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Jeff Jarvis

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<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Journalism</span></a> prof: emeritus at CUNY, visiting at Stony Brook, fellow at Montclair State. Author of Hot Type, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, and Magazine from Bloomsbury. Co-host of the Intelligent Machines, AI Inside, and Breaking the News podcasts.</p>

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    Schrödinger&#39;s model. Anthropic warns AI may pose &#39;existential risks to humanity&#39; in IPO filing https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/exclusive-anthropic-warns-ai-may-001709847.html

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    Critical reporting by The Guardian: The SS goes stealth. Their quiet crimes are all around us. Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/28/ice-us-immigration-new-tactics

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    Of course, they chickened out. Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business/media/trump-white-house-tv-pool-cnn.html?smid=tw-share

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    Oh, fuck no, #BrokenTimes. Here’s One Thing Joe Manchin Was Right About https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/independents-midterms-democrats.html?smid=tw-share

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    I&#39;m fed up with incomplete, credulous reporting like this. I sent the email below to the four reporters. To other journalists: please Google TESCREAL before you write the next story about these dangerous nutters in charge of the technological future. The Anonymous Math Geek Who Quit Anthropic—and Became the Face of AI Safety https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/jacob-coxon-quit-anthropic-ai-safety-3f4e877c?st=FvCbuL

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    Don&#39;t settle. Block. Paramount Weighs Some Concessions in Bid to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/business/paramount-warner-bros-settlement.html?smid=tw-share

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    Last night on CNN, I called on the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, Reuters, and other journalists to walk out of the White House press room in solidarity with CNN, MSNOW, Politico, and the First Amendment. https://youtu.be/C1gfWYf80K0?si=mmLK7M8PqqPbw-o2&amp;t=252

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    Oh, I dunno, maybe because our dying media have ADD and let them get away with any crime. They normalize fascism, so why not? Why Scandals Don’t Bring Down Politicians Anymore https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/world/scandal-shame-politics-polarization.html?smid=tw-share

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    WTF. Did you not get the memo, Jeffries? We want fighters, not conciliators. There is no working with fascists. Fascists are to be fought. Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/politics/jeffries-kushner-private-meeting.html?smid=tw-share

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    So journalists, staff, &amp; pilots were decoys, their lives unknowingly at risk. “But if I go, you go. Right?” Trump suggested to reporters. “Perhaps someday you want to change professions.” Gift link. Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat https://wapo.st/4i1OByh

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    Next time I see journos wondering how to give up their phones, I&#39;ll send them to this unbearable treacle for advice: Just go to prison. I Didn’t Realize How Addicted I Was to My Phone—Until I Went to Prison https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/phone-screen-time-prison-pg-sittenfeld-8c3b186b?st=aoLtrP

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    Shameful: The #BrokenTimes hands David Ellison op-ed space rather than challenging his bullshit pap and propaganda about journalism with the receipts he has already delivered at CBS. That would be journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/david-ellison-paramount-warner-deal.html

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    Chumps will buy this. Trump will still give away our money to his friends. There should be *no* IRS immunity. Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/politics/todd-blanche-trump-irs-fund-order.html?smid=tw-share

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    Why did the #BrokenTimes put this picture of McConnell on its homepage? It&#39;s from May, but homepage illustrations have no captions. It leaves the wrong impression. Images matter.

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    Our evil government will force 24,000 children to face judges alone. Thousands of immigrant children on verge of losing legal representation https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/30/thousands-immigrant-children-verge-losing-legal-representation/

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    The #BrokenPost is getting way ahead of itself trying to graft DSA cooties onto the Democratic Party. I haven&#39;t heard any talk of a DSA candidate for president two years hence. How long before they ask whether we&#39;ll vote for a communist?

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    This is rich (pun intended): WSJ claims class warfare by Mamdani: &quot;collectivism...class enemies, comrade....socialist cadres.&quot; Its rich readers tried to prove they didn&#39;t live in NYC to dodge taxes; now they&#39;ll insist they live there to dodge taxes.🎻 https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-pied-a-terre-tax-list-ali-najmi-ed22425b?st=bivZBR

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    This is disgusting, xenophobic, bigoted, greedy, cruel, short-sighted bullshit: harm for harm&#39;s sale. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u-s-weighs-100-000-fee-for-foreign-students-wanting-to-work-after-graduation-d0bf43d9?st=LCvuEp

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    Rand Paul is such an ass.

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    Ron Paul is such an ass. Every Republican member of this committee should be taking the Fifth when they are put on trial for their complicit role in causing the deaths of untold Americans through vaccine hesitancy and quack treatments. Their willful antiscience ignorance is deadly.

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    Oh, Lord, no way to wake up: Deutsch creepily obsessing about young people&#39;s sex lives, quoting creepy Galloway. Time for a shower.

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    Aw, #BrokenTimes is so concerned about its readers who can afford second homes worth more than $5 million. Some of them are confused. 🎻 Rollout of New York City’s Second-Home Tax Is Confusing Some Residents https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/nyregion/new-york-second-home-tax-rollout-anxiety.html?smid=tw-share

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    This is *not* what the world needs. Newsmax and Meta Enter AI Content Partnership https://ir.newsmax.com/news/news-details/2026/Newsmax-and-Meta-Enter-AI-Content-Partnership-/default.aspx

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    Politico AI scare language. A program searched the internet. Oh, no.

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    Jamelle Bouie calls Musk what he is. Gift link. Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/opinion/elon-musk-far-right-remigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.XEbZ.4PXp3Jw1lwik&amp;smid=tw-share

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    Fox is, of course, going batshit over getting an unknown DSA person&#39;s fringe opinions, and this morning Joe Scarborough joins in. Among Democrats, she&#39;s ignored.

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    The White House press corps is there, witnessing how nucking futs the commander in chief is and they won&#39;t report what is in front of their noses.

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    &quot;The sustained public hostility from Vance’s own side of the aisle is unlike that faced by other vice presidents in decades&quot; Uh, remember when they tried to hang one? Knives are out for Vance in the GOP. His allies say it’s a coordinated ‘op.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/24/knives-are-out-vance-gop-his-allies-say-its-coordinated-op/

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    The #BrokenTimes pernicious addiction to understatement: &quot;Trump might be pushing it.&quot; Voters Think All Politicians Are a Little Corrupt, but Trump Might Be Pushing It https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/magazine/corruption-voters-trump-midterms.html?smid=tw-share

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    Tesla stock down 15%, SpaceX down 50% since IPO. Karma. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/reality-bites-elon-musk-and-his-tesla-spacex-believers-1b639591?st=nPWxnr