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For reference, Decoder has a staff of 2 people and I spend at least the full hour before every interview reading their research docs, which have proposed questions and the answers guests have given to similar questions in other interviews. And that is lighter prep than our peers! — PolitiTweet.org

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“I am usually unprepared” is an incredible Adult Son defense https://t.co/rL02kgAbPf https://t.co/utCtDGh8S1 — PolitiTweet.org

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@anu_raj17 Yeah this is just entirely too simplistic — PolitiTweet.org

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Dude is dressed as an NPC — PolitiTweet.org

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@anu_raj17 What scale is that - what are you measuring? Here the scale is: one show they paid $100m to distribute — PolitiTweet.org

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@anu_raj17 Somehow traditional media companies have navigated this set of challenges for decades — PolitiTweet.org

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@chd They work so well! *dies* — PolitiTweet.org

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@corny_stripes Oh sure they were. Here’s a good @loudmouthjulia comparison thread — PolitiTweet.org

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@anu_raj17 This is a little galaxy brained, no? They spend $100m for this show. All of the appropriate comparisons are to other large media networks that spend money on content. — PolitiTweet.org

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@corny_stripes It only pays $100m to exclusively distribute one! — PolitiTweet.org

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@0xTapiwa All of the smart attention is on “Spotify acting accountable for how it spends $100 million dollars” — PolitiTweet.org

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Between @plante and the Chiefs and me and the Packers, get ready for The Verge and Polygon to be real salty about the Super Bowl — PolitiTweet.org

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@anu_raj17 A precedent for what? This is their show — PolitiTweet.org

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@davidnm16 They bought the exclusive right to distribute the show for $100m. Trust me, that contract is long. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is like HBO responding to criticisms about drug use on Euphoria by saying content moderation at scale is a difficult problem — PolitiTweet.org

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Spotify is leaning directly into the comparisons to Facebook and YouTube; it lets them run the “content moderation is an impossible challenge” playbook instead of the “we bought and distribute this media property” playbook — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway Spotify is trying very hard to make itself seem like any other open social platform in response to criticism of Rogan - but there are no answers here to the criticism of the company spending $100m to exclusively distribute the show and promote it across its platform. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here are the Covid content guidelines, which are the same as @ashleyrcarman reported Friday night - but Spotify appears to have removed the rule prohibiting claiming masks will cause harm and made the overall language squishier (“but not limited to”). https://t.co/HTdLgEIVij https://t.co/FSUMT9tVsL — PolitiTweet.org

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Spotify CEO ⁦@eldsjal⁩ publishes a blog post about the Rogan controversy, including a link to now-public content guidelines. The plan is to put warning labels on Covid content, which… I don’t think the medical community is going to feel very heard https://t.co/HTdLgEIVij https://t.co/jtyz1k6VCh — PolitiTweet.org

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@ianwantstotweet Gotta take the test and wait 30 days every time — PolitiTweet.org

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@Dhmygadi @blakereid It’s not even on this planet — PolitiTweet.org

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We see you’re trying to tweet about the First Amendment! What basis did the Supreme Court find for the FCC’s authority to enforce equal-time rules on a local radio station in Red Lion Broadcasting vs FCC and does that precedent apply today? (cc @blakereid) — PolitiTweet.org

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Okay my idea is that Twitter automatically detects any attempt to tweet the words “First Amendment” and makes you take a short written exam with a 30-day waiting period for results — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @USConst_Amend_I: I protect you from the government, not from Spotify. https://t.co/vGwkJu08dv — PolitiTweet.org

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Essential reading for the podcast moderation discourse from @ashleyrcarman a year ago https://t.co/ujrU6WLvZ0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKThomp @oliverdarcy I’ll use a different analogy: you know what ruled? Cigarettes. God I loved smoking. But over time the norms around profiting from smoking changed, and now people at least know it’s bad, even if they choose to do it. All you can do is slowly change the norm! — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKThomp @oliverdarcy Oh, nothing. My prediction continues to be he leaves this noise behind because it will be trivial for him to make up the revenue with a gambling sponsorship; those companies don’t care about the optics at all. But that should not absolve Spotify of accountability for its choices. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKThomp @oliverdarcy I think here it’s fairly clear - Spotify itself is trying to muddle the distinction between its open-access podcast platform and direct accountability for Rogan, which it pays a huge sums to distribute. Why treat them any differently than Fox News? — PolitiTweet.org

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@oliverdarcy @DKThomp (Also Shop Rite didn’t pay $100m for the exclusive right to distribute Doritos as part of a gigantic noisy podcasting strategy pivot it sold to its investors) — PolitiTweet.org

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Never forget that all streaming services are built on DRM sorry but @doctorow has been patiently explaining what would happen for like 20 years now — PolitiTweet.org