The real Jon Brodkin
@jbrodkin
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Senior IT Reporter for @ArsTechnica. Intergalactic ALF of mystery. "Probably Comcast's least favorite journalist" - The Daily Beast.
Joined October 2008
Truly a modern hero: @jaredmauch
Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes https://t.co/DN5WvB0b58 by @JBrodkin
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Testing new headline-less news links...
arstechnica.com
The ultimate guide to unpaid-bill suits filed against X, Musk’s social network.
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When working on 2022 article about transgender athletes & elite sports, I called GLAAD. Their officials tried to tell me who I should NOT interview and that I should not "platform" tennis great and gay pioneer Martina Navratilova because her views ran counter to their line.
Yesterday, @nytimes published yet another biased, anti-trans article. This morning, we’re at the NYT headquarters holding them accountable.
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I regret to inform readers that buying digital apes for $420,000 each did not lead to the long-term gains expected by investors
arstechnica.com
Lawsuit: Sotheby’s $24M sale to FTX gave Bored Ape NFTs “an air of legitimacy.”…
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Can you really be considered a respectable journalist if you've never received a "You suck" email from Elon Musk? https://t.co/C7mdvbUinN
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I'm unverified now but I still like to think that I may or may not be notable
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As the tragic death of Kaylin Gillis shows, the sad state of telecom infrastructure in rural America means people die because they can't reach 911. https://t.co/Jc014kNjM3 This is a policy choice.
news10.com
The tragic events over the weekend have also spotlighted an issue that has been going on for years in Hebron — the lack of cell phone service.
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Apparently the FCC challenge process requires journalists to nag Comcast about each mistake. While it's kind of fun, I don't think that solution will fix every bit of false data ISPs submit for the map.
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Comcast refused to fix false data on FCC map when residents in two cities filed challenges—it only did so after I contacted Comcast on the residents' behalf. The FCC told me Comcast admitting a mistake shows "the challenge process is working as designed." https://t.co/HqV9UEmPAq
arstechnica.com
Comcast could have avoided giving false data to FCC by checking its own website.
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Interesting concept: Journalists supporting fellow journalists' right to do heavily researched, fact-based journalism. I wonder if it'll catch on.
Here's the full letter to NewsGuild of NY president Susan DeCarava; the effort was organized by @jwpetersNYT
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Investigating things is *so* uncouth when you can just reiterate company statements
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This is how a telecom-industry trade pub describes the basic consumer-affairs reporting I do on Comcast: "Ars Technica typically strikes a rather Nader-esque position in regard to the No. 1 ISP in the US, which the regular reader might come to believe manufactures Death Stars"
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Prepare all of your fainting couches before reading this news
ISP admits lying to FCC about size of network to block funding to rivals https://t.co/lcEPq0YGPD by @JBrodkin
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