Reporting isn’t espionage — but throughout history, journalists have been accused of being spies

Friday, April 7, 2023 Twitter appears highly bothered by Substack’s existenceNPR says it won’t tweet from @NPR until Twitter removes false “state-affiliated” label What We’re ReadingWashington Post / Isaac Stanley-BeckerMeta won’t say if politicians can post AI-made fakes without warnings →“The question of politicians posting AI-generated images is no longer entirely theoretical. Last month, Trump posted an AI-generated image of him praying on his social networking site, Truth Social.”BBC NewsBreaking the news of the Good Friday Agreement →“Stephen Grimason was the BBC’s political editor at the time of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. He was one of the first reporters at Stormont to receive the document and break the news of the deal.”NPR / Jason FullerAmerica’s largest newspaper company is creating news deserts →Nieman Lab’s Josh Benton speaks on All Things Considered.Axios / Dan PrimackSubstack gets writers to invest, but doesn’t share new financial info →“Substack was required to disclose financials for 2020 and 2021 only, which it did yesterday ($12m of 2021 gross revenue, $22m net loss and $55m of cash on hand). It could have added all or part of 2022 financials to the mix, but chose not to.”The Globe and Mail / Xiao XuPostmedia, one of Canada’s largest media companies, is closing newsrooms and telling journalists to work from home permanently →“It’s been three years since we vacated the newsrooms to work primarily from home. Initial concerns about the sudden shift quickly gave way to a pleasant realization that all of you have the tools and talent to thrive away from the office.”POLITICO / MICHAEL SCHAFFER“Bring back CNN’s Crossfire!” →“As far as real-time engagement between folks with contrasting worldviews, it’s slim pickings. Today’s conflict-free opinion landscape is instead dominated by programming featuring like-minded people ginning one another up to even more rage.”

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