@Brizzyc

Assoc prof of journalism at Montclair State U. Former CUNY prof. WI native. Find me on Bluesky. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/ @grovesprof Views mine.

 Maplewood, NJ
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Joined December 2007
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New piece I wrote about what I have learned about courage in journalism and why Pelley moved me as much as it did. brizzyc.medium.com/take-this…

‘Take This Newspaper And Shove It Up Your Ass’: A Lesson in Journalistic Courage

Bill Kovach taught me that those with the most privilege in journalism have the greatest responsibility to use it. Scott Pelley’s exit from…

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Sharing this here because some of y'all still on this site could really stand to know when to tell someone to shove it.
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.@Brizzyc: “It is, yes, time to be an advocate (I said it).” niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-ye…
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Tee hee
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LMAO, Musk is such a baby that he is still pushing this absolutely absurd lie about the Tesla Takedown. Pathetic. foxnews.com/politics/astrotu…

'Astroturf': Critics speculate Tesla protests are not a grassroots movement, but carefully organi...

Anti-Tesla protests over Elon Musk's DOGE role are embroiled in "astroturfing" speculation, which is understood as a campaign "falsely made to appear grassroots."

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Lmao literally zero engagement on this post. I could care less… but the reason to leave this site is that he is controlling what you see!!
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I have been full of simmering rage for weeks for obvious reasons, but I almost threw my laptop through a FUCKING WALL at this one. The fucking NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE is being effectively muzzled and slowed down by an anti-science nutjob.
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"This is real interference in the scientific process,” said Linda Birnbaum, a former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences who served as a federal scientist for four decades.
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propublica.org/article/natio…

National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special...

Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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At stake in the "clean CR" or funding bill: Social Security, VA medical funding, cancer cure research, air traffic control and tons other stuff. If enough Democrats contact their senators in the next couple days they will fall into line. The future is really in your hands.
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talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog…

Will Dems Pick Up Their Sword?

(Ed. Note: I go into a lot of detail below. The bottom...

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Higher ed fights back. Pass it on. Link in thread.
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labor4highered.org/

Labor for Higher Education | Empower Higher Education Today

Join Labor for Higher Education to support public higher ed funding, labor rights, and candidate engagement. Stay updated on events and advocacy efforts.

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OKAY in the unlikely good news department, Montclair State is HIRING a chair for the journalism and sports media department. montclair.wd1.myworkdayjobs.… COME WORK WITH ME and please pass this on. Feel free to reach out w/questions.
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I'm not on this site, but am trying to share widely. DM me on BlueSky same handle
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"Constitutional crisis” does not even begin to capture the radicalism of what is unfolding in the federal bureaucracy." Gift link in thread.
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nytimes.com/2025/02/05/opini…

Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article)

The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

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Call your Senators, even if they are Democrats. I just emailed right now and have a calendar alert to call early tomorrow. Link next in thread (He will throttle it otherwise)
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indivisible.org/coup
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