Podcast appearances and mentions of sydney ember

When a piece of an Alaska Airlines flight blew out into the sky in January, concern and scrutiny focused once more on the plane's manufacturer, Boeing.Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The Times, explains what has been learned about the incident and what the implications might be for Boeing.Guest: Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The New York Times.Background reading: The Alaska Airlines plane may have left the Boeing factory missing bolts, the National Transportation Safety Board said.Facing another Boeing crisis, the F.A.A. takes a harder line.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

A Times investigation found that U.S. passenger planes come dangerously close to crashing into each other far more frequently than the public knows.Sydney Ember, an economics reporter for The Times, explains why an aviation system known for its safety is producing such a steady stream of close calls.Guest: Sydney Ember, an economics correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: Airline close calls happen far more often than previously known.What you need to know about turbulence.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Remember that beer test? It’s not enough. That’s why this election season, we bring you: Still Processing’s Rubric for Leadership and Democratic Excellence.Discussed this week:Astead Herndon, Jon Caramanica and Jon Pareles. "What Do Rally Playlists Say About the Candidates?" (The New York Times, Aug. 19, 2019)Clara Guibourg and Helen Briggs. "Climate change: Which vegan milk is best?" (BBC News, Feb. 22, 2019)The AP reporter Alexandra Jaffe’s post on Twitter that Senator Kamala Harris drinks oat milkMatt Flegenheimer and Sydney Ember. "How Amy Klobuchar Treats Her Staff" (The New York Times, Feb. 22, 2019)Carl Zimmer. "Elizabeth Warren Has a Native American Ancestor. Does That Make Her Native American?" (The New York Times, Oct. 15, 2018)Adrienne Keene, Rebecca Nagle and Joseph M. Pierce. "Syllabus: Elizabeth Warren, Cherokee Citizenship, and DNA Testing" (Critical Ethnic Studies, Dec. 19, 2018)Thomas Kaplan. "Elizabeth Warren Apologizes at Native American Forum: ‘I Have Listened and I Have Learned.’" (The New York Times, Aug. 19, 2019)Matt Stieb. "Where Does Marianne Williamson Actually Stand on Vaccines?" (NYMag, Aug. 4, 2019)Glenn Thrush. "Obama and Biden’s Relationship Looks Rosy. It Wasn’t Always That Simple." (The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2019)

  Suzi does three stories on this episode of Jacobin Radio, beginning with Katie Halper's expose in Jacobin of the New York Times's problem with Bernie Sanders, evident in their coverage. The problem is their correspondent Sydney Ember, who has a long record of unfairly attacking Sanders — while neglecting to mention that the sources she quotes as objective authorities are corporate lobbyists and austerity ideologues. Suzi then looks at two articles in the new journal Commune, first with M. E. O’Brien. Her article, “Junkie Communism” questions how the socialist project emphasizes the dignity of work as its basis, but leaves out those who are unable to maintain stable employment — and posits a politics that includes those whose lives have been broken by the cruel conditions imposed on us all. Suzi then talks to Chloe Watlington about her powerful piece “Who Owns Tomorrow,” a devastating and revealing look at deaths of despair — from opioids, alcohol, and unemployment in crumbling neoliberal America, an all-too-familiar story that has hit Watlington personally.  

Darren and Jack cover these topics:Trump celebrates Independence Day with a vulgar display of authoritarianism.Trump says the Continental Army took control of the airports in 1775. What?Over 400 Holocaust experts and scholars say Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's description of Border Patrol "detention centers" as concentration camps is correct.Jack says "freedom" is actually "free dumb."A federal judge rules against the National Labor Relations Board; he says that unions who display inflatable rats on the picket line are engaging in free speech protected under the First Amendment.Political cartoonists are having problems in the age of Trump.Does New York Times reporter Sydney Ember have an axe to grind with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)?Grocery heir Peter Meijer announces that he's running for Congress to replace Justin Amash (R-3).And Congressman Justin Amash announces he's leaving the GOP to run as an independent, adding that the two party system is what's wrong with the United States.

My piece on Sydney Ember https://fair.org/home/sidney-embers-secret-sources/ Carl's paper: https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GlobalGreenNewDeal.pdf I chat with Carl Beijer about his new paper, published by the People's Policy Project, on how to pay for the Global Green New Deal, why Third Way, the radical centrist think tank which says it will support any Dem but Bernie and works to cut social security and medicare, is so bad, the media's anti Bernie Bias and why Bernie should run as a socialist. I include clips of Sanders' speech on democratic socialism and Jim Kessler (of Third Way, ) bragging about working with Claire McCaskill (who lost her latest election), compromising on abortion, making abortion puns (the legislation had been "still born" "in gestation"), urging the Dems to focus less on climate change and minimum wage. I also include Third Way's Matt Bennett refusing to say how much money Third Way gets from Wall Street.

Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) and Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) are back to pick up the trash in Elizabeth Warren's policy shop. From a No Child Left Behind plan for hospitals to Green Imperialism, we try to parse the other left candidate and her various schemes. Plus some talk about the ever-worsening ethnic cleansing crisis in the US. Sign up and catch up on some Overtime!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Timestamps: 0:00: Intro 1:33: Immigration and detention 20:55: Warren's got a plan 51:18: Sanders in the Times Links: Sheik Khalid scrap yard https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Sheik_Khalid_scrap_yard.jpg ​Breakfast Club interview with Warren (20:00 for Native American issue; 26:25 for Republican issue) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxVoXVwriOM No Child Left Behind for hospitals http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/the-problem-with-elizabeth-warrens-maternal-mortality-plan.html Pod Save Warren https://twitter.com/jackallisonlol/status/1112707719562051584?s=12 Apolitical judges https://theweek.com/articles/845319/buttigiegs-busted-court-plan Mark Ames on Tiananmen https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/1136272833989009409 Alexander Burns & Sydney Ember: "Mayor and 'Foreign Minister'" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/bernie-sanders-burlington-mayor.html Sydney Ember: "I Did My Best to Stop American Foreign Policy" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/us/bernie-sanders.html Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

(re)-educating Jonathan Chait & Sydney Ember with Greg Grandin: or how reporters like Chait & Ember regurgitate psyops disinformation & Reagan administration talking points to sanitize death squads & imperialism or in defense of Bernie Sanders' radical opposition to genocide

Pete and Luke discuss a few articles about party politics in America. German Lopez, "William Barr helped establish mass incarceration. Now Trump wants him as attorney general." Vox.com (Dec 7, 2018). Charlie Savage, "Trump Will Nominate William Barr as Attorney General," New York Times (Dec 7, 2018). Dylan Scott, "What we know about the alleged election fraud plot in North Carolina," Vox.com (Dec 8, 2018). Sydney Ember, "North Carolina Republican Says He Would Support New Election if Fraud Occurred," New York Times (Dec 7, 2018) Julia Azari, "Weak parties and strong partisanship are a bad combination," Vox.com (Nov. 3, 2016). Yascha Mounk, "Is More Democracy Always Better Democracy?" The New Yorker (November 12, 2018). Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro, "Political partisanship is vicious. That's because political parties are too weak." Washington Post (Nov. 28, 2018). The Public Sphere is a podcast from Contrivers Review. Visit www.contrivers.org to read great essays and interviews. You can also sign up for our newsletter, follow us on Twitter, or like our Facebook page. If you have a suggestion for the podcast, or an essay or review you'd like to pitch, get in touch with us through social media or email. The Public Sphere is on iTunes where you can rate and review us. Please consider supporting The Public Sphere and Contrivers' Review on Patreon. Thanks for listening.

The FCC is currently considering whether it will overturn the long-fought net neutrality rules enacted under the Wheeler FCC. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia subsequently upheld the rules. If the Ajit Pai FCC undoes the rules, as it is likely to do, there will be, as always, winners and losers. Who will they be? Further, ISPs are arguing that they too believe in net neutrality principles. But does their purported support of net neutrality principles align with the original definition of net neutrality that was first advanced by their opponents? Bio Christopher Lewis (@ChrisJ_Lewis) is Vice President at Public Knowledge. He leads the organization's advocacy on Capitol Hill and other government agencies. Prior to joining Public Knowledge in 2012, Chris served at the Federal Communications Commission as Deputy Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. At the FCC, Chris advised the FCC Chairman on legislative and political strategy. He is a former U.S. Senate staffer for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Chris also has over 15 years' worth of advocacy experience. Previously, Chris worked as the North Carolina Field Director for Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign. Chris serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Local Self Reliance. He also represents Public Knowledge on the Board of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG). Chris graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelors degree in Government. He lives in Alexandria, VA where he loves working on local civic issues and is elected to the Alexandria City Public School Board. Resources Public Knowledge Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle by Jeff Flake News Roundup Trump's manufacturing council disbands After he made insensitive remarks following racial unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia the weekend before last, Trump was forced to shut down his manufacturing advisory council. Several CEOs had decided to resign from the council after Trump failed to denounce the KKK and White Nationalists, saying instead that there had been "hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides." He then backtracked reading a prepared statement, only to go back to saying all sides were at fault for the violence.  Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was among the CEOs to resign from the council.  Steven Musil reports in CNET.  But the American Tech Council remains intact, although the CEOS of Google, Apple and Microsoft wrote internal memos distancing themselves from the administration. That's in next.gov. Tech companies ban extremist websites and causes Both Google and GoDaddy last week announced that they would not host sites like Daily Stormer that espouse white supremacist ideology. First Amendment advocacy groups, however, like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, argue that the move could backfire and set a bad precedent for civil rights groups. Andrew Morse reports for CNET. Sites like GoFundMe and Paypal are also banning white supremacists from raising funds on their platforms. Abbey White reports in Vox. But the LA Times reports that these groups are forming their own corporate ecosystem in defiance of Silicon Valley. DOJ seeks user info from Anti-Trump website Dreamhost wrote a blog post last week disclosing that the Justice Department has been demanding, for months, site visitor information from the anti-Trump website distruptj20.org. The warrant seeks all files from the site. Colin Lecher reports in the Verge. Trump bolsters U.S. Cyber Command President Trump is bolstering the U.S. Cyber Command making it a full combatant command. Now, administration officials will need to decide whether to spin out Cyber Command from the NSA. Jordan Fabian reports in The Hill. The cozy relationship between Sinclair Broadcasting and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai The New York Times reported last week on Sinclair Broadcasting's enormous influence on current FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Sinclair, known for its right-leaning content, currently owns or operates 175 television stations nationwide. But it has also proposed to merge with Tribune Media, which would bring that number up to 215 stations. The deal would also give Sinclair a much larger presence in cities, including New York City, where it would own WPIX Channel 11.  When he was an FCC Commissioner, Pai even ripped language, almost verbatim, from Sinclair's own filings. Pai used the language to bolster his official legal arguments in support of Sinclair's opposition to the Wheeler FCC's crackdown on joint sales agreements. Then, just 10 days after he became FCC Chairman, Pai relaxed those restrictions. Since becoming Chairman, Pai has also relaxed some TV ownership limits.  Cecilia Kang, Eric Lipton and and Sydney Ember report in The New York Times. Trump orders China IP practices investigation President Trump has ordered an investigation into China's alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property. The administration estimates the alleged theft may have cost U.S. businesses some $600 billion. You can find the story in Fortune. Federal Judge: LinkedIn must allow startup access to data--for now U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen in San Francisco has ordered Microsoft's LinkedIn to open up its public data to a third-party startup. The startup, hiQ Labs, scrapes data LinkedIn users post publicly and uses it to predict which employees are likely to leave their jobs. Microsoft argues that hiQ's practices violate the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. But Judge Chen isn't buying it. He says that law doesn't apply to publicly available data. Jacob Gershman reports for the Wall Street Journal. Ninth Circuit says Spokeo is liable for posting wrong info In a 3-0 decision, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a man who sued Spokeo for posting the wrong picture and saying he was a married father, affluent, employed, in his 50s and with a graduate degree. The central issue was whether publishing this wrong information carried some particular harm. The Court ruled that it did . The case had already been up to the Supreme Court, which sent it back down to determine the degree of harm caused by the wrong information. While the damages in this case are minor, only around $1,000, it is seen as having significant implications for large tech companies like Facebook and Google that publish a variety of different types of consumer information. Uber agrees to FTC privacy audits Finally, Uber will now be subject to FTC privacy audits for the next 20 years. The company settled with the FTC last week after failing, in 2014, to prevent the theft of over 100,000 names and drivers license numbers. Anita Balakrishnan reports for CNBC.

Inspired by a recent article by Sydney Ember about the changing role of advertisements on network TV, we consider the problems of the network TV ad model more broadly. Should there be sponsored segments? Should there be native advertisement? Should shows just run longer to cram more marketing goodness in? We then look at the spate of current and upcoming TV offerings. Andrew complains about Game of Thrones, Kathryn recommends Outlander, and Margaret reveals some surprising information about Jackie Chan. 

We talk about the war between ad networks, data brokers, publishers, and consumers in front of a live studio audience. At the invitation of Paul Arne and the Tech Law section of the Georgia State Bar, we recorded this episode at the annual Tech Law Institute. But, of course, Big Data didn’t need this description to know that. This show’s links: The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat The Bush-Kerry (not Bush-Gore as Christian had remembered) debate moment that seemed similar to Joe’s “Want some ranch?” utterance The Technology Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia We’ll do it live! (video, nsfw on account of language, anger, and Bill O’Reilly) The Oyez podcast feed for 2015 Supreme Court oral argument and the collection of Oyez feeds in iTunes The Narrowest Grounds blog, Why it Doesn't Matter if the Court's Opinions Are Originalist - A Comment on Baude on Originalism An interview with Justice Breyer in French Katie Benner and Sydney Ember, Enabling of Ad Blocking in Apple’s iOS 9 Prompts Backlash Some now older pieces by Alexis Madrigal still hold up: Reading the Privacy Policies You Encounter in a Year Would Take 76 Work Days and I'm Being Followed: How Google—and 104 Other Companies—Are Tracking Me on the Web FTC, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations For Businesses and Policymakers Douglas MacMilland and Elizabeth Dworkin, Drawbridge Hires Apple Ad Executive to Track Users Across Devices Matthew Panzarino, Apple’s Tim Cook Delivers Blistering Speech On Encryption, Privacy Matthew Panzarino, Apple Blows Up the Concept of a Privacy Policy Ben Thompson, Why Web Pages Suck Ben Thompson, Popping the Publishing Bubble Marco Arment: Introducing Peace, My Privacy-Focused iOS 9 Ad Blocker, Why Peace 1.0 Blocks The Deck Ads, Just Doesn’t Feel Good, Apple Refunding All Purchases of Peace Jack Balkin, Information Fiduciaries in the Digital Age (blog post) and Information Fiduciaries and the First Amendment (article) The proposed and not passed Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. Christan Turner, The Failures of Freedom and The Information Law Crisis Jane Bambauer, Is Data Speech? Woodrow Hartzog, Website Design as Contract KidCo