Edward Wasserman
@ewass.bsky.social
Media ethicist, professor of journalism & former dean, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
In this series of cozy emails involving this accomplished reporter and the sex criminal, Epstein assures us that Trump had to have known what was going on. But the core question, which Epstein could have answered, remains unasked. Was Trump a participant? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Michael Wolff, Chronicler of Elites, Provided Epstein With Advice on Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In this series of cozy emails involving this accomplished reporter and the sex criminal, Epstein assures us that Trump had to have known what was going on. But the core question, which Epstein could have answered, remains unasked. Was Trump a participant? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Influencers court danger from undisclosed conflicts of interest, and may find valuable lessons in conventional journalism practice. ewasserman.com/influencers-...
Influencers could learn a lot from traditional journalism about disclosing political funders
Published in The Conversation: October 24, 2025
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October 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Influencers court danger from undisclosed conflicts of interest, and may find valuable lessons in conventional journalism practice. ewasserman.com/influencers-...
Why does the Times think we need a lead story about Trump's self-congratulatory view of his own dangerously misguided presidency? Like their report on the zealots who want him on Mt. Rushmore, this seems like a news org negotiating the terms of its own abjection. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...
From Court to Congress to the Mideast, Trump Tallies His Wins
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Why does the Times think we need a lead story about Trump's self-congratulatory view of his own dangerously misguided presidency? Like their report on the zealots who want him on Mt. Rushmore, this seems like a news org negotiating the terms of its own abjection. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...
Blaming Joe Biden's inner circle for concealing his decline is an easy option for the journalists producing the latest wave of recriminations. The harder question, which they don't touch, is where was the White House press corps? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Why did it take so long for the public to learn of Biden’s decline? Blame the media
Failing to report on President Biden’s fitness only delayed the inevitable, leaving Kamala Harris with the impossible task of running a truncated campaign.
www.sfchronicle.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Blaming Joe Biden's inner circle for concealing his decline is an easy option for the journalists producing the latest wave of recriminations. The harder question, which they don't touch, is where was the White House press corps? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Reposted by Edward Wasserman
This is freakishly wrong. Extortion, corruption, submission. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services
US president reverses threat to suspend security clearances and cancel federal contracts after meeting with chair of Paul, Weiss
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This is freakishly wrong. Extortion, corruption, submission. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Where were Greenland & Panama & Canada during the campaign? Trump ignored foreign policy beyond grumbling about how much everybody owes us. Now, out of nowhere, reckless plans to strongarm and humiliate allies. If that was the plan, shouldn't people have voted on it? Why else do we have elections?
January 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Where were Greenland & Panama & Canada during the campaign? Trump ignored foreign policy beyond grumbling about how much everybody owes us. Now, out of nowhere, reckless plans to strongarm and humiliate allies. If that was the plan, shouldn't people have voted on it? Why else do we have elections?
Reposted by Edward Wasserman
Gutsy for @anntelnaes.bsky.social to quit the @washingtonpost over rejection of this cartoon dinging tech/media moguls paying obeisance to Trump. But shame on Bezos and his flunkies at the paper. Her Substack post is in the thread 1/2
January 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Gutsy for @anntelnaes.bsky.social to quit the @washingtonpost over rejection of this cartoon dinging tech/media moguls paying obeisance to Trump. But shame on Bezos and his flunkies at the paper. Her Substack post is in the thread 1/2