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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@KimZetter I mean I agree with you; I think it's his approach that helps create that impression, whether listeners are aware of it or not. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

And that's what seems to be missing, at least from the perspective of this journalist, from Rogan's process. But hey, do your own research. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Your job as the reporter is not necessarily to *believe* what your source is telling you, but to toss it into the big bucket of other facts you're holding up to the light and see if it is consistent with everything else. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Sometimes this can lead you astray, as sources of authority may have their own reasons for talking to you. But other times, sources of authority — like academic experts — are useful because they have already done the research. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Some of those facts might conflict, which is why a big part of the process involves evaluating your sources — also a critical tenet of good journalism, and a difficult thing to do, which is why so many reporters rely on heuristics like interviewing *sources of authority* — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

A good explanatory journalist takes various facts and pieces of research and holds them against the light in different combinations and provides context that allows the reader to understand something new about the big picture. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The basic formula is, "So I had this question that was bugging me, so I asked this smart person to tell me about it, and here's what they said." This is basically the core of good explanatory journalism. The issue is what Rogan does with what people tell him. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

There is no particular reason why mainstream journalism cannot replicate this. In fact, some of the best journalists I know already work in this tradition. When I got my start at @TheAtlantic, this was the most important lesson I learned from @DKThomp and @alexismadrigal. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Rogan exudes authenticity because he starts from a position of curiosity. It works because he brings the audience with him on his journey of discovery. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

It's not that complicated. Rogan's appeal, particularly in the age of "do your own research!!1!11!" is that his process and motives come across as transparent to the audience. He shows his work, even if he is extremely credulous about the results. https://t.co/6y4oUZJ0no — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Do any epistemologists listen to Joe Rogan? What I would really love to read is an expert on How We Know Things unpacking Rogan’s approach to knowing things. https://t.co/Fko3EM5qo9 https://t.co/rSgHGdIhqp — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @Jake_Randall_YT: A huge thank you to @b_fung and CNN for his incredible article on the restock community. So many great accounts are hi… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Looking for something uplifting to read this Sunday morning? Try this feature, about a small but dedicated group of mostly volunteers helping people find Covid tests, Xboxes and children's gifts amid the supply chain crisis. https://t.co/7ltxLZqpnD — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @brianstelter: According to a new post on Joni Mitchell's website, she is removing her music from Spotify: "I stand in solidarity with N… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This is wild. The nation is still wrestling with lies about the 2020 election going into the midterms, and Twitter quietly stopped enforcing against those lies *nearly a year ago.* Incredible revelation from @ddale8 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

I don’t normally do this but ~tip @techmeme~ on a story many readers have described today as the most in-depth and comprehensive account of the 5G breakdown to date https://t.co/PYu7vJsnNX — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@susie_cream Sure. Here's a guide I wrote to the FCC's original 2015 net neutrality rules: https://t.co/MmqSsyZt2x When the FCC repealed its rules: https://t.co/Tfh8svhRpu And when California passed its own version: https://t.co/8FfcShs8Jm Hope that helps! — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This is a closely watched case, because California's law is considered the toughest in the nation and a bellwether for other states after the FCC voted in 2017 to roll back federal net neutrality rules. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Big decision from the Ninth Circuit allowing California's net neutrality law to be enforced for now: https://t.co/f2P5q9SiQY The three-judge panel finds that the FCC gave up the ability to preempt state laws on net neutrality when it disclaimed authority over broadband. https://t.co/TQ0by0CQl6 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The FAA announces more progress with telcos "that will enable more aircraft to safely use key airports while also enabling more towers to deploy 5G" https://t.co/yKycfLZenv https://t.co/pRXdVVt4Gg — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Ooh, this was a big question of mine (what is the FCC certification process's role in radar altimeter oversight) during my reporting that didn't get a satisfying resolution within the timeframe we had. Good to know. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @JohnLeibovitz: @b_fung @petemuntean @gregorywallace 4/ Another factor: while we think of FAA as the party in interest the actual licens… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

For this reason, we omitted the Kudlow angle from this story. It's just not germane to the overall fact pattern that there was miscommunication between agencies and that the FAA's views were not adequately reflected in the FCC docket. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Now, while it is very plausible that Kudlow may have been involved in some way, we have not been able to find (yet) a smoking gun that definitively proves he intervened. If anyone has any credible information on that, please LET ME KNOW. We also have FOIA requests out on this. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Adam Candeub, the head of NTIA when the FAA letter was sent, denied to CNN that he had ever spoken to Kudlow or that Kudlow even knows who he is, and added that NTIA was not deliberately silencing anybody. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This line has basically convinced much of Washington that Kudlow personally intervened to suppress the views of aviation in the 5G matter. The *theory* is that had radar altimeter interference been a bigger issue, it would have depressed the auction price for C-Band spectrum. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Oh, one more point that did NOT make it into the story, for reasons I'll explain: There is a very strange sub-layer to this story that involves the Trump White House's Larry Kudlow going around crowing that "we fought the FAA and won." https://t.co/u5OJ5KCjRP — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Things appear to be back on track now, thanks in part to the direct talks between aviation authorities and telecom companies. But the whole episode could have been avoided had there been more, well.... federal communications. The end. https://t.co/PYu7vJsnNX — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Which gets us back to the problem of two really important regulatory agencies talking past each other on US airwaves policy, something that has increasingly occurred across the government as the demand for wireless services has grown. https://t.co/PYu7vJsnNX — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Because the FAA perspective was never a part of the record, the FCC could not act upon those views. But some critics say that just because the FCC gets to rule on spectrum issues does not make it the final arbiter on 5G. The FAA is still the expert agency on flight safety. — PolitiTweet.org