Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@felixsalmon @sarafischer No. It’s paywalled stuff that’s not on CNN. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

“The forces that blocked inconvenient truths had also helped control the spread of nutbaggery. As the Web and social media knocked down the gatekeepers, more inconvenient truths gained currency. But so too did the nutbaggery.” — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@RichLightShed @rjcc @stevesi @JoannaStern https://t.co/p8CMnvolGA — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @rjcc: @stevesi @JoannaStern Most people on Twitter right now are taking about wrestling and peacock crashing, at least according to my… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@patricialclark @joshelman Yeah. Probably a good candidate for semi-non-fiction. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@joshelman A good fiction addition would be @KBAndersen’s Turn of the Century. It is odd there weren’t more of these but there also aren’t many coming out now, either. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@joshelman Nice list but the Lewis book is non-fiction. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@jonathanglick Cut to their disgusting slander of Seth Rich a few years ago. Is the difference because they need to move that far to keep up with the internet? Or that the Internet has shifted the entire culture and it’s not even a conscious choice, just a reflection? — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonathanglick It’s a good question and I’d love to see an actual study. I’m assuming - but don’t actually know, that Fox didn’t traffic in the worst (and very popular) excesses like Vince Foster in its early years. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnLeibovitz Ugh forgot a whole clause: It’s possible to imagine a future where cable bundle anchors like Fox and CNN and ESPN are sold on their own. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@JohnLeibovitz Yes. It’s possible to imagine a future where cable bundle anchors like Fox and CNN and ESPN. Unclear whether consumers want to pay full freight but that’s not my point: Was responding to the idea that moving away from ad-based model makes things more trustworthy. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Fox News has many millions of viewers who trust it and pay for the privilege of being misinformed by it. Liars exploit social media, conventional media and politics, and the commonality isn’t a business model: It’s an audience that embraces the lies. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CraigSilverman @NiemanLab The whataboutism in these comments is something else. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@EmilyStewartM 3 and 7 look good tho https://t.co/OhH8GwBRZp — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @WillOremus: https://t.co/VAvDwB57iq — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

That was in the first couple weeks when tech companies (and, to be fair, many of us) thought tackling covid misinformation would be straightforward and apolitical. https://t.co/LYtKKDGP9d — PolitiTweet.org

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I wonder if the people who say Netflix shows don’t make an impact ever open up TikTok, where @boburnham’s show is powering at least 3 mega memes. Including this one: https://t.co/x2YVmkk6Lm — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TimothyNoah1: I sure could use a Donald McNeil piece right now explaining why the Delta Variant is putting vaccinated people in the hos… — PolitiTweet.org

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Loving Matt’s weekly Hollywood dispatches - super-insidery but pointed and analytical in a way that traditional trades don’t/can’t deliver. Augurs well for the pub he’s building with @teddyschleifer @juliaioffe et al. — PolitiTweet.org

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@gavinpurcell But they’re not going to get the shots. So I admire your civic spirit but… — PolitiTweet.org

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We won’t mandate vaccination, which does prevent covid spread, but we will mandate masks. This isn’t sustainable. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jyarow No quarantine! — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@jyarow You can go to LA for $700 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

“I work in the take sector myself. And I’m a dad. AND I host a podcast. So I know what it’s like to act like you know what you’re talking about when you absolutely don’t.” @drewmagary https://t.co/jx2pnbsSrh — PolitiTweet.org

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@danprimack “Substack author” — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Netflix is getting into games. Netflix’s former content boss is working with a games company. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Eliot and @maureenmfarrell have done an excellent job exhuming WeWork, and spelling out the lessons learned - which we are actively ignoring - in their new book. If you follow my tweets or listen my pod this is up your alley. https://t.co/V9WFi5Y9He — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Who do we blame for the spectacular WeWork fiasco? Adam Neumann, of course. But also a long list of people who gave him $10 billion to incinerate. Some of us in the media didn’t help, either. WeWork chronicler @eliotwb and I discuss all of that here: https://t.co/hvinewKSYm — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @voxdotcom: YouTube gives its creators more than half the revenue they generate. Facebook is courting creators but doesn’t want to do th… — PolitiTweet.org

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Reed Hastings jokes about sleep as a competitor, and doesn’t joke about competing with Disney/HBO etc. But his real concern has been losing viewing hours to games and user-generated content (YouTube, TikTok etc) — PolitiTweet.org