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John Schwartz
@jswatz
UT Austin journalism prof | Former NYT/WP | Also @jswatz.bsky.social | Serious goofball | Galveston BOI | jswatz@gmail.com
Mar 3, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
My sustainability class just finished a module about disinformation. I had them write me a letter assuming they were flunking and arguing that they deserve an A, using the techniques of disinformation we discussed, like cherry picking, false experts and ad hominem. HOO-boy. 1/n I encouraged them to use ad hominem, for entertainment value. The students read their letters aloud. Wackiness ensued, with much applause. (I led the applause — it was funny!) They used every tool, but they really took to ad hominem attacks. 2/n
Dec 24, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
If this decision was any dumber you’d have to water it once a week. And yes, I do have a law degree. A further reminder, if any were necessary, that in NY State, “Supreme Court” is anything but. It’s basically local judges.
Apr 23, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
If you haven’t seen the front page of today’s print edition of The New York Times, well, it’s chock-full of climate change. This story, by @LFFriedman , @SominiSengupta and @CoralMDavenport, led the paper nytimes.com/2021/04/22/cli…
Apr 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
On the home page on a very busy news day: Three great stories from Team Climate. And that's not all. nytimes.com/section/climate Image In honor of Earth Day, here's a great guide to what we know about climate change and how we know it: nytimes.com/article/climat…
Jul 13, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Reporters often hear from readers that climate change should be on the front page. At the NYT, it is. nytimes.com/2020/07/12/cli… Image Reporters often hear from readers that climate change should be on the front page. At the NYT, it is. nytimes.com/2020/07/15/cli… Image
Mar 20, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Coronavirus harms kids: of 2,143 cases of children under 18, 125 children — nearly 6 percent— developed very serious illness, and one 14-year-old boy with confirmed coronavirus infection died. nytimes.com/2020/03/17/hea… The point I'm making in tweeting about this excellent story about a single study is that there are a lot of people out there still saying young people can't get coronavirus. They can, and the results can be devastating. Please read the story.
Aug 3, 2019 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
Reporters often hear from readers that climate change should be on the front page. At the NYT, it is. nytimes.com/2019/08/02/cli… Here's the link to the great @henryfountain story on Greenland, the heat wave and the melting ice sheet from the same front page — enormous photo on the front, with the story beginning inside. nytimes.com/2019/08/02/cli…
Apr 17, 2018 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Harry Anderson has died. I first met him through our mutual friend Turk Pipkin, and we became friendly during my coverage of post-Katrina New Orleans, where he owned a bar, Oswald's, and tried to help the city recover. variety.com/2018/tv/news/h… Oswald's was where I'd hang out after knocking off from my day's reporting. Harry had made his club a hangout for magicians. He performed there, astonishing tricks and feats of mental agility. After hours, he was good company. I did not always walk steadily back to my hotel.