Edward Wasserman

Writer and commentator, journalism professor & former dean of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, columnist and media ethicist.

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

I just published Trump’s ‘quiet, piggy’ jab at a female reporter is much more than a personal insult https://t.co/l8jYOmUBId

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

I just published Influencers could learn a lot from traditional journalism about disclosing political funders https://t.co/mXsaGc078V

[Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) @froomkin]

Press coverage of Trump’s tariffs understates the insanity     https://t.co/i0YPaVizpG One CNBC analyst has spoken the truth. Will other journalists follow?

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

@davidfolkenflik Through the prohibited presidential endorsement and now the tribute money, Bezos has made it clear that sucking up is house policy. Why shouldn't his paper fire a salaried influencer who didn't read the memo?

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing.

The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos.
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https://t.co/bsnKnag51p

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

KAITLAN COLLINS: So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?

JD VANCE: Yes

COLLINS: Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6. (May 2024) @atrupar

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

Worst press failure in a generation?
The media's inattention to Biden's decline made his successor a longshot with the impossible job of spackling together a winning presidential campaign in 15 weeks. If Trump returns thank the White House press corps.
https://t.co/iFyZTNbZKH

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

The media's failure to expose Biden's deteriorating capacities may be the most spectacular press failure since WMD. If the Dems now lose, it may be even more consequential. https://t.co/hByyYIfTUn

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

When Biden steps away from the race he must also step down as president. Running is the prez's biggest job, and he can't do it. Harris must run as an incumbent, with stature equivalent to Trump's, both claiming the administration's wins and running as an independent change agent.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Tone shift on @Morning_Joe? "You know, it may or may not be Joe Biden" at the top of the ticket, Mika says. "I trust Joe Biden's abilities. I also trust Nancy Pelosi's political acumen..."

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

These boys of the Right sure love their iconography.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yeah!!

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

@ezraklein For this to work, Biden must not just quit the race but resign the presidency: Kamala must run as an incumbent. The moment she's Madame President the atmospherics are transformed, she's both the leader of a successful administration and the change agent the electorate longs for.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

"Channel 4 News can reveal that Thomas Crooks's, [the shooter's] father, the owner of the rifle that was used to shoot at Donald Trump, was held on a database and profiled by the former president's election campaign and identified by them as a strong Republican supporter, gun owner and hunter. The information was compiled as part of a secret Republican project to gather data on millions of gun owners across America and use it to target pro-gun messages in the run up to the 2016 election...We know they profiled them using secret computer models to identify likely gun owners and enthusiasts, and Mr. Crooks scored very highly, 0.99 out of 1 for being a gun owner and 0.95 out of one 1 being a hunter. In fact, out of more than 19,000 people in Bethel Park who were profiled, Mr. Crooks was in the top 20 and the database classified him as a strong GOP or Republican voter."

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

Just noting that NBC’s telecast of its exclusive, apparently all-important interview with President Biden was immediately preceded by an episode of…”American Ninja Warrior.” Because….well, I guess it was on the schedule?

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Investors bought nearly 15% of homes sold in the first three months of 2024 — the highest share on record.

A big reason why home prices have skyrocketed is a lack of supply — and Wall Street sinking its teeth into whatever is left on the market is making the problem even worse.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Housing costs are now the biggest driver of inflation. Here's one thing that's keeping them high.

[Edward Wasserman @edwardwasserman]

@dankennedy_nu I understand the dismay over Biden's performance. But I can't get over the lunacy of looking at the behavior of the two men, deciding that of the two, one plainly proved he's not fit to run, and then concluding it's Biden. Wasn't anybody listening to Trump?

[Dan Kennedy @dankennedy_nu]

New at Media Nation: Kudos to The Philly Inquirer for a brilliant piece of performance art — but it doesn't answer our fears that Biden can't beat the authoritarian menace that Trump embodies. https://t.co/7XhRfVK1Xi

[Dan Kennedy @dankennedy_nu]

People are always trying to leave @politico. Still, it's shocking to see @jackshafer, one of the great voices in media criticism, moving on. I hope he lands in a good place where his voice will continue to be heard.

https://t.co/v9YMXUHP1f

[Julia Preston @JuliaPrestonNow]

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