilariously staggering. https://www.newyorker.com/...

Edward Wong /
@ewong: The latest true-life yarn from @eosnos bringing us into the world of the American con artist. If you like Ripley, read this.

Evan Osnos /
@eosnos: New piece I've been working on for a long time — the very strange, very American tale of fake-it-will-you-make-it gone bananas. Why do we fall for con men over and over and over again? https://www.newyorker.com/... @newyorker: .@eosnos details how the aspiring actor Zach Horwitz moved to Hollywood to pursue stardom and began operating a massive Ponzi scheme, bilking investors—beginning with his closest friends—out of hundreds of millions of dollars. https://nyer.cm/1MolFaI

Dan Nguyen /
@dancow: Would watch a Netflix series about this guy who pretended to have millions of dollars in Netflix deals

The Guardian:

Push alerts from the BBC News app have become hugely influential in the UK; the app has an estimated 12M installs, with ~60% of its users getting notifications— With BBC news app alerts reaching as many as 7m Britons, parties are desperately trying to influence what gets pushed out

Discussion:

Esther Anatolitis /
@_esther: Yet another reason why commercial media in Australia consistently sets its sights on ⁦@abcnews⁩: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Shashank Joshi /
@shashj: “Print newspaper front pages remain heavily analysed, but their reach has collapsed. Twenty years ago, the Sun still sold 3.5m copies a day. Now the biggest selling print newspaper is the Daily Mail, on 700,000 copies.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Charlesarthur /
The Overspill: Start Up No.2231: how early western PCs were made to work in China, traffic lights for self-driving cars?, AI headphones, and more

Mike Holden /
@mikeholden42: I'm sure we are a reassured that instead of the Sun pumping out partisan headlines, Laura K is doing it for the BBC instead.

Carl Baker /
@carlbaker: The push notifications people put up with amaze me. If an app starts giving the kind of nonsense you get from BBC Breaking, I uninstall it or disable notifications. But in my experience not everyone even knows that you can turn them off or customise... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Sasha Scott /
Sasha Scott on LinkedIn: 'The most powerful person in British media during this election, in terms of having the most direct access to voters, is no longer the editor …

Jane Singer /
@janebsinger: The most powerful UK media person this election cycle? It's not the editor of News at 10 or a major newspaper. It's not a social media influencer. It's whichever journo is taking a turn behind the BBC News app, pushing alerts to millions of British phones. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Gordon MacMillan /
Gordon MacMillan on LinkedIn: This is interesting. The most influential service during the general election isn't a social media app or influencer, newspaper, or TV news—it's the BBC's breaking news alerts. …

Stephen Bush /
@stephenkb: Excellent piece on the BBC news app by @jimwaterson: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Reuters:

Meta adds safety features to CrowdTangle for use during the EU elections, in a bid to address EU concerns over Meta's plan to shut down the tool in August 2024— Meta Platforms (META.O) has added safety features to its misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle for use during European Parliament elections …

Discussion:
@clothildegouj, @orestepollicino, @bravebosom, @mathver and @rajiinio, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Clothilde Goujard /
@clothildegouj: About a month after the European Commission opened a probe into Meta under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the company has opened up to external scrutiny ahead of the EU elections. https://www.politico.eu/...

Oreste Pollicino /
@orestepollicino: @MetaNewsEMEA The collaboration path is always the best one, as the code of practice shows

Mathias Vermeulen /
@mathver: Crowdtangle live displays have been switched on again at 18:00 CEST in 27 EU member states 1/2 [image]

Deb Raji /
@rajiinio: Nice to see the DSA in action—CrowdTangle (a platform transparency tool for Facebook) has been re-enabled through 2024 elections in EU member states. @mozilla & @brandonsilverm led a letter calling for this in March, after FB tried to shut the tool down:https://foundation.mozilla.org/ ...

The Guardian:

Australia's Nine commissions an independent review after complaints against former TV news boss Darren Wick and acknowledges “cultural issues” in its newsrooms— Chief executive Mike Sneesby acknowledges ‘very tough time’ for staff and ‘distress and frustration’ reports on allegations had caused

Discussion:

Sam Buckingham-Jones /
Australian Financial Review: Stan executive left Nine's streaming business after workplace claims

James Madden /
The Australian: 3AW host Tom Elliott makes further harassment claims against Darren Wick

Nathan Jolly /
Mumbrella: Nine CEO acknowledges external review amidst ‘alleged inappropriate behaviour’ and million dollar pay-off

Sharri Markson /
@sharrimarkson: EXCLUSIVE: Two women have claimed that Nine's Director of Communications and Public Relations, Victoria Buchan, spoke to them about allegations of sexual harassment against Darren Wick five years ago but he remained in his job. Video footage also reveals Wick reaching for an

Elizabeth Knight /
Sydney Morning Herald: A tawdry tale of how Nine became its own headline

Sophie Elsworth /
@sophieelsworth: Tom Elliott has lashed his own employer over its handling of the sexual harassment scandal that has engulfed the media giant & revealed that he knows four female staffers from the company who claim they were mistreated by Darren Wick,@australian. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ ...

Bernard Keane /
Crikey: Who at Nine knew about Wick and when did they know it?

New York Times:

A look at the growing importance of ads for video streaming services, as Antenna says that 56% of new subscribers chose the cheaper ad-supported tier in Q1 2024— Ads are here, there — almost everywhere — on streaming services now. — Not long ago, streaming TV came with a promise …

Discussion:

Catherine Perloff /
Adweek: Attribution and Granular Targeting Top Buyers' Wish List for Netflix's Adtech

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Time Is Running Out for Many Smaller Streaming Services Who Are Running Out of Money

Arlan Smith /
Arlan Smith on LinkedIn: The future of TV is TV. I've been saying it for years. So much so that I'm sure my peers are sick of hearing it. — Why are ads suddenly going to be everywhere on streaming? …

Bonnie Barclay /
Bonnie Barclay on LinkedIn: Not only is advertising ubiquitous but it's invasive. In gaming it's used as punishment, and you may see the same forced ad 10 times in a row. … @antennadata: Ad-supported streaming is having a moment (and not just because of Upfronts). Antenna found that in Q4'23, 51% of Gross Adds were ad-supported; that share increased to 56% in Q1'24. But consumer openness to advertising varies significantly by service... https://www.antenna.live/...

Christian Grece /
Christian Grece on LinkedIn: From the NYT: — Netflix rose to streaming dominance in part by luring customers to an ad-free experience. Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO Max followed that lead. …

John Long /
@janthonylong: “Remember when Netflix thought they were above all this?” he said. “They came in, they destroyed commercial television. And now, guess what they want to sell you. Commercials. On television.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

Kyle Walker /
Kyle Walker on LinkedIn: What's “old” is “new” again. Remember when streaming services claimed to be commercial free? Not any more. …

The Hollywood Reporter:

Comscore: Memorial Day weekend box office grossed an estimated $128.3M, a 29-year low, excluding 2020 and 2021, and down ~37% YoY; Furiosa led with just $32M— Overall revenue for the four-day holiday also hits a 29-year low as the early summer calendar suffers from an unprecedented absence …

Discussion:

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Hollywood suffers rough holiday weekend at box office

Rebecca Rubin /
Variety: Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Just Barely Beats ‘The Garfield Movie’ in Disastrous Memorial Day Weekend — the Worst in Decades

Brooks Barnes /
New York Times: ‘Furiosa’ Is a Box Office Dud, Adding to Hollywood Woes

Ryan Faughnder /
Los Angeles Times: What the Justice Department's Live Nation-Ticketmaster suit is really about (Hint: It's not Taylor Swift)

Jeremy Fuster /
The Wrap: ‘Furiosa’ Leads Worst Memorial Day Box Office Since the '90s With $32 Million Opening

Lindsey Bahr /
Associated Press: ‘Furiosa’ sneaks past ‘Garfield’ to claim No. 1 spot over Memorial Day holiday weekend

Drew Gillis /
The A.V. Club: Furiosa barely ekes out victory over Garfield at the weekend box office

Anthony D'Alessandro /
Deadline: ‘Furiosa’ Inches Out ‘Garfield’ With $32M But No. 1 Race Still Close In Dullest Memorial Day Weekend - Monday AM Update

Chris Bumbray /
JoBlo: Memorial Day Box Office: Furiosa beats Garfield by under $1 million for the 4-day weekend

Adam Bankhurst /
IGN: Furiosa Wins the Domestic Weekend Box Office But Has the Worst Memorial Day Opening in 30 Years

Patrick Goldstein /
@patrickbigpix: Really a stretch to blame Hollywood's Memorial Day weekend box-office fiasco on strike-related delays instead of total lack of audience interest in mediocre movies: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...

Hannah Gearan /
Screen Rant: Furiosa Box Office Narrowly Beats Garfield In Worst Memorial Day Weekend In Decades

Steve Siskind /
Steve Siskind on LinkedIn: Furiosa, the heroine and the movie, both faced long odds in the at times treacherous entertainment landscape of 2024 …

Vansh Mehra /
ComingSoon.net: Furiosa Box Office Ties With Garfield but Misfires on Memorial Day Weekend

Tim Lammers /
Forbes: ‘Garfield’ Battles ‘Furiosa’ At Memorial Day Weekend Box Office With $32M Debut

Tom Brueggemann /
IndieWire: ‘Furiosa’ and ‘Garfield’ Fight for #1, but There Are No Winners

Semafor:

The Washington Post's choices with respect to covering the flag outside Justice Alito's house illustrate how deferential the coverage of SCOTUS was before Dobbs— The Scoop — In January 2021, the Washington Post's Supreme Court reporter and his editors agreed: The upside …

Discussion:
Columbia Journalism Review, @mlcalderone, @markjacob16, @chrisgeidner, @jaywillis, @erikawittekind@threads.net, @edmundlee, @markjacob16, @jeffjarvis, @joannebamberger@threads.net, @senderowiczj, @bgrueskin, @hshaban, HuffPost, @semaforben, @joannebamberger@threads.net, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @semaforben, The Wrap, @semaforben, @dvaughanci, Media Nation, Washington Post and New York Post

Discussion:

Jon Allsop /
Columbia Journalism Review: Seeing the signs — Earlier this month, Jodi Kantor, of the New York Times …

Michael Calderone /
@mlcalderone: Even in a pre-Dobbs world, it's hard to fathom editors passing on the Alitos story https://www.semafor.com/...

Mark Jacob /
@markjacob16: @semaforben Don't get me wrong: I'm glad you interviewed the WaPo editor. Did you ask if any editor above him was part of the “consensus”? Did you ask why WaPo didn't consider working the Alito flag thing into one of the many stories it wrote about Clarence Thomas and his wife's activism?

@chrisgeidner:
Ben gets a still-unsatisfying-but-more- complete answer as to the Post's decision not to publish in January 2021, but his piece doesn't really get into the point that he cites me about: All of the other key times since then when the Post still didn't publish it (before Saturday).

Jay Willis /
@jaywillis: Should journalists do their jobs, or instead, not do their jobs? Stay tuned for the scintillating debate! https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Erika Wittekind /
@erikawittekind@threads.net: Struggling to see what being pre-Dobbs has to do with a Supreme Court Justice displaying support for insurrectionists at his home.

Edmund Lee /
@edmundlee: .@semafor did the reporting and talked to the @washingtonpost editor who spiked the Alito upside down flag story. reporting > sensibility https://www.semafor.com/...

Mark Jacob /
@markjacob16: Semafor is building quite a brand for itself by running cover for mainstream journalists who fail to meet this dangerous political moment. First NYT's Joe Kahn and now this WaPo editor who helped keep Justice Alito's upside-down flag secret for 3 years. @jeffjarvis: Former WaPo editor Cameron Barr tells Semafor burying the Alito flag story was a matter of “consensus” (as so many bad decisions are). Baron says he was unaware. Ben Smith lets them skate, saying things were different pre-Dobbs. Well, if coverage had been different, maybe there @joannebamberger@threads.net: It's time to ask the political leanings of these “reporters” who decided to bury this. I also want to know how Jodi Kantor unburied it @senderowiczj: This paragraph by @semaforben is not an explanation, but rather a confession. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: .@semaforben talks to the former Washpost managing editor who helped spike the Alito flag story 3 years before the NYT reported it. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Hamza Shaban /
@hshaban: Younger journalists at legacy newsrooms are routinely humiliated and disciplined for their “activism” or for showing “bias” on social media. Meanwhile, episodes of senior leadership exercising questionable editorial judgment in the actual news product are shrugged off...

Paige Lavender /
HuffPost: Washington Post Reveals Previously Unpublished Reporting On Alito Flag Controversy

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: @MarkJacob16 Yeah, answers to both of those are in thr story. Both quite unsatisfying, as is often true in reality

@joannebamberger@threads.net:
Also, if I had “deferred” a story like this back in the day, I would have been fired & wouldn't have been able to find another journalism job

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: If the people who run newsrooms ever did any self-reflection, the Washington Post's “consensus” — and epic — failure to publish what it knew years ago about “Justice” Alito's extremist household would be a case study for everyone. — https://www.semafor.com/... Semafor's story is far, far too kind. …

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: @jeffjarvis lol “let's them skate”? I should have .. ritually denounced? I reported stuff that many of us were curious about and got answers to questions, I find the idea that this then required a denunciation perplexing. There are lots of people doing Twitter denunciations! Reporting is in

Loree Seitz /
The Wrap: Former Washington Post Editor Admits He Should've ‘Pushed Harder’ to Publish Alito Flag Story in 2021

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: I spoke to Cameron Barr about what actually happened with the Washington Post's Alito story https://www.semafor.com/...

Daniel Vaughan /
@dvaughanci: What this Semafor piece actually reveals is that Dobbs is a fig leaf excuse to cover the court in a partisan manner. It reveals more about lowered standards of journalists than it does the Court https://www.semafor.com/...

Jennifer Rubin /
Washington Post: What more need Alito do before Durbin gets off the stick?

Hanna Panreck /
New York Post: Sitting federal judge hits Justice Alito for eroding ‘trust,’ taking ‘sides’ after upside-down flag controversy

RELATED:
Washington Post: The Washington Post says it knew about the upside-down US flag at Justice Alito's house in 2021 but did not report it as it didn't seem related to politics

Discussion:
Fox News, @parkermolloy@threads.net, Media Nation, Why Evolution Is True, @bgrueskin, @davidrlurie, @unmanageable22, @jerrymberger, @jaywillis, @jackmjenkins, @carlquintanilla, @newsjennifer, @muellershewrote, @reevesjw, @brianstelter, @elienyc, @mikiebarb, @keitholbermann, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, WSVN-TV, Law Dork, @bespacific@newsie.social, @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social, The Hill, @wdlindsy@toad.social, @tokyosreckoning.bsky.social, @4thstringer.bsky.social, @phostetlerart.bsky.social, @mikekeating.bsky.social, @mstbrooks.bsky.social, @paulconstant.com, @Greengordon@spore.social, @ronhogan.bsky.social, @gwynnion.bsky.social, @beardedstoner.bsky.social, @tiny.baby, @ckupf.bsky.social, @wendycortiz.bsky.social, @mhageraus@threads.net, @markjacobnews@threads.net, @chuckgraef@threads.net, @mickeleh@threads.net, @jeffjarvis@threads.net, @markjacobnews@threads.net, @ahmed.baba_@threads.net, @nycsouthpaw@threads.net, @perednialynne@threads.net, @ravishinginplaid@threads.net, @mossbergwalt@threads.net, @mirandayaver@threads.net, Mediaite, @spocko@mastodon.online, @JamesWNeal@mstdn.social, @kcivey@mastodon.social, @KimPerales@toad.social and @joshuafoust@appdot.net

Discussion:
Fox News: Washington Post reveals it passed on Alito flag story in 2021 after confrontation with justice's wife

Parker Molloy /
@parkermolloy@threads.net: What I don't understand is how this didn't come up during the reporting on Ginni Thomas. Even if you buy the argument that Alito himself didn't know (I don't), the Ginni Thomas stories from 2022 would have made the Martha Alito stuff relevant then.

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Thinking through what's next following The Washington Post's Alito debacle

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: The Washpost knew about the Alito flag as early as Biden's Inauguration Day in 2021, and even got a statement from him. But WP editors chose not to publish a word about it until the NYT beat them on their own story, a few days ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image] @davidrlurie: The Post's belatedly disclosed decision to drop this story is inexplicable. The scene outside the Alito house recounted in this story is so bizarre that it should have led to more reporting, not dropping the story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Bent /
@unmanageable22: The @washingtonpost is my favorite outlet. I read it like a religion daily. This is the most dispiriting, disturbing thing I've read in the Post over the past 10 years. That it was a group decision makes it so much worse. What a fucking travesty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @jerrymberger: How did ⁦@WashPost⁩ fail to recognize this wasn't simply a political dispute with a neighbor with an admission she recognized the symbolism? Martha-Ann Alito told The Post in 2021 that flag was ‘signal of distress’ - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Jay Willis /
@jaywillis: When I say legacy Supreme Court journalism is broken, this is what I mean. Credulous and embarrassing. “It was not clear then that the argument was rooted in politics,” brother what would you say your “job” is https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Jack Jenkins /
@jackmjenkins: Oh wow: Looks like the Washington Post has known about Alito's upside-down U.S. flag for *years* — and even had on-the-record comments from his wife, Martha-Ann Alito — but decided not to publish. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Carl Quintanilla /
@carlquintanilla: “.. The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a @washingtonpost spokeswoman said ..” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Jennifer Schulze /
@newsjennifer: A massive journalism fail by the @washingtonpost to hide the Alito flag story. Everyone involved should hang their heads in shame. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image] @muellershewrote: NEW: The Washington Post sat on this story for over three years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

John Reeves /
@reevesjw: It's incredible to me how gullible our media can be sometimes. “We're just flying the Stop-the-Steal flag after the insurrection attempt cuz one of our neighbors was mean to us. It's really nothing more than that!” “No worries, Mr and Mrs Alito!” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Elie Mystal /
@elienyc: The WaPo for real used a Saturday-of-Memorial-Day-Weekend newsdump to explain why they've been covering up for Alito for *three years.* They think people are this stupid. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Michael Barbaro /
@mikiebarb: A fascinating journalistic admission from WaPo. They knew about Alito flag but didn't report on it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Keith Olbermann /
@keitholbermann: Breaking: @washingtonpost admits it covered up Alito Flag story in real time in January 2021 Look, if Mrs Alito has anger management or psychological or some other problems, that's not an excuse to suppress the news #DemocracyDiesInCoverUps https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: It boggles my mind that the Washington Post knew about the insurrectionist flag at the residence of a Supreme Court “Justice” at the time it was flown — but didn't tell the public what it knew until years later, the NY Times did report it. — Journalistic malpractice is putting it mildly. …

Rubén Rosario /
WSVN-TV: Washington Post: Justice Samuel Alito's wife said upside-down American flag was ‘an international signal of distress’ in 2021

Chris Geidner /
Law Dork: The Washington Post's decision not to report on the Alito flag story multiple times since 2021, even as SCOTUS ethics stories came out, raises many questions @bespacific@newsie.social: Law Dork - https://www.lawdork.com/... - In a series of paragraphs that are up there as being among the most shocking I have read in my journalistic career, #WashingtonPost acknowledged on Saturday they hid #Alito article for 3 yrs and dropped it in the middle this holiday week …

Joshua Holland /
@JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social: I've heard somewhere that democracy dies in darkness. — “In a series of paragraphs that are up there as being among the most shocking I have read in my journalistic career, the Post acknowledged on Saturday — dropped in the middle of the holiday weekend, more than a week after the Times's report … @wdlindsy@toad.social: As Chris Geidner reports, Washington Post knew three years ago about Alito's wife flying the insurrectionist flag of white Christian nationalism, and buried the story. — “As Alito provided an essential fifth vote hollowing out the Fourteenth Amendment's bar to insurrectionists' holding office, the Post sat silent.” … @tokyosreckoning.bsky.social: You gotta be kidding me — Endless deference to a broken institution [embedded post] @4thstringer.bsky.social: I feel like we had just last week a “the Washington Post is hemorrhaging money as people cancel their subscriptions” story. Weird. Can't imagine why. [embedded post]

Paul Hostetler /
@phostetlerart.bsky.social: I'll be honest: I don't think reporting this 3 years ago would have changed anything that's happened since. [embedded post]

Tracy Brooks /
@mstbrooks.bsky.social: I freakin hate it here [embedded post]

Paul Constant /
@paulconstant.com: To truly impartial and objective journalists, it's only politics if a Democrat does it. [embedded post] @Greengordon@spore.social: @Mediagazer — Example #23943 why the MSM cannot be considered a reliable source, and why they are in the bag for Trump and the Republicans. Just pathetically awful ‘journalism.’ — “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito …

Ron Hogan /
@ronhogan.bsky.social: Genuine question: Are the editors of the Washington Post stupid? [embedded post] @gwynnion.bsky.social: The NYT and WaPo could cease to exist tomorrow and nothing of value would be lost. [embedded post]

Bearded Stoner /
@beardedstoner.bsky.social: “Yea we heard about some yahoos breaking into that DC hotel, but didn't seem like a big deal.” [embedded post] @ckupf.bsky.social: “Democracy Dies in Darkness” says paper that keeps relevant information related to said democracy in darkness. [embedded post]

Wendy C. Ortiz /
@wendycortiz.bsky.social: 🙄🙄🙄 [embedded post]

Mark /
@mhageraus@threads.net: I'm usually someone who steps in to defend the MSM, but this is fairly egregious from the @washingtonpost I mean, to have the spokeswoman say, “this didn't appear to be related to politics.” Really? In the DC metro area and a SC justice? This was a reporter protecting his SC sources — even though he was confronted by a shrieking Mrs Alito. …

Mark Jacob /
@markjacobnews@threads.net: The Washington Post ran many stories about Clarence Thomas' refusal to recuse in Jan. 6 cases despite his wife's coup involvement. But WaPo knew there was a problem with Alito in a similar vein but kept it secret.

Chuck Graef /
@chuckgraef@threads.net: So the Washington Post decided to take at face value the pathetic “dog ate my homework” excuse Alito offered for flying a “Stop The Steal” flag at his home after January 6, while apparently neglecting to ask whether that excuse were almost worse …

Michael Markman /
@mickeleh@threads.net: Democracy dies in a newspaper that fails to understand current politics. Here's why WaPo says they ignored the Alito flag story in 2021 “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said. …

Michael Markman /
@mickeleh@threads.net: A reporter for the goddam Washington Post knew about the Alito flag THREE YEARS AGO. (This post is a signal of my distress.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@threads.net: Good Lord. The Washington Post blew this, choosing not to report on the Alitos' (plural) flag at the time, dredging it up now, masking the failure amid background paragraphs. Democracy dies in terrible, irresponsible, credulous, complicit news judgment. Shame. …

Mark Jacob /
@markjacobnews@threads.net: The Washington Post admits that it has known about the upside-down American flag at Alito's house for THREE YEARS but decided not to publish the fact. WaPo claims it was unclear if the flag display was related to politics. Stunning. And lame. (Gift link) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Ahmed Baba /
@ahmed.baba_@threads.net: The Washington Post admits they had the Alito flag story in January 2021, but decided not to publish it. We can only wonder how much of an impact this would have had if it was published during the immediate aftermath of January 6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @nycsouthpaw@threads.net: Mrs. Alito flew her freak flag in the face of a WaPo supreme court reporter, and the paper decided it wasn't a story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Lynne Perednia /
@perednialynne@threads.net: The Washington Post sat on the Alito story for three years after his wife screamed at the reporter. I don't think I'll ever get over the paper that once was Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee doing this.

Brittany /
@ravishinginplaid@threads.net: I saw a handful of large accounts defending the Washington Post when the Alito flag story “broke.” Most to the effect of “they didn't hold the story!” Welp, turns out the Washington Post DID hold the story. For THREE YEARS. And if you were one of these larger accounts, defending them...it's time to eat some major crow.

Walt Mossberg /
@mossbergwalt@threads.net: This is journalistic malfeasance, plain and simple. They could have reported it and still included all the caveats and alternate explanations. Episodes like this are crucial to report as soon as they are confirmed. That's because we are not just in a normal argument between two parties who both support and defend our democracy but have different policies. …

Miranda Yaver /
@mirandayaver@threads.net: I know nothing matters anymore, but I'm fucking livid that The Washington Post sat on the Alito insurrectionist flag issue for three years. So about that “democracy dies in darkness” line...

Jennifer Bowers Bahney /
Mediaite: New: Wapo Reporter Got in Screaming Confrontation with Alito's Wife Over Flag - But Didn't Report It @spocko@mastodon.online: The Washington Post knew about Alito distress flag in January 2021, interviewed Martha-Ann Alito about it, and didn't think there was a story worth publishing. — And they decided to sit on this information since the New York Times story dropped on May 16. — #Alito #AlitoFlags — Gift link. …

JamesWNeal /
@JamesWNeal@mstdn.social: (Epic #Journalism Fail) “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said. It was not clear then that the argument was rooted in politics, the spokeswoman said.” …

Keith Ivey /
@kcivey@mastodon.social: “The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said.” …

Kim Perales /
@KimPerales@toad.social: The Washington Post knew about Alito's flying of the upside down🇺🇸flag in Jan 2021, but squelched the story. The reporter who interviewed his wife said it signaled a sign of distress,& the flag had already been taken down when the reporter interviewed her. …

Joshua Foust /
@joshuafoust@appdot.net: The Washington Post asking us to believe a seasoned reporter with 17 years of experience didn't think a Supreme Court justice flying an upside down flag was “political” is so corrupt and insulting it is deal-breaking for the entire paper. Utterly cratered ethics, total source capture. It's just embarrassing. …

Deadline:

Martine Croxall, one of the four female BBC journalists who brought a tribunal claim against the BBC, returns to screen after being off-air for more than a year— BBC news presenter Martine Croxall has returned to screen after being off-air for more than a year, while her legal battle with her employer still plays out.

Discussion:
Metro.co.uk, London Evening Standard, The i Paper, @trevjrho, @martinebbc, Daily Express, The Times and The Guardian

Discussion:

Charlotte McLaughlin /
London Evening Standard: Martine Croxall back on BBC News after discrimination claims

Kyriakos Petrakos /
The i Paper: Martine Croxall returns to BBC after year off-air following legal dispute

Trevor Rhodes /
@trevjrho: Great to see Martine Croxall @MartineBBC back on air at last. The background, of course, is serious allegations about a flawed and unfair process of implementing cuts to the News Channel. Does that resonate with BBC Local Radio Listeners and former and current staff, I wonder ?!

Martine Croxall /
@martinebbc: Ya'll ready for this? Back on #BBCNews at 1100 BST [video]

Laurence Sleator /
The Times: Martine Croxall returns to BBC News amid discrimination battle

New York Times:

Q&A with Netflix's Ted Sarandos on the state of Hollywood, shifting US tastes, programming strategy, ads, corporate activism, YouTube, live events, AI, and more— Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times — If you're anything like me, you probably spent some large portion of this week sitting on your couch watching Netflix.

Discussion:

Zack Sharf /
Variety: Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Says AI Won't ‘Write a Better Screenplay Than a Great Writer’ or ‘Take Your Job,’ but Someone ‘Who Uses AI Well’ Just Might

Priya Mathew /
@pmathew814: Netflix programs for about 650M people around the world. Meet the man who pioneered the “binge watch.” @netflix CEO Ted Sarandos talks with @lourdesgnavarro this week for “The Interview” from @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...

Aymar Jean Christian /
Aymar Jean Christian on LinkedIn: It's been clear for some time that Netflix's original ambition to HBO was never going to hold up to its global ambitions and it's …

Todd Vaziri /
@tvaziri@mastodon.social: The first part is gibberish and the second part turns disqualifying. — Ted Sarandos interview in The New York Times — https://www.nytimes.com/... [image] @enigmamfilms: Just because I watch a film or show all the way through doesn't mean i “love” it. I rarely do but I watch a lot. If that is the measure of critical analysis of an audience, no wonder we're swimming in middle of the road crap. Why algorithms suck https://www.nytimes.com/...

Nick Field /
@nick_field90: Ted Sarandos' son can't afford a TV? https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

Jordan Ruimy /
World of Reel: Netflix CEO Says Watching ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ on Your Phone is Just as Good

Sarah Fortinsky /
The Hill: Netflix CEO says AI won't replace writers or ‘take your job’

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan /
Business Insider: Netflix chief doesn't think AI programs are going to replace writers, actors, and directors

Armando Tinoco /
Deadline: Netflix's Ted Sarandos On A.I. Threat To Hollywood: “A.I. Is Not Going To Take Your Job, The Person Who Uses A.I. Well Might”

Harrison Richlin /
IndieWire: Ted Sarandos to Creatives: AI Won't ‘Take Your Job,’ but a ‘Person Who Uses AI Well Might’

Hilary Lewis /
The Hollywood Reporter: Ted Sarandos Indicates Netflix Won't Add “Breaking News,” Credits Algorithm for ‘Baby Reindeer’ Success

Stephanie Kaloi /
The Wrap: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Regrets Comparing Netflix to HBO, Wishes He'd Said They Also Want to Be CBS

Semafor:

OpenAI seems to be uninterested in doing content licensing deals with partisan news sites, like left-leaning HuffPost or right-wing outlets like Breitbart News— The News — The partisan publishers that thrived during the social media age — most of all, high-flying right-wing outlets …

Discussion:
Washington Post, Garbage Day, @maxwelltani and @semaforben

Discussion:

Ryan Broderick /
Garbage Day: Excuse the navel-gazing — Today's Memorial Day in the US, so instead of the usual email …

Max Tani /