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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you care about journalism staying human-led, and believe that human journalists — not AI — should be at the center of the work they produce, comment and repost to show your support. #NewsNotSlop #NoSlopInOurShop (7/7)
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We want to continue to work in a newsroom that values human labor and trusts its journalists to use the best tools for our work. Business Insider’s leadership can ensure this by agreeing to our AI standards and working with us to build a strong future for this newsroom. (6/7)
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yet, management has been unwilling to agree to these common-sense principles. Without these guardrails, there would be nothing stopping BI from creating AI-generated news, replacing journalists with AI, and forcing those that remain to use tools that don’t make their jobs easier or better. (5/7)
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Business Insider’s parent company Axel Springer, has said, “The human being is responsible for the content, style, language, and factual accuracy… What they cannot do is hand over the entire process to AI.” (4/7)
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
3/ And our company leadership’s stance isn’t so different from ours. In a recent podcast, @businessinsider.com CEO Christian Baesler said that when it comes to media, AI “has to be used by humans with clear ethical and moral judgement and ultimately, taste.” (3/7)
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1. Journalism is human-led. 2. AI can’t take our jobs. 3. Workers should be able to choose whether they use AI tools in their work. These principles are vital to a future in which our journalism continues to be accurate, trustworthy, and engaging. (2/7)
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our union is currently negotiating for sensible AI protections in our workplace. We believe in three basic principles when it comes to artificial intelligence in our newsroom: (1/7)
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The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Sign the petition and tell @propublica.org management that @propublicaguild.org deserves a fair contract with AI protections. #NewsNotSlop actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🧵Every day our members rely on access to police radio transmissions to respond quickly to shootings, fires, buildings collapses, natural disasters and other major emergencies so that they can quickly report on and share vital safety information to the public….
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The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The “Keep Police Radio Public Act” would allow journalists to maintain real-time access to radio transmissions in the state. As of Wednesday, @governor.ny.gov has not signed the act and time is running out....
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The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
With the possibility of the police ultimately controlling the messaging and speed of transmissions, it clearly presents a disservice to the public. We strongly urge @governor.ny.gov to sign this bill to protect New Yorkers and support a free press.
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 15/12/2025
2/ Stand with our members and tell media bosses you want news, not slop! #NewsNotSlop actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stand with NewsGuild-CWA journalists and demand news, not slop!
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on whic...
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 15/12/2025
Word of the year: SLOP! @merriam-webster.com "Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don't want to touch. Slop oozes into everything." We could not agree more. Keep AI slop out of our news! #NewsNotSlop www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/wor...
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2025 Word of the Year: Slop
Plus 'gerrymander', 'touch grass', 'performative', and other words that defined the year
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Huge thank you to our guest speakers and to everyone who turned out for our rally today outside @BusinessInsider, as well as our virtual rally. One thing is for certain: We won’t stop fighting to protect the integrity of our work. #NewsNotSlop!
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
And stand with all @newsguild members as they fight to protect the integrity of the journalism they produce. Sign the #NewsNotSlop petition actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stand with NewsGuild-CWA journalists and demand news, not slop!
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on whic...
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
RALLY WITH US: Today at 1 PM ET, join us outside @BusinessInsider HQ and let’s tell management we stand for people-powered journalism, not AI slop. #NewsNotSlop @newsguild
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
You can also show your support for not only us but all @newsguild members fighting to protect the integrity of the journalism they produce. Sign the #NewsNotSlop petition. (3/3) actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stand with NewsGuild-CWA journalists and demand news, not slop!
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on whic...
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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Insider Union @insiderunion.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
RALLY FOR NEWS, NOT SLOP: Join us at 1PM ET Thursday outside @BusinessInsider HQ. We will be rallying to let management know what we think of their plans to roll out AI-generated news stories. Details here … #NewsNotSlop (1/3)
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