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How do you fuck up The Markup, literally the easiest across the home plate pitch for a journalism outlet ever conceived? Like, it's obviously needed, wanted, useful, and now... this mess?! sapna/1120695592529874945
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Come on? MarkupReal/1120696439515033601?s=19
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How can someone be so stupid to not realize this was going to be a PR disaster and find a different approach to whatever is going on?
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This is so easy to not screw up. How does this mess happen?
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Also, how does the co-founder not have a better contract then whatever is happening here would indicate?
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Exactly! raju/1120696905842008065?s=19
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Even if somehow the goal was to be better positioned to raise funds, which doesn't make sense because it was already very well positioned, kicking out the person for whom funds were given is obviously a bad idea.
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And more than that: you don't need to go to op-eds, data driven journalism has consistently shown Facebook to be a cesspool without any bias or opinion involved.
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Doing the work would have accomplished everything everyone wanted, it's all so baffling.
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Here we go. MarkupReal/1120721732904656902?s=19
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Number 3 in a team of around 15 I think. suryamattu/1120728553375653888?s=19
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Number 4 adrjeffries/1120728814856937474?s=19
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Some crisis management professional just had an aneurysm team_markup/1120736481226571776
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If you are a journalist you have to know at least a few people you can trust in PR. If you are running a journalism startup and shit goes wrong perhaps call them first. Like... basic communications or PR managers would be helpful here.
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5th resignation. LeonYin/1120742353227141121
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I think I had read their staff numbered 15? I'm having trouble finding where I read it, so I might be wrong. If that is the correct count, this means a third of The Markup's staff has left.
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The total editorial staff is 7. petersterne/1120744987925393408
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Help me out here infinite_scream