The Telegraph journalist sent a deeply offensive and inaccurate tweet. Yet she has won the support of a swath of newspapers, an ex-PM – and Elon MuskThe Allison Pearson saga is nothing if not a morality tale about the modern media. Among its many learnings are that calling a group of people of colour holding a flag on social media “Jew haters” is likely to get you into trouble. Apparently, though, it can also make you best mates with the world’s richest man.On Monday night, almost exactly a year after the Telegraph writer posted her response to a picture of police officers alongside two men holding a flag on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, she was offering her “huge thanks” to the site’s owner, Elon Musk, for his support. After he responded, she dubbed the billionaire with a powerful new job in the US government her “new bestie ♥️” in a post to her 191,500 followers, including, in her words, “hundreds of black and Asian followers”.Jane Martinson is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The new memoir about Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg is billed as an exposé – but it feels like a morality tale for our timesMany years ago, when Facebook was an entity most people had warm – or at least neutral – feelings towards, I visited the company’s HQ in Menlo Park, California. I admired the... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The American Booksellers Association used a dedicated issue of its weekly Bookselling This Week newsletter to address a host of issues raised during a contentious community forum during Winter Institute last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Telegraph columnist was visited by ‘exemplary’ officer after complaint about inaccurate tweet she later deletedA review of Essex police’s pursuit of the Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson over an allegedly racist tweet has concluded the force was right to investigate her.The Essex force... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The Telegraph journalist claims she was "bullied and threatened" when police called at her home. Continue reading at BBC World
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Timothy Pearson, a former senior adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, abused his authority by instigating a brawl with two guards at a migrant shelter in 2023, then lying about the incident to police in order to get the guards falsely arrested, according to an investigation released Thursday by the... Continue reading at Crains New York
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Let’s see if AI can take the faff – the actual writing bit – out of penning a Shakespearean thriller with a Scottish villainThe monsters of artificial intelligence are coming for you. They will cast you out on the street like a Dickensian mill owner and laugh as they do it – at least they will... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The CHRO of Toronto Pearson says these workers will feel the impact labor shortages reshaping North American aviation as we enter 2025. From airlines to air traffic controllers and airplane manufacturers, 2024 was a year when the labor landscape was remade across a wide swath of the aviation... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Retellings of novels like Huckleberry Finn and David Copperfield help to keep the canon aliveIt might have lost out at the Booker, but James, a reworking of Huckleberry Finn by Percival Everett, was the unofficial book of 2024, topping best-of-the-year lists and winning the prestigious US Book... Continue reading at The Guardian
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When the New York Police Department’s top uniformed officer abruptly resigned Friday following sexual abuse allegations, it was the latest major shakeup in Jessica Tisch’s short month running the NYPD. And it follows a pattern of what critics have called belated steps toward competence in Mayor... Continue reading at Crains New York
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The 53 honorees on our list of Notable Leaders in Health Care work tirelessly across the industry to ensure the wellbeing of New Yorkers and the city overall. Here are five leaders that serve the city's hospitals, insurance companies and social services safety-net. Read the full list... Continue reading at Crains New York
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Police investigation into writer’s alleged tweet has sparked a debate over free speech, albeit a somewhat selective one There are few columnists with whom I disagree more than I do with the Daily Telegraph’s Allison Pearson. Yet, I welcome the decision by the police to drop their investigation... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Darryl Cunningham blames fear of ‘legal consequences’ for reluctance to take on book, now only available in FrenchA biography by a British graphic novelist of Elon Musk is struggling to find an English-language publisher due to feared “legal consequences”.Elon Musk: Investigation into a New... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Police were advised there was no chance of conviction against journalist after hate crime investigation, Guardian understandsEssex police have dropped their hate crime investigation into Allison Pearson, the Daily Telegraph columnist visited by police after she wrongly accused people of colour... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The Telegraph journalist sent a deeply offensive and inaccurate tweet. Yet she has won the support of a swath of newspapers, an ex-PM – and Elon MuskThe Allison Pearson saga is nothing if not a morality tale about the modern media. Among its many learnings are that calling a group of people of... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Somewhere along the way Pearson lost her sense of humour and now finds herself at the centre of a stormWe need to talk about Allison.Thirty years ago Allison Pearson was an award-winning TV critic for the Independent. Funny and sharp. About as close to a bleeding heart north London liberal as... Continue reading at The Guardian
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PM’s comments come as controversy continues about investigation into Telegraph columnist’s deleted tweetWhat is the Allison Pearson ‘racist’ tweet incident all about?Responding to tweets should not be the police’s first priority and forces should “concentrate on what matters most to their... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Force says Telegraph writer accused of inciting racial hatred, rather than committing a non-crime hate incident as she had claimedEssex police have defended their decision to investigate the Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson over a social media post, saying she is accused of “inciting racial... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Exclusive: Person who complained tells Guardian that columnist’s ‘Jew haters’ post was inflammatoryDaily Telegraph readers have woken up this week to successive front-page headlines alleging a grave threat to free speech, triggered by a star columnist’s “Kafkaesque” encounter with police.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
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At last, competency trumped loyalty.Mayor Eric Adams this week elevated Maria Torres-Springer — a deeply experienced public servant with allies in the business, real estate and nonprofit communities — to the number-two job at City Hall. The move elicited a collective sigh of relief that some... Continue reading at Crains New York
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