Tom Brokaw has apologized for his comments about Hispanics and assimilation made on Meet the Press on Sunday. But that apology has raised more questions than answers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvLKVtqW8rQ
Antonia Noori Farzan, Washington Post: “Tom Brokaw apologizes after saying ‘Hispanics should work harder at assimilation’”
Chris Perez, NY Post: “Tom Brokaw blasted for saying Hispanics should ‘work harder at assimilation’”
Rebecca Shapiro, HuffPost: “Tom Brokaw: ‘Hispanics should work harder at assimilation’”
Joe Berkowitz, Fast Company: “Let’s unpack Tom Brokaw’s bizarre apology tweets?”
Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times: “Tom Brokaw apologizes for comments about Hispanics and assimilation”
Caitlin Oprysko, POLITICO: “NBC News’ Tom Brokaw apologizes for Hispanic ‘assimilation’ remarks”
Rob McLean & Brian Stelter, CNN: “Tom Brokaw says he is ‘truly sorry’ for his remarks about Hispanics on ‘Meet the Press’”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Tom Brokaw credits immigrants’ ‘resourcefulness and family values’”
Shutdown over… for now
Editorial, Washington Post: “The shutdown was proof of Trump’s stark incapacity for leadership”
Lee Moran, HuffPost: “Fox News’ Sean Hannity issues warning to people saying Donald Trump ‘caved’”
Lee Moran, HuffPost: “Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs turns on Donald Trump: Nancy Pelosi ‘just whipped’ him”
Lee Moran, HuffPost: “Ann Coulter admits to Bill Maher: ‘OK, I’m very stupid girl’ about Donald Trump”
Ed Mazza, HuffPost: “Trump turns on Fox News: ‘Even less understanding… than fake news CNN & NBC’”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “’It is shameful’: CNN host blasts Trump after shutdown announcement”
Roger Stone arrested, charged
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “’There was some unusual grand jury activity’” CNN nails exclusive footage of FBI at Roger Stone’s house”
Jay Weaver, Miami Herald: “’Dirty trickster’ Stone vows to fight charges filed by Mueller in Trump investigation”
Nathan Francis, Inquisitr: “On day of Roger Stone arrest, Fox News devotes primetime coverage to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ‘Lego Movie’ cameo”
Daniel S. Levine, PopCulture.TV: “’SNL’ welcomes Steve Martin as Roger Stone in Tucker Carlson parody during cold open”
Treece, Kelly talk Twitter
Victoria Cheyne & Marcelle Peters, Columbia Missourian: “Kelly says Treece’s concern about tweets is misguided”
Missourian Staff: “Update: Police Lt. Tate reassigned after investigation of social media posts”
Deep cuts at BuzzFeed
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “BuzzFeed lays off dozens of journalists in its news division as the media outlet restructures”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “BuzzFeed, HuffPost latest to feel pinch in faltering digital news economy”
Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab: “In the latest sign things really dire, BuzzFeed is laying off 15 percent of its staff”
Peter Kafka, Re/Code: “BuzzFeed has started its layoffs, but it’s also talking about a merger”
Jaclyn Peiser, New York Times: “BuzzFeed’s first round of layoffs puts an end to its national news desk”
Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab: “BuzzFeed laid off its Director of Quizzes because lots of people are willing to make quizzes for free”
Madison Malone Kircher, New York Magazine: “BuzzFeed paid the teen making its top quizzes in swag”
BuzzFeed News Staff Council: “We demand BuzzFeed pay out earned paid time off to its recently laid-off employees.”
1,000 jobs lost
Amanda Arnold, The Cut: “1,000 people lost jobs in the media this week”
Andy Campbell, HuffPost: “The media industry laid off a thousand people in January. It may not be over.”
Audie Cornish, NPR: “What the latest layoffs mean for digital journalism”
Sahil Patel, DigiDay: “WarnerMedia shuts investment arm that backed Mic, Mashable and other digital media startups”
“Great Twitter Ban”
Max Tani, Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxwelltani/status/1088542380800819205
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Is it time for journalists to sign off Twitter?”
Newseum’s future unclear
Nick Anderson & Peggy McGlone, Washington Post: “Johns Hopkins to buy Newseum building in D.C. as journalism museum plans to relocate”
Sopan Deb, New York Times: “Newseum building to be sold to Johns Hopkins for $372.5 million”
Rent… not so live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EObjUNvxu0
Leslie Goldberg & Jean Bentley, Hollywood Reporter: “’Rent’ Live will go on – with taped segments – after star’s broken foot”
Zach Seemayer, Entertainment Tonight: “’Rent: Live’ was mostly pre-taped while a studio audience watched a very different version”
Aja Romano, Vox: “Fox’s Rent should have been a force to reckon with. It was a clusterf**k”