Journalist Ian Urbina accused of using his NYT email after leaving the publication to solicit musicians for songs about the ocean, which he then published for personal gain

"The allegations are troubling," said a NYT spokesperson

inputmag.com/culture/ian-ur…
Benn Jordan, in a video, says that the former NYT reporter "creat[ed] a marketing scheme that resulted in him collecting the majority of royalties for an immense collection of music that he did not write."

Jordan claims that the work of 462 artists were accumulated by the former NYT reporter in this way, leading to hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners on Spotify for Ian -- who never wrote any music.
In the contracts former NYT reporter Ian Urbina signed, he is considered a 'co-writer' of the music, and he's now listed as a co-writer of more than 2K songs

forbes.com/sites/alleneli…

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6 Dec
Hard to imagine now, but just years ago the House Intelligence Committee was seen as one of the most bipartisan in Congress.

Nunes and Schiff once had a bromance! They jointly launched an investigation into Russian meddling into 2016 election!
That all changed when Nunes, who was traveling with a cmte aide, jumped out of an Uber and disappeared one night in 2017.

The next day Nunes gave a press conference, saying a whistleblower had given evidence of Trump wiretapping

I broke the story here:

thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-va…
Nunes then rushed to the White House to brief the president.

It later came out that White House officials were the ones who gave Nunes the information. But it did stir up a lot of dust at the time around Trump's wiretapping allegations

nytimes.com/2017/03/30/us/…
Read 5 tweets
29 Nov
Former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch has written a book for kids about the right to have guns

The book is titled 'Paws Off My Cannon' and features Bongo, a gorilla who enjoys cupcakes

foxbusiness.com/politics/new-d…
Fox on Loesch's book:

"when hyenas, armed with coconut cannons, come to steal the cupcakes, Bongo has to use a cannon of his own to chase them away. Half of the town wants to ban cannons, but Bongo insists on keeping his, and his heroism saves the day"
Loesch promoted her *children's* book by saying:

"We’ve seen rioting, looting, and assault — even murder — go unchecked... coddling criminals and reducing deterrents… tears our nation apart at the seams and people live in fear"

foxbusiness.com/politics/new-d…
Read 4 tweets
9 Nov
SCOOP: The day after Columbine shootings, top NRA execs, PR experts, lobbyists scrambled on conference calls to strategize.

Over 2.5 hrs they laid out the playbook of the NRA after mass shootings for the next 20+ years.

I have the secret tapes.

npr.org/2021/11/09/104…
Columbine was the worst high school shooting of its time. 13 lay dead.

By coincidence, the NRA's annual meeting was scheduled just miles away in Denver, and just days away.

It was a full blown crisis for the NRA, and its strategists organized a call.

npr.org/2021/11/09/104…
The tapes show all the emotions the NRA officials feel as they grapple with this situation.

"Everything we do here has a downside," griped NRA official Kayne Robinson. "We are in deep s*** on this deal."

npr.org/2021/11/09/104…
Read 18 tweets
8 Nov
In Politico today, an excerpt of the NRA's behind-the-scenes efforts to negotiate Manchin-Toomey gun legislation...

before pulling out and dooming the bill to failure:
politico.com/news/magazine/…
And I joined The Reload, to talk to pro-2A individuals about why this book about the NRA should interest them:

I also wrote in the @latimes about what would happen if the NRA were to disappear:

latimes.com/opinion/story/…
Read 5 tweets
5 Nov
@Lawrence: "We're going to have Tim Mak join us..." 

@Maddow: "Oh, he has the NRA book, yeah..." 

L: "It's titled MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA..." 

M: "A, Tim Mak is a fantastic guest. B, I have not read that book yet but I am going to..."
@Lawrence @maddow Other praise for MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA

"Misfire is a searching expose of the corruption and crookedness that pushed the NRA itself into ruin. The nonstop revelations are told with gripping detail and intimate insider knowledge.”

@DavidFrum
@Lawrence @maddow @davidfrum "Misfire is among the most important works documenting this era in American history, a story of ideology and unbelievable scandal, corruption, and rot...

The definitive account of the NRA—deeply and meticulously reported, colorfully and precisely written.”

@Olivianuzzi
Read 5 tweets
4 Nov
Good morning from the set of @CNN's @NewDay!

I joined to discuss 'MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA.' -- Doing interviews all day today!
@CNN @NewDay Joining the WVON Morning Show in Chicago shortly, to talk with @rufuswilliamsjr about 'MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA'!
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