The US says it believes Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who once worked for US-funded broadcaster Radio Farda, has been detained for months by Iran (Jon Gambrell/Associated Press)

Mediagazer: The US says it believes Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who once worked for US-funded broadcaster Radio Farda, has been detained for months by Iran (Jon Gambrell/Associated Press)

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The Atlantic:

An interview with The Atlantic EIC Jeffrey Goldberg on presidential endorsements, WaPo and Jeff Bezos, concerns about a possible second Trump term, and more— A conversation with The Atlantic's editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg — On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has been very clear …
Discussion: New York Post, @nickbaumann, @spj_tweets, Media Nation, The Federalist, Daily Kos and SFGATE

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Michael Goodwin /
New York Post: Who needs an endorsement? Media has been been biased for Kamala Harris from the start

Nick Baumann /
@nickbaumann: “There's no other business that I could think of where, you go out and buy a bakery, and the first thing the bakery manager tells you is: Do not tell us what kind of bread to make, and if you do, all your employees are going to excoriate you publicly.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... @spj_tweets: From @TheAtlantic's @JeffreyGoldberg: “All you can do is try using your journalism techniques, using the techniques of journalism to bring more illumination to the things that, in this case, a Donald Trump might do.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Taking advantage of Jeff Bezos' folly, publications tout Harris endorsements to sign up new readers

Tristan Justice /
The Federalist: Vance Says The Problem With The Washington Post Lies In Its ‘Journalism,’ ‘Not With The Editorials’

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CNN:
Robert Kagan and Danielle Allen, who resigned from WaPo over its decision not to issue a presidential endorsement, join The Atlantic as contributing writers

Discussion:
The Atlantic and The Federalist

Associated Press:

The US says it believes Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who once worked for US-funded broadcaster Radio Farda, has been detained for months by Iran— An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now …

Discussion:
Bloomberg, Firstpost, Fox News, DNyuz, Reuters, Voice of America and The Times of Israel

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Fox News: American journalist detained in Iran as Supreme Leader Khamenei threatens US, Israel, State Department says

Michael Lipin /
Voice of America: Exclusive: US says it is looking into case of American jailed in Iran

New York Times:

How Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood are trying to revive The Daily Beast, amid conflicts with the staff, tech problems, and skepticism towards their vision— Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles took over leadership of The Daily Beast in April with the task of turning the money-losing site around.Gili Benita for The New York Times

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@bencjacobs, @katie_robertson, @jakelahut@threads.net and @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social

Discussion:

Ben Jacobs /
@bencjacobs: Would note that @JakeLahut has been killing it lately, whereas the Daily Beast certainly has cornered the market on takes from random TV writers from 2003

Katie Robertson /
@katie_robertson: I wrote about The Daily Beast six months into the rocky new ownership of Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood https://www.nytimes.com/...

Jake Lahut /
@jakelahut@threads.net: I haven't spoken about why I left the Daily Beast, until now. This is a very fair NYT story about the new management regime that arrived in April. The biggest lesson I learned from the whole ordeal? How not to run a newsroom. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Bloomberg:

In the streaming era, compilation albums have become novelty items for superfans, as labels promote them as collectibles alongside books, biopics, and tours— In the streaming era, compilation albums have shrunk to a novelty item for superfans — Looking at the roster of top-selling records …

New York Times:

James Ledbetter, a former media critic who wrote for The Village Voice, was Inc. magazine EIC, and started fintech newsletter FIN, died on October 28 at age 60— He wrote the Press Clips column for The Village Voice, held top jobs at Inc. magazine and Slate, and wrote a book …

Discussion:
The Village Voice, FIN, Inc.com, Talking Biz News, @helaineolen, @greenwombat, @eamonlynch, @davidwhitford, The Wrap, @tenuredradical, @grossdm, @c_spencer_, @heerjeet, @hollybizonthego, @hennesseyedit, @hollybizonthego, @theopedproject, @therichardpanek, @kantrowitz, @scaramucci, @kenli729, @villagevoice, @felixsalmon, @mkonnikova, @econhardship, @ellenychang, @nickgillespie, @lisquart, @mccarthyryanj, @jeffbercovici, @nkulw, @estherbrooklyn and Talking Biz News

Discussion:

R.C. Baker /
The Village Voice: Remembering Jim Ledbetter and His Exposé, ‘The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing’

Graham Winfrey /
Inc.com: James Ledbetter, Former Editor-in-Chief of Inc., Dies at 60

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Longtime biz journalist Ledbetter dies at 60

Helaine Olen /
@helaineolen: I am distraught. Jim Ledbetter was warm, wonderful generous, a great friend to many, and a great editor and reporter. He's the editor who commissioned the essay that turned into my book, Pound Foolish. He will be missed. I will miss him.

Todd Woody /
@greenwombat: Terrible news about Jim Ledbetter's passing. It was an absolute pleasure to work with him in the wild days of The Industry Standard magazine and later crossed paths with Jim at Fortune and Reuters, where he gave me a contract gig. Condolences to his family & friends. @jledbetter

Eamon Lynch /
@eamonlynch: Saddened to hear of Jim's passing. He was a friendly face who greeted me fresh off the boat as an intern at The Village Voice and for years beyond at bars and poker games. RIP.

David Whitford /
@davidwhitford: After I took a buyout at Fortune on the cusp of 60, Jim hired me at Inc. I will always be grateful. He was a kind, supportive, accomplished professional. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Bruce Haring /
The Wrap: James Ledbetter, Media Analyst and Author, Dies at 60

Claire Potter /
@tenuredradical: I am going to miss @jledbetter terribly. He was a good friend an encouraging editor, and never turned down one of my pitches—only made them better. I'll miss your kind and funny spirit, Jim. https://talkingbiznews.com/...

Daniel Gross /
@grossdm: Jim did it all—and did it all better and longer than virtually anyone else. Look all around Twitter today and you'll see how many people regarded working with him as a highlight

Christian Spencer /
@c_spencer_: My time with the @observer was brief, but I want to say thank you once again for the opportunity. RIP @jledbetter

Jeet Heer /
@heerjeet: This is such sad news. Jim was a fine journalists and a very well-grounded soul. His book One Nation Under Gold (about the gold standard) is a splendid read.

Holly Sraeel /
@hollybizonthego: If you already love and respect @jledbetter as a writer, or want to understand why everyone is devastated by his sudden death, then revisit this epic 2-part investigative piece from 1995—The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing—in @villagevoice. https://www.villagevoice.com/ ...

Ray Hennessey /
@hennesseyedit: This is awful news. Jim was an outstanding human, a good friend, and one of the most thoughtful editors. May his memory be a blessing.

Holly Sraeel /
@hollybizonthego: .@jledbetter possessed an innate ability to look at something and see around the corner, a skill he masterfully deployed in covering media, politics, business + technology. https://open.substack.com/... @theopedproject: We are deeply saddened to share the passing of @jledbetter, a brilliant journalist, author, and long-time Mentor-Editor with @TheOpEdProject since 2009. Jim was a pioneer in business journalism, holding leadership roles at @KPMG, FIN, Inc. magazine, @Reuters, @Slate, @TIME, [image]

Richard Panek /
@therichardpanek: Yes. I don't know where to begin. If the grade-school term “best friend” has any meaning, he was mine. We bonded, and bonded some more, and then kept connecting. Tonight I keep thinking, “I should email him about this absurd news”—and then.... Thank you, Maria.

Alex Kantrowitz /
@kantrowitz: Beautiful remembrance of @jledbetter, one of the good ones. Gone too soon. https://www.inc.com/...

Anthony Scaramucci /
@scaramucci: I had to look it up; I thought you were calling me a bird. Turns out NOT. Condolences for your friend.

Kenneth Li /
@kenli729: Jim was one of the greats in NY media. He took a shot on me as a young reporter at The Industry Standard and were colleagues at Reuters. Amazing reporter, editor, columnist. Will miss him alot. @villagevoice: Remembering Voice stalwart Jim Ledbetter with this monumental piece from 1995, in which a longtime New Yorker contributor told him, “The closest I ever got to a person of color was a young white fact-checker with dreads.” https://www.villagevoice.com/ ...

Felix Salmon /
@felixsalmon: The best word I have ever written in my career as a journalist was when I wrote a piece about @Scaramucci that ended with calling him a “popinjay”. The truth can now be told: That word wasn't my idea, it was suggested by the great @jledbetter, an indelible force for generations

Maria Konnikova /
@mkonnikova: Absolutely devastated to learn that @jledbetter has died. He was my editor, my friend, a mentor to so many (myself included). We were just talking about getting drinks last month. I'm gutted that we didn't. A true force, gone far too early. https://talkingbiznews.com/... @econhardship: Please join us in remembering and celebrating Jim Ledbetter, a brilliant and kind person, editor, and EHRP supporter and board member. Our executive director @lisquart, and Jim's longtime friend, remembers him here @ellenychang: I am heartbroken to hear of the passing of James Ledbetter. He was an extremely kind person who was generous with his time, eager to help any journalist out and a joy to be around. I just saw him in February and he was eager to start his career at KPMG. [image]

Nick Gillespie /
@nickgillespie: Saddened to learn of the death of James Ledbetter, a writer and editor who cut a broad swath in a tough industry. Condolences to his family and friends. https://talkingbiznews.com/...

Alissa Quart /
@lisquart: Loved Jim Ledbetter since the day I met him in 1993 @villagevoice . Kind, sharp, emo, a great editor, a wicked wit, erudite but also a troubadour... I will never be able to make this make sense of his early departure & the hole he has left in NYC, the media & my♥️. @econhardship

Ryan McCarthy /
@mccarthyryanj: . @jledbetter was the rare journalist who could be a mentor while making you feel like a peer, or just, as often, a conspirator. I didn't appreciate the skill and wisdom with which he gave me advice until years later. What an enormous loss https://talkingbiznews.com/...

Jeff Bercovici /
@jeffbercovici: A huge loss. Jim was a hero of mine from my earliest days in journalism and when I had the chance to work for him, I felt like I'd made it. Smarter than anyone, so kind and generous to writers, a keeper of journalism's best traditions, a warm and funny man and proud, loving dad.

Esther Kaplan /
@estherbrooklyn: I'm stunned to hear the news. What a smart and good-hearted person we have lost. I first met Jim at the Village Voice and he's one of those people who just stayed in touch always, sending along good writers and ideas, there to share a round of drinks and a big, big laugh.

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: NYC event to honor Ledbetter is next week

Columbia Journalism Review:

Muslim and Arab American voters in Dearborn, Michigan, say that they turned away from US media and rely on Al Jazeera, Lebanese TV, family members, and friends— Media consumption in the Arab American capital has the potential to swing the presidential election.

Discussion:
The Hill, @cjr, @masratzahra, The Times of Israel, HotAir, Breitbart, Fox News, NPR, Associated Press and Mondoweiss

Discussion:

Yash Roy /
The Hill: Trump courts Arab and Muslim support, with Harris criticized for ‘not engaging’ @cjr: Media consumption in the Arab American capital has the potential to swing the presidential election. By @Masratzahra, with support from the @IWMF's Round Earth Media program #IWMFfund. https://www.cjr.org/...

Masrat Zahra /
@masratzahra: Last week in Dearborn,MI I worked with @MeghnadBose93 for @CJR, exploring how media in America's largest Arab community shapes conversations around Gaza, Lebanon, and the Middle East. Here, media isn't just news—it's personal, powerful, and could impact the presidential election. The Times of Israel: Trump appears in Michigan with Arab supporter who claims ‘Palestine is being erased’

John Sexton /
HotAir: Trump Makes a Visit to Dearborn

Joel B. Pollak /
Breitbart: WATCH: Trump Gets Warm Welcome in Majority-Arab Dearborn, Michigan

Joey Cappelletti /
Associated Press: Trump will become first major 2024 candidate to visit majority-Arab Dearborn, Michigan

Slate:

A profile of John Avlon, former CNN anchor, former Daily Beast EIC, former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, and now a congressional candidate running in New York— In what has somehow been nearly a decade and a half spent as a political journalist, I've encountered a lot of election cycle twists.

Discussion:
@brianstelter and @bencjacobs

Discussion:

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “In what has somehow been nearly a decade and a half spent as a political journalist, I've encountered a lot of election cycle twists. But the one thing I never quite expected was for my boss to run for Congress.” https://slate.com/...

The Independent:

More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza— Exclusive: More than 230 media industry professionals sign letter sent to BBC director general Tim Davie — Your support helps us to tell the story

Discussion:
Sverre Haanes on LinkedIn, @sangitamyska, @think_or_swim, @doylech, @mrjohnnicolson, @joneshowdareyou, @josephwillits, @cjhumanrights, @mehdirhasan, @basuashis, @peterjukes, @rivkahbrown, Deadline, @sheiladebonis@mastodon.world, Yahoo News, The Independent and @serenissimaj@sciences.social

Discussion:

Sverre Haanes /
Sverre Haanes on LinkedIn: Jonathan Cook: — “More than 100 BBC journalists publicly decry the corporation's huge bias towards Israel and warn that staff confidence is at a historic low. …

Sangita Myska /
@sangitamyska: Journalists accuse broadcasters of bias in Gaza coverage | Independent “We are appalled to see the same editorial failings repeated across news organisations...and are dismayed at the targeting of journalists who have e robustly challenged Israel on air..” https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...

John Gibbons /
@think_or_swim: Good to see journalists, academics calling out institutional media bias on Israel's brutal assault on #Gaza. Maybe it's also time for ⁦@rtenews⁩ to drop the “Hamas-run Health Ministry” line 13 months into a full blown genocide? https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...

Chris Doyle /
@doylech: The BBC has serious issues relating to its coverage and above all its editorial decisions. Robbie Gibb should have no role in overseeing Middle East news coverage as a BBC director and he should step aside. https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...

John Nicolson /
@mrjohnnicolson: I'm disturbed to read so many BBC staff felt the need to be anonymous. I do think the BBC should stop parroting absurd Israeli war crime propaganda rebuttal lines “the IDF says it's investigating” etc. Worth saying @BowenBBC coverage has been exemplary. https://www.independent.co.uk/ ... @joneshowdareyou: Where are our ABC staff on this national broadcaster fail. We see exactly the same problems at @abcnews. #auspol #ukpolitics #BBC https://www.independent.co.uk/ ... [image]

Joseph Willits /
@josephwillits: Serious concerns about BBC's & other media broadcasters coverage of Gaza, & how they're responsible for systematically dehumanising Palestinians. Many BBC journalists & others are rightly angry, hence why we've signed this important letter to Tim Davie https://www.independent.co.uk/ ... [image]

Colin Harvey /
@cjhumanrights: ‘More than 100 BBC employees are accusing the corporation of providing favourable coverage toward Israel and are calling on the broadcaster to “recommit to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality” over its reporting on Gaza.’ https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...

Mehdi Hasan /
@mehdirhasan: Israel-Gaza conflict: BBC staff accuse broadcaster of bias in Palestine coverage | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...

Ashis Basu /
@basuashis: Other signatories on the list include the historian @DalrympleWill , Dr Catherine Happer, a senior lecturer in sociology and director of media at the University of Glasgow, Rizwana Hamid, the director at the Centre for Media Monitoring. @Athena_Stavrou https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...

Peter Jukes /
@peterjukes: I'm also proud to have supported it. We cannot stand aside when lives are lost through untruths

Rivkah Brown /
@rivkahbrown: Proud to be one of the 237 media professionals and others, including 101 of the BBC's own staff, to have signed this letter https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...

Caroline Frost /
Deadline: More Than 100 BBC Staff Sign Letter Accusing BBC Of Bias In Its Coverage Of Israel-Gaza Conflict

Sheila DeBonis /
@sheiladebonis@mastodon.world: @Mediagazer Considering BBC dragged its feet in revealing that Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by US, UK, Canada, Argentina, the EU and the UN, and I'm not sure if they've mentioned Hezbollah's designations as terrorism either....so, I say no, the Israel bias isn't as strong as they think it is.

Craig Simpson /
Yahoo News: BBC staff sign letter accusing broadcaster of pro-Israel bias

New York Times:

AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs— The Los Angeles headquarters of Metaphysic, a Hollywood visual-effects start-up that uses artificial intelligence …

Discussion:

Michael Zink /
Michael Zink on LinkedIn: My key take-away from this The New York Times article was the below pattern that the author noticed after several months of talking to people around #Hollywood about the topic of #AI: …

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: A fairly balanced story about AI tools being used in Hollywood by the @nytimes. The core premise is straightforward, generative AI makes it far easier and cheaper to create digital scenes than existing CGI tools. — Digital de-aging like in the Tom Hanks movie, Here, is much more affordable with generative AI tools. …

Ashkan Karbasfrooshan /
@ashkan: AI is both an efficiency tool as well as an extender of what's possible - discussed storytelling & AI here. https://www.youtube.com/...

Cedric Lejeune /
Cedric Lejeune on LinkedIn: You got to respect Zemeckis for trying things, or maybe he just lost a bet. AI will change productivity in content creation, and bring new creative tools as computers have done in the past. …

Matt Bijarchi /
Matt Bijarchi on LinkedIn: Pro Tip: Have ‘faith in the resilience of human creativity’. It's already here and we can't stop it so dive in. …

Jesse Hassenger /
GQ: Tom Hanks' Uncanny-Valley Movie Here Is Good. No, For Real

CNBC:

Sources: Greek media company Antenna Group is in early talks to acquire Time from Marc Benioff, who bought the magazine in 2018 for $180M— The Greek media company Antenna Group is in talks to acquire Time Inc. from Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff, according to people familiar with the matter.

Discussion:
@palewire, @katiedrumm@threads.net, @pkafka, @rafat, @teddyschleifer, @amonck, @sherman4949, @maxwelltani, @heidilegg, @katiedrumm@threads.net, @edmundlee@threads.net, @reckless1280@threads.net, @katiedrumm@threads.net, The Information, GeekWire, @tomgara@threads.net, New York Post, CNBC on LinkedIn, @edmundlee@threads.net, San Francisco Business Times and The Wrap

Discussion:

Katie Drummond /
@katiedrumm@threads.net: Can someone please, once and for all, tell me who and what Antenna Group is and why they keep trying to buy American media brands. We asked this question alot at VICE, where they bankrolled a ton of the company's news operations for several years, and could never entirely figure it out. https://www.cnbc.com/...

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: Time Inc used to be one of the most important media companies in the world: Time, People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated. Current status: People: Owned by Barry Diller Fortune: Chinese/Thai billionaire SI: Authentic Brands Group Time: About to be sold by Marc Benioff.

Teddy Schleifer /
@teddyschleifer: Among other things, this would free up Marc Benioff to make donations to Democrats again. https://www.cnbc.com/... @amonck: Old enough to remember when he was buying it. If it's only a $40m loss, not so bad. But also a reminder of elites stepping back from the public sphere... https://www.cnbc.com/...

Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: Scoop with @SRuhle: Marc Benioff is in talks to sell Time to the Antenna Group. Story here: https://www.cnbc.com/...

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Some Time magazine staff thought it was a bit strange earlier this year when the company listed its office in the Salesforce building for sublet... https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Heidi Legg /
@heidilegg: The Greek media company Antenna Group may buy Time. Also own Huffington's company Thrive.

Katie Drummond /
@katiedrumm@threads.net: Of course. Have read this. And lived through it. But it doesn't explain the motivation for buying up media properties — if we'd been subject to ongoing editorial interference over Saudi coverage, maybe, but we weren't. There is still a missing piece to this puzzle and I want someone to find it!

Ed Lee /
@edmundlee@threads.net: you have to understand who's backing Antenna https://www.nytimes.com/...

Nilay Patel /
@reckless1280@threads.net: Liz got exactly this far earlier in the year https://www.theverge.com/...

Katie Drummond /
@katiedrumm@threads.net: She got the furthest of anyone, it was heroic, but damn WHY

Martin Peers /
The Information: The Hitchhiker's Guide to MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Bet

Kurt Schlosser /
GeekWire: Report: Benioff in talks to sell Time; Salesforce CEO has called media ‘much harder’ than tech

Tom Gara /
@tomgara@threads.net: Benioff and Time magazine are the strangest zillionaire media ownership story of the last couple decades - he appears to have had absolutely no fun with it, no big vision or interesting / weird ideas for its future, not really invested in a visible way, or done anything of note at all https://www.cnbc.com/...

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Marc Benioff in talks to sell Time magazine to Greek media giant Antenna Group: report CNBC on LinkedIn: Benioff acquired Time in 2018 for $190 million. Early talks to sell to Antenna have centered around a price of $150 million, according to a person familiar.

Ed Lee /
@edmundlee@threads.net: you have to be wondering about the people on the other side of this trade — RE: https://www.threads.net/...

Ed Lee /
@edmundlee@threads.net: Time Magazine could be sold to a Greek television firm, which happens to be backed by a big Saudi media business — Are American billionaires growing tired of the newsrooms they spent millions on? — https://www.cnbc.com/...

Ted Andersen /
San Francisco Business Times: Daily Digest: Is Marc Benioff selling off Time?; Gordon Getty's ‘Temple of Wings’ sold

The Hill:

Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart— Hugh Hewitt has quit as a contributing columnist to The Washington Post, after storming out of a Post Live event on Friday morning …

Discussion:
Fox News, The Gene Pool, Lawyers, Guns & Money, HuffPost, @megynkelly, @rolandsmartin, @brenthbaker, KDFX-TV, New York Post, Deseret News, Breitbart, New York Times, @georgescriban@threads.net, @kbode@threads.net, RedState, @FrankNation@mastodon.social, What's New Today, Daily Mail, acecomments.mu.nu, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Blaze Media, Politico, Mediaite, Raw Story, HotAir, BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Wrap, Washington Examiner and Daily Kos

Discussion:

Gene Weingarten /
The Gene Pool: A Job Application — Dear Jeff Bezos: — Now that conservative radio personality …

Scott Lemieux /
Lawyers, Guns & Money: And nothing of value was lost

Ben Blanchet /
HuffPost: 'I'm Done!': Conservative Columnist Quits Washington Post After Live Stream Meltdown

Megyn Kelly /
@megynkelly: BRAVO @hughhewitt! Factual, sober, brave and appropriately FED UP with these left-wing hacks posing as journalists.

Brent Baker /
@brenthbaker: Another bad day for @WashingtonPost. Upset with @CapehartJ and @RuthMarcus for inaccurate attacks on Trump, @hughhewitt rips off his headset and leaves lives #PostLive show. “I'm done. This is the most unfair election ad I have ever been a part of.” Show falls apart, ends early. [video]

Liam Reilly /
KDFX-TV: Hugh Hewitt quits The Washington Post after storming off newspaper's live show New York Post: Hugh Hewitt quits Washington Post after storming off livestream talk over dispute with liberal columnists: 'I won't come back'

Hanna Seariac /
Deseret News: Conservative columnist at The Washington Post quits, after saying show was unfair

Wendell Husebø /
Breitbart: WaPo Show Implodes After Hugh Hewitt Abruptly Quits During ‘Unfair’ Segment: 'I'm Done'

Michael M. Grynbaum /
New York Times: Hugh Hewitt, Conservative Columnist, Quits The Washington Post @georgescriban@threads.net: Hugh Hewitt is a thin-skinned GOP hack and a liar. The real scandal is that the @washingtonpost willingly paid this man to lie in their pages and on their website.

Karl Bode /
@kbode@threads.net: if the U.S. had a functional press journalists would have tactfully harangued all of these bad faith recycled republican shitmerchants off the air thirty years ago instead of giving them endless airtime and column space

Bonchie /
RedState: MUST-SEE: Hugh Hewitt Explodes on Hack Reporter During Washington Post Video, Storms Off and Quits

FrankNation /
@FrankNation@mastodon.social: @Mediagazer Capehart 1, Hewlett 0.

Nic White /
Daily Mail: Washington Post columnist storms off live broadcast after being challenged by liberal colleagues acecomments.mu.nu: Hugh Hewitt Quits the Washington Post On-Camera and Storms Off the Set Calling the Paper a “Unfair Election Ad”

Mary Chastain /
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Hugh Hewitt Quits Washington Post After Confrontation During Paper's Live Show

Candace Hathaway /
Blaze Media: Hugh Hewitt abruptly quits Washington Post over inaccurate, biased reporting: ‘Unfair election ad’

Irie Sentner /
Politico: Hugh Hewitt resigns from Washington Post after storming out of live interview

Sarah K. Burris /
Raw Story: Trump booster quits Washington Post after livestream meltdown

John Sexton /
HotAir: Hugh Hewitt Was Right to Walk Out on Capehart and Marcus

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton /
BizPac Review: 'I'm done!' Hugh Hewitt rips off headset, storms off ‘unfair’ WaPo Live stream

Cullen Linebarger /
The Gateway Pundit: MUST SEE: Washington Post Propaganda Show Implodes When Conservative Radio Host Walks Off Set After Slamming Hacks for Their Lies About Trump and the Election

Harold Hutchison /
Daily Caller News Foundation: 'I'm Done': Hugh Hewitt Abruptly Leaves Live Show After Calling Out WaPo Columnists For Making ‘Unfair Election Ad’

Sean Burch /
The Wrap: WaPo Columnist Hugh Hewitt Storms Off WaPo Live Show: 'I Won't Come Back ... I'm Done'

Luke Gentile /
Washington Examiner: Hugh Hewitt quits Washington Post after walking off live show: Report

Washington Post:

How Trump could weaponize the FCC against the media in a second term, including to punish broadcasters that air unfavorable coverage— The somewhat obscure federal agency could be used to punish broadcasters that air unfavorable coverage as part of Trump's quest to rein in independent media.

Discussion:
@jdawsey1, @roigfranzia, @farhip, @thamburger, @washingtonpost, @nprinskeep and @davidfolkenflik

Discussion:

Josh Dawsey /
@jdawsey1: Trump could seize control of FCC in plan to crack down on media - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Manuel Roig-Franzia /
@roigfranzia: It sure looks like TV news might have a lot to fear if Trump is elected, according to this deep diver from @bethreinhard https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Paul Farhi /
@farhip: Excellent story by ⁦@bethreinhard⁩ and ⁦@sarahellison⁩ abt Trump potentially turning ⁦@FCC⁩ against news media. Footnote: GOP has long opposed this.⁦@tedcruz⁩ last year: It's “unconstitutional, un-American” for FCC to yank licenses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Tom Hamburger /
@thamburger: Trump could seize control of FCC in plan to crack down on media - via ⁦@bethreinhard⁩ and ⁦@sarahellison⁩ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @washingtonpost: The Federal Communications Commission could be used to punish broadcasters that air unfavorable coverage as part of Trump's quest to rein in independent media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Steve Inskeep /