Bob Mayo
@bobmayo.bsky.social
Retired TV Reporter, Past Pittsburgh Chapter President & Board Member, SPJ - The Society of Professional Journalists
Sad to hear of the passing of Maggie Patterson. I knew Maggie from her leadership in SPJ. Devoted to high standards of journalism, an accomplished author & educator. A professor of journalism at Duquesne University.
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Former Duquesne journalism professor Maggie Patterson dies
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November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sad to hear of the passing of Maggie Patterson. I knew Maggie from her leadership in SPJ. Devoted to high standards of journalism, an accomplished author & educator. A professor of journalism at Duquesne University.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
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Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
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This season on The East Wing...
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This season on The East Wing...
#NoKings #Pittsburgh marching down Grant Street
October 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#NoKings #Pittsburgh marching down Grant Street
#NoKings #Pittsburgh about to march from Grant Street to Mellon Square
October 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#NoKings #Pittsburgh about to march from Grant Street to Mellon Square
🎶“Won’t you be my neighbor “ at #NoKings #Pittsburgh
October 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎶“Won’t you be my neighbor “ at #NoKings #Pittsburgh
America The Beautiful at #NoKings #Pittsburgh
October 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
America The Beautiful at #NoKings #Pittsburgh
People gathering on Grant Street before #NoKings #Pittsburgh
October 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
People gathering on Grant Street before #NoKings #Pittsburgh
#NoKings - North Hills of #Pittsburgh . Hundreds of people at the corner of McKnight and Duncan at McCandless Crossing.
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#NoKings - North Hills of #Pittsburgh . Hundreds of people at the corner of McKnight and Duncan at McCandless Crossing.
“We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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September 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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"We need an accurate record on issues that are contested" @cward1e.bsky.social writes, but the reality is that "information sources are disappearing. This is preventing fact checkers, journalists, researchers and policymakers from doing their jobs." fullfact.org/technology/m...
Mis(sing) information: The impact of disappearing archives and data sources – Full Fact
Discover how digital decay and disappearing archives weaken public scrutiny and fuel misinformation.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
"We need an accurate record on issues that are contested" @cward1e.bsky.social writes, but the reality is that "information sources are disappearing. This is preventing fact checkers, journalists, researchers and policymakers from doing their jobs." fullfact.org/technology/m...
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Update: At 5:07pm, Tyler Pager has published this follow up. Don't love the "Jewish leaders denounce" framing--I imagine (and hope) that many people and groups denounced it as well--but credit to the Times for covering Trump's antisemitic slur. Better late than never.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...
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Jewish Leaders Denounce Trump’s Use of Centuries-Old Trope
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Update: At 5:07pm, Tyler Pager has published this follow up. Don't love the "Jewish leaders denounce" framing--I imagine (and hope) that many people and groups denounced it as well--but credit to the Times for covering Trump's antisemitic slur. Better late than never.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...
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No mention of Trump’s “Shylock” slur in this NY Times article about his “victory lap” speech in Iowa.
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In Iowa, Trump Begins Task of Selling His Bill to the American Public
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July 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
No mention of Trump’s “Shylock” slur in this NY Times article about his “victory lap” speech in Iowa.
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How do you write an entire piece about the need to train more blue collar workers for factory jobs & fail to mention the role labor unions play in doing just that? Sure seems like a stunning oversight by @nytimes.com.
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Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs
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June 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
How do you write an entire piece about the need to train more blue collar workers for factory jobs & fail to mention the role labor unions play in doing just that? Sure seems like a stunning oversight by @nytimes.com.
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Holy crap
Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
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April 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Holy crap
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Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.
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what’s the point of access journalism if you don’t use your access to do journalism
Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came.
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
April 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
what’s the point of access journalism if you don’t use your access to do journalism
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White House officials appear to be withholding pool reporters' dispatches when the reports include information -- eg that a Netanyahu press conference was canceled, or that AP was barred -- that they don't like.
Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...
Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...
The Pool Filter
Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned—an unsettling development in the Trump administration's escalating war on the press.
www.status.news
April 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
White House officials appear to be withholding pool reporters' dispatches when the reports include information -- eg that a Netanyahu press conference was canceled, or that AP was barred -- that they don't like.
Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...
Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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We requested @post-gazette.com give the improved health care we recently won to all bargaining unit employees. To be clear, the 3rd Circuit Court already ordered the PG to do this. It’s just delaying in an attempt to deny its CURRENT employees health care.
Post-Gazette Strikers Demand Healthcare for All After Court Victory as PG Attempts to Deny Improved Union Healthcare to Picket-Crossing Employees
The striking workers have further demanded that the company meet with the union for bargaining and update their proposal to the union for the first time since 2020.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We requested @post-gazette.com give the improved health care we recently won to all bargaining unit employees. To be clear, the 3rd Circuit Court already ordered the PG to do this. It’s just delaying in an attempt to deny its CURRENT employees health care.
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You won't like it, but I'll try to explain "the big news organizations simply lack a vocabulary for..."
The people running these newsrooms look at what he did, then they look at what's sayable in their normal discourse, then instead of changing what's sayable to meet the man a bad headline is born.
The people running these newsrooms look at what he did, then they look at what's sayable in their normal discourse, then instead of changing what's sayable to meet the man a bad headline is born.
"What’s clear in these headlines is that the big news organizations simply lack a vocabulary or a strategy for how to report to readers when the president claims to do something he not only lacks the legitimate authority to do but even the power to do." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/notes...
Notes on Trump II, Month 3. How Long Do We Have to Keep Lifting? So Long.
A few days ago a friend told me that Chuck Schumer thinks...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
You won't like it, but I'll try to explain "the big news organizations simply lack a vocabulary for..."
The people running these newsrooms look at what he did, then they look at what's sayable in their normal discourse, then instead of changing what's sayable to meet the man a bad headline is born.
The people running these newsrooms look at what he did, then they look at what's sayable in their normal discourse, then instead of changing what's sayable to meet the man a bad headline is born.
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BREAKING: Today the 3rd Circuit Court enjoined the
@post-gazette.com ordering the company to — upon request — immediately restore the health care it illegally took away in 2020, and bargain with us.
This is an enormous win and the most consequential day of our entire strike.
@post-gazette.com ordering the company to — upon request — immediately restore the health care it illegally took away in 2020, and bargain with us.
This is an enormous win and the most consequential day of our entire strike.
March 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING: Today the 3rd Circuit Court enjoined the
@post-gazette.com ordering the company to — upon request — immediately restore the health care it illegally took away in 2020, and bargain with us.
This is an enormous win and the most consequential day of our entire strike.
@post-gazette.com ordering the company to — upon request — immediately restore the health care it illegally took away in 2020, and bargain with us.
This is an enormous win and the most consequential day of our entire strike.
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A lovely and brave message from VOA director Mike Abramowitz. Such a loss
Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).
March 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A lovely and brave message from VOA director Mike Abramowitz. Such a loss