The real Jon Brodkin

Senior IT Reporter for @ArsTechnica. Intergalactic ALF of mystery. "Probably Comcast's least favorite journalist" - The Daily Beast.

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

Truly a modern hero: @jaredmauch

[Ars Technica @arstechnica]

Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes https://t.co/DN5WvB0b58 by @JBrodkin

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

@JasonRainbow any chance you can post the entire SpaceX letter in your story?

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

Testing new headline-less news links... https://t.co/FPFUvZe8b1

[Michael Powell @powellAtlantic]

When working on 2022 article about transgender athletes & elite sports, I called GLAAD. Their officials tried to tell me who I should NOT interview and that I should not "platform" tennis great and gay pioneer Martina Navratilova because her views ran counter to their line.

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

I regret to inform readers that buying digital apes for $420,000 each did not lead to the long-term gains expected by investors https://t.co/H7k4nOvByg

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

@HalSinger I hope the publication that quoted you doesn't suffer a corresponding loss in credibility...

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@BrendanAndrews @arstechnica Only public companies have market caps. Musk converted Twitter into a private company when he bought it. Your Google search is showing you Twitter's market cap from before Musk bought Twitter because it doesn't have one now.

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

@kevinslife2 @arstechnica The second sentence says the app is "designed for Android TV devices." Sounds like you didn't read that far. It also works on Fire TV devices, as I wrote.

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

Can you really be considered a respectable journalist if you've never received a "You suck" email from Elon Musk? https://t.co/C7mdvbUinN

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

I'm unverified now but I still like to think that I may or may not be notable

[(((haroldfeld))) @haroldfeld]

As the tragic death of Kaylin Gillis shows, the sad state of telecom infrastructure in rural America means people die because they can't reach 911. https://t.co/Jc014kNjM3

This is a policy choice.

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

@RMac18 @kateconger thank you!

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

@cristosgamblor @meganphelps Thanks!

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

@haroldfeld @arstechnica this carries more weight since I know you believe in God

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

@katrosenfield she's right, looking for something is always more exhausting when the thing you're looking for doesn't exist

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

Apparently the FCC challenge process requires journalists to nag Comcast about each mistake. While it's kind of fun, I don't think that solution will fix every bit of false data ISPs submit for the map.

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

Comcast refused to fix false data on FCC map when residents in two cities filed challenges—it only did so after I contacted Comcast on the residents' behalf. The FCC told me Comcast admitting a mistake shows "the challenge process is working as designed."
https://t.co/HqV9UEmPAq

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

Interesting concept: Journalists supporting fellow journalists' right to do heavily researched, fact-based journalism. I wonder if it'll catch on.

[Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein]

Here's the full letter to NewsGuild of NY president Susan DeCarava; the effort was organized by @jwpetersNYT

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

@internetthought I'm not sure if it's jealousy but it's an odd attitude. Another industry reporter who writes like a PR person described my work in a similar way a few years ago. I get the sense they view doing investigative work as being beneath them but I don't know what they're really thinking

[The real Jon Brodkin @jbrodkin]

This is how a telecom-industry trade pub describes the basic consumer-affairs reporting I do on Comcast: "Ars Technica typically strikes a rather Nader-esque position in regard to the No. 1 ISP in the US, which the regular reader might come to believe manufactures Death Stars"