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1. I founded @thinkprogress and spend a decade of my career building it from scratch and I just found out it was being shut down from this Daily Beast article thedailybeast.com/thinkprogress-…
@thinkprogress 2. I joined CAP in 2003 and was one of the first employees and I joined because I believed in the mission of creating permanent progressive infrastructure
It's disheartening that CAP no longer believes that independent progressive journalism is worth supporting
It's disheartening that CAP no longer believes that independent progressive journalism is worth supporting
3. (Quick note to trolls: Sorry, but I didn't lose my job. I left ThinkProgress over a year ago.)
ThinkProgress started before the HuffingtonPost, before the DailyBeast, before Twitter, before Facebook
And it had a big impact
ThinkProgress started before the HuffingtonPost, before the DailyBeast, before Twitter, before Facebook
And it had a big impact
4. The decision to fold ThinkProgress back into CAP, in my view, is a mistake. It violates the spirit in which it has operated over the last 15 years.
It also underscores that this was ultimately about control, not money.
It also underscores that this was ultimately about control, not money.
5. It also underscores my belief that we need more progressive media that is not only independent, but self-sustaining.
Donors are great until they jump ship.
Donors are great until they jump ship.
