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Rex Smith

@rexwsmith

Veteran newspaper editor, now creating https://teapawt.net/t.co/CxDhssjii2.Hosts WAMC's The Media Project. Albany Pro Musica board prez/singer. Columbia j-school alumni chair.

 Upstate New York
Joined September 2008
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"Take My Breath Away" by Berlin was the #1 song on the Billboard charts today in 1986. #80s #genx
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Thank you to all who attended and participated in last week's Fair Trial/Free Press Conference! We had a lively discussion about the rights, responsibilities, and liability of the media and the government during a public health crisis.
Photo of conference panelists seated at two wooden tables. In between wooden tables is a wooden podium with two computer monitors. Behind the panelists is a projector screen displaying a slide that reads, "Local Media, the Law, and the Next Pandemic," and Zoom video feeds for Susan Arbetter, the Government Law Center (showing the panelists), and Patrick Woods. In-person pictured L to R: Casey Seiler, E. Stewart Jones, Michael J. Garcia, Mary Pat Donnelly, Albert Rosenblatt, Rex Smith, William T. Little, Judith Patrick, Michael Grygiel

ALT Photo of conference panelists seated at two wooden tables. In between wooden tables is a wooden podium with two computer monitors. Behind the panelists is a projector screen displaying a slide that reads, "Local Media, the Law, and the Next Pandemic," and Zoom video feeds for Susan Arbetter, the Government Law Center (showing the panelists), and Patrick Woods. In-person pictured L to R: Casey Seiler, E. Stewart Jones, Michael J. Garcia, Mary Pat Donnelly, Albert Rosenblatt, Rex Smith, William T. Little, Judith Patrick, Michael Grygiel

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Join us on Sept. 22 for the New York Fair Trial/Free Press Conference! Legal scholars and media personalities will debate the balance of rights, responsibilities, and liability of the media and the government during a hypothetical health crisis. Register: bit.ly/FTFP2022
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Upstaters waiting for Instagram to come back like…
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Seems a bit of contradiction to rail against the so-called First Amendment issues of a private estate choosing not to publish its own titles anymore but then applaud efforts by the state to legally prohibit the teaching of works it does not like.
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This @EliseStefanik @RepStefanik. Isn't it time to give a real interview where you talk with introspection about your long support for Trumpism, where you address disproved claims about the election you amplified?This isn't about politics. It's about democracy and the rule of law
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The president of the United States said people who stormed the US Capitol are “very special.” – at New York, USA
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Person who doused house with kerosene and pulled out Zippo says fire is dangerous.
Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) profile pictureElise Stefanik
@EliseStefanik6 Jan 2021
Americans have a Constitutional right to protest & freedom of speech, but violence in any form is absolutely unacceptable & anti-American. My staff & I are safe. We pray that all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, their staff, & all Americans remain safe.
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#ProtectPressFreedom @rcfp @CaseySeiler @rexwsmith @goodwintu @timesunion @nyswi @TUcitydesk @Hearst – at Guilderland, NY
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Spicy “Media Project” as @AlanChartock explains how “flattered” he is that @NYGovCuomo chooses him as an interlocutor (instead of doing Capitol press conferences); @rexwsmith suggests that’s maybe not a sound journalistic response. Starts at 10:40: wamc.org/post/media-project-…
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.@rexwsmith welcomes gladiators to the 2019 @timesunion Crossword Championship and sends a subtle message about supporting the industry that brings this feature to you daily.
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I love this. Imagine if folks complained about "analog paywalls." "I wanted a decaf latte, but I hit a paywall." "I would have bought a turkey for Thanksgiving, but there's a paywall at the supermarket." "I tried to drive off the lot with a Maserati, but dammit, the paywall."
Jessica Roy (@jessica_roy) profile pictureJessica Roy@jessica_roy22 Oct 2019
Encountered an analog paywall today
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@Poynter27 Aug 2019
Before the books, podcasts and documentaries, a local reporter saw something strange in a town hall planning board agenda. That @timesunion reporter started covering the sex cult Nxivm and its leader. That was 16 years ago. The latest from @kristenhare. poynter.org/the-sex-cult-nex…
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.@rexwsmith kicks off daylong symposium “Finding Our Way: Rebuilding Ethics In NYS” at the Hearst Media Center.
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In which @rexwsmith and I demonstrate who placed first and second in #NYSAPAwards Division III for Column Writing:
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Ouch. That’s a message you could send to literally every other outlet but the @NewYorker. It’s called a scoop. I missed the part when you praised the @timesunion for exposing more regional abusers. teapawt.net/harry4troy/status/9946…
Harry Tutunjian (@Harry4Troy) profile pictureHarry Tutunjian
@Harry4Troy10 May 2018
.@CaseySeiler How is this for subject-verb agreement: The Times Union got beaten badly on the Schneiderman story. #NoPaperOfRecord
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UPDATE - Siena SID says: "The investigation was initiated when the college received an allegation of discriminatory conduct. The scope of our investigation has since broadened."- timesunion.com/news/article/…
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#BREAKING: Keith Raniere, the co-founder of the NXIVM corporation, a secretive Colonie-based organization that an expert has called an "extreme cult," has been arrested by the FBI, sources say. READ MORE: trib.al/qcDJn80
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One of the main changes he'd like to see is making public the disciplinary records of police and corrections officers, saying "If anything, they are the public employees who should be most accountable" teapawt.net/gannettalbany/status/9…
Joseph Spector (@JoeSpectorNY) profile pictureJoseph Spector@JoeSpectorNY11 Mar 2018
Happy Sunshine Sunday! FOIL expert Bob Freeman visited our studio to talk about NY's laws and how they need improvement. He helped start the state Committee on Open Government in 1974... lohud.us/2ttmAJh
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Wow! Congrats @UAlbanyMLax Still No. 1. Huge comeback from 5 goals behind to beat @umterps 11-10. Gutsy victory. Go Danes! @ualbany
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