Michael J. Mooney
@MooneyMichaelJ
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Audible Original podcast: Hold Fast https://t.co/L5hMmDm7ZW Stories for: Atlantic | GQ | Texas Monthly | Politico | Texas Highways | Outside | Deseret
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Joined April 2012
New story for @TheAtlantic has nothing to do with politics and doesn’t use the word “virus” once. But it’s about how someone who felt trapped in her life decided to escape. And it gets a little crazy.
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She wanted to escape her marriage. He wanted to escape his life sentence.
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More than a decade later, I still think about the concept of perfection — and the fleeting moments when you witness it — every single day.
Never gets old, @MooneyMichaelJ.
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Big win here. Trevor is one of the best journalists in America and everyone should listen to this fascinating podcast. I guarantee whatever you think about the Pulse shooting is wrong.
My Audible Original “Pulse: The Untold Story” has won a @PeabodyAwards, the first for @audible_com's growing category of journalism-based podcasts.
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Confession: I went years never missing a single episode of this show. I skipped classes in college to watch! Nothing made me want to write about sports more than seeing these sports writers bantering every day and imagining how I might contribute to their conversations.
It’s incredible — and now, in this fragmented era, impossible — to create a TV show with 23 unflagging years of trust and affection from millions of people. @AroundtheHorn is a family that changed my life forever.
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RT @sullduggery: Sometimes Twitter users just at-mention @PabloTorre, and then we send award-winning reporters like @MooneyMichaelJ to find….
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If you want the full, unadulterated story, there’s a pretty good podcast about all this:.
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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Hold Fast is the uncompromising story of Backpage.com, the world’s most scandalous website, and the rise and fall of alternative weekly newspapers nation...
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If you’re wondering how the media landscape got where it is now…. If you look around baffled by what you see…. If you want to know how so many people live in such disparate realities, looking at the downfall of New Times is a good start.
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This didn’t get a ton of coverage as it was happening, partly because these free sex-ad funded papers had also made a lot of enemies in corporate-owned media, often by pointing out bullshit and hypocrisy.
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Politicians of all stripes went after the company’s owners and executives. There were FBI raids, arrests, multiple trials playing out over years….
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About 15 years ago, when this country really needed good, trustworthy journalism that was free to consume, some of those enemies started seeking revenge. These constitutionally protected ads that used ambiguous language to sell sex became a target….
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Any corporate or political interest. Journalists felt no obligation to tell the audience things they already agreed with. But the funding that allowed this great, free journalism to exist ultimately became its Achilles heel….
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The newspapers ran ads for restaurants and bars, but most of the money came from classified ads. Specifically adult classifieds. These were mostly ads for sex workers using coded language, some legal (strippers) and some less legal. That meant the company wasn’t beholden to….
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This brand of no-sacred-cows journalism made a lot of enemies across the political spectrum. Plenty of people cast doubts on the veracity of these papers, but often that just meant even more readers. The problem was how the outlets were funded….
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New Times, and later Village Voice Media. The company owned free weekly newspapers in almost every big city in America and covered everyone from every party with a skeptical eye. A ton of the best journalists in the country cut their teeth in these newsrooms. But….
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While America is contemplating the trustworthiness of corporate-owned news outlets, it’s worth thinking about the most free, unencumbered news organization to exist in this century. It was called….
The election results put an exclamation point on pervasive concerns about distrust and dissatisfaction with the news media. Now a reckoning is underway. Media execs and rank-and-file reporters are wondering what needs to change. So here are some concrete ideas. 🧵.
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Yep. This. Absolutely horrible feeling envious of Washington fans right now. It’s unnatural!.
There is not a single ounce of joy or fun in following the Cowboys organization right now. They don’t play a fun style of football, the offense is archaic and boring and lacks electric players, the defense doesn’t make any big plays - and then all that is happening off of the.
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If this weren’t posted on his account I would assume this is an affable parody. So spot on.
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RT @stephenlemons: Tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 27, journalist Michael Lacey will be sentenced for 1 count of money laundering re: his former co….
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It's an insane ask for someone convicted of just one nonviolent offense.
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Some days @pablofindsout is the heir apparent to Real Sports, with award-winning deep dives on the most important stories in sports. Other days @PabloTorre @katienolan and @DanSoder smoke athlete-branded weed and play video games. Versatility!.
.@DanSoder gives the perfect review of athlete-branded weed 😭😂. "With the Pacman, I really wanted pizza.". "With the Magic Johnstoned, I really wanted to talk.". "With the Melo, I thought of the future and all the College Football I'm going to play.". "And then with the Gary
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