DNC PR Firm – VARIOUS OUTLETS
For more than a decade, Kamala Harris has had close ties with Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple’s founder Steve Jobs. Jobs has been a donor to Harris in a variety of her campaigns, but there is a another component to how Jobs can boost the prospects of her longtime friend. As she is the publisher of the left-leaning outlet The Atlantic there could be a boost for Harris, but there are numerous other news outlets that Jobs has intimate contact with through a shadowy organization, donating to major outlets as well as boosting local news to keep some afloat through her donations. It is a revealing amount of influence weilded by a notable leftist billionaire.
Kamala’s Benevolent Billionaire: Steve Jobs’ Widow Has Shadowy Media Network to Help Promote Her (Part 1)https://t.co/cfDZlU34BS
— RedState (@RedState) August 6, 2024
Reporting on the Mirror – BLOOMBERG
The blame is on the writer and not the editor who hit SEND?!
Last week when the big news came out that a number of American citizens in captivity in Russia were returning to the States there was a small disturbance when Bloomberg broke the announcement of their release. While the news had been released there was an embargo placed on the story until the individuals were entirely free and the planes landed home safely.
NEW: Bloomberg says it has taken disciplinary action against a number of people involved in breaking the prisoner swap embargo last week, email here from EIC John Micklethwait pic.twitter.com/XfFvuCO7x7
— Katie Robertson (@katie_robertson) August 5, 2024
As a result, Bloomberg says it has disciplined a number of those involved in this mess, including firing the reporter, Jennifer Jacobs. She came out with a statement days later that both apologized for the timing, noted the Wall Street Journal, and heavily implied that editors were the ones behind the publishing of the report at the time.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 5, 2024
Anti-Social Media – AXIOS
When they tell you everything is just great…
Word came out that Axios was slashing jobs today.
NEW: Axios is laying off 50 people across the company. CEO @JimVandeHei just sent out this note — which says the layoffs are because of “changes in the media business” pic.twitter.com/lLVemNFh0N
— Katie Robertson (@katie_robertson) August 6, 2024
At the Washington Post, Kara Voght recalled speaking to co-founder Jim VandeHei recently and boasting how things at his outlet were going swimmingly.
That’s just like when a team owner says the head coach has nothing to worry about, his job is safe – coach better be shopping for new homes.
Recalling today what VandeHei said about AI when I profiled him in May:
— Kara Voght (@karavoght) August 6, 2024
“We're trying to build Axios around the idea of: No matter how chaotic and crazy the world is, you can trust us—we have a ton of subject matter expertise that no robot is ever going to be able to replicate.” https://t.co/ejqXZCTleF pic.twitter.com/eGBa8K3QQS
Artisanally-Crafted Narratives -- THE NEW YORK TIMES
- You know, CNN just killed off its op-ed section, so maybe...
Sometimes you truly have to wonder what an editor regards as valid for a piece and decided to go ahead and run it. For this one we are truly at a loss what the opinion editors saw in this offering. In this "Guest Essay" by Belle Boggs, an author with a couple of books under her name The Times saw fit to let her vent about a recent event in her home that was a full traumatic episode -- according to her. A sample of what transpired:
- Her husband went on the CDC website / She called the help line of their healthcare provider / Then they called the county animal control / Had the home searched for invasion / Was contacted by a county health nurse the next day / Visited the local ER / received rabies shots / Shelled out $600 in co-pays
All of this because a bat flew into her bedroom, never interacted with anyone and was never touched, and then flew out a door. The conclusion of all of this was how horrible Donald Trump is for the country and she will be voting for Kamala Harris:
The C.D.C. is part of what Mr. Trump’s allies would call the administrative state and is in the cross hairs of Project 2025. Mr. Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, but hardly anyone who knows the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that produced the plan, or the former president is taking his claim at face value. I don’t want to be left to make important decisions without guidance from qualified professionals. But for now and for at least the next six months, I don’t. I live in the United States of America — land of bats, land of doctors, land of public health — and that’s worth fighting for.
What – the – Hell...?!?!
Kudos to the public health nurse and a functioning public health system. A Bat Flew Into My Bedroom and Reminded Me of All We Take for Granted https://t.co/bKxL8ZFYkd
— Josephine Ensign (@josephineensign) August 2, 2024
Legalized Press-titution – WASHINGTON POST
The uninterrupted swooning over Kamala Harris in the press continues, and possibly a new low has been reached at WaPo. After learning that a music producer was sampling some sound bites of Harris to manufacture a new dance single, Maura Judkis and Kara Voght could barely contain themselves. (Listen to the cut here, sure to be at the top of the charts in Gitmo, if you are brave enough.):
Vice President Harris laughs at 128 beats per minute — the same tempo as some truly excellent dance songs, such as 'We Found Love' by Rihanna or Kylie Minogue’s 'Padam Padam.' Which is why, after an unprecedented wave of viral content in support of Harris’s candidacy took over social media last week, music producer Leo Zarucky sat in his Melbourne, Australia, studio and recorded a remix.
Vice President Harris’s laugh has a beat and a bit of B-flat. Donald Trump has criticized it, but Democrats say it’s good to have a candidate who laughs instead of one who never does. https://t.co/51mic0pwkD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 31, 2024
