Paraphrasing Trump into coherence is one of the most enduring mistakes that the press makes. Just transcribe his literal words on, say, abortion, so people can be like, Wut?

We (collectively) are so cooked

The inaccurate claim that Trump said abortion 'should be left to the states' is everywhere in mainstream coverage.

The big question of today, as texted to me by my wife just now

Twitter is good for very little these days, but checking to see if that really was an earthquake in New York just now is still one of them

Feels great to see this story I broke last week getting nat'l attention; would feel even better if these large outlets threw a hyperlink my way. Thanks to Hell Gate *subscribe today!* for taking my pitch and recognizing an interesting story way before dozens of other outlets did.

My God, this story.

I love this story from ⁦Shawn Wen⁩ about how being a ⁦⁦NYT Wirecutter⁩ “top pick” isn’t always a blessing for a business.

The Cautionary Tale of Wirecutter and the Internet’s Favorite Wok bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The endlessly revealing sidecar effort to create a thinking man’s election denial/big lie

Healthy political movement, healthy website.

This Baltimore slander I’m seeing while people still being fished out the water ain’t gonna work for me. What tf is wrong with you people?!?!

Endless respect for the reporters doing the work on this right now, given what inevitably comes with it.

One of the greatest things about what can be a depressing beat is the other reporters on it—truly some of the sweetest people on the planet.
Chris published a banger story today on the white supremacist city council member in Enid, OK. You should read it. huffpost.com/entry/oklahoma…

The harassment against not only Sweet Baby folks, but also anyone trying to explain how consultancy works generally, or how they particularly have worked with SB, or otherwise reporting on what’s going on speaks for itself. We know this playbook, this opportunism, this ignorance.

Derrick Henry + Keaton Mitchell is the thunderest + lightneingest thunder and lightning pairing one could conceive of

four years ago, it was so transparently obvious that the people who took over deadspin didn't know what they were doing and today we have absolute confirmation. if the world were fair, they'd never get to run another media property again but ... slate.com/podcasts/hang-…

Al Pacino in his 80s is the single most From New York person who has ever been from New York

New: Employers and HR vendors are using AI chatbots to interview and screen job applicants. We found that OpenAI's GPT discriminates against names based on race and gender when ranking resumes. W/ Davey Alba and Leonardo gift link:
bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Hochul getting deserved blame for this, but people in media need to take responsibility for the way crime has been covered over the last few years as well. Folks are being materially inconvenienced and harassed as a result.