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Santiago lyon

@slyon66.bsky.social
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Formerly fighting mis/disinformation with the Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe. Before that, award-winning photojournalist and media executive at Reuters & AP. Opinions are my own.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 07/11/2025
The first trailer for 'The Stringer,' a documentary coming to Netflix Nov. 28, shows a hunt for the truth about who took the famed Vietnam War photograph "Napalm Girl" — a story told in Rolling Stone in August. Watch ↓
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'The Stringer' Trailer Shows a Hunt for the Truth About a Famous Vietnam War Photograph
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Our Genocide New report from Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem & Physicians for Human Rights Israel detailing the ongoing genocide in Gaza vimeo.com/1104884095
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OUR GENOCIDE
OUR GENOCIDE  B’Tselem, July 2025  Since October 2023, Israel has fundamentally changed its policy toward the Palestinians. For more than 21 months,…
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Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Finally! “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, on Monday www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands
Federal officials said they would freeze the money after Harvard said it would not submit to requests to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Understand that this El Salvador gulag deportation was done partly in order to make the fascist video that the president now transmits, with his fascist message. The cameras are all set up in advance.
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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I'm not a lawyer, but I would strongly recommend that blue state AGs and legislatures start today figuring out how to make treason and intentionally violating judicial orders state level crimes, with appropriately harsh punishments.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard. Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Wise and chilling words from the excellent @mashagessen.bsky.social Trump just handed Putin a knife with which to carve up the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Opinion | Putin Is Ready to Carve Up the World. Trump Just Handed Him the Knife. (Gift Article)
The talks about Ukraine were never just about Ukraine.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
AP sues Trump White House, alleging ban on its journalists at major events amounts to unconstitutional retaliation by the federal government for free speech. White House spox: AP's leaders have "rotted... peanut-sized brains" My updated story for NPR: www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
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AP sues Trump White House for denying access over 'Gulf of Mexico' row
The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A record 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, the most in any year since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began keeping records in 1992. pressgazette.co.uk/news/cpj-jou...
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A record 124 journalists were killed in 2024, mostly by Israeli military
A record 124 journalists were killed in 2024, the most in any year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began keeping records.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Brownshirt Musk lies again wapo.st/40W1ZK4
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Analysis | Musk accused Reuters of ‘social deception.’ The deception was his.
Trump’s DOGE chief sees government corruption everywhere but in the mirror.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Organizing the ethnic cleansing. How quickly some forget history. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Netanyahu says Israel working closely with US on Trump’s plan for Gaza
Israeli PM and US secretary of state express joint support for ‘bold vision’ that would force 2 million people to leave
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/02/2025
This is incredible reporting and an important read. WIRED has been absolutely running circles around NYT and WaPo. I bought a subscription. They're going to need our support when Musk and Thiel try to sue them out of existence Gawker-style.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The excellent Masha Gessen writes on Trump and totalitarianism in today’s NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey (Gift Article)
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
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Hafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The revisionist history from Washington and tel Aviv would have you believe Bashar al Assad fell because of Israel’s war in Gaza, against Hezballah etc etc It wasn’t. Bashar fell because of the hope & commitment of the Syrian people, the unwavering belief of civil society, and Heroes like this man.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Former USAID Director Samantha Power writes about the damage caused by the incoming thugs. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere (Gift Article)
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/02/2025
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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RobertReid @redneckhack.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u... via @NYTimes
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Shameful and murderous www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Please kill me
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The provocative Sundance documentary “The Stringer” alleges that the iconic Vietnam War “Napalm Girl” photo has been attributed to the wrong photographer for the last 52 years.
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The Explosive Secret Behind the Most Famous Photo in History
The provocative Sundance documentary “The Stringer” alleges that the iconic Vietnam War “Napalm Girl” photo has been attributed to the wrong photographer for the last 52 years.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 01/02/2025
Jaw-dropping photo of the Philly plane crash by Ryan Tian, 23, of Delaware County, for @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Photo of long row of joined houses with an enormous fireball above it.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Mark Zuckerberg Has No Spine. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...
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Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit
President Trump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully censored by them. Meta also reported revenue and profit growth for the fourth quarter.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
My network fired Jim Acosta to curry favor with Trump. The best thing I can do right now for the country is keep drawing my multi-million dollar anchor salary while going easy on Trump. by Jake Tapper
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Interview with photographer Gary Knight and Director Bao Nguyen who were behind the documentary “The Stringer” about the authorship of the famous “Napalm Girl” photo from Vietnam. povmagazine.com/the-stringer...
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The Stringer Reframes a Photo that Shaped History - POV Magazine
An interview with The Stringer director Bao Nguyen and participant Gary Knight about the investigation of the famous "Napalm Girl" photo.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This B’Tselem report on Israeli treatment of Palestinian detainees is horrific. Just like US conduct in Guantanamo and despotic regimes around the world. www.btselem.org/publications...
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christogrozev.bsky.social @christogrozev.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Trut has no expiration date. The Stringer himself.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Trump suggests ethnically cleansing Gaza of Palestinians. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump’s Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan
US president has suggested Palestinians should leave Gaza for neighbouring countries to ‘just clean out’ whole strip
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A standing ovation from the audience at last night’s world premiere of “The Stringer” at the Sundance festival. The film questions the authorship of the famous “Napalm Girl” photo from Vietnam. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Controversial doc ‘The Stringer’ investigates famous Vietnam War photo
“The Stringer” at Sundance alleges the famed Vietnam War photo “The Terror of War,” or “Napalm Girl,” was not taken by Nick Ut. The AP and Ut deny the claims.
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Sharon Waxman @sharonwaxman.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
WaxWord at #Sundance: ‘I Took the Photo’: Stunning Sundance Doc Challenges Authorship of Famous Napalm Girl War Photo www.thewrap.com/sundance-doc...
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‘I Took the Photo’: Stunning Sundance Doc Challenges Authorship of Famous Napalm Girl War Photo
‘I Took the Photo’: Stunning Sundance Doc Challenges Authorship of Famous Napalm Girl War Photo, attributed to Nick Ut for 5 decades
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christogrozev.bsky.social @christogrozev.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Saw the world premiere of The Stringer - a beautiful and disturbing film investigating - and proving beyond reasonable doubt using #OSINT - that the iconic Napalm Girl photo was not taken by AP's Pulitzer winning photographer Nick Ut, but by a Vietnamese stringer (2nd from right)
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A violent misogynist drunk running the Pentagon. What could possibly go wrong? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump’s controversial Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth confirmed by Senate
Vice-president casts tie-breaking vote for Fox News host despite allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The U.S. Army has indicated that it plans to eliminate the Pentagon office established 18 months ago ago to protect civilians in war zones. Green light to kill civilians. Disgusting. (Gift article). www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
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U.S. Army Plans to Eliminate Office for Reducing Civilian Harm in War (Gift Article)
A memo from Monday outlines the service’s desire for Congress to close the Pentagon’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Unrest at the @washingtonpost.com as ~400 staffers write to Bezos asking for a meeting (free article) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/b...
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Washington Post Employees Plead With Jeff Bezos to Meet (Gift Article)
In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Proportional representation in the US? I like the idea but could it ever happen? (You can read the article for free without a subscription) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem (Gift Article)
Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Estimated Gaza Toll May Have Missed 25,000 Deaths, Study Says. Analysis found that more than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war. You can read this article for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/h...
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Death Toll in Gaza Likely 40 Percent Higher Than Reported, Researchers Say (Gift Article)
Analysis found that more than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
LMAO, the MAGAS are fighting amongst themselves. Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’. Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I love @theonion.com. Also, it could happen.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks 40% higher than official number, Lancet study finds. Analysis estimates death toll by end of June 2024 was 64,260, with 59% being women, children and people over 65 Stop the killing now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Gaza death toll 40% higher than official number, Lancet study finds
Analysis estimates death toll by end of June was 64,260, with 59% being women, children and people over 65
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
NewsGuard rates news sites’ credibility. The right wants it stopped. NewsGuard, which prizes its nonpartisan criteria, has become a prime target of the GOP’s battle against disinformation watchdogs. wapo.st/3Pv9TF8
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This company rates news sites’ credibility. The right wants it stopped.
NewsGuard, which prizes its nonpartisan criteria, has become a prime target of the GOP’s battle against disinformation watchdogs.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Honored to have participated in this amazing documentary film project. “The Stringer” premiers at Sundance Jan 25 and is the story of a two-year investigation uncovering a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. festival.sundance.org/program/film...
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Program Guide | 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Discover the 2025 film lineup and our eclectic program of events, conversations, and live entertainment to round out your Festival experience.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Makes me question what the heck I am doing on Meta platforms. Zuckerberg grovels and does a 180 in the face of MAGA madness. All presumably in the interest of his Holy $. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
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Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term (Gift Article)
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his conservative allies.
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says… www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs autonomously, known as AI agents, could transform business output
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J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends. By @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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Santiago lyon @slyon66.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Washington Post kills cartoon showing Bezos and others donating to Trump. Opinion editor claims it was to avoid repeating the theme. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...
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Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed (Gift Article)
The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 02/01/2025
I wrote about Gannett’s plan to kill off one of the last pieces of American legacy media to resist financialization: The Associated Press. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
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Wall Street declares war on the Associated Press
Gannett and Reuters come for one of the final corners for legacy media that had resisted the financialization of journalism.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Elon Musk is supporting far-right white nationalist governments all over the world. But it’s not clear what his political beliefs are.
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