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The Senate condemns hate-mongering toward the press; broadcast outlets amplify editorials; Trump tweets ‘collusion’; rest in peace, Aretha
Let’s get right to it: The nationwide initiative to raise
awareness of dangers to America’s free press stretched into a second day,
with broadcast outlets, associations, unions, NGOs and the entire U.S. Senate
chipping in.
Here are a few highlights:
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The Senate unanimously condemned attacks against the Fourth
Estate and declared that "the press is not the enemy of the
people." "Efforts to systematically undermine the credibility of
the press," the Senate affirmed, are "an attack on our democratic
institutions." “When we look back at these extraordinary times, I strongly believe that our free press will be recognized
as heroes," Senator Richard Blumenthal said, "and I’m
proud to stand with them today.”
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The vote came hours after President Trump,
predictably, criticized the nationwide drive to raise
awareness and preserve the First Amendment and the free press. He accused the
participating news outlets of “collusion,” a term that has haunted him in the
Robert Mueller investigation into Russian election interference. Editorial page
editors have said they’ve frequently synchronized timing of editorials.
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Hundreds of broadcast outlets carried stories on the editorial drive, and
dozens added editorials of their own, says the Radio Television News
Directors Association.
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A count late Thursday put the number of participating news
outlets at 411, Marjorie Pritchard, the Boston Globe deputy editorial editor
who spearheaded the drive, told me.
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The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, recovering from the slaying
of five of its employees, addressed Trump's repeated scapegoating of
journalists this way: “We noted with regret the hurtful
nature of his remarks last month calling most journalists dishonest, even as
we attended funerals for five friends and colleagues killed in the June 28
attack on our newsroom."
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The News Guild, representing unionized journalists, said:
"We have believed for some time that the president's words will result
in physical attacks on journalists. ... We believe this atrocious behavior
has to be seen for what it is – reckless and endangering."
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The Virginian-Pilot newsroom got donuts and bagels from a
couple that just subscribed. In a note, the couple wrote: “By reporting one
day, each day, you’re creating a history that wouldn’t otherwise exist.”
The note ended with a hashtag: #NotTheEnemy (h/t Robyn Sidersky)
Quick hits
X MARKS THE ‘BOT’: Imagine a Twitter experience where false tweets would be surrounded with factual context
and bots were marked (I'd like a big red "X," but a red dot would
work). Anyway, that's what CEO Jack Dorsey is experimenting with,
according to Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin.
WORKING TOGETHER: Quartz approached The Texas Observer with an idea: Let’s
really explore the future of the Rio Grande Valley and the effects of climate
change. The result? A digital and print series enriched by each outlet’s strengths, says
Observer editor Forrest Wilder. “Quartz's global reach and our deep regional
expertise were a perfect match to tell a complex, multifaceted story that has
regional, state and international reach,” says Wilder, who credited Quartz
with bolstering his 10-member, investigative-focused staff with visual
and multimedia expertise. “That's not always necessary,” he adds in an
e-mail, “but the climate story begs to be told in new, engaging ways."
‘THE TRICKLE DOWN OF HATE’: What does a
student reporter do when encountering enraged people who have bought
into the whole “enemy of the people” thing? One student journalist,
yelled at, spat at, “backed away, silently, deciding there was nothing
to be done at the moment, in the face of so much anger, although she knows
that the spitting was an assault — a criminal offense,” Katherine Reed
writes. (h/t Kathy
Kiely)
IT STARTED WITH A BABY SHOWER: How this Ohio
newsroom got the community to contribute nearly $70,000 for journalism,
by Poynter’s Kristen Hare.
HIRED: Continuing its expansion, The Atlantic has hired the NYT’s
Prashant Rao as its new Global Editor, based in London. Rao, deputy Europe
business editor for the Times and a longtime Baghdad-based reporter, begins
in October and will oversee coverage of democracy, foreign policy and global
conflict with a team of reporters in London, Paris and Washington.
BETTER READERS?: The Facebook Journalism Project is partnering with an
educational/journalism nonprofit to expand a virtual secondary school
classroom to teach pupils how to assess news and other
information. The Checkology program is part of the News Literacy
Project, which has done groundbreaking work in this area.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Rest in peace, Aretha Franklin.
An in-depth study by Roy Morgan into Australian
attitudes towards privacy in the online world shows that while Australians are
concerned about how their personal data is being used (see more here), they
lack understanding of how different apps use their data.
Tax
Compliance and Enforcement
This paper reviews recent economic research in tax compliance and enforcement.
Bike
sharing fail: A mere bump in the road or larger crash ahead?
my business,10 July 2018. The infamous bike sharing business has withdrawn from the Aussie market, and now one market research company considers its rapid rise and somewhat innocuous fall, as well as the implications of it on the broader gig economy.
Divorce
legacy lingers in older age
Many older age Australians who have experienced divorce are substantially less well off financially than people who have stayed married. The study found divorced people aged between 55 and 74 years had less household disposable income and fewer assets than married couples the same age Fired on the spot: compensation for corruption inquiry sacking WRONGFUL TERMINATION: The secret recordings played at IBAC. He was sacked. Now the department says it 'doesn't make sense' that it has to pay him back. The Mandarin dug into the court files for answers. ◾ 'You ****ing destroyed all the evidence … the empire was gone, mate' Turnbull’s impending demise leaves government marooned TOM BURTON: The tumultuous political events in Canberra will almost certainly have knock-on effects for leaders of the APS. Is Peter Dutton ineligible to sit in parliament? EXPLAINER: Section 44 of the Constitution has struck down many a politician in the past year – but is it powerful enough to take down the Liberal leadership challenger? |