#NewYorker

Jay Rosen

jayrosen_nyu

This is why Phillips and other scholars have tried to introduce a term to newsroom decision-making: amplification. The facts are out there, but be careful about which ones you amplify

Jake Tapper

jaketapper

NY state has lost more than 32,000 lives to COVID-19. So while it's great that the numbers have gone down, it's perplexing to see crowing, Cuomo going on Fallon, etc.

Historic.ly

historic_ly

Soldiers in Vietnam war had a minimum "body count" target. If they didn't kill enough "enemy soldiers", they would kill normal people and call them soldiers in their report.The "

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

Saw a friend post a link to a personal essay they had enjoyed, saw it had “Mongolia” in the title, thought idly — oh is this the one where..., opened

Aruni Kashyap

AruniKashyap

This summer, I taught a intro to cw class marked as “low cost”. I didn’t assign textbooks. I didn’t know how much it helped some students until I actually taught

The Wild Gees

thewildgees

As it's #BookShopDay let's have another book thread :) The Art of the Glimpse, a new anthology of Irish short stories collected and edited by #WildGees fav @sineadgleeson includes lesser

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

Because the American right has made itself so unappealing to the majority of young people, it has only been able to reproduce itself by creating a massive infrastructure that elevates

Emmanuel

emmanuel_2m

So last WE, I went down into the Catacombs of Paris. If you're not familiar, it's an insane anthill-like network of 200 mi. of galleries and chambers, centuries-old, 60 ft

Jenny Rae Rappaport

jennyrae

5 year old: So, all the roots under the trees connect to every tree. But if a tree is in danger, it talks to a not-in-danger tree, & the not-in-danger

Cocaine Mitch’s Pager

ColumbianMitch

I don’t have the time to point out ALL of the falsehoods and misleading statements in this dumpster fire piece, but through the first twelve paragraphs this is what I

Chandler Dean

chandlerjdean

My friend, colleague, and comedy idol @brianagler has passed away at 31 after a 3-year battle with cancer. You've certainly heard words he wrote as a @WestWingWriters speechwriter for clients

Karen Vaites

karenvaites

@AlecMacGillis has done an ASTOUNDINGLY good job of explaining why many of our schools stayed closed – in the face of MUCH evidence they could reopen.Media sensationalism. Politics. A fear-centered

Ben Railton

AmericanStudier

In light of @caleb_crain's excellent @NewYorker piece on the 1898 Wilmington coup & massacre, wanted to say a few things about that event & my favorite American novel (Charles Chesnutt's

Chairman Birb Bernanke ♡

Bonecondor

can’t stop thinking about how no one knows anything about where eels come from and how no eels have ever been bred in captivity Leave me alonehttps://bangordailynews.com/2021/03/13/business/millions-of-baby-eels-are-caught-in-maine-each-y

DonovanBarnesMusic

music_donovan

@MichelleObama give my phone number and info to my family 602-503-9328 Michael @mikeredmusic @LOWBROWBASS @Anthonyredtwon Donovan Shane Edward Smith 539-27-4301 05131993 donovansesbarns insta donovanbarnesmusic insta I was held for ransome

Amit Phansalkar

asuph

A thread about #Grief. Disclaimer: I've no formal training in psychology/psychiatry. This is my very personal take. So feel free to take whatever you want, and leave whatever you don't