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David Folkenflik

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David Folkenflik

@davidfolkenflik

NPR media correspondent || Author, Murdoch's World || "Relentlessly sensible" Signal @davidfolkenflik.01

New York, N.Y.

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Joined December 2007

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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Nov 11, 2024
Ok folks! I’m now also over on the place where the skies are blue Same handle as ever Still here and on 🧵 s Come say hi 👋🏼
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Oct 28, 2024
NEWS: More than 200,000 subscribers have canceled their digital subscriptions to the Washington Post after the revelation that owner Jeff Bezos blocked an endorsement of VP Harris. That's about 8 percent of WaPo's subscriber base - a staggering sum MORE
Over 200,000 subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Aug 27, 2024
From NPR’s ⁦@QuilLawrence:⁩ Arlington National Cemetery officials say Trump campaign staff verbally abused and pushed aside cemetery official who objected to filming and photography at gravesites More below and to follow on NPR
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Oct 30, 2024
Family-owned Seattle Times says "Hell, Yes!" in endorsing Harris, throwing shade at owners of WashPost (and LAT and USA Today) for recent decisions not to weigh in editorially. h/t @martinkaste
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Oct 25, 2024
Former WaPost Executive Editor Marty Baron on paper's decision not to endorse in WH race: "This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty. " MORE BELOW:
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Oct 29, 2024
UPDATE: The number of cancellations since Friday’s revelation now exceeds 250,000, NPR can report. That represents approximately 10 percent of all paid circulation.
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Oct 25, 2024
UPDATE: Robert Kagan confirms to NPR that he has resigned from WaPost editorial board after disclosure it would not make an announcement. Kagan has been a persistent conservative critic of Trump, tying him to an autocratic tradition. Uniformly outraged response from staff.
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Oct 28, 2024
WaPost's @DavidHoffman has stepped down from the paper's editorial board warning of appeasing tyranny. From his resignation: "For decades, the Washington Post's editorials have been a beacon of light, signaling hope to dissidents, political prisoners and the voiceless. MORE
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Oct 25, 2024
As I reported on the air tonight, the Washington Post registered 1600+ cancelations of digital subscriptions in the first three hours after my story broke, according to internal WP correspondence I’ve reviewed. That’s bananas.
David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Oct 25, 2024
What is going on with Bezos's decision not to let the Washington Post endorse Harris for President? Get all the deets on NPR's All Things Considered I'll be talking to @jmsummers once more.... My story from earlier today that broke the news... npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-…
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Jul 23, 2022
The 73 minutes in which the Murdochs dumped Trump: The NY Post editorial page: "Trump's silence on Jan 6 is damning" - 5.39pm Friday. The WSJ editorial page: "The President Who Stood Still on Jan. 6" - 6.52pm Friday.
David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Feb 15, 2022
News: JURY FINDS NEW YORK TIMES NOT LIABLE IN PALIN V NYT & JAMES BENNET Unanimous verdict of all nine jurors polled.
David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Apr 25, 2023
Update: I have spoken with three people with knowledge of Fox's ouster of Tucker Carlson They say Carlson's digital exchanges captured by the Dominion legal team echo the suite of concerns alleged by his ex producer - that his show's workplace was defined by sexism and bigotry.
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
May 15, 2025
UPDATE: Corporation for Public Broadcasting board passes bylaws stating no board member can be removed by anyone, including the President, without a 2/3 confirming vote from rest of the board. Move appears to take inspiration from federal judge's remarks yesterday. con't/ 1
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David Folkenflik
@davidfolkenflik
Jan 27, 2021
There is no more telling way to convey the corruption inherent in having a Trump branded property just blocks from a Trump White House than its desolation a week into the Biden era.
Jane Mayer
@JaneMayerNYer
Jan 27, 2021
📍Trump Hotel, DC - Looks like they drained the swamp
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