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@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 4, 2022
"What does it mean to be WIRED, a publication born to celebrate technology, in an age when tech is often demonized?" https://t.co/DOJ9OPmKH5
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Welcome to the New WIRED

Welcome to the New WIRED

The future begins here—again.

@mlcalderone shared
On Jan 5, 2022
RT @froomkin: The year accountability died https://t.co/Upqqqd9T7O
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The year accountability died

The year accountability died

Despite the Republican Party's attempt to steal a presidential election, our elite media can't bring itself to say that the party has crossed the line.

@jeffjarvis shared
On Jan 5, 2022
"Smith" is "sphinx" misspelled. Ben Smith Can’t Say What His New Media Venture Is https://t.co/8jh7mGYcjo via @NewYorker
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Ben Smith Can’t Say What His New Media Venture Is

Ben Smith Can’t Say What His New Media Venture Is

The departing Times media columnist and former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News wants to push the envelope but isn’t yet ready to say just how.

@ggreenwald shared
On Jan 3, 2022
Two of the best books on the spiritual deprivations of Western neoliberalism have been written by @johannhari101: one on how it spawns addiction, the other on depression. He has a great new book on the destruction of attention spans. Fascinating excerpt: https://t.co/EBiwxNsxov
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Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen

Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen

Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can

@Poynter shared
On Jan 3, 2022
Bill Morlin was a legendary investigative reporter who, over the span of five decades, exposed neo-Nazis, city mayors and con artists to the light of public scrutiny. He died Nov. 20 at the age of 75. https://t.co/E8V1Q9SSk6
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Only death could keep this investigative reporter from exposing secrets

Only death could keep this investigative reporter from exposing secrets

Bill Morlin was a local shoe-leather reporter so well-sourced, he could get the details on any crime-related story in a matter of hours.

@dankennedy_nu shared
On Jan 3, 2022
No person is bigger than the institution, etc., etc. But it’s hard to imagine a more devastating blow to the ⁦@washingtonpost⁩. https://t.co/XB1ogghehA
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David Fahrenthold Joins The Times

David Fahrenthold Joins The Times

David is joining The Times's Washington bureau as an investigative reporter. I’m thrilled to announce that David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post will be joining The Times’s …

@brianstelter shared
On Jan 4, 2022
RT @Mediaite: 'What Is Sean Hannity Hiding': CNN's @brianstelter Asks After Jan. 6 Committee Requests Sit-Down With His Fox News Nemesis https://t.co/pqDEK6uT1r
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‘What Is Sean Hannity Hiding?’ CNN’s Brian Stelter Asks After Jan. 6 Committee Requests Sit-Down With His Fox News Nemesis

‘What Is Sean Hannity Hiding?’ CNN’s Brian Stelter Asks After Jan. 6 Committee Requests Sit-Down With His Fox News Nemesis

Brian Steleter asked what Sean Hannity is “hiding” Tuesday after he was asked to react to news that the Jan. 6 committee wants to speak with the Fox News host.

@sivavaid shared
On Jan 4, 2022
RT @BrendanNyhan: Broad terms like "civil war" confuse more than they enlighten. I'm *very* worried about democratic erosion and political violence but worry per @jkertzer that this piece vastly overstates the probability of "civil war" https://t.co/vfB8fo7AZJ. Discussion with an expert below. https://t.co/oXzMudv9Xh
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How does this end?

How does this end?

Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed.