Among the many revelations in the #Jan6 report, one sentence stuck out to us because of how much #media criticism we publish.

Trump lawyer, while instructing and possibly tampering with Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony, tells her "don't worry" that New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman will report anything negative because "Maggie's friendly to us. We'll be fine."

This piece from @parkermolloy for us speaks to the absolute scourge of access #journalism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2022/11/03/access-journalism-is-a-fools-errand/

Access Journalism Is a Fool’s Errand | Dame Magazine

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@damemagazine @parkermolloy Adding #Hashtags so more people see this #CassidyHutchinson #MaggieHaberman #MarkMeadows #perjury #SubornationOfPerjury #SuborningPerjury #LawFedi #FediLaw #January6thCommittee #Jan6 #January6 #Trump #DonaldTrump #TrumpCoup #NewYorkTimes

This #4thEstate flagship employing the Trump shrink, is the same #PaperOfRecord that helped #DickCheney sell the US on the #IraqWar with aluminum tubes lies, while sitting on the treasonous domestic mass spying story.

@tolortslubor @parkermolloy Thank you so much, we need to get better about using hashtags! Still learning.
@tolortslubor @damemagazine @parkermolloy
Is there a list somewhere of all the "standard" hashtags? I dont want to make up new ones nobody looks for

@dbc3 @damemagazine @parkermolloy

If you start typing any # related to a subject, it'll pre-pop suggestions.

If you make up a new hashtag that becomes used by many or just you; cool.

Include as many relevant #hashtags in a toot as there's space for.

@tolortslubor @damemagazine @parkermolloy
I tried several options but nothing popped. I typed oit that one to see if it got highlighted but i typed it all and published as plain text. Maybe my browser?
@dbc3 @damemagazine @parkermolloy Possibly? What are you typing after the #? If it's a commonly used tag, even the first few letters start populating things in my browser and the app

@tolortslubor @damemagazine @parkermolloy

Oh, now i see. I kept typing expecting it to complete the word by typing ahead Just now i typed #h and hit enter and it did it.

@damemagazine @parkermolloy

People like Maggie Haberman are why I don't bother with the NYT.

@greengordon @parkermolloy we totally get that. It's frustrating because there is a lot of really good & important reporting done by NYtimes. Unfortunately they diminish their reputation with bothsidesism and access journalism.
@greengordon @damemagazine @parkermolloy
Same here. I cancelled subscriptions to nyt and wapo. I figure if they break a story it will make its way out. I do like some columnists at both but settle for someone (themselves often) quoting them on sm
@Joe_Hill @parkermolloy indeed they would be, and already do run around with their "liberal media bias" nonsense (factually incorrect, of course)
@damemagazine @parkermolloy
Why shouldn't Trump tamper with more witnesses? It's not like he went to prison for tampering with any of those other witnesses. Law enforcement sent him a clear message that he could tamper with witnesses without any criminal consequences.
@tofugolem @parkermolloy yes, that's the exactly the issue with accountability. When there is none, it becomes permission.
@damemagazine @parkermolloy I used to adulate Scotty Reston. Now I understand he (unwittingly?) sabotaged journalism.
@msbellows @parkermolloy He certainly may have been an early model for what we see today when certain beltway reporters get a little too chummy...

@damemagazine @parkermolloy
#Woodward and #Bernstein got all the #access they needed from Deep Throat.

Edit: I removed the hashtag from "Deep Throat", because current usage doesn't usually seem to be the secret Watergate informant.

@damemagazine @parkermolloy but her reporting and the reporting from the times suggests anything but friendliness.
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Haberman seems to be catching the brunt of the pushback on access journalism, although it seems to me like Woodword is at least as culpable when it comes to some of those criticisms.
I think we're just seeing a dearth of coverage on great investigative journalism, because so much of the big news media is driven by turning politics into a combination of Real Housewives and WWE. Access and opinion draw clicks, but are often used more for shaping than informing.
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@damemagazine @parkermolloy
Are you suggesting a Trump lawyer in the process of tampering with a witness is credible, just because his story suits you right now?

He was trying to convince Hutchinson it was safe for her to play dumb about her knowledge, since Haberman would not show her up.

He lied. Haberman writes a lot about Trump's improper, unethical, corrupt and illegal doings. Much of it from his own mouth. She might be the best reporter in DC at that.

Envy & sour grapes?