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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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It is no one's responsibility to give the president of CBS News, who was installed in the role by an ideological ally of the president despite only ever being a takeslinger for her entire career, the benefit of the doubt.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In case you need it, here is my dog Oliver modeling his new sweaters.
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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This might sound reasonable to people, but it means the White House can spike investigative journalism by simply not commenting.
CBS News EIC Bari Weiss had concerns about the CECOT piece, I’m told. The network decided to hold the segment pending, among other things, comment or an interview with White House officials next year…
An Editor’s Note from 60 Minutes
December 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I love both of those comedians and think this is nonsense?

Josh Johnson turning out speed of light political comedy that’s thoughtful and wise

Mike Birbiglia’s specials are truly works of art

Every word John Mulaney says is funny?

Iliza Schlesinger is an incredible dissector of misogynist myths
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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That was very clearly OPI. Not sure what people are missing.
December 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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The Bills pass catchers do not spark joy
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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CAN ANYBODY MAKE A PLAY FOR THE QUARTERBACK PLEASE
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Bills’ wide receiver room is professional malpractice.
December 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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there is no excuse for the bills having zero outside receiver involvement in their passing game. lots of teams in the league get more outside production from worse players. josh palmer is literally half as productive this season as he’s ever been in LA. it’s a comprehensive failure from joe brady
December 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
That was the stupidest minute of football I’ve seen in forever.
December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This right here is the secret sauce of @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social @pablo.show
“Owning a recognizable story world, personality, or aesthetic becomes the new distribution strategy.”

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-...
December 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Vac’s Whacks: It’s the most wonderful time of the year — clear your throats and lift your voices to the sky for the 2025 version of the Post’s Christmas Carols. nypost.com/2025/12/20/s...
These Christmas carols tell painful story of New York sports in 2025
Cheer up, gang. Think of how useful that extra coal will be in January and February!
nypost.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Hell yeah
The Other 51 is BACK!

New episode is live, and holy cow is it great. @jeffpearlman.bsky.social returns to the show to talk all things Tupac, and how he wrote and reported his great new book, "Only God Can Judge Me"

Listen here, or all the podcast places:

open.spotify.com/episode/0dxT...
Only God Can Judge Me with Jeff Pearlman
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December 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Other 51 is BACK!

New episode is live, and holy cow is it great. @jeffpearlman.bsky.social returns to the show to talk all things Tupac, and how he wrote and reported his great new book, "Only God Can Judge Me"

Listen here, or all the podcast places:

open.spotify.com/episode/0dxT...
Only God Can Judge Me with Jeff Pearlman
open.spotify.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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New at Sports Media Guy:

The other night, I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." What the AI overview told me was so wrong, I turned it into a blog post about how sports journalists have a real opportunity to be authentic, human, and accurate.

Give it a read here:
The real opportunity AI presents sports journalism
I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." You won't believe what happened next.
sportsmediaguy.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New at Sports Media Guy:

The other night, I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." What the AI overview told me was so wrong, I turned it into a blog post about how sports journalists have a real opportunity to be authentic, human, and accurate.

Give it a read here:
The real opportunity AI presents sports journalism
I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." You won't believe what happened next.
sportsmediaguy.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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If you're a college basketball fan, I think you'll like today's Guest Extra Points, on what the Big 5 in Philly means in the post-House Settlement Era:

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/philadelph...
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So this is fun. I count *at least* six mistakes in the Google A.I. overview when I asked about how the Bills can clinch a playoff berth.
December 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Never a doubt.
December 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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A facemask penalty on the kick will give the Bills a nice chance to punt from Patriots territory again if they'd like to
December 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mack Hollins just made a better catch than literally any Bills receiver has made all season.

He'd be a good guy to have on the roster. Bills should look into him ...
December 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM