A review of Submerged, the first scripted short film shot in Apple's Immersive Video for the Vision Pro: technologically impressive, but an isolating experience (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Mediagazer: A review of Submerged, the first scripted short film shot in Apple's Immersive Video for the Vision Pro: technologically impressive, but an isolating experience (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Top News:

New York Times:

Sources: the Trump campaign contacted X to prevent the circulation of links to the hacked JD Vance dossier posted by journalist Ken Klippenstein— Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, @kenklippenstein, Ken Klippenstein, Raw Story, @TheDailyEdge@universeodon.com, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, Washington Post, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Wrap, Quartz, Axios, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mother Jones, @evilgalprods.bsky.social, The Information, The Hill, New Republic, New York Magazine, CNN, Mediaite, Salon, The Daily Beast, Alternet.org, emptywheel, @kevincolliernbc@threads.net, Business Insider and Le Monde.fr, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Ken Klippenstein /
@kenklippenstein: In case you're wondering why my suspension was lifted: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/ ...

David Badash /
Raw Story: Elon Musk's X engaged in a ‘pattern of election interference’ to help Trump: reports @TheDailyEdge@universeodon.com: Elon Musk swore to you the #TwitterFiles wouldn't happen again. — Then the Trump campaign called asking him to censor the JD Vance dossier. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: Kudos to the NYT when earned, and here's an example — its strong article (free link from me) today about Musk's use of Twitter (and money) to massively intervene in the election on behalf of Trump. — To the journalists who continue to support Musk by actively participating on his rancid site: You should be ashamed. …

Philip Bump /
Washington Post: Vance suggests the left stole 2020 ... by doing what his own campaign did

Sean Burch /
The Wrap: Elon Musk Is Prepared to Spend at Least $140 Million to Help Elect Donald Trump

William Gavin /
Quartz: Elon Musk's X worked with Donald Trump's campaign to downplay hacked materials, report says

Scott Lemieux /
Lawyers, Guns & Money: JD Vance's chilling fascism @evilgalprods.bsky.social: so at this very moment Taibbi is teeing up for Twitter Files 2.0, right? — right? [embedded post]

Martin Peers /
The Information: Musk's Robotaxi Reveal Is a Dud for Investors

Jonathan Chait /
New York Magazine: J.D. Vance Says Trump Was Right to Try to Steal the Election, Because of Twitter

Liam Reilly /
CNN: Trump campaign connected with Elon Musk's X before it blocked links to hacked materials

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Trump Campaign and Elon Musk's X Worked Together to Suppress Reporting on Hacked Info: NYT

Charles R. Davis /
Salon: “I've answered your question with another question”: JD Vance refuses to say if Trump lost in 2020

David Gardner /
The Daily Beast: Trump Is Boasting How Much Money Elon Musk Is Giving Him

David Badash /
Alternet.org: Elon Musk's X engaged in a ‘pattern of election interference’ to help Trump: reports emptywheel: NYT “Censors” Elon Musk's Jokes about Assassinating the Vice President and His “Censorship” of JD Vance Dossier

Kevin Collier /
@kevincolliernbc@threads.net: Per NYT, X's crackdown on Ken Klippenstein and the Iran-hacked Vance doc came after the Trump campaign reached out. Well within each party's right, but this is the exact same thing Musk, Trump, and the right threw a yearslong fit about over Hunter Biden. — https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

Bryan Metzger /
Business Insider: Elon Musk may knock on doors for Trump in Pennsylvania, report says

CNN:

The Atlantic says it is increasing its print publication from 10 to 12 issues per year starting in January 2025 and announces some expansions to reporting staff— New York CNN — — The Atlantic is doing something exceedingly unusual for a magazine in 2024: increasing the number of issues it prints.

Discussion:

Ashleigh Fields /
The Hill: The Atlantic to return to monthly print publication, expand newsroom

Ashis Basu /
@basuashis: “The acclaimed 167-year-old magazine, once known as The Atlantic Monthly, is increasing its pace of publication from 10 issues to 12, returning to a monthly publication for the first time since 2002.” @brianstelter

Spencer Kornhaber /
@skornhaber: Two more issues a year, let's gooo https://www.cnn.com/...

Kate Pickert /
@katepickert: Best magazine in America right now. This is absolutely thrilling. Well done, @JeffreyGoldberg and team.

Steve Faguy /
@fagstein: The Atlantic Monthly is going to come out monthly for the first time in more than 20 years. @nxthompson: Some cool news that runs counter to so many trends in media. After a nice run of journalistic and economic success, we're increasing the number of print issues each year. We'll once again be The Atlantic monthly ... https://www.cnn.com/...

Adrienne LaFrance /
@adriennelaf: I am very, very excited about this: https://www.cnn.com/...

@nxthompson:
One secondary, but interesting, reason to do this is that it's useful to double down on distribution you can control as AI makes the future structure of the Web increasingly unpredictable.

Sophie Gilbert /
@sophiegg: Shout out to all my friends' dads, my dentist, true believers who never stopped calling us The Atlantic MONTHLY https://x.com/...

Carlos Lozada /
@carlosnyt: Love this news. In my mind it has always been and will always be The Atlantic Monthly.

Amber /
@amberlnettles: The Atlantic is returning to a monthly schedule for the first time since 2002. This is the latest of print increases I've seen inn 2024, from the Reader returning to weekly, to the Onion, Nylon & Spin returning to print this year. (Reader also increased to 63,000 copies!)

Peter Lattman /
@peterlattman: We're not going back to The Atlantic Monthly, but we're returning to The Atlantic, monthly https://www.cnn.com/...

Erik Hayden /
@erik_hayden: The Atlantic expands to ... finally compete with Harper's again on a monthly basis

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “The greatness of print and especially a print magazine is that it sits still for you,” @JeffreyGoldberg says. “It doesn't beep and flash and demand that you do things. It's there to be read and enjoyed.” https://www.cnn.com/...

Yoni Appelbaum /
@yappelbaum: “The acclaimed 167-year-old magazine, once known as The Atlantic Monthly, is increasing its pace of publication from 10 issues to 12, returning to a monthly publication for the first time since 2002.” https://www.cnn.com/...

Josh Kraushaar /
@joshkraushaar: ""The greatness of print and especially a print magazine is that it sits still for you. It doesn't beep and flash and demand that you do things. It's there to be read and enjoyed. People still derive intellectual and aesthetic pleasure from print." https://www.cnn.com/...

The Verge:

X drops Unilever from its “advertiser boycott” lawsuit, after making a deal with Unilever “to continue our partnership” as part of an “ecosystem-wide solution”— X is dropping claims against Unilever in its lawsuit that accuses advertisers and brands …

Discussion:
@xnews, @electriceden92.bsky.social, Gizmodo, @wagatwe.com, @rev-colleen.bsky.social, @broximar@threads.net, New York Post, @jesseraub.bsky.social, MediaPost, @harrypujols.com, @martyswant, Wall Street Journal, @followtheh, @ariellesgarcia, @paleofuture.bsky.social, @beefreeferlives.bsky.social, @arthurdeodat.bsky.social, @crumbler@threads.net, Reuters and TVNewsCheck, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:
@xnews: X is pleased to have reached an agreement with Unilever and to continue our partnership with them on the platform. Today's news is the first part of the ecosystem-wide solution and we look forward to more resolution across the industry.

Tyler /
@electriceden92.bsky.social: Money, real or simply valued, is a gravitational force. Now that the persons who have the most of it are psychotic Nazis, the world around us will gradually be remade to be more amenable to psychotic Nazism. Simple as. [embedded post] @rev-colleen.bsky.social: Awe man, Cif and Ben and Jerry's! Damn. Okay. — www.unilever.com/brands/all- b...

Jesse /
@broximar@threads.net: I mean, Unilever and Elon see eye to eye on a lot of things, like hating their workers and being friendly to Russia, so this checks out

Thomas Barrabi /
New York Post: Elon Musk's X, Unilever reach settlement after left-leaning ad boycott dustup @jesseraub.bsky.social: elon musk going full pro-Trump is an effort to appeal to CEOs so that they override Marketing Departments and resume advertising on Twitter and it's working [embedded post]

Harry Pujols /
@harrypujols.com: I wonder what Ben & Jerry would say about that

Marty Swant /
@martyswant: Here's the court filing related to this announcement: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ...

Marty Swant /
@martyswant: I'm *very* curious to the terms X and Unilever have agreed to in this case. Anyone know if CVS or Mars have similar deals in the works?

Megan Graham /
Wall Street Journal: X Drops Unilever From Lawsuit Against Advertisers, Citing a New Agreement

Arielle Garcia /
@ariellesgarcia: I will never understand why extortion was allowed to metastasize as a legitimate digital ad business model. Alas, here we are. More on this wild “agreement” here: https://www.theverge.com/...

Matt Novak /
@paleofuture.bsky.social: I know we were all joking that suing advertisers was a dumb way to get them to advertise with you. But.... [embedded post] @beefreeferlives.bsky.social: Whelp, no more Ben & Jerry's or Hellman's mayo for me!! — Don't see any other brands on there that I buy. Usually try to buy local anyway... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: Extortion works!

Mike Scarcella /
Reuters: Elon Musk's X drops Unilever from advertiser boycott lawsuit

Adweek:

Filings: G/O Media is suing Paste Media, alleging breach of contract over the sale of Splinter and Jezebel to Paste; Paste's founder says the case lacks merit— The two firms are embroiled in a breach of contract lawsuit in a Delaware court — The digital media firm G/O Media filed …

Discussion:
@adweek and Mark Stenberg on LinkedIn

Discussion:
@adweek: The digital media firm G/O Media filed a lawsuit in Delaware court last month against Paste Media, according to public records obtained by ADWEEK. The lawsuit alleges that Paste Media breached the contract the two parties signed last year when Paste Media acquired the titles

Nieman Lab:

Ahead of Hurricane Milton, NPR revised its CMS to enable 200+ member stations to publish text-only versions of their sites, accessible when bandwidth is scarce— In normal times, text-only websites are a niche interest. But a natural disaster is not normal times.

Discussion:
@tomaxwell, @spj_tweets, TVNewsCheck, Adweek, @isalara, @raywert, @davidclinchnews, @jbenton, @niemanlab@threads.net and Current

Discussion:

Thomas Maxwell /
@tomaxwell: With Hurricane Milton looming, NPR revised its CMS so 200+ local stations could publish text-only sites as networks slowed to a crawl. WUSF's normal website was 8.5 megabytes. Text-only version was just 21 kilobytes https://www.niemanlab.org/... @spj_tweets: “So on Wednesday, NPR made a small change in Grove...that allowed them to publish bare-bones, text-only versions of their sites. It looks straight out of the mid-1990s web...but it loads like a dream when your phone is barely finding...coverage.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...

George Winslow /
TVNewsCheck: NAB Show New York Attendance Tops 12K

Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Hurricane Milton: News Outlet Coverage, Meteorologist Death Threats, NRP Goes Text-Only, Social Media Conspiracy Theories

Isabel Lara /
@isalara: “This morning, loading the main https://wusf.org/ homepage required 8.5 megabytes of bandwidth. The text-only page needed only 21.5 kilobytes. That's a difference of about 400×.”

Ray Wert /
@raywert: This is giving me flashbacks to the World Wide Web of the late 90s — and Gawker Media sites right after Superstorm Sandy.

David Clinch /
@davidclinchnews: Every local news org, local emergency website, and even local community page should have a low bandwidth text-only version for emergencies https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Joshua Benton /
@jbenton: New by me —> With Hurricane Milton looming and cellular networks damaged, Florida's NPR stations got a lower-bandwidth way to reach residents yesterday. (Text-only news sites!) https://www.niemanlab.org/... @niemanlab@threads.net: With Hurricane Milton bearing down on the Florida coast, NPR finds a low-bandwidth way to get news to residents https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Engadget:

Steam now tells its users that they're buying a license, not a game, ahead of a California law that forces companies to do so when customers “buy” digital media— The company appears to be getting ahead of a California law going into force next year.

Discussion:
The Verge, IGN, Thurrott, MobileSyrup, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PCWorld, Digital Trends, PlayStation LifeStyle, Neowin and r/SteamDeck, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Wesley Yin-Poole /
IGN: Steam Now Warns Customers They're Buying a License, Not a Game Before They Continue to Payment

Laurent Giret /
Thurrott: Steam Now Makes It Clearer That its Users Don't Own Their Games

Bradly Shankar /
MobileSyrup: Steam now reminds you that you don't actually own digital games you purchase

Kevin Purdy /
Ars Technica: Steam adds the harsh truth that you're buying “a license,” not the game itself

The Verge:

A review of Submerged, the first scripted short film shot in Apple's Immersive Video for the Vision Pro: technologically impressive, but an isolating experience— I don't like submarines. The idea of being trapped, several hundred feet underwater, in a narrow, creaking death trap? No thanks.

Discussion:
@alexlindsay, @justinryanio, Above Avalon, @jetscott, @nikiasmolina, @sadlyitsbradley, @markbozon, @vyyyper, @m1astra, @kentbye, @metaversozoeira, @writermcg, @climbinsidegame, @kentbye, @bengeskin, @parkerortolani@threads.net, @neilcybart, @ariel_emeraldvr, @iamkonstantineu@threads.net, The Verge, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Broadband TV News, 9to5Mac, @caseyliss@mastodon.social, Advanced Television, Adweek, PetaPixel, @jsnell@zeppelin.flights, @stroughtonsmith …, MobileSyrup, The Hollywood Reporter, TVBEurope and @stroughtonsmith …

Discussion:
@alexlindsay: Apple Vision Pro - “Submerged” is the highest quality 180 footage I have ever seen. - Not sure I like the extreme closeups or extreme wides. But the middle is incredible. - Surprised that cuts worked - Camera moves make you uncomfortable by design - amazing. More please.

Justin Ryan /
@justinryanio: Apple's new immersive video, Submerged, is a masterpiece! For a closer look at how they pulled it off don't miss the Bonus video The Making of Submerged. Shot on location in Prague, Brussels, and Malta, it involved a 23-ton submarine set made to withstand being fully submerged. [video]

Neil Cybart /
Above Avalon: Apple Releases First Scripted Film in Apple Immersive Video, Thoughts After Watching “Submerged,” The Future of Video

Scott Stein /
@jetscott: Submerged is Apple's first scripted Vision Pro Immersive Video - I saw an early screening that felt like I was suddenly onboard the sub myself. Also spoke w director Edward Berger about what it was like to make a film for the format: https://www.cnet.com/...

Nikias Molina /
@nikiasmolina: Apple is CHANGING cinema forever. THIS IS INSANE. IT FELS LIKE YOU'RE INSIDE OF THE ACTION. IT'S IMMERSIVE. Submerged will be the first scripted film in Apple Immersive Video. Watch only on Apple Vision Pro on October 10. [video]

Brad Lynch /
@sadlyitsbradley: @DK15779516 They used to not even let you see your arms and hands at all in this mode I've been told it because they want to drive the displays at a higher brightness during these HDR movies without worrying about making the duty cycle too low

Mark Bozon /
@markbozon: Just got done watching Submerged, the 17 minute Apple Vision Pro short film that just launched at midnight. Lots to love, and some great lessons around 180 immersive filmmaking and storytelling. Excited to see the space evolve! Congrats to all my old colleagues at @Apple. ✌️ [image] @vyyyper: I literally JUST finished watching this and OMG!!! This was CRAZY!! I felt like I was actually IN the middle of a survival horror game! It felt SOOO REAL!! Please Apple make MORE of THESE!!!! Shit it was INCREDIBLE!!!! @m1astra: This is by far the best piece of immersive content Apple has released. It's almost unsettling how real it feels—you won't fully understand until you watch it. This should absolutely be a part of Apple's in store Vision Pro demos.

Kent Bye /
@kentbye: I just watched the SUBMERGED film & definitely check it out if you have an Apple Vision Pro. After watching well over 1000 immersive stories over the past decade, then I have some thoughts: SUBMERGED feels like it's using a little bit too much film grammar that doesn't always

Rafael Torres /
@metaversozoeira: I just watched submerged on Apple Vision Pro in immersive videos and it was amazing, speechless! Sound, image quality and I was apprehensive, I lived as if inside the submarine. Incredible! [image] @writermcg: I just watched Submerged, @Apple first immersive movie. My first thought is that the approach to drama is going to have to change now that the intimacy is as if the human beings are directly in front of you in photo realistic 3-D — less is no longer more. [image] @climbinsidegame: Just watched Submerged on the vision pro. A new milestone for 3D home video. It is an action packed short that had me terrified. It is a better viewing experience than iMax or anything I've seen before, especially factoring in seating in a theatre, etc.

Kent Bye /
@kentbye: @ariel_emeraldVR I'd say many of the other Apple Immersive videos released so far do a better job, but they're also much more documentary focused. But I think Charlotte Mikkelborg's Adventure episode did a great job. Any of Felix and Paul's pieces are incredible, and especially Traveling While

Ben Geskin /
@bengeskin: @connorjewiss @AppleTV This film is 17 minutes long, which I think is a good length for most people. For this kind of content, 30 minutes seems like a solid limit for the near future. Once Vision gets smaller, lighter, and more comfortable, then we can talk about longer runtimes, imo

Parker Ortolani /
@parkerortolani@threads.net: Just watched Submerged on Vision Pro. It was pretty incredible. Visually lives up to the expectations of what we wanted to get out of the hardware, no question. But still, it was super short. Was bummed when it was over.

Neil Cybart /
@neilcybart: With Apple Immersive Video, consumers have access *today* to groundbreaking technology that is truly mesmerizing. It's unlike anything that we have experienced in the past. We don't always need to wait for the future to arrive.

Ariel Emerald /
@ariel_emeraldvr: @kentbye Interested in this. What is an example of an immersive film that you would say doesnt fall victim to these flaws? (not that I have a vision pro yet to try them lol)

Konstantin Ko /
@iamkonstantineu@threads.net: Apple should release Submerged for the Meta Quest and PS VR, so people can actually watch it 🤭.

Jason Lefkowitz /
@jalefkowit@vmst.io: This article about Apple's new “immersive film” for the Vision Pro gets at something I've thought about all the attempts to make films for VR: they miss what makes film so powerful. — The power of film is that the camera becomes the viewer's eye into this world. …

Steve Vegvari /
iPhone in Canada Blog: Apple's First Scripted Film for Vision Pro Launches Oct 10, Here's the First Trailer

Trevor Mogg /
Digital Trends: Apple's new Submerged movie for Vision Pro is not for bathtime viewing

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Here's Apple's lineup of new Immersive Video content coming soon to Vision Pro

Kyle Barr /
Gizmodo: The Apple Vision Pro's First ‘Immersive’ Movie Looks Incredible Due to Classic Filmmaking Techniques

Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: Apple debuts first scripted film captured in Apple Immersive Video

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Submerged immersive film now available on Vision Pro, plus making of video

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Vision Pro's first scripted immersive film is coming this week, here's the trailer

Casey Liss /
@caseyliss@mastodon.social: I've seen Apple's new “Submerged” immersive ~17-minute short film for the Vision Pro. As well as the making of. — • I want all action movies to be like this — • This is the kind of interest I want Apple to show in the platform — • Why was *every* AVP on set sporting the Developer Strap? …

Jaron Schneider /
PetaPixel: ‘Submerged’ is Apple's First Immersive Scripted Film Made Just for Vision Pro @jsnell@zeppelin.flights: “Submerged” is really smart. The director made some very clever choices that work well in the Immersive format, including use of depth of field, reverse angle cuts so the geography is familiar, close-ups, careful camera moves (mostly pushing in/pulling out)... really well made. …

Steve Troughton-Smith /
@stroughtonsmith …: “It'll get better later” is not a strategy, because developers and users will have long made up their mind before then. Once that bozo bit flips...

Brad Bennett /
MobileSyrup: Submerged on Apple Vision Pro blew me away

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Why Oscar Winner Edward Berger Made His Latest Film For Apple Vision Pro

Jenny Priestley /
TVBEurope: Watch: Oscar-winner Edward Berger discusses new film shot in Apple Immersive Video

Steve Troughton-Smith /
@stroughtonsmith …: ‘Where are all the Vision Pro apps?’ begins and ends with Apple. Is this a computer, or is it a fancy Apple TV for rich people? Where is Pages and Numbers? Swift Playgrounds? Final Cut, Logic? iMovie? Native ports of Maps? Reminders? Calendar? Podcasts? Books? …

Bloomberg:

Sources: in negotiations with California lawmakers, Google insisted that the state use taxpayer funds, as a precondition to spending $110M to support journalism— - Tech giant, state to spend $180 million to aid news industry — Company pushed for taxpayer funds; beat back tougher bills

Discussion:
@eli_kamisher and @john-on-mars.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Eliyahu Kamisher /
@eli_kamisher: NEWS: Google's deal to fund CA journalism came with a demand: that the state contribute 10s of millions of dollars. Public money helped set a precedent in CA, one person said, which Google believes will discourage other states from following CA's lead https://www.bloomberg.com/...

John Jensen /
@john-on-mars.bsky.social: I know the initial reaction of many will be to oppose this. After all, why should Google ask for public money .. but I'm not sure that is the right framing. — It could be that there should have been much more public funding for public efforts on the internet.

New York Times:

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, imprisoned in Russia for more than a year, is writing a memoir about his time in prison and Russia's slide toward autocracy— The memoir, which will cover his time in prison and Russia's move toward autocracy, will be published by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Discussion:
@katie_robertson

Marketing Brew:

Sources: DOJ and NCIS officials are asking ad execs about Adalytics' reports on Google's brand safety and about verification tools from IAS and DoubleVerify— Officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) have held multiple conversations …

Discussion:
Arielle Garcia on LinkedIn and @kelseymsutton

Discussion:

Arielle Garcia /
Arielle Garcia on LinkedIn: Ryan Barwick of Marketing Brew reports that U.S. Department of Justice and Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) …

The Intercept:

Israel releases US journalist Jeremy Loffredo after detaining him for his reporting on where Iranian missiles landed; Loffredo can't leave Israel until Oct. 20— American journalist Jeremy Loffredo was released Friday morning by Israeli authorities after spending four days in Israeli detention following his arrest in the West Bank.

Discussion:

Kevin Gosztola /
The Dissenter: US Journalist Released From Israeli Detention, Barred From Leaving Country

Kevin Gosztola /
The Dissenter: Israel Charged American Journalist With ‘Aiding The Enemy’ For Reporting On Iranian Missile Strikes Democracy Now: Israel Detains U.S. Journalist Jeremy Loffredo over Reporting on Iranian Attacks on Israel

Wyatt Reed /
The Grayzone: Israel jails Grayzone's Jeremy Loffredo, releases him pending investigation @freedomofpress: @loffredojeremy ... If Israel can't provide a credible reason unrelated to Loffredo's reporting, the Biden administration must demand that charges be dropped — and his phone and passport returned. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Committee to Protect Journalists: US journalist arrested in Israel over reporting on Iranian missiles

@freedomofpress:
@loffredojeremy ... It remains to be seen if the Biden administration's platitudes about press freedom only apply to journalists they like. It's shameful that the U.S. failed to hold Israel accountable for even one of the journalists it arrested, detained, or killed in the previous year.

@freedomofpress:
@loffredojeremy ... As of Oct. 9, according to @pressfreedom, 43 Palestinian journalists remain imprisoned by Israel, a record number. Yet the U.S., for all its claims about valuing press freedom, has done nothing of consequence about it. https://cpj.org/...

@freedomofpress:
@loffredojeremy ... If Israel's theory is that reporters illegally share information with the enemy whenever the enemy reads the news, that could criminalize a whole lot of journalism. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

@freedomofpress:
@loffredojeremy He's been released but is barred from leaving Israel as authorities try to build their case. No matter what direction it takes, Loffredo's detention should highlight the plight of Palestinian journalists being held incommunicado in Israeli prisons. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

The Guardian:

The Gateway Pundit settles a defamation lawsuit with two Georgia election workers it falsely accused or wrongdoing and has removed articles about them— Website removed articles falsely accusing Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of wrongdoing in 2020 election — The Gateway Pundit …

Discussion:
CNN, Associated Press, Joe.My.God., USA Today, Adweek, WAGA-TV, @gtconway3dg@threads.net, Washington Post, Georgia Recorder, New Republic and Missouri Independent

Discussion:

Marshall Cohen /
CNN: Far-right conspiracy site Gateway Pundit settles 2020 defamation lawsuit brought by Georgia election workers

Jeff Amy /
Associated Press: Georgia election workers settle defamation lawsuit against conservative website

Melissa Cruz /
USA Today: Georgia election workers win defamation suit against far-right site Gateway Pundit @gtconway3dg@threads.net: Breaking: Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers subject to viscous harassment after falsely being accused of wrongdoing in 2020, have settled their defamation lawsuit against the far right news website The Gateway Pundit — https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Paul Wagman /