Uri Berliner

Dad, husband, The Free Press contributor

[Uri Berliner @uberliner]

No podcaster has talked into a mic with more intellectual integrity, humor, stamina and knowledge of the world's flags than @pescami @PescaGist

[The Gist @PescaGist]

After 12 years + 2 months Mike will be stepping away from The Gist. As he explains in yesterday's episode, podcasting has become video, algorithms, and clips becoming more important than shows. These are the realities of the attention economy, but not really where he wanted to be putting his attention. But keep listening as we say goodbye and launch a new chapter.

https://t.co/QO8sfKK3Ia

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

'You'll never encounter a Venezuelan in the U.S. who supports Chávez—except in academia. The same is true of Cubans.' Great memoir of escaping authoritarianism, embracing it from a distance, and finding truth, by @iamGermania for @reason https://t.co/svqNtLyx58

[Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley]

At the University of Colorado, Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine, honored the “man who sacrificed his comfort and his proximity to empire, willingly expending his own liberty in attaining his objective." The man? Mohamed Sabry Soliman who burned to death a Jewish woman...

[John Papola @JohnPapola]

Give me a break. I worked at Viacom/CBS (now Paramount) for over a decade. Of course, it was +90% Democrats.

Everyone knows this. Everyone.

And newsrooms in particular vote Democrat to a higher degree than Berkeley, California.

And you know what? Fine. I have lots of friends with whom I disagree from my time there. It was a great place, actually.

To act as if this claim about bias is controversial, let alone inaccurate, shows that he’s either a liar, an imbecile, or so deeply incurious and tunnel-visioned that you don’t belong anywhere near any job involving information discernment.

But he’s got that familiar anchor voice, so we’re supposed to act like he’s not being a complete clown. Give me a break. You people are a mess.

[Mickey Kaus @kausmickey]

NPR being NPR:" A new study suggests that the National Guard's presence has done little to reduce violent crime in Washington, D.C., despite the steep cost.."
Eventually you learn there was a "24% reduction in opportunistic crimes, like theft or vehicle break-ins"--the sort of pervasive crime that destroys a sense of order. If you ran for mayor on that 24% reduction you'd have a solid platform.

[Mike Pesca @pescami]

The Gist Surpasses 3,000 Episodes, Cementing Its Place as America’s Longest-Running Daily News Podcast https://t.co/I5NuWHTuzI

[Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific]

When I was young, the Southern Poverty Law Center was one of the most respected organizations in the country. To see what it’s become over the past 25 years is shocking. It’s now beyond the point of redemption. https://t.co/tusKoh4xPH

[Dan Senor @dansenor]

Please watch this

[Adam Rubenstein @RubensteinAdam]

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[New York Post @nypost]

NPR didn't quote a single member of Michigan synagogue after attack - but interviewed terrorist's pals in Lebanon https://t.co/aHqfgql0Co

[The Free Press @TheFP]

While my peers turned on Israel and the Jewish people, I became an unlikely inheritor of our ancient tradition, writes Olivia Reingold. https://t.co/RGIenzTKlV

[The Free Press @TheFP]

How does a liberal college student go from volunteering for Elizabeth Warren and climate causes… to chanting “Death to America” in Iran?

That’s the question investigative reporter @FPJaySolomon set out to solve when he started looking into the disturbing story of Calla Walsh.

[Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific]

Woodward and Bernstein didn’t have this many un-named sources—

“A long time media exec”
“one producer”
“One senior reporter”
“An editor”
“A former Opinions columnist”
“A former classmate
“Another person”
“A former Free Press employee”

And many more…
https://t.co/iiTNyrwo8r

[Michael A. Arouet @MichaelAArouet]

Venezuela used to be much wealthier than Poland, which was suffering under socialism. Then Poland implemented free-market and capitalist principles and enjoyed an economic boom.

Venezuela chose socialism, which brought poverty and misery to its people.

That’s the difference.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

That changes now. The new CBS Evening News starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

TWITTER FILES: KATIE COURIC EDITION
@katiecouric says Bari Weiss is "compromising" journalism, adding, “This idea that these corporations are putting pressure on their journalists is so repugnant." https://t.co/Ud5KwQ76TM

[Matt Goodwin @GoodwinMJ]

Much of the coverage by the BBC and its allies this morning is utterly unhinged. This is not “a coup”. This is not “a right-wing plot”. This is not “Boris Johnson”. This is not “Robbie Gibb”. This is about a taxpayer-funded broadcaster which on everything from immigration to trans, British history to Israel, Donald Trump to our borders, has relentlessly pursued a systemically biased liberal progressive groupthink that represents no more than 15% of the country, and which is now being called out.

[Steven Barrett @SBarrettBar]

I don't think the progressives understand the deep anger and sense of loss over the BBC

We *had* something wonderful

And you corrupted it with your grubby little politics and you destroyed it. The public are rightly sad and rightly angry

[Bethany S. Mandel @bethanyshondark]

A fantastic piece from @EWErickson

https://t.co/zCihiSf9I2

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Once in a while I catch NPR in an Uber these days, and HOLY SHIT the cons are totally right about it. It's just pure woke politics stuff nonstop. I swear in 2019 it wasn't like that.