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12 Jan, 4 tweets, 4 min read
Here are my views. People deserve accurate clear factual information. It's newsworthy that a former President continues to lie about his defeat in a national election. It's newsworthy officials (including Republicans) say publicly Trump's lie contributed to violence on 1/6 1/
It's also newsworthy that some Republicans have chosen to embrace and amplify Trump's lie, embellishing it with their own conspiracy theories. Factually @EliseStefanik @RepStefanik is one of those officials. Here's excellent context from @npr. 2/ npr.org/2022/01/12/107…
@EliseStefanik @RepStefanik @NPR And more excellent content from @ncpr. 3/ northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/451…
@EliseStefanik @RepStefanik @NPR @ncpr As a journalist I would insist that any of this reporting be corrected if someone can point to factual errors. But it's simply not compelling to me when people choose not to trust a news source because it reports facts they don't like or that make them uncomfortable. End/ #ny21

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Thread: a lot of talk these days about EVs in cold weather. So I'm going to tweet blog about a long day of work driving in the #Adirondacks #ny21 North Country on a frigid day in my #teslamodel3. First thing I'll say: having a garage helps when it's -7f. /1 Image
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Thread: The @zdhirsch @davidncpr @ncpr treatment of @EliseStefanik @RepStefanik's role trying to block the peaceful transfer of power amid the 1/6 insurrection is a must-listen. I want to highlight one part of their reporting. 1/ #ny21 northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/451…
What makes @EliseStefanik @RepStefanik's role worthy of deep reporting is that she has a long history at Harvard, at the Foreign Policy Institute and at the National Endowment for Democracy working with organizations that defend democratic and civic institutions. 2/
@EliseStefanik @RepStefanik From Hirsch's reporting: "Given her background – for Stefanik to be a leading voice discrediting the results of a presidential election and effectively trying to block or delay the peaceful transfer of power, it’s a surprising turn." #ny21 3/
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5 Jan
My small thread on the painful departure of talented @npr hosts and staff: It sucks. But everyone's expressing opinions about why this is happening. I think this pulls agency and from the people who are departing. We need more questions and reporting, not more hot takes. 1/
So here's what I hope to see in the days ahead: I hope someone outside NPR will interview all these amazing people and see if there's a pattern here. Are they leaving because they're getting ridiculously good $$ offers from someone else that @npr can't match? 2/
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Noteworthy: @EliseStefanik @RepStefanik has now gone beyond choosing not to advocate for vaccine acceptance in her #ny21 district. She is now arguing private companies should allow anti-vaxxers to use their platforms to spread and amplify false information about the vaccines. 1/
Specifically, @EliseStefanik @RepStefanik is saying it is "censorship" for twitter to block Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from repeatedly spreading lies that vaccines cause "extremely high" numbers of deaths. 2/ nytimes.com/2022/01/02/tec…
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Thread: For 20 years I covered the political & cultural life of a small region of rural America in northern NY, the #adirondacks and the #ny21 congressional district. If you had told me this story would have been possible, I wouldn't believe it. @ncpr 1/ northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/449…
I covered hurricanes, fires, wars, tragic event after tragic event. In every instance there was a palpable coming together, a tone that was broadly apolitical and a deep sense that small towns must, in the final equation, work together to survive. 2/
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