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Brian Moritz

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Ph.D. Director of journalism MA online programs at St Bonaventure. Writing on Substack at Sports Media Guy. Podcasting about writing at The Other 51. Ellie's dad. Bills/Bonnies/Barça fan. He/Him/His. Print news, raise hell.

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 52m

Not only is this correct, but it feels like it captures the Buffalo-Rochester split perfectly.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 13h

Inside of the locker space was prime real estate, too.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 14h

If our girl @jrbillin.bsky.social wasn't helping to raise the world's cutest baby, I'd love her thoughts on this. Feels like an underestimating the wild popularity of K-Pop, combined with the "it's a kid's move/girls' movie" blindspot.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 14h

I'm shocked at the staying power it is had since summer. (Perhaps our Halloween yard display will have a theme this year).

It's a better album than life of a showgirl.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 14h

Pay us a rounding error for one of the variant sales of this album.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 14h

And my own independent research on this, the youth are not fans of this album. They were openly making fun of some of the lyrics on their first listen.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 14h

"The Life of a Showgirl is made of Shein quality rip-offs of other people’s songs that are constructed shoddily and sold in ginormous quantities."

Goddamn that is good writing.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 1d

Can we get an @ifbookspod.bsky.social bonus episode of Michael and @notalawyer.bsky.social breaking down Life of a Showgirl?

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot believe these lyrics from the new Taylor Swift album are real

Pledge allegiance to your hands, your team, your vibes"

"You made a deal with this devil, turns out my dick's bigger"

"Everybody's so punk on the internet"

"So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire"

"Got me drеaming about a driveway with a basketball hoop - Boss up, settle down, got a wish list"

"Please, God, bring me a best friend who I think is hot"

"He dick-matized me and opened my еyes - Redwood tree, it ain't hard to see - His love was thе key that opened my thighs"

"Good thing I like my friends cancelled - I like 'em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal"

"Did you girl-boss too close to the sun?"

"Who's the baddest in the land? What's the plan? - You could be my forever night stand"

"They ripped me off like false lashes - And then threw me away"

"Her name was Kitty - Made her money being pretty and witty - They gave her the keys to this city - Then they said she didn't do it legitly"

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 1d

Can't help you on the Phillies. But same thing happened to me. I really rediscovered my Bills fandom when I moved far away.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 2d

This, right here, should be the mission statement for all of us in journalism education.

"The hard part is having something interesting to say. Get a degree in that!"

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d

Being a podcaster costs $40 for a decent mic and $18 per month for hosting. The hard part is having something interesting to say. Get a degree in that!

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 2d

I remember the press conference and Brady was just flummoxed. Especially after Sam Adams ran back that pick six.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 2d

He's so good running to the right sideline and throwing. That, and the not-sacked completion to Diggs on the last drive, was Josh Allen shit.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 2d

I covered that game for my local newspaper. One of the craziest scenes I remember covering.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the ascendance of Bari Weiss from a hack columnist to media royalty, and what it means for the future of CBS News.

Bari Weiss Takes Her Grift Mainstream

Journalism's biggest fraud takes the reins at CBS

stringinamaze.net

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 7d

As always, the most thoughtful post about a topic (this time, Ezra Klein) comes from @garrettbucks.bsky.social

Garrett Bucks @garrettbucks.bsky.social · 7d

A modest proposal!!

thewhitepages.net/p/ezra-klein...

Ezra Klein, have you considered just hosting a potluck?

Or volunteering for an ICE Watch, or organizing a childcare cooperative, or throwing an intergenerational block party...

thewhitepages.net

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7d

Since the Ezra & Ta-Nehisi discussion is still happening: the main point I think most are missing is that Klein is saying the role of the journalist-intellectual is to do strategic politics, whereas Coates says the role of the journalist-intellectual is to tell the truth

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 8d

"The trans kids facing violence, the immigrants branded as invaders, the women losing bodily autonomy—they need to know their party won’t trade their humanity for swing votes. And so do their families and those who love them."

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 9d

Kept thinking about the debate between Klein and Coates and wrote down some thoughts.

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 8d

David Cross folks.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 8d

I've long thought about this from the reader's perspective. But Aram's thread makes me realize there's probably a big impact on the writers, too. Which brings us to this point, whether it's Klein's recent work or hot-take culture in sports journalism.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 8d

It's also stronger more forceful writing.

But I've wondered if there's an unintended side effect. Because "I think" stresses that it's just one person's opinion. Getting rid of it makes an opinion sound definitive. More like a fact. Facts and opinions getting mixed and shaken together. 2/

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 8d

This whole thread is great, and something I've thought about for a while.

When we teach column writing, we stress not using "I think." You don't write "I think Carlos Mendoza should be fired," just "Carlos Mendoza should be fired."

The idea is, the "I think" is implied because it's a column 1/

Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 8d

...and knowing that I read op-eds with that lens; knowing that I as a writer was often unsure, more interested in prompting discussion, but that to get it read I had to write with 100% confidence and surety. This is not a problem initially b/c it *is* a more effective way to prompt discussion...

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Justin Ware @justinware.bsky.social · 11d

If Taylor Swift is out, maybe we can finally get the Super Bowl halftime show America needs: Weird Al and the Muppets

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 9d

Huntr/x and Saja Boys really the only move here.

ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · 9d

Super Bowl halftime performer will be announced at halftime of tonight’s game. 👀👀👀