Daniel King

Standards editor and copy chief at Mother Jones, the Center for Investigative Reporting. Past: @villagevoice @gizmodomedia @sfchronicle. Views mine.

[Daniel King @danielkingtime]

My interview with @sonnyrollins in today's New Yorker: “The main thing is do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Sure, everybody knows it, but nobody lives by it.” https://t.co/sXD9bbIHMp

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

In an exclusive interview, Lisa Jo Chamberlin, the only woman on death row in Mississippi, describes targeted retaliation by prison officers after speaking with the press earlier this year.

“This is the worst treatment I have seen by far” of anyone on death row. https://t.co/ghAnBTY1Wt

[Daniel King @danielkingtime]

@davidfolkenflik @BenMullin https://t.co/nfuHqFaWaZ

[Daniel King @danielkingtime]

@hdebusk Heather, I'm an editor at Mother Jones magazine and the Center for Investigative Reporting. A research question I'd appreciate your help with. Would you email me so I can introduce? Thanks. [email protected]

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

“Antisemitism” or “Anti-Semitism”? Daniel King, standards editor of Mother Jones, explains why he changed, while noting that people read too much into word construction. Words are conventions, arise from many sources, and get grandfathered in (as with the verb "grandfather" itself). "Finding hatred in a grammatical device, one widely used by millions of people without a trace of malice or misunderstanding, is an analysis that overstuffs syntax with political imperative." https://t.co/GHeOGF1nCK

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

“Antisemitism” vs. “anti-Semitism”: the style debate is settled, but the hate and harm are rising

Beyond the tweaks in terminology is a familiar picture: Hatred of Jews is ascendant.https://t.co/dUMGBV426V

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

A consequential implication of the difference between logical and linguistic meaning: Does “and” (the English word, used in context) always mean “and” (the logical connective)? Not always, the Supreme Court rules. https://t.co/WVQjWNEOMh via @MotherJones

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Does “and” really mean “and”? Not always, the Supreme Court rules. https://t.co/Ej8Dma67NK

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Is one man's terrorist really another man's freedom fighter? (Do "freedom fighters" rape women & murder babies?) BBC, Reuters, other newsrooms tell reporters: Don't say "terrorism." Daniel King, copyeditor of @MotherJones, argues otherwise: "Terrorist" = "political violence ... aimed at sending a symbolic and material message of dread to civilians." https://t.co/ShOiXvNFlU via @MotherJones

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Grammar, logic, & the interpretation of language in context matter, affecting the freedom of thousands: Does “And” Mean “And”? Or “Or”? The Supreme Court Will Decide. – @MotherJones https://t.co/TiNlfIyAVR

[Mark Follman @markfollman]

It's incredible that some major newsrooms rejected calling Hamas "terrorists" after the Oct. 7 massacres in Israel. Yet the battle over such language goes way back. Do not miss this great reporting and insightful analysis on the issue from @danielkingtime https://t.co/fQ5bJN30DL

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

Always read Daniel King, the @MotherJones copy guru, when it comes to the politics of language.

https://t.co/7VxMGviqnP

Some major newsrooms tell reporters: Don't say "terrorism"

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

"Banning 'terrorist' is short-sighted—and mandating it is misplaced. But ducking the word costs credibility and leaves readers wondering: At what altar of neutrality are editors prepared to sacrifice the very standards they’re entrusted to uphold?" https://t.co/qWw16Jul3E

[UChicago Law School @UChicagoLaw]

As the US Supreme Court heard oral argumentsin Pulsifer v. United States, @MotherJones covers how the Court will decide what an "and" means in Congress's First Step Act. https://t.co/HXAgMxeT06

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

What does "and" really mean? The Supreme Court will get to decide. And this could affect thousands of criminal defendants. Read Daniel King's explanation of this bizarre case.
https://t.co/Xs5YFwuchF

[Megan Paolone @meganpaolone]

a staff copyediting job! and you get to work with @danielkingtime, who is the best!

[Laura Wides-Muñoz @lwmunoz]

Thrilled for this next class. Strap in for the ride of a lifetime —at a moment when this industry needs you more than ever.

[Daniel King @danielkingtime]

More here in my interview with FIDE President and former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich: https://t.co/v11xSMeihU

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

“It would also shake the foundation of collective defense in the region. As Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks told me this week, “We are afraid not of Russian tanks, but of Western weakness.”

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Stop hiding behind "escalation" like it's a moral get out of jail free card. Mass executions of civilians, war crimes directed to industrial scale, there is your escalation.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

If you’re so afraid of what a dictator might do if he loses that you’re letting him win, it’s time to reevaluate both your strategy and your character.