Benjamin Freed
@brfreed.bsky.social
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internet clown posting bad/dumb/horny takes about the movies, the Knicks, media, or cyber. not here for work | see you at the movies: http://letterboxd.com/brfreed/
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For what it’s worth:

Speaking as a showrunner with two writers rooms going on now, this article from Ankler is insane. I don’t know who the insider is, but the reporter should call bullshit. This is a GPT press release.
theankler.com
The “GPT-5 pass” has gone from curiosity to mandate. Scripts, trailers, pitch decks are all being filtered through an AI model that remembers every draft and forgets what originality looks like. @erikbarmack.bsky.social on Hollywood’s uneasy reset:
theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...
brfreed.bsky.social
mister war secretary, sir, I would like to report some fat soldiers violating your “smooth muscle boys only” policy. some real chonkers in fatigues, sir.
brfreed.bsky.social
Politico: Democrats’ risky argument against Republicans jailing them
Axios: 1 Big Thing: Why voters love Trump’s jail threats
Punchbowl: How jailing Pritzker helps Mike Johnson
brfreed.bsky.social
Don’t miss Washington media catching a very deserved stray here
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gbrockell.bsky.social
This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.
oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
Post Traumatic Disorder
Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.
www.status.news
brfreed.bsky.social
Hey guys. We’re doing COINTELPRO. Smash that like and subscribe button and leave a five-star review that rats on your friends.
willoremus.com
Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations
brfreed.bsky.social
This excellently lays out what I've been muttering about since the Bari news broke. Newsroom management is incredibly stressful and takes many more skills than just promoting contrarian voices. Short-term: CBS News is in trouble. Long-term: Bari is screwed.
brfreed.bsky.social
Jurassic with a bullet
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“prime day” is bad. stores should not have “holidays.”

—guy with 12 blu-rays in his amazon cart
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this was produced by the movie pass guys and directed by E from Entourage/the pussy posse how could it have possibly gone wrong
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lizzieohreally.bsky.social
This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.
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"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr
brfreed.bsky.social
here's the thing about a Bari Weiss debate show: if it’s broadcast on CBS, it’s a network TV show. and all network TV shows—even if they're vanity projects on networks owned by dumb money nepo babies with no eyebrows—exist at the mercy of their ratings and ability to bring in advertising revenue.
brfreed.bsky.social
thanks, we gotta normalize sharing the link/not doing impossibly cryptic subtweets in 2025
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one day i would like to be able to afford any of the bottles on that account
brfreed.bsky.social
Josh Hart’s an unlikely No. 5 but I respect it
brfreed.bsky.social
my only advice is you let me draft JB
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eh gut check says it’s just B.
brfreed.bsky.social
“The Second Decision” is:

a. he’s retiring
b. cringe Prime Day/NBA on Amazon promo
c. he’s retiring and the retirement tour will be documented in an exclusive Prime Video series
brfreed.bsky.social
"CEO of the IRS" sounds like a character in a Grand Theft Auto DLC
brfreed.bsky.social
every day we stray further from god's light*

*:drafting in the cms
brfreed.bsky.social
Babygirl about to go to five stars on Letterboxd
clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man
Tweet from Daily Mail Celebrity @DailyMailCeleb
How Nicole Kidman's 'bottomless need for sexual attention' led to the end of her marriage to country music star Keith Urban: Nashville insiders open up to
ALISON BOSHOFF