Doug Fisher

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Journalist. Retired sr. instructor Univ. of SC. Former AP news editor, radio, TV, newspaper before that. Co-author "Principles of Convergent Journalism." Otherwise, woodworking, cooking .

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Best take I've seen so far. www.ft.com/content/1d3c...

America is staring into the abysswww.ft.com After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, an already existential election is now even more fraught

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It really is grotesque that we have to tolerate, and accept as fellow citizens, these despicable subnormal freaks who delight in evil and threaten everything that makes America great with their sick fantasies. On the other hand honestly the furries can be kind of irritating too.

Self-described “gay furry hackers” breached the Heritage Foundation in an attempt to undermine Project 2025, so of course an executive director at the right-wing think tank threatened them as “degenerate perverts” who would face God’s punishment and the FBI.

Heritage Foundation Exec Threatens ‘Gay Furry Hackers’ in Unhinged Textswww.rollingstone.com Mike Howell of Heritage Foundation went at gay furry hacking collective SiegedSec after data breach motivated by Project 2025.

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The Gospel of Matthew Trewhella: How a Militant Anti-Abortion Activist Is Influencing Republican Politics www.propublica.org/article/matt... via @propublica.bsky.social

The Gospel of Matthew Trewhella: How a Militant Anti-Abortion Activist Is Influencing Republican Politicswww.propublica.org The Wisconsin pastor was once a political pariah. But now his book is being quoted by politicians and former Trump officials. One activist is using it to disrupt elections.

Hope he gets a refund. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/n...

How a Last-Ditch Effort to Save Menendez From Prosecution Backfiredwww.nytimes.com Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Senator Robert Menendez, met with prosecutors last fall to plead his case. Days later, the senator was indicted on bribery charges.

Thinking sbout going to Universal's new Epic park opening next year in Orlando? You'll have to buy at least a three-day pass, and only one day can be at Epic, w/no park hopping. attractionsmagazine.com/universal-ep... Framed as way to manage crowds. other options might come later.

Epic Universe: No single-day tickets or park hopping at firstattractionsmagazine.com Tickets to Universal Orlando's Epic Universe will only be sold as part of multi-day passes at first, with one day allotted for the new park.

Sigh. SC being SC. apnews.com/article/sist...

Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senateapnews.com The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year.

Yep, need one of these by @ivacheung.bsky.social ivacheung.com/2024/06/rein...

Reintegration - Iva Cheungivacheung.com In case you want a close-up of just the lettering, here it is. I’m so looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues at the upcoming Editors Canada conference in Vancouver (although I’m pre-emptivel...

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Policymakers and experts say Hesai and other firms listed as Chinese military entities are rebranding and creating US-domiciled businesses to evade sanctions (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

If it's not "fact-based," it's not #journalism. www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/what...

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And you already thought #cats were insufferable. apnews.com/article/cat-...

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Unfounded scare stories about our elections from people who know very little about how it works — or assume we don’t know and will believe any nonsense — undermine our representative democracy. In many cases, that is what they are intended to do.

More about Hunterbrook Media, aka Conflict-of-Interest Inc. Hope #journalists are getting outraged by this bc it's adding to things shaping public perception about you. www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

Short-selling news startup didn’t disclose investment in anti-hangover drinkwww.semafor.com A new exposé by Hunterbrook Media, the startup newsroom whose affiliated company places stock market bets to profit from its journalism, raises questions about trust.

Journalists should read this -- and then watch the video. It's 2+ hours but well worth it. (That's why YT has the 10 sec. tap, right?) www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/this...

This journalism professor made a NYC chatbot in minutes. It actually worked.www.niemanlab.org "The step that we need to make as a society is moving from, 'This came from a machine, it must be correct,' to, if I’m talking to a friend of mine who says something crazy, 'I need to double check tha...

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"The last good day on the Internet" we called it...

Man Behind ‘Dress That Broke the Internet’ Admits Strangling Wifewww.thedailybeast.com Keir Johnston who gained fame when a dress his mother-in-law wore caused a global debate over whether it was black and blue or white and gold, has admitted strangling his wife.

A pretty insightful read by Trung Phan on the problems at Starbucks. It raises the question: If you've made your chops on being an "icon," is it even possible to keep that in a market that demands growth and when digital changes much of your original vibe? www.readtrung.com/p/starbucks-...

Starbucks' Digital Dilemnawww.readtrung.com The Starbucks rewards app is an incredible business. However, mobile orders are getting out of control and hurting the brand's "premium" vibe.

Guess Trump now has to disavow her too. apnews.com/article/jenn...

Jenna Ellis becomes latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia's electionapnews.com Attorney Jenna Ellis has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.

Important and proper to call it out. A more serious version of the tendency to say companies "offer" but unions "demand." I suspect It's also a product of the mortal journalistic fear of repeating a major word in the same sentence. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Word choice matters, especially when covering a war - Poynterwww.poynter.org Journalists are generally hunting for the most accurate and objective terms to use, but their decisions can signal all sorts of things to audiences.

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Their end game is in sight. We will have no right to own any content at all, even if it was written or recorded 100 years ago. Publishers (and not authors and not end users) will have the right to rescind access to works in any form, or to edit it post-publication, without cause or notice. / more

File under Clueless Editor Letters. For one thing, copy editors did a lot more than serve as grammar/typo police. But nice, journos, to be compared with furniture. As one of the all-time great ledes said, " He coulda been a credenza." www.cleveland.com/news/2023/10...

What is it about a typo that triggers so much indignation? Letter from the Editorwww.cleveland.com Our content works, in spite of its flaws, because it serves its purpose. It conveys information to the audience.

The Kraken has landed. FAFO apnews.com/article/sidn...

Sidney Powell pleads guilty in case over efforts to overturn Trump's Georgia loss and gets probationapnews.com Lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors over efforts to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss in Georgia.

Well, I guess we'll see if the world thinks Twitter is worth $1. (Which may also be the value left when Musk gets done with it.) fortune.com/2023/10/17/t...

X will begin charging new users $1 a yearfortune.com X owner Elon Musk has long floated the idea of charging users $1 for the platform. Now, the team is moving the idea into production.

Today's.reality check. popular.info/p/target-say...

Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.popular.info On September 26, Target announced it was closing nine stores "because theft and organized retail crime are…contributing to unsustainable business performance." Target said that before making the dec...

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Handpicked chief spokesperson at New College of Florida abruptly fired after just two months because he was not doing enough to "go toe to toe with the media" or "quote, call them out for their lies"

New communications chief at New College of Florida is out after just 2 monthswww.abcactionnews.com The New College of Florida's Vice President of Communications says he was fired after just two months on the job.

Yeah, this should go well for Rudy.

Rudy Giuliani files defamation suit against President Biden for calling him a "Russian pawn" politicaliq.com/2023/10/05/r...

Cue "Jaws" theme .... apnews.com/article/geor...

Rep. George Santos' former campaign treasurer will plead guilty to a federal felony, prosecutors sayapnews.com Prosecutors say congressman George Santos' ex-campaign treasurer will plead guilty to an unspecified felony in connection with the federal investigation of financial irregularities surrounding the ind...

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Breaking: The Marion, Kansas police chief has finally resigned more than seven weeks after unlawful newspaper raid. marionrecord.com/direct/embat...?

In Gaetz v. McCarthy, Pocan sums up the Democrats' position well: “Do we side with a sociopath or an incompetent?” said Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., a progressive leader. “I don’t know?”

This looks like a resource journalists might want to bookmark. Consolidated site for local government agency agendas across the US. agendawatch.org

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