Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

A BIG LOSS FOR BIG TECH: Tech Providers’ Arbitration Clauses Don’t Block Lawsuit Over Government-Inspired Censorship. “Defendants [who are involved with the Stanford Internet Observatory and other similar organizations] are alleged to have worked closely and/or collaborated with state and federal government officials to urge, pressure, and coerce social media platforms to monitor and censor disfavored speakers and content.”

#JOURNALISM: Stuart Brotman: Soundbite-happy media gets ‘genocide’ wrong. “Israel’s ‘genocide’ is seeping into the popular lexicon once again — courtesy of Ruffalo and dozens of media outlets that are all too willing to quote those making this assertion. The effect it may have on those who accept this description at face value reflects little understanding that this term has a distinct meaning that can be examined objectively.”

Plus: “There is no current basis under international law to validate the claim that Israel’s response to the Oct.er 7 attack is ‘genocide.’ Rather, if genocide has occurred here, international law indicates that it should be attributed instead to Hamas.”

#JOURNALISM: New York Times Opinion Columnist Doesn’t Know Hamas Runs Gaza. “Spiers, who TEACHES AT A JOURNALISM SCHOOL and writes for THE NEW YORK TIMES didn’t know that Hamas runs the Gaza Health Ministry. Let that sink in. She literally did not know that. She thought it was a conspiracy theory.”

You don’t have to know actual facts to be a Journalism Intellectual. In fact, it’s discouraged.

OPEN THREAD: Make me proud.