Walt Mossberg

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This podcast with @SriniRaghavan is much less about tech than about my career choices. That made it interesting for me to do. Thanks for having me on your show, Srini. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SriniRaghavan Thanks for having me on the podcast, @SriniRaghavan. I really enjoyed it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Especially now, resist the urge to repeat misinformation on social media. Do what @MrSilva of the News Literacy Project suggests. @NewsLitProject — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MrSilva: Misinformation and conspiracy theories relating to the president's diagnosis will be rampant. Follow @JaneLytv, @dpfunke for f… — PolitiTweet.org

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@racheld It will be a Potemkin hearing. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Gil_Brandt: 20 years ago today, Bill Belichick won his first game as Patriots coach, a 28-19 victory over Denver. He started his first… — PolitiTweet.org

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See below from someone in the county next to mine. Maryland so far is doing voting right. A blue state with a GOP governor has made mail voting easier while cutting reliance on USPS. And, to make up for a shortage of election judges, is planning huge consolidated polling places. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MrsSerra: @waltmossberg @davidaxelrod @GovAbbott I’m in PG County and we got something similar in the mail today. @GovLarryHogan did a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @larainenewman: SNL is starting it’s 45th season. In the beginning, Lorne told me it was only for 13 weeks... with a 5 year option and I… — PolitiTweet.org

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With Trump promising to send an army of his supporters to the polls to “watch” for unproven “fraud”, know your rights as a voter. Don’t succumb to voter intimidation. https://t.co/kSYorGhfww — PolitiTweet.org

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@davidaxelrod @GovAbbott This from our county’s official voter guide, mailed out a few weeks ago. This page comes *before* the page listing in-person polling places. https://t.co/Vf3WVqNiZH — PolitiTweet.org

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@davidaxelrod @GovAbbott In Montgomery County, MD (500 square miles), we will have 41 drop-off boxes. Every county in Maryland will have more than in the past. — PolitiTweet.org

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@inafried @LaurenGoode @HeyHeyESJ @Recode @pkafka @DelRey @kenli729 @madfoot @atow @KurtWagner8 @teddyschleifer @JMBooyah @mtfarnsworth @ranimolla @shiringhaffary @karaswisher Likes hugs? Loves them! — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is threatening to send tens of thousands of his followers to "watch" the polls on election day. These people are not the same as duly appointed GOP election judges. Here's what the @ACLU has to say about what is illegal intimidation at the polls. https://t.co/KxwRu5xVPs — PolitiTweet.org

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@marinaepelman Oops. Very important indeed. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BillGriffeth Then I must have a point, Bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alistairbrs Hand-washing before and after. I’m pretty certain that the scientists are now saying there’s very little chance of getting COVID from touching inanimate objects. — PolitiTweet.org

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6/ I know I’m in a dwindling minority. I am not urging a single soul who is digital-only to read a print newspaper. But I’ve been wanting to explain their advantages, at least for me, for awhile. — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ And, very important is serendipity. In leafing through a print newspaper, I’m far more likely to notice and read stories on topics I just wouldn’t have seen while reading about my usual subjects online. — PolitiTweet.org

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4/ Here are the advantages of print for me. The layout of stories on a page is generally better than on HTML. The impact of a major print headline is still bigger than a digital one. Stories are in the context of the whole publication, not scattered on social media. — PolitiTweet.org

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3/ Right now, you may be thinking: “he’s just an old former newspaper reporter”. And that’s true. But I was writing online before the Web, when my print columns also ran on @AOL. And, starting in 1996, I wrote a web-only column for the online @WSJ. I posted videos very early. — PolitiTweet.org

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2/ Also, print newspapers are expensive and must be recycled. If you keep up with digital news, as I do, some of their stories seem old. Yet, here in Maryland, we still read three: the @nytimes, the @washingtonpost and @WSJ (weekend edition). — PolitiTweet.org

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1/ Why do I still get and read print newspapers? After all, I was reading (and writing) news online before some of you were born. I still read news online many times daily. I pay for over a dozen digital publications. And I’ve stopped buying or reading print magazines. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aukia @Twitter @Hallmark Thx. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HeyHeyESJ @Recode @pkafka @DelRey @kenli729 @madfoot @atow @KurtWagner8 @teddyschleifer @JMBooyah @mtfarnsworth @inafried @LaurenGoode @ranimolla @shiringhaffary Thank you, Eric, for all you have done for @Recode and good luck on the next chapter. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HeyHeyESJ @karaswisher Congrats, Eric! You have been a great colleague and I know you will be even more successful at your next job. I want to personally thank you for all your help to me over the years. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Baseless Attacks Threaten Process in Place Since 1778” ⁦@nytimes⁩ https://t.co/S1B6XKDDnd — PolitiTweet.org

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@strategywargamr @IamSuzanneCryer @michaelrymer @RonDMoore @NewYorker @edwardjolmos How awful! He did a brilliant acting job on #BattlestarGalactica. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is an important article by ⁦@darworland⁩, a key member of the team at the ⁦@NewsLitProject⁩ fighting misinformation. I recommend it highly. https://t.co/6sz1W0I43F — PolitiTweet.org

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@IamSuzanneCryer @michaelrymer @RonDMoore Suzanne, @RonDMoore’s reboot of #BattlestarGalactica was one of the best TV shows ever - even for people that don’t like sci-fi. It’s really about the nature of humanity. And it anticipated the current concerns over artificial intelligence by years. Even the @NewYorker loved it. — PolitiTweet.org