Rob McDonagh
@robmcdonagh.bsky.social
Dubliner in NYC
Investigations editor at Storyful news agency
Investigations editor at Storyful news agency
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Former news video editor here. There's a practical reason they don't. They don't have the right to any images of sick people. You can't just grab a picture off google and throw it on tv/your website. You need the rights. So either you filmed it yourself, or a newswire you subscribe to did.
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Former news video editor here. There's a practical reason they don't. They don't have the right to any images of sick people. You can't just grab a picture off google and throw it on tv/your website. You need the rights. So either you filmed it yourself, or a newswire you subscribe to did.
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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"[You're] not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?"
"I'd rather not have you ask the question."
"I'd rather not have you ask the question."
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"[You're] not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?"
"I'd rather not have you ask the question."
"I'd rather not have you ask the question."
My mother's response:
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My mother's response:
If you're curious what AI scam calls sound like, here's a voicemail I just received from "Nicole with Consumer Services".
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you're curious what AI scam calls sound like, here's a voicemail I just received from "Nicole with Consumer Services".
My co-worker just used OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate a fake video of a bear rummaging through garbage in a Tennessee backyard.
He then asked OpenAI's ChatGPT if the video was real or fake, and it concluded that it was real. 🙃
He then asked OpenAI's ChatGPT if the video was real or fake, and it concluded that it was real. 🙃
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My co-worker just used OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate a fake video of a bear rummaging through garbage in a Tennessee backyard.
He then asked OpenAI's ChatGPT if the video was real or fake, and it concluded that it was real. 🙃
He then asked OpenAI's ChatGPT if the video was real or fake, and it concluded that it was real. 🙃
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Unbelievable scoop from Anna Bower.
I genuinely admire the entire lawfare team, but this is bananas-level.
I genuinely admire the entire lawfare team, but this is bananas-level.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Unbelievable scoop from Anna Bower.
I genuinely admire the entire lawfare team, but this is bananas-level.
I genuinely admire the entire lawfare team, but this is bananas-level.
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Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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A look at part of the crowd of tens of thousands out this afternoon for the “No Kings” protest in downtown Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A look at part of the crowd of tens of thousands out this afternoon for the “No Kings” protest in downtown Chicago
Incredible drone footage of Chicago’s No Kings protest:
Happening Now: Thousands out for a “No Kings” protest in Chicago
October 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Incredible drone footage of Chicago’s No Kings protest:
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If anyone ever asks, "why don't people immigrate to the US the right way?", it's worth noting I was just quoted $14,460 for an O-1 visa application with premium processing. My first O-1 application, without premium processing, was $6,160 in 2018.
October 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If anyone ever asks, "why don't people immigrate to the US the right way?", it's worth noting I was just quoted $14,460 for an O-1 visa application with premium processing. My first O-1 application, without premium processing, was $6,160 in 2018.
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No one is ready for any of this.
Read through Drew’s thread.
Read through Drew’s thread.
I told OpenAI's Sora to make a video showing "Body cam footage of cops arresting a dark skinned man in a department store." It took less than a minute.
October 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
No one is ready for any of this.
Read through Drew’s thread.
Read through Drew’s thread.
This is not how copyright works.
OpenAI is simply admitting to stealing intellectual property for profit but is telling the creators that it’s their fault if they don’t ask for their stuff back.
OpenAI is simply admitting to stealing intellectual property for profit but is telling the creators that it’s their fault if they don’t ask for their stuff back.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is not how copyright works.
OpenAI is simply admitting to stealing intellectual property for profit but is telling the creators that it’s their fault if they don’t ask for their stuff back.
OpenAI is simply admitting to stealing intellectual property for profit but is telling the creators that it’s their fault if they don’t ask for their stuff back.
I just went to a shoe repair shop in NYC to ask them to resole a pair of black leather boots I bought 4 years ago for $130
The cost: $165
Sooo I guess I'll just buy new boots and throw them out
This system is bad.
The cost: $165
Sooo I guess I'll just buy new boots and throw them out
This system is bad.
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just went to a shoe repair shop in NYC to ask them to resole a pair of black leather boots I bought 4 years ago for $130
The cost: $165
Sooo I guess I'll just buy new boots and throw them out
This system is bad.
The cost: $165
Sooo I guess I'll just buy new boots and throw them out
This system is bad.
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Story, which it would be great if you could all click on www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/16/m...
Key murder and terrorism counts dismissed against Luigi Mangione, accused United Healthcare CEO killer
The ruling is a significant win for Mangoine, who still faces a second-dgree murder count but no longer faces life without the possibility of parole on the state charges.
www.nydailynews.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Story, which it would be great if you could all click on www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/16/m...
"The who? I'm not familiar," Trump says after being asked why he didn't lower flags for Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortmann, a Democrat, who was assassinated at her home in June along with her husband.
"I wouldn't have thought of that," he says.
"I wouldn't have thought of that," he says.
September 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"The who? I'm not familiar," Trump says after being asked why he didn't lower flags for Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortmann, a Democrat, who was assassinated at her home in June along with her husband.
"I wouldn't have thought of that," he says.
"I wouldn't have thought of that," he says.
September 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.
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“This is a golf course, stop it “
September 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“This is a golf course, stop it “
Israeli PM Netanyahu's office says the IDF killing of multiple journalists in a double-tap strike on a hospital in Gaza as a "tragic mishap".
The military will be investigating its own actions, his office says.
The military will be investigating its own actions, his office says.
August 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Israeli PM Netanyahu's office says the IDF killing of multiple journalists in a double-tap strike on a hospital in Gaza as a "tragic mishap".
The military will be investigating its own actions, his office says.
The military will be investigating its own actions, his office says.
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"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Israeli media reporting that Netanyahu has decided that Israel will occupy Gaza:
August 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Israeli media reporting that Netanyahu has decided that Israel will occupy Gaza:
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I deeply dislike this nation’s persistent mass shooting status quo, and I particularly would rather not walk around the scene of a mass shooting to make my way home. But the way New Yorkers on the street find commonality with one another in the wake of events like this remains a source of awe.
July 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I deeply dislike this nation’s persistent mass shooting status quo, and I particularly would rather not walk around the scene of a mass shooting to make my way home. But the way New Yorkers on the street find commonality with one another in the wake of events like this remains a source of awe.