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Joshua Benton

@jbenton

Senior writer + founder of @NiemanLab at @Harvard. I write about (a) digital journalism, (b) southern history, mostly. Cajun. Takes mine, not Harvard's.

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Ross Levinsohn trying to position himself as the great defender of the Sports Illustrated newsroom is HILARIOUS

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So, I am informed that with the remaining husk of the the once-venerable Baltimore Sun being made to lap-dance for a political ideologue willing to stuff enough cash in her garters, the nascent The Baltimore Banner has had a three-day run of new subscriptions that sets a record...

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Someone didn't like this edition of Ouray County Plaindealer. (Guess which article.) So they stole nearly every newspaper out of our racks in Ouray County. If you hoped to silence or intimidate us, you failed miserably. We'll find out who did this. And another press run is imminent.

Someone didn't like this edition of @ocplaindealer. (Guess which article.) So they stole nearly every newspaper out of our racks in Ouray County. If you hoped to silence or intimidate us, you failed miserably. We'll find out who did this. And another press run is imminent.
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The entire staff of Sports Illustrated was notified on Friday that their jobs were being eliminated.

A.J. Perez's story ⬇️

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BREAKING: The Arena Group has given notice that it intends to lay off Sports Illustrated’s entire staff, according to an email obtained by FOS.

BREAKING: The Arena Group has given notice that it intends to lay off Sports Illustrated’s entire staff, according to an email obtained by FOS.
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A few days after allegedly telling a roomful of reporters they need to do more local
stories about corruption, the Baltimore Suns rolls out two stories about the new boss’s local political donations.

A few days after allegedly telling a roomful of reporters they need to do more local stories about corruption, the Baltimore Suns rolls out two stories about the new boss’s local political donations.
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New on the LIVE NOTUS site: an *extremely* telling moment from Alex Roarty’s interview with No Labels’ Jay Nixon exploring why the group is hellbent on running a presidential candidate.

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New on the LIVE @NOTUSreports site: an *extremely* telling moment from @Alex_Roarty’s interview with No Labels’ Jay Nixon exploring why the group is hellbent on running a presidential candidate. notus.org/2024-election/…
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'Is he playing a manic character? Or has he actually become unhinged, maybe delusional?'

Kurt Andersen on the Bill Ackman spectacle: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Google News is indexing and promoting websites that immediately rip off others with AI clones of their articles. These websites are absolutely littered with Google ads. Our website, in which real humans do journalism, is not indexed by Google News

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Habba: Is Rodeo Clown replying to you?
Judge Kaplan: Do you have many more of these?
Habba: I have six more.
Judge Kaplan: I'll admit them if there is no objection. But you've taken enough time on this.
Habba: May I be heard?
Judge Kaplan: No.

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Judge Kaplan is literally teaching Evidence 101 at Kaplan Law School to a class of one that includes Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba. Brutal.

Judge Kaplan is literally teaching Evidence 101 at Kaplan Law School to a class of one that includes Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba. Brutal.
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at one point, david tried to cut me down directly, saying something like 'if you even understand reality at your age.'

to which i responded, i've worked in print journalism a lot longer than he has

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At 1:02 a.m….

Deranged Donald posts a totally unhinged rant, re-defaming & verbally attacking E. Jean Carroll all over again for about the 25th time in the last two days.

He’s upset at “Crazed” & “NUTS”! George Conway (@gtconway3 on threads.net) too.

What an utter lunatic.

At 1:02 a.m…. Deranged Donald posts a totally unhinged rant, re-defaming & verbally attacking @ejeancarroll all over again for about the 25th time in the last two days. He’s upset at “Crazed” & “NUTS”! @gtconway3d too. #Projection What an utter lunatic. #TrumpMentalHealth
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People do these elaborate takes about Trump’s authoritarian aspirations and then he just comes out and says the president should be allowed to do infinite crimes

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In light of the depressing Pitchfork news, it's worth remembering that it's one of the sites that defined web publishing. It pre-dated Google, blogs, and social media, and has thrived and evolved through almost three decades of change. Here's hoping this isn't the end.

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Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts and don’t pretend that you can govern a continent-sized, 21st century industrialized economy/polity of 300+ million people as if it were an 18th century agrarian society.

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New owner of Baltimore Sun: 'I haven't read the newspaper in 40 years' washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…

New joint w/ Laura Wagner, reporting off audio of the first meeting David D. Smith had with the Baltimore Sun staff.

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BREAKING: Unanimous Fifth Circuit panel holds Texas book-ban regime is likely unconstitutional. Judge Willett, a Trump appointee, writes for the court, partially affirming another Trump appointee's district court injunction against the law. Background: lawdork.com/p/trump-appoin…

BREAKING: Unanimous Fifth Circuit panel holds Texas book-ban regime is likely unconstitutional. Judge Willett, a Trump appointee, writes for the court, partially affirming another Trump appointee's district court injunction against the law. Background: lawdork.com/p/trump-appoin…
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As George Wallace once said: 'You can't learn about segregation now...you can't learn about segregation tomorrow...you can't learn about segregation forever!'

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