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Former blue-check person. On Substack: 'Breaking the News' fallows.substack.com Also ourtownsfoundation.org
fallows.substack.comJoined March 2009

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Musk is telling people at Tesla shareholders meeting: "Ideas are easy. Execution is hard." Gee, if anyone had applied that to a social-media company: "Being in favor of free speech is easy. Execution is hard."
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My view: AI-generated "summary answers" to searches that we're getting on Google Bing Neeva etc are—FOR NOW—significant step backward in usability They give me some digested summary. What I *want* is links to the original info sources Maybe this is a growing pain. Maybe a flaw.
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2/2 For those wondering, this was yesterday's word, as it unfolded before my bleary and startled eyes. [Not a spoiler — the Wordle world has moved on.] As mentioned, I think this is a good time for me to move on too...
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I've ended up on mailing lists for various "Job Openings for You!" operations. You could write a novel based on any day's offerings. For instance, look at what arrived this am. Really, look at it (Other ones have included: freight pilot; corporate speechwriter; IT guy; etc.)
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The incredible part: This kind of balance—access, vs acquiescence—is the Day One lesson, the 'Free Press for Dummies' starting point, for anyone in any media org anywhere. Gee, maybe people working in China have dealt with this?? To present it as a 'gotcha' is a reverse gotcha
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Did your brain fall out of your head, Yglesias? The choice is have Twitter throttled in its entirety or limit access to some tweets. Which one do you want?
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There’s a special place in hell for guys like & who use vulnerable families for political stunts. Normal, decent people don’t do this. There’s something deeply broken in these little men desperate for attention. I feel sorry for their own families.
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JUST IN: A busload of illegal immigrants have been dropped off on VP Kamala Harris’ front lawn in Washington D.C., courtesy of TX governor Greg Abbott. Many of the migrants seen were from Venezuela. The move comes as the Biden administration continues to ignore the ongoing… Show more
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2/ To close the loop here, NYT has Trump's new "vision" story at top of front page. WSJ has its story at the bottom of page A4. And, another NYT story that is not on front page but on A18. Write your own essay-question answer about framing decisions.
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I ended this piece saying I hoped CNN would reflect on town hall disaster, as guide on how not to handle Trump. fallows.substack.com/p/what-we-lear On CNN tonight, they're congratulating themselves. Meanwhile BE SURE to catch opening segment tonight. He really comes down hard
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Every person on this CNN panel — Tapper, Cornish, King, Coates, Gangel, Phillip — knows full well what their network just did. They *all* know. One of them can say it. Please.
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This is CNN's lowest moment as an organization. (And I remember the glory days of their "balanced" panels back in 2015-2016.)
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Somebody was going to be in *charge* of this (disastrous) shitshow. Trump made clear 10 seconds in that it was going to be him.
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This is a disaster. Trump was allowed to deliver a standup routine about his sexual abuse trial He defamed his victim E Jean Carroll *again* He slandered the judge, who was pretty fair at trial And he stood by his idea that stars can "fortunately" get away with pussy grabbing
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Sure.
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Tonight's town hall with former President Trump, his first appearance on CNN since the 2016 election, joins a list of other signs that he is adopting a more traditional campaign in his third White House run and comes as he faces several legal hurdles. cnn.it/42q4ML4
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If you're a CNN exec, this must make you very proud.
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President Trump: "I'll be doing CNN tonight LIVE from the great state of New Hampshire because CNN is rightfully desperate to get those fantastic Trump ratings back!" Tune in TONIGHT at 8PM ET!
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Indeed. I highly recc Prof Garrett Epps to all the mainstream outlets that have been busily pushing a "both-sides" "standoff" version of the GOP's debt-ceiling nihilism.
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If reporters are looking for an expert on the 14th amendment and the debt ceiling, you should reach out to Professor Garrett Epps of @monthly. He’s been making the case for this for 12 years. twitter.com/thehill/status…
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