Sources: over 12 news outlets, including AP and Fox Business, formed a consortium to sift leaked Facebook docs from Frances Haugen, reporting stories separately
It's not often that major news organizations coordinate to sift through a large trove of leaked company documents and agree … Tweets: @jamesrbuk , @goldstein222 , @parismartineau , @timkarr , @alexstamos , @bostonjoan , @martinsfp , @juanof9 , @amir , @skirchy , @mitch_troy , @kantrowitz , @brianmcc , @markdistef , @drewpusateri , @iankar_ , and @alexeheath See also Mediagazer Tweets: James Ball / @jamesrbuk : This is *high stakes* timing for the media vs Facebook as it coordinates with quarterly earnings day. While no-one reports to purposely damage stock price, if a huge group of major outlets publish simultaneously and it's outweighed in markets by Facebook results...that's a moment https://twitter.com/... Daniel Goldstein / @goldstein222 : @iankar_ Whoa, such a surprise that all the huge media companies that Facebook steals Ad dollars from want to take them down Hmmmm...that doesn't seem suspicious at all Paris Martineau / @parismartineau : Facebook should have just tweeted that they were mad because all the tech reporters were hanging out in a Slack group called ‘Apparently we are a consortium now’ https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Tim Karr / @timkarr : Facebook undoubtedly in full on crisis mode as it prepares for a series of exposés Monday from the likes of AP, Reuters, CNN, the NYT, WaPo, Le Monde and other outlets working in coordination to report on @FrancesHaugen's massive trove of documents. https://twitter.com/... Alex Stamos / @alexstamos : What would it take to get this consortium of media outlets looking at Facebook integrity docs to commit to publishing the underlying documents with every story (redacted for privacy)? These docs could revolutionize academic study of online harms but not without the real data. Joan S. Pumpkins / @bostonjoan : Whatever happens, it is critical that the media doesn't become the story here. What these internal studies represent is a new basis to build shared facts across journalism, research, gov, and industry. https://twitter.com/... Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp : Haha. I shouldn't laugh but this is sadly familiar. The rule with this stuff should be ‘we all hold the line’. Did they all really start folding over a piece from The Information? https://twitter.com/... Juan Ortiz Freuler / @juanof9 : @alexstamos I mean, why aren't we asking Facebook to release these docs itself? They have many more to release as well. “They could revolutionize....” Amir Efrati / @amir : ( thought this would last til Monday. @benyt shows that is not likely. https://twitter.com/... Stephanie Kirchgaessner / @skirchy : It doesn't have to go down this way. Collaborations can be stressful and intense and usually the stories are difficult and complex. But in two collaborations I've worked on having one great big newsroom has been rewarding journalistically. There's so much to learn from each other https://twitter.com/... Mitchell Troyanovsky / @mitch_troy : @iankar_ Bit different when what they're reporting on is a direct competitor to them id say Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : The consortium of publications that Frances Haugen handed her documents to blew up tonight ahead of a Monday embargo. Get ready for lots of Facebook stories to drop tonight and tomorrow. It's a mess. https://twitter.com/... Brian McCullough / @brianmcc : Not saying I care. Just saying we talked about this coming on the bonus episode... https://www.techmeme.com/... Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef : Here's Associated Press tonight; “Every outlet has freedom to pursue whatever story it wants. Nonetheless, it's remarkable to see these news organizations... set aside some of their competitive impulses and work together to work on something unquestionably in the public interest” Drew Pusateri / @drewpusateri : can confirm https://twitter.com/... Ian Kar / @iankar_ : Not sure how other content/media ppl feel about this but w/o knowing what's in the docs, I find this a bit much. There's a difference between journalism and collusion against private companies https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Alex Heath / @alexeheath : live look inside Facebook's communications department https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer