Russ Finkelstein

Director of the forthcoming documentary Our Home Is Not Of This World. Host of the podcast The New Yorker Political Scene Scene.

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

I was interviewed by the @SFJewishFilm blog about my film Our Home Is Not Of This World https://t.co/lsUHdUGd5a

[Balqees @HornChronicles]

So @FIFAcom’s position is that a referee they selected for the World Cup can be excluded because of one host country’s racism, and FIFA bears no responsibility whatsoever.

Then why wasn’t he assigned to Canada or Mexico?

The tournament has three host countries. The obstacle is one country, not the entire World Cup. So why isn't FIFA finding a solution?

What FIFA is really saying is that when officials from the Global South are discriminated against, accommodation is impossible and exclusion is acceptable.

A World Cup that only works for holders of the right passports is not a global tournament. It’s a privilege masquerading as one.

[Maryam Jamshidi (msjamshidi.bsky.social) @MsJamshidi]

Someone needs to post the host state agreement between FIFA and the U.S. because this is absolutely insane and totally out of keeping with the ways in which host city agreements in the U.S. seem to operate (FIFA mostly calls the shots in those agreements).

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

Fucking shameful

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

Statement:

"FIFA can confirm that match official Omar Abdulkadir Artan will be unable to train and officiate at the FIFA World Cup 2026 after he was denied entry into the United States. 1/3

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@randolphkwatson Do you think 60 Minutes is a valuable institution and if so why?

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

I’m on Scott Pelley’s side but: 1. Crazy he actually talks that way 2. How did a news anchor not know who Barry Weiss was before she was CBS’ EIC? 3. He was happy when Ellison took over ?! 3. He seems unaware that most Americans are treated as poorly or worse by their employers.

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@randolphkwatson Capitalism isn't the only rubric you need to understand "real life"

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@randolphkwatson Maybe it's hard for you to comprehend that journalism is about integrity and that there are things that you simply cannot purchase

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@JHWeissmann I wouldn't count on it considering the astronomically high ticket prices

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@randolphkwatson I've worked in the "private sector" my whole career at various networks including CBS, but my point is, Pelley has been a leader at 60 Minutes for nearly 4 decades, what gives some jerkoff with no TV news experience like Bilton or Weiss the right to treat journalists that way?

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@unclebarkycom wow ok I am so sorry about that. I promise I'll try better in the future.

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@randolphkwatson I've worked in tv news and documentaries for the past 15 years what about you

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@unclebarkycom Have you ever tweeted things on your phone on a train?

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@randolphkwatson Why did he have "no right" to undermine Bilton in front of the team?

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@unclebarkycom So your theory is that I am not actually a Pelley supporter?

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

Absolutely shameful the way these guys are being treated

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

Iran’s national soccer team has arrived in Tijuana ahead of the FIFA World Cup. According to Iran’s ambassador to Mexico, the team will only be permitted to enter and leave the United States on the same day as its matches.

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@arielxpink If I am hell spawn then aren't my parents hell?

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

@WillSloanEsq I have a memory of someone asking him how he maintained such an impressive physique while hosting both the Evening News and 60 Minutes and he said he pretty much only eats lentils and yogurt

[Vincent Bevins @Vinncent]

Punished for beating the USA at war

[Russ Finkelstein @RussFinkelstein]

Why are these people so obsessed with the terroristic crimes of the only Jewish state?

[Dan Shapiro @DanielBShapiro]

The Israeli government needs to shut this down. There is no excuse for failing to do so.

[Sal Albanese (@salalbanesenyc.bsky.social) @AlbaneseNYC]

Quite an indictment of @EspaillatNY