my latest — caving in to GOP mob; pressrun.media/p/incoming-was…
“The firing of Wilder is not only troubling for the AP, it’s also a problem for the Post, as it prepares for Buzbee’s arrival.”
“The last thing the paper wanted during this key transition period was to be grappling with doubts about Buzbee’s leadership. But after watching the Winter debacle unfold last week at the AP, it’s impossible to not question the editor’s newsroom guidance.”
“Post reporters must be wondering how many of them will soon be thrown under the bus by management if GOP activists target them with bogus claims of “bias.””

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24 May
what an inauspicious start for new Post editor; pressrun.media/p/incoming-was…
“Whether Buzbee directly ordered Wilder’s firing is unclear. But Buzbee is among the highest ranking executives at the news operation and everyone there must have known terminating Wilder would generate lots of news. “
“More significantly, Buzbee has remained silent as the controversy has escalated and the AP has been widely denounced within journalism circles for giving in to disingenuous, right-wing trolls who aren’t seeking fairness, but instead want media scalps as trophies”
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23 May
who cares, part infinity; nytimes.com/2021/05/21/opi…
NYT obsession w/ Trump Voters knows no bounds
wtf is the point of this???

“He was a drug addict who was a criminal who resisted arrest and put himself in a position where what happened to him happened. If he didn’t resist arrest, it wouldn’t have happened.”
Read 4 tweets
21 May
this is some craven bullshit from @AP

completely indefensible to fire a reporter **based in AZ bureau** bc right-wing trolls don’t like her pro-Palestine college tweets

p.s. she’s Jewish
way a complete disgrace;
yes @SallyBuzbee needs to explain this before she leaves AP to become WashPost editor
Read 4 tweets
20 May
Jewish reporter canceled by conservatives bc she supports justice for Palestine
not a great look for @AP
I’m sure @bariweiss will write 3,000 words on this injustice.....
Read 4 tweets
18 May
my latest — The doom-and-gloom hot takes are everywhere;pressrun.media/p/crisis-chaos…
"Journalists overreach while trying to construct the new narrative. In an effort to paint a dire picture of mounting “crises,” several pointed to the *already-fixed* Colonial Pipeline shutdown from last week as proof Biden is staring into the abyss and facing “new” calamities"
“With border crossings now falling, the political press has lost interest in the former Biden “crisis.” Apparently, the pandemic and the migrant surge weren’t real crises because the administration helped deal with them efficiently.”
Read 4 tweets
18 May
when covering the workforce and labor shortage, it would help if the media talked to workers; pressrun.media/p/stop-shaming…
stop reporting business news through eyes of Chamber of Commerce
“The vast majority of the news coverage simply accepts as fact that government benefits might be keeping people from returning back to work. Even though that same coverage rarely includes a single piece of empirical evidence to back up the claim.”
Read 5 tweets

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