Margaret Sullivan
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
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Between “piggy”, “bamboo” & NYT’s refusal to come clean, there’s more than ample reason to distrust 🇺🇸journalists, to think they’ve never heard the word “ethics” much less could ever act ethically, but @sulliview.bsky.social also offers reasons to take ♥️
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Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
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November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Between “piggy”, “bamboo” & NYT’s refusal to come clean, there’s more than ample reason to distrust 🇺🇸journalists, to think they’ve never heard the word “ethics” much less could ever act ethically, but @sulliview.bsky.social also offers reasons to take ♥️
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"What ties these situations together is the utter lack of critical distance from sources on the part of these writers [and] the apparent disregard for the primary journalistic mission of representing the public"
@sulliview.bsky.social on ethics failure.
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@sulliview.bsky.social on ethics failure.
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Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
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November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"What ties these situations together is the utter lack of critical distance from sources on the part of these writers [and] the apparent disregard for the primary journalistic mission of representing the public"
@sulliview.bsky.social on ethics failure.
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@sulliview.bsky.social on ethics failure.
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For those of us who teach journalism students about ethics, we've had some astonishingly clear lessons recently, including one from a former NYT reporter. Great stuff from @sulliview.bsky.social
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Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
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November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For those of us who teach journalism students about ethics, we've had some astonishingly clear lessons recently, including one from a former NYT reporter. Great stuff from @sulliview.bsky.social
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“This raises so many questions,” Risen told me. “Did this guy tell his editors he might have stuff on Trump and Epstein?
What did they do about it? Did they ignore
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#TrumpCrimeFamily #EpsteinFiles #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Lies #Billionaires
What did they do about it? Did they ignore
@sulliview.bsky.social
#TrumpCrimeFamily #EpsteinFiles #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Lies #Billionaires
Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“This raises so many questions,” Risen told me. “Did this guy tell his editors he might have stuff on Trump and Epstein?
What did they do about it? Did they ignore
@sulliview.bsky.social
#TrumpCrimeFamily #EpsteinFiles #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Lies #Billionaires
What did they do about it? Did they ignore
@sulliview.bsky.social
#TrumpCrimeFamily #EpsteinFiles #MainstreamMedia #Journalism #Lies #Billionaires
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“Don’t ever do that“
@sulliview.bsky.social with a timeless reminder about journalism standards & practices re “Situations involving the best-selling author Michael Wolff, a former New York Times reporter named Landon Thomas Jr., & political writer Olivia Nuzzi…”
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@sulliview.bsky.social with a timeless reminder about journalism standards & practices re “Situations involving the best-selling author Michael Wolff, a former New York Times reporter named Landon Thomas Jr., & political writer Olivia Nuzzi…”
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November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“Don’t ever do that“
@sulliview.bsky.social with a timeless reminder about journalism standards & practices re “Situations involving the best-selling author Michael Wolff, a former New York Times reporter named Landon Thomas Jr., & political writer Olivia Nuzzi…”
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@sulliview.bsky.social with a timeless reminder about journalism standards & practices re “Situations involving the best-selling author Michael Wolff, a former New York Times reporter named Landon Thomas Jr., & political writer Olivia Nuzzi…”
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@sulliview.bsky.social 🎯 on normalization of Trump’s aberrant, deviant behavior
“it only worsens—because Trump gets away with it…
Will this ‘quiet, piggy’ moment make a difference? Only for those who care about decency in public officials & in 🇺🇸society” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“it only worsens—because Trump gets away with it…
Will this ‘quiet, piggy’ moment make a difference? Only for those who care about decency in public officials & in 🇺🇸society” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Telling a reporter ‘quiet, piggy’ was shocking – even for Trump | Margaret Sullivan
We’re supposed to be used to this by now, but getting used to it is dangerous. Her colleagues should have spoken up
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November 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
@sulliview.bsky.social 🎯 on normalization of Trump’s aberrant, deviant behavior
“it only worsens—because Trump gets away with it…
Will this ‘quiet, piggy’ moment make a difference? Only for those who care about decency in public officials & in 🇺🇸society” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“it only worsens—because Trump gets away with it…
Will this ‘quiet, piggy’ moment make a difference? Only for those who care about decency in public officials & in 🇺🇸society” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
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The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
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November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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And hats off to @sulliview.bsky.social for using her column to correct a misstatement she made on a podcast about @latimes.com owner Patrick Soon-Shiong — and using it as a teaching moment about the dubious accuracy of artificial intelligence
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Two opposing media takes on Epstein's 'lost world'
Plus, I correct a factual error I made on a video podcast with Paul Krugman
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November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And hats off to @sulliview.bsky.social for using her column to correct a misstatement she made on a podcast about @latimes.com owner Patrick Soon-Shiong — and using it as a teaching moment about the dubious accuracy of artificial intelligence
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…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
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Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
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This isn't the primary point of @sulliview.bsky.social's excellent column, but its point about AI strikes me as important. She is correcting an error she made in a podcast in which she said Patrick Soon-Shiong as at Trump's inauguration. He wasn't. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/two-opposi...
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This isn't the primary point of @sulliview.bsky.social's excellent column, but its point about AI strikes me as important. She is correcting an error she made in a podcast in which she said Patrick Soon-Shiong as at Trump's inauguration. He wasn't. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/two-opposi...
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Check out today's newsletter from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on two very different views of the Epstein emails
Spoiler alert: One of them is mine! The other is the "lost world" heralded by the NYT margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/two-opposi...
Spoiler alert: One of them is mine! The other is the "lost world" heralded by the NYT margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/two-opposi...
Two opposing media takes on Epstein's 'lost world'
Plus, I correct a factual error I made on a video podcast with Paul Krugman
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November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Check out today's newsletter from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on two very different views of the Epstein emails
Spoiler alert: One of them is mine! The other is the "lost world" heralded by the NYT margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/two-opposi...
Spoiler alert: One of them is mine! The other is the "lost world" heralded by the NYT margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/two-opposi...
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@sulliview.bsky.social walks the talk, she tells @pkrugman.bsky.social:
"I'm taking some of my Substack royalties and plowing it back into continuing subscriptions at basically all of the major news organizations. . . . I [also] think it is really important to foster and support local news." [1/2]
"I'm taking some of my Substack royalties and plowing it back into continuing subscriptions at basically all of the major news organizations. . . . I [also] think it is really important to foster and support local news." [1/2]
Talking With Margaret Sullivan
The state of the media in Trump Two Year One
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November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@sulliview.bsky.social walks the talk, she tells @pkrugman.bsky.social:
"I'm taking some of my Substack royalties and plowing it back into continuing subscriptions at basically all of the major news organizations. . . . I [also] think it is really important to foster and support local news." [1/2]
"I'm taking some of my Substack royalties and plowing it back into continuing subscriptions at basically all of the major news organizations. . . . I [also] think it is really important to foster and support local news." [1/2]
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GIFT ARTICLE
The Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com, a public benefit corporation, and the largest American newspaper owned by a nonprofit, is an alternative to WAPO and NYT.
This article by Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social is a fine example.
GIFT ARTICLE
The Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com, a public benefit corporation, and the largest American newspaper owned by a nonprofit, is an alternative to WAPO and NYT.
This article by Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social is a fine example.
Epstein’s emails are the end of America as they ruined it
If the evil banality of the world's most powerful people exposed in the Epstein emails doesn't cause a revolution, nothing will.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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GIFT ARTICLE
The Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com, a public benefit corporation, and the largest American newspaper owned by a nonprofit, is an alternative to WAPO and NYT.
This article by Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social is a fine example.
GIFT ARTICLE
The Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com, a public benefit corporation, and the largest American newspaper owned by a nonprofit, is an alternative to WAPO and NYT.
This article by Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social is a fine example.
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What should the BBC do about their clear mistake editing the Panorama segment on Trump on Jan 6th? @sulliview.bsky.social’s new column provides a balanced view: admit to the problem & how it will be remedied, don’t back down to Trump’s attacks & overblown rhetoric
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The BBC’s editing error was serious, but the response is way out of proportion | Margaret Sullivan
The broadcaster should not cave to Trump’s demands
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November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What should the BBC do about their clear mistake editing the Panorama segment on Trump on Jan 6th? @sulliview.bsky.social’s new column provides a balanced view: admit to the problem & how it will be remedied, don’t back down to Trump’s attacks & overblown rhetoric
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Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
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Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over law enforcement raid on a small-town newspaper
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Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over law enforcement raid on a small-town newspaper
A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over law enforcement raid on a small-town newspaper
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"Mamdani has presented some sort of existential threat to the media, both on the right (full-on panic) and in the establishment press (somewhere between hostility and puzzlement)."
Good @sulliview.bsky.social on media and Zohran (cites mine positively!)
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Good @sulliview.bsky.social on media and Zohran (cites mine positively!)
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Why the media (not just MAGA) is freaked out over Mamdani
Plus: Midterms success for Democrats must avoid the false choice between affordability and opposing Trump
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November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Mamdani has presented some sort of existential threat to the media, both on the right (full-on panic) and in the establishment press (somewhere between hostility and puzzlement)."
Good @sulliview.bsky.social on media and Zohran (cites mine positively!)
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Good @sulliview.bsky.social on media and Zohran (cites mine positively!)
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‘Mamdani has presented some sort of existential threat to the media, both on the right (full-on panic mode) and in the establishment press (somewhere between hostility and puzzlement).’
@sulliview.bsky.social on the media freak out over NYC’s new mayor
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@sulliview.bsky.social on the media freak out over NYC’s new mayor
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Why the media (not just MAGA) is freaked out over Mamdani
Plus: Midterms success for Democrats must avoid the false choice between affordability and opposing Trump
margaretsullivan.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
‘Mamdani has presented some sort of existential threat to the media, both on the right (full-on panic mode) and in the establishment press (somewhere between hostility and puzzlement).’
@sulliview.bsky.social on the media freak out over NYC’s new mayor
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@sulliview.bsky.social on the media freak out over NYC’s new mayor
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@sulliview.bsky.social correctly identifies the media freakout over the new mayor of NYC.
Once again, editorial pages are out of step with their readers. (Meanwhile, those of us outside of the city care more about Trump’s war on America.)
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Once again, editorial pages are out of step with their readers. (Meanwhile, those of us outside of the city care more about Trump’s war on America.)
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Why the media (not just MAGA) is freaked out over Mamdani
Plus: Midterms success for Democrats must avoid the false choice between affordability and opposing Trump
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November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@sulliview.bsky.social correctly identifies the media freakout over the new mayor of NYC.
Once again, editorial pages are out of step with their readers. (Meanwhile, those of us outside of the city care more about Trump’s war on America.)
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Once again, editorial pages are out of step with their readers. (Meanwhile, those of us outside of the city care more about Trump’s war on America.)
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
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The good, the bad and the ugly of Election Day coverage from @sulliview.bsky.social...
Post-election Extra!
A sampling of media wins and flops, following Tuesday's "bloody nose" for Trump
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November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The good, the bad and the ugly of Election Day coverage from @sulliview.bsky.social...
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"That’s something [Ben] Collins couldn't have written while employed in mainstream media, which undoubtedly is part of why he's doing something very different now."
-- @sulliview.bsky.social on this former NBC News reporter (2018-24)
-- @sulliview.bsky.social on this former NBC News reporter (2018-24)
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"That’s something [Ben] Collins couldn't have written while employed in mainstream media, which undoubtedly is part of why he's doing something very different now."
-- @sulliview.bsky.social on this former NBC News reporter (2018-24)
-- @sulliview.bsky.social on this former NBC News reporter (2018-24)
Thoughtful, rich piece on “why journalism?” by longtime journalism professor Samuel G. Freedman
https://ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2025/11/06/q-whats-the-point-of-journalism-now-a-history/
https://ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2025/11/06/q-whats-the-point-of-journalism-now-a-history/
Q: What’s the point of journalism now? A: History
By Samuel G. Freedman Eight months into Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, POLITICO broke an explosive story about the president’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. The scoop ...
ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thoughtful, rich piece on “why journalism?” by longtime journalism professor Samuel G. Freedman
https://ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2025/11/06/q-whats-the-point-of-journalism-now-a-history/
https://ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2025/11/06/q-whats-the-point-of-journalism-now-a-history/
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Full house for "The Future of Press Freedom in an Era of Democratic Backsliding" panel. Thank you @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, & @sonjawest.bsky.social for joining us to discuss #pressfreedom.
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Full house for "The Future of Press Freedom in an Era of Democratic Backsliding" panel. Thank you @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, & @sonjawest.bsky.social for joining us to discuss #pressfreedom.