Shawn Peirce Profile picture
Occasional Natl. Radio Producer, Freelance Editor, Writer, Graphic Artist, Journalist. Looking for work in or out of media.
Feb 17, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
Seeing far too much hackery desperately failing to dress itself up as "balance" in national media outlets today.

From @SavannahGuthrie's hackish garbage with VP Harris this morning, to @PoppyHarlowCNN's hackery with Jim Messina about "unity" - here's the thing…
[Brief thread] That kind of crap doesn't make you look smart.

It makes you look like a bully & a fraud - & damages the credibility of outlets like @NBCNews & @CNN.

It's not as though the interviewers can't ask good questions. Most, like Savannah & Poppy, have previously proven they can…
Dec 28, 2017 18 tweets 4 min read
An important quote from this piece, that sadly, even most journalists won't "get"… (Thread) pllqt.it/AQ3kCM Most in the media have never worked on a political campaign, & if they have, they likely haven't worked with a data tool like @NGPVAN which I did on the 2008 OFA campaign… 2/