david e. thigpen

Academic, journalist, culture critic and public policy thinker. My views are my own. 'We build our temples for tomorrow' -- Langston Hughes.

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@DLB_BayArea I felt and heard it too, in Piedmont. My dog really didn’t like it.

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@anitawrites @UTJSchool I’m looking forward to us keeping in touch!

[David Barstow @DavidBarstow]

“This is a story about the importance of having a diverse newsroom,” she said.

Much well-earned wisdom here from @giselilla, @KathrynHurd
and @ellieelightfoot -- three incredibly talented investigative reporters.

https://t.co/dvYeNt1Wjv

[Gisela Pérez de Acha @giselilla]

The team at @UCBerkeleyIRP interviewed Steven Carrillo, the active duty airman who is accused of murdering two officers of the law, and got exclusive documents of the Boogaloo militia he was part of.

This is his story https://t.co/1qZrsMW7Mq via @propublica & @frontlinepbs

[cjfarley @cjfarley]

It was interesting to see how many of the Republican speakers at today’s impeachment crazily and unfairly attacked Black Lives Matter in their speeches. We knew this, of course, but Trumpism was never about economics or foreign policy or anything else. Trumpism=Racism.

[Alexander Nazaryan @alexnazaryan]

This is the kind of thing you’d see in late-stage Soviet Union, when nobody really believed it, including the people who wrote it.

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@nils_gilman Yes, in fact they’re seen as worse than covid, russians, proud boys and authoritarianism all put together

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@vanessamason @Vanessamason ; yes! and the week before that it was Sharpie!

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

Wake me when Kacey Musgraves comes on

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@dunagan23 Jake;
Cal Rep Barbara Lee is trying to get wheels turning on reconciliation. Check this out: https://t.co/nXKoPNHELV

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@dunagan23 Jake; you mean besides Bryan Stevenson?

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@nils_gilman I’d like to ask the one who went to Princeton about the shop he runs: “Really? Are you serious?”

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@swmrs This is a very courageous thread. How many of us can admit we have a lot to learn? Bravo. I am always learning, too.

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

Is he trying to boost his polling numbers or help the American people?

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

Wow. He’s extravagantly ignorant about pretty much everything.

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@piedmontexedra We felt a pretty strong jolt

[david e. thigpen @dthig55]

@nils_gilman Imagine if journalists routinely blocked lies from entering the public discourse. Watch Al Jazeera journalist Medhi Hassan’s 2019 interview with Erik Prince to see how it can be done.

[Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @CamHostinar]

Advice from @dthig55 for effective #scicomm: 1) Distill information to what is vital, be concise, less is more; 2) start with a strong lede (=introduction); 3) use the inverted pyramid diagram to organize material (most important at the top, least important at the bottom).

[cjfarley @cjfarley]

@JohnJHarwood Why do media outlets like @thehill tweet out quotes that they know are making false, misleading or questionable claims without stating that they are false, misleading or questionable?