Jacob Weisberg

CEO of Pushkin industries. @Gladwell and I make podcasts.

[Jacob Weisberg @jacobwe]

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[CPJ Asia @CPJAsia]

#Japan: With its economic weight and diplomatic influence, Japan has an opportunity to shape Asia’s response to attacks on press freedom.

Last week at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, CPJ board chair Jacob Weisberg highlighted cases of imprisoned journalists including Jimmy Lai and Dong Yuyu in China, Frenchie Mae Cumpio in the Philippines, and Sai Zaw Thaike in Myanmar.

The decline of press freedom across Asia is no longer a distant issue for Japan. From Japanese journalists being denied entry to Hong Kong to the recent detention of NHK Tehran bureau chief Shinnosuke Kawashima in Iran, these cases directly affect the safety, mobility, and ability of Japanese journalists to report abroad.

Protecting press freedom is in Japan’s direct interest. Independent journalism strengthens public trust, accountability, security, and the economic confidence needed for resilient societies.

Watch the complete talk here: https://t.co/kTyrwL2lxx

@jacobwe @fccjapan @pressfreedom

#PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime

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Trump’s corruption has escalated to outright expropriation. He is now stealing directly from the government.

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The Washington Monthly got undergraduate prodigy @alexbronzini to review undergraduate prodigy Theo Baker @tab_delete. Brilliant assignment and a superb piece about a book I can’t wait to read. @monthly https://t.co/N3TFjMxPxa

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[Will Saletan @saletan]

Add this to the list of things that typically happen in authoritarian countries — and are now happening in the United States. https://t.co/FilTkydvbd

[Jacob Weisberg @jacobwe]

Bravo https://t.co/O4E7idJl7n via @NYTimes

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Kuwait: Release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin from detention https://t.co/hlBcQrbV2G

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Disgusting:
“Meanwhile, all eyes in the room will be on the CBS News tables, where…Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller have been invited as honored guests. David Ellison is also throwing a party “honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House correspondents.”

[Will Saletan @saletan]

This @jacobwe essay is the most insightful thing I've read on the whole Epstein saga.

What makes Epstein "a significant figure is not his personal pathology but what his career says about the culture that found him useful."

A descent into the elite's id. https://t.co/S6d0mUSQWF

[Jacob Weisberg @jacobwe]

@saletan Thanks Will!

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A Theory of the Epstein Class https://t.co/SFhpwMjEGh via @NYTOpinion

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@JenSeniorNY @nytopinion Thanks Jen!

[Jennifer Senior @JenSeniorNY]

Brilliant op-ed today by @jacobwe—an irresistible read and a genuinely original framing of a subject about which I thought nothing more could be said. Crystallizes an enduring cultural phenomenon we should all think about. https://t.co/9IwzuDpSnj via @NYTOpinion

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Talk about debasing the currency https://t.co/SnH7KxjSYC via @NYTimes

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This week on Talking Feds: Trump's Iran exit strategy, Pam Bondi's Epstein blockage, that Illinois primary, and more. With @harrylitman @alivitali @natashakorecki https://t.co/PHZaWI2tE6

[Jacob Weisberg @jacobwe]

"In their caustic vividness, Mr. Blankfein’s opening chapters more resemble Saul Bellow’s “The Adventures of Augie March” than any normal business book." https://t.co/ux2CEYUR3T via @WSJBooks

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Say what you will, he was fantastic in One Battle After Another. https://t.co/m9H8UkEpfk

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Funny way to present a memoir, but whatever. https://t.co/NwUymMTclH