robtornoe.bsky.social
I cover the media and other interesting stuff for the Philly Inquirer. I also draw cartoons. https://linktr.ee/robtornoe
👤 Joined on 11 November 2024
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@robtornoe.bsky.socialExcerpt from an interview with a 75-year-old successful artist: Him: "I don't think I would go into it now. I probably would have become a philosophy professor or something." Me. "Ah, another job with really strong career prospects. Why didn't you just go into journalism?" End scene.
Show PostLast-place CBS Evening News has been embarrassed they couldn't crack 4 million average weekly viewers for 6 weeks. A few days ago, they announced they finally climbed back. Only problem? They didn't. Scoop in @status.news explains slimy PR trick (they point out other networks have done similar):
Show PostSam Neill has announced he is cancer free after 5 years of battling blood cancer. “It’s time I did another movie.”
Show PostNBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results" and i was like. oh!
Show PostNever in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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