Open Bluesky to see comments to the effect of ‘well, it might just be an inexperienced head of news because of the failure of the govt to comment’. That is not possible . No matter the level of ‘good faith’. Question is what did the command chain look like?

Gift article 🎁 ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

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CBS is already under political control. Weiss sold any of her own independence for $250 million. There are journalists working at CBS who care about this catastrophic loss of editorial freedom and credibility, but the Skydance/Paramount deal was always political capture.

I was hanging out with seals yesterday …Annual reminder - do not touch the seals

Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.

A new report documents a hostile environment for US journalists this year, with 32 arrests and 170 assaults. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

I've long been frustrated that small-scale indie news orgs don't get the recognition they deserve for the crucial work they do for their communities, so I did something about it. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...

"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...

The ethos for documentation in Gaza. @azmatzahra.bsky.social with Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

State media in all but name. Wonder what is being said in the Fox News boardroom about this direct threat to their dominance…

Prior to the purchase of The Free Press by Skydance and its absorption into CBS/Oracle Trump aligned media, Bari Weiss’s outlet had a critical view of Kirk and TPUSA…what could possibly have changed? It’s a mystery www.thefp.com/p/gop-rabbit...

404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here: 404media.myshopify.com/products/pre... www.404media.co/behind-the-b...

I urge you to watch our podcast, (or listen to it even) - with @azmatzahra.bsky.social and Anya Schiffrin talking about how journalism in Gaza has changed the playbook for all future reporting, and how journalism is treated during conflict

i'm calling this new policy ideological strip-searching, b/c that's basically what it is

Anya Schiffrin on the normalization of media capture, with @azmatzahra.bsky.social and Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. youtu.be/krcMZxnFtEY?...

OMG we only went and bloody won!! 🎉🎉 In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊

(Related to my last post) …is there anything better on an absolutely freezing night, when all other members of the household are out, than to fall asleep for the fifth time in exactly the same place in Ep 4 of The Beast in Me …

Mickey Mouse investments….

Just an incredible headline

Is 6.11pm too early to go to bed? Asking for a friend

Okay, fun to see this quoted in @futurism.com ... wish the journo had contact info so I could ask them to correct my typo 😅 futurism.com/artificial-i...

All of this was avoidable, all of it. Look at this story from 2007, when Putin was still vulnerable enough. www.theguardian.com/world/2007/d...

what a great idea. I am absolutely sure nothing can go wrong with this. Border control will be delighted…….

Remember that guy who argued with me for half a day that poor people in food deserts would be fine just using Walmart delivery? Anyway.

The ethos for documentation in Gaza. @azmatzahra.bsky.social with Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

I urge you to watch our podcast, (or listen to it even) - with @azmatzahra.bsky.social and Anya Schiffrin talking about how journalism in Gaza has changed the playbook for all future reporting, and how journalism is treated during conflict

If you are an organisation advertising yourself as standing up to the current administration - don’t require people to register their names, addresses and credit cards with you as the only way to contribute…

Here are three news stories Democracy Docket published today. If you agree that independent, pro-democracy media is more important now than ever before, please support Democracy Docket with a membership today. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

This is a good guide

There is a task of doing TikTok rabbit hole explainers for where the original reporting came from for TikTok rabbit hole explainers

Relevant to any organisation currently imagining it is protected by the First Amendment or by the terms of use of companies dependent on government contracts

The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time

🎶Muttley, you sniggering cowardly hound When courage is needed, you're never around! Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest should be for bungling, in which you are best🎶

Philanthropy as a radical act in the face of authoritarianism

How it started (quote post) How it's going (linked article) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Are we moving towards two civilizations? One uber wealthy, an enclosed economy of AI driven demand and supply, and another agrarian, artisanal, poor? How should journalism work against that scenario? Join me, Heather Chaplin and @rushkoff.com on a wild podcast exploration #journalism2050

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.

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Futurist Douglas @rushkoff.com joins Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Al police reports in the news. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

@emilybell.bsky.social is Journalism 2050 the wayward child of Tricky, returned at last to carry on the good work of its parent.

“It’s insane to have them rip our family apart.” Federal agents are arresting the foreign spouses of Americans during interviews at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices. The couples and their lawyers said they had followed the required steps to secure permanent residency.

Welcome to Journalism 2050, a podcast about the future of the free press. This week, join hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin in conversation with futurist @rushkoff.com. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

documentation of evidence is a key part of journalism for precisely these reasons..