Lila Harron Battis
@lilabattis.bsky.social
writer, editor, gal about town
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WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
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with his $253.2 billion, Jeff Bezos could afford to pay 100 sportswriters $100,000 a year for the next 25,000 years
February 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
with his $253.2 billion, Jeff Bezos could afford to pay 100 sportswriters $100,000 a year for the next 25,000 years
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
It’s unrealistic for readers to pay hundreds a year to get a wide range of reporting. And everyone thinks they can do without the machinery of big media—Fact checkers! Copy editors! Editors who challenge ideas and don’t let writers just hit “send” on a first draft!—but…most of us really shouldn’t.
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
It’s unrealistic for readers to pay hundreds a year to get a wide range of reporting. And everyone thinks they can do without the machinery of big media—Fact checkers! Copy editors! Editors who challenge ideas and don’t let writers just hit “send” on a first draft!—but…most of us really shouldn’t.
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"This is a political attack" well yeah man if your politics are like "we should be able to murder everyone and also pedophiles are cool" people are going to attack that political stance
February 4, 2026 at 4:19 AM
"This is a political attack" well yeah man if your politics are like "we should be able to murder everyone and also pedophiles are cool" people are going to attack that political stance