Would be interesting to see press corps NOT take the bait.
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Host Author In a Different Key: The Story of Autism, Pulitzer Prize Finalist. 3+ decades News Correspondent.
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I had the honor of working (a little bit) early in my career with Barbara Walters later in hers. She had to fight for every inch of respect and success she achieved. Respect, totally. RIP.
but days are years now, in post-2016 time.
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Flashback to Tuesday: "The time for trivial fights is behind us..." snpy.tv/2mEh4iQ
We've had exactly that nuanced debate. I know, because I moderated it. @IQ2US intelligencesquaredus.org/debate/forgive
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Let's have a nuanced debate on student loans, the cost of college, personal responsibility, & structural inequality. But if you’re raging against “government bailouts,” you may want to do a little Googling. A long list of groups have demanded handouts. First up: Wall Street.
As fellow journalist, fellow ABC News and alum, so proud of Tapper for this one moment mm4a.org/2dLhc9c
The moderator role requires re-definition. To be more than a host, timekeeper, question-asker. The role requires a referee, granted power to call fouls, penalize. Cut mics. Dock time from the rulebreaker. That's not taking sides. That's running the show. #PresidentialDebate
Devastated at the passing of my colleague Gwen Ifill, anchor of . Smart, courageous, cool under fire, decent. In all ways & always.
Donald Triplett, #autism's "first child" and the hero of our book and movie, died this morning, peacefully and surrounded by family. On a recent visit, we had a chance to tell him how many his story had inspired. He thanked us. But we thank him. Now, always.
Hey you have made my day on for a dozen years. Thanks for that, as you take your leave!
Tens of thousands of us stood and cheered throughout the 's spectacular, brilliant #Apollo50th projection tonight. And amazingly we all cheered for the same thing. And on the National Mall no less!
Well, at least it all shows we are still capable of being shocked by indecency. I had started to doubt.
We had the honor of speaking at the funeral of Donald Triplett yesterday, where a most beautiful moment came with people in the church calling out their numbers, assigned by Don throughout his and their lives. A tribute to #autism's first child (550)
when the presidential debates come, we're due for an UPGRADE. Help push it, here: bit.ly/28Kw6eg #FixTheDebates
hm. , old friend, I suspect if there were a hurricane out there, you'd be live right now, not rerunning an old doc. Yet, it IS a storm.
Happy 84th to our friend Donald G Triplett, who made history as the first child officially diagnosed with #autism. What a man, what a life!
Proof that Lester Holt is moderating well is that debate working without a lot of interruption by him. Well crafted questions will do that.
Another from the paintbrush of my brother-in-law with #autism. It's what he sees and says, without words. Tks, Dror.
stuff unbecoming of a serious protest movement: Violence. KKK costumes. Snark about the president's minor child.
Stunningly trenchant Trump analysis from truly intellectual conservative nyti.ms/2arob4t
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#Comey: if the president taped me iit does not hurt my feelings. Release the tapes!
Here's how many minds were changed by tonight's #debatenight at our @iq2us viewing party. Please note: we were on #upperwestside Manhattan
I wonder how many Brit voters are like this guy: buyers' remorse over a "protest" vote. Heed the lesson metro.co.uk/2016/06/24/man via
About to join the great on to talk #debate reality as moderator of the @IQ2US debates, where we've done more than 120.
Bravo to calling trump out in noon headlines for lying today on his #birtherism. NPR taking sides? Yes, taking sides with accuracy
When your wedding day happens to happen same time and place as a celebration outside the White House in downtown Washington DC
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I'm pretty sure it was only a couple of weeks ago, not 30 years ago. Pretty sure.
Okay. I'm just thrilled!! Like...beyond! Pulitzer finalist!! Thanks to ALL who helped make this happen!! pulitzer.org/finalists/john
I choked up watching this. The dignity, the honesty, the regret, the love, the resolve.
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Father, who says he's a local peanut farmer in Wicksburg, outside Roy Moore rally talks about losing his gay daughter at age of 23 to suicide. "I was anti-gay myself. I said bad things to my daughter, which I regret."
Hilarious that crew on podcast had to look up meaning of "malarkey," while I was looking up "normcore." #generationaldictionary
JFK assassination back in the news, and a small hurt wakes in my gut again, like it does every time. I know it's one of those tired "boomer" things, but something in America broke that day. I felt it as a kid. I felt it a coupla minutes ago.
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The manner of Tillerson’s dismissal is more interesting and instructive than what he did there, or the firing itself, writes @EliotACohen: theatln.tc/2pblw7A
"a true story of love, autism and the fight to belong..."
It's the PBS premiere of the movie based on our book, IN A DIFFERENT KEY. December 13, 9/8c on PBS.
sweet story I am putting on in about half an hour. Good guy doing nice thing. I like that.
hey, Chris Wallace ...best job by a pres debate moderator ever, #debate2016 and damn, it's not easy!
watching now on . Analyzing the grand jury story; Jennifer has been a superb and sparkling debater twice with @IQ2US.
Really thoughtful Conventional Wisdom Upending by @DrIbram on: the voters who "swing from voting Democrat to not voting at all."
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/
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sigh. I think better of you, and your tenure. This is different. For real.
I've seen it reported that 57 million people tuned in to NPR at the height of the pandemic. Yet when we asked an @iq2us-style question -- Is Public Radio Still Relevant -- it turned into a helluva debate. With and arguing. Civilly.
Comey: the Russian attack on election was real. "as unfake" as it gets. "No fuzz" on that.
The "such a nasty woman" remark. Pundits saying it'll hurt w/ women. Okay. But why assume just women? #debate2016 (ohhh. right, locker room)
Sharing a painting by my brother in law Dror, whose #autism limits his language, but not his paintbrush.
. your personal UBI story/leadership proving most instructive to @iq2us debate I'll host tmrw, so thnx intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/univer
starting right now: I'm hosting with guests We're talking this political week. A packed one, eh?
I love that 36 years in with , I still get to do some uplifting work like this story now kinda going viral youtu.be/jGNKNQP8icM
I say this as moderator of more than 160 @iq2us debates. Conducting a 10-piece candidate-orchestra like the team is doing at #DemDebate right now is EXTREMELY difficult. This is not perfect, but it's not bad and could be so much worse. We're learning things.
Most common question career question I get is "Who Was Most Interesting Person You Ever Interviewed." Here's the answer. youtube.com/watch?v=bYAXD- #misterrogers
Folks, got to see this. breaks through to front ranks political interviewers just by calling fouls.
cnn.com/videos/tv/2016
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Your mom was badass back then, and saved me at least once that I know of. Also, such a heart! Great photo.
each day we awake, asking "can it get more bizarre," and each day, the answer is...
Took a 20 year break from watching "It's A Wonderful Life." Until tonight. Longer than I remember but ahhh, boy, it still gets to me. Merry Christmas, everyone (you too, Clarence).
wait! what's happening here?? SUBTANCE!! what are these strange lights going off in my voter's brain?!?! #debate2016
16 years in, the program of good argument I host and moderate (previously, an occasional event in-person) is pivoting to be weekly radio. Congrats to the whole @iq2us team! And fans, take a look at our coming lineup of good arguments! finance.yahoo.com/news/intellige
yup but them's the rules. either way it goes.
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The margin that gave Trump the WH is "about enough to fill the University of Michigan football stadium." -@chrislhayes #inners
so is the point of this argument that...um...er...uh...ahem... cough...size matters, after all?
Hope my story-abcn.ws/2iPETPE-gets eyes on film on #autistic man obsessed w/ NYC Subway #OffTheRails amazing
great honor for & me to deliver commencement speech for Columbia Univ OT prog. Subj: #autism history
the "hero" narrative of Hans Asperger always had serious problems. More evidence coming in a few days from Austrian expert historian Herwig Czech. A glimpse of what's coming: tabletmag.com/jewish-life-an #Aspergers
For many years, I kept on my resume that I covered a rather big deal Royal Wedding for ABC News. Then...it started to seem like a loooong time ago, so I dropped it. But still have the ABC pass!
Wallace still doing a pretty darn good job making this work as a debate. #debate2016 He watched and learned.
well said, . Severe autism risks being undercovered. Making Severe Autism Visible | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/blog/inspectru
Okay, last night we saw a fiasco, not a debate. But debate as a concept CAN work, and play out civilly, and even shed light. Proof? Tonight at 6 EST, we're doing it yet again on a tough topic, Policing. It's free and YOU get to vote. I hope you'll join us. intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/unreso
"Every kid with a disability has a right to go to school"... it was once a radical thought
"I have a much better temperament that she does." Gets a huge laugh at the @iq2us viewing.
in this god awful nasty time...that last question was about the best way imaginable to end this. That guy will be on ALL the morning shows.
I just hosted an @IQ2US debate on the Roe leak. The two debaters, and (Sarah Isgur) proving sharp disagreement and civil discourse are NOT incompatible. Take a listen. Bet you'll learn something.
The tease, the hype...a disservice in so many ways. And so freaking unnecessary.
A question I am hearing from many who know #autism
Definitely getting this new book from , who's found a way to turn foreign policy and Vietman into a compelling narrative of an American whose contribution long unrecognized. Sounds like a smart movie there somewhere!
I didn't know this could happen, but VERY happy it is! Two years after publication., once again an Amazon bestseller today! #AutismAwarenessDay #autism
Please, no, not the shopping stories tomorrow. We are more than shoppers. Seriously.
It's for other debater to say "False." Though the knowing moderator may want to prompt "Do you accept that answer?"
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Thought puzzle: You're moderating & Clinton says FBI cleared her of *all* wrongdoing. You don't say, "False"? twitter.com/hughhewitt/sta