“Every four years we shoot ourselves in the foot”: Should news outlets still endorse political candidates?
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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“Every four years we shoot ourselves in the foot”: Should news outlets still endorse political candidates?Interviewing 64 U.S. political journalists, we found that many of them have come to view their outlets’ political endorsements as a liability. By Gregory P. Perreault Volha Kananovich. |
What We’re Reading
The Verge / Elizabeth Lopatto
Elon Musk said to offer to buy Twitter, again, for $54.20 a share, again →
"What's ultimately strange about it is that it's the most predictable ending," says Ann Lipton, a professor of business law at Tulane University. "Of course cases settle before trial, of course cases settle before the deposition of the top guy. The only thing that's surprising is that he didn't manage to knock a dollar off the deal price."
Twitter / Corbin Bolies
Digital managing editor Kat Downs Mulder is leaving The Washington Post for Yahoo News →
Mulder is the third longtime executive to leave the Post in recent months.
The Associated Press / Garance Burke
The White House unveils an artificial intelligence ‘Bill of Rights’, but stops short of holding tech companies accountable →
“The white paper does not have power over the tech companies that develop the tools nor does it include any new legislative proposals. The white paper also did not specifically address AI-powered technologies funded through the Department of Justice, whose civil rights division separately has been examining algorithmic harms, bias and discrimination.”
The New York Times / Michael M. Grynbaum
Donald Trump is suing CNN for defamation and seeking $475 million in damages →
“The 29-page suit cites numerous times when CNN hosts and guests criticized Mr. Trump over his policies and his questioning of the 2020 presidential election result. It also laments that some guests have invoked Adolf Hitler and the history of Nazi Germany in criticizing Mr. Trump's behavior.”
Writers Guild of America, East
Pineapple Street Studios is unionizing →
Among the things staffers are asking for is consistency from management, including “guardrails against favoritism and guarantees that policies will apply to all employees equally.”
Galaxy Brain / Charlie Warzel
TikTok politics and the era of embodied memes →
“It's shocking how much less experience younger generations have with reading, and just how much better trained they are to use and interpret high-density mediums. I don't mean this as a negative — they are able to communicate so much better with these mediums.”
Courthouse News / Bill Girdner
In a First Amendment win, a Texas court opens the first on-receipt queue in the state →
“After more than a year of litigation, Austin's state court opened a review queue Monday that allows journalists to report on e-filed civil complaints as they are received.”
Reuters / Kylie Madry, Sarah Morland, Daina Beth Solomon, and Lizbeth Diaz
Mexico’s president denies spying after a new report revealed two journalists and an activist were hacked using Pegasus, a software mostly sold to law enforcement and governments →
“An analysis by digital watchdog Citizen Lab on Sunday found that phones belonging to two journalists and a human rights activist were infected with Pegasus between 2019 and 2021. Lopez Obrador won office in 2018 after an election campaign in which he pledged to put an end to the government spying on its citizens and later said he would not use Pegasus. When asked whether he knew about the purchase of Pegasus, which can be used to remotely break into phones, Lopez Obrador said: ‘It’s not true that journalists or opponents are spied on.'”
The New York Times / Katie Robertson
LaFontaine Oliver is the new CEO of New York Public Radio →
“Oliver is currently the president and chief executive of Baltimore's flagship public radio station, WYPR, which recently entered a joint operating agreement with the Baltimore Banner, a new digital news website.”
Adweek / Mark Stenberg
At Recurrent Ventures, layoffs of 52 staffers raise questions of mismanagement →
“Interviews with former and current employees describe the layoffs as blindsiding, the result of broader mismanagement from a company whose infrastructure has been overwhelmed by the sheer pace and scope of its acquisitive streak.”
Twitter Write
Twitter Write will sponsor five participants in CUNY’s Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program →
The tuition for the 100-day program is $4,000.
Axios / Sara Fischer
The D.C.-based news startup Punchbowl will expand their coverage to financial services →
To date, most of Punchbowl’s coverage has focused on covering Congress and congressional leadership. The company has hired Brendan Pedersen, a congressional reporter for American Banker, to cover all things financial services in Washington, per the memo.
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