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Jake Tapper

@jaketapper

9 Mar

This is what happens when you live in a country where there is no First amendment. Insanity:

Variety: ‘U.K. media regulator Ofcom launched an investigation after more than 41,000 people complained about Piers Morgan’s comments on Meghan Markle.’

variety.com/2021/tv/global…

Governments should have no role in policing news broadcasts.

You can tweet Piers what you think of his comments, that’s not what this is about.

https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1369414946228998147

And the notion that OFCAM is in no way part of the UK government? Cmon. Empowered by government, board members named by government,...

https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1369414946228998147

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Jake Tapper

@jaketapper

6 Mar

@DrSeuss

I have not seen the offending images in every book because the @DrSeuss foundation has been vague and opaque about the specifics. So: no, I’m not “on board” with the argument you’re ascribing to me. I’ve seen similar suggestions of overreach with McElligot’s Pool.

https://twitter.com/danielradosh/status/1368237548640813059

2/ Again, let’s stick to facts. Which also means let’s not put words in people’s mouths. If there’s a debate and discussion to be had — let’s have it. But Green Eggs and Ham is not part of that.

https://twitter.com/wesyang/status/1368231055816265729

3/ here’s McElligot’s Pool —

https://twitter.com/wesyang/status/1368231055816265729

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Jake Tapper

@jaketapper

6 Mar

@DrSeuss

One of the weirdest parts of this culture war is that the self-styled “warriors” aren’t willing to stand by the empirically racist images they’re supposedly defending. Green Eggs and Ham is not one of the books the @DrSeuss Foundation has decided to stop publishing.

https://twitter.com/gopleader/status/1368011754425483265

2/ The NRCC will send contributors copies of The Cat In the Hat — also not one of the books that will no longer be published.

3/ The actual books no longer being published are:

- And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
- If I Ran the Zoo
- McElligot’s Pool
- On Beyond Zebra!
- Scrambled Eggs Super!
- The Cat’s Quizzer

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Jake Tapper

@jaketapper

4 Mar

@nimaelbagir

.@nimaelbagir reports: @amnesty today said the UN must immediately launch an investigation into ongoing allegations of grave violations in the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, citing an investigation by CNN as well as one of its own.

@nimaelbagir

@nimaelbagir @amnesty 2/ The human rights organization called on the UN to look into “potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

@nimaelbagir

@nimaelbagir @amnesty 3/ The UN’s human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet said there was a need for an "independent, objective assessment" of the situation on the ground in Tigray...

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Jake Tapper

@jaketapper

1 Mar

@CDCDirector

.@CDCDirector Dr. Rochelle Walensky said this morning she is “deeply concerned” about the potential shift in the trajectory of the pandemic.

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2/ While the number of cases had been declining, the most recent seven-day average of new cases at about 67,200 people represents an increase of a little more than 2% compared to the prior seven days.

The most recent seven-day average of deaths has also increased more than 2%.

3/ “Please hear me clearly. At this level of cases with various spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard earned ground we have gained,” Walensky said during a White House COVID-19 Response team briefing.

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