“Would it be rude to point out to these esteemed thinkers that the fact that they were considered prestigious enough to be invited to sign this letter is proof that they are not, in fact, being silenced?” http://inthesetimes.com/article/22648/free-speech-labor-journalism-harpers-coddling-elites

“If being a billionaire best-selling author like Rowling or the dean of Columbia Journalism School like Nick Lemann is somehow indicative of being particularly at risk for “public shaming and ostracism,” I would like to humbly volunteer to trade places with them” - @hamiltonnolan

And then he makes a similar argument that I’ve been making in fora etc. namely that the biggest “silencing” of journalism is happening where journalists are no longer being paid a living wage and editorial budgets are slashed. Countless news stories we will never read bc of that.

See also this thread in Dutch by @ClariceGargard on the same subject.
https://twitter.com/claricegargard/status/1280774344990429185?s=21 https://twitter.com/claricegargard/status/1280774344990429185