Does anyone have the 411 on this news of Carlos Watson and his resignation from the NPR board?

17 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Does anyone have the 411 on this news of Carlos Watson and his resignation from the NPR board?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/ozy-media-carlos-watson-npr-board-1235023849/amp/

5 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/ozy-media-carlos-watson-npr-board-1235023849/amp/

I see. Thanks. Unfortunately, I figured it was something along those lines.

3 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I see. Thanks. Unfortunately, I figured it was something along those lines.

I know what you mean - it didn't surprise me, either.

Another lowlight for the wretched Maggie Haberman.

 

 

She deleted and apologized for this tweet which she later (following this OP) at least acknowledged as insensitive, but ugh. This is, of course, the cemetery where Biden's family is buried.

It's also factually untrue, which is what is making the Beltway crazy - that Biden has sided against the moderate holdouts and is still going to pass these bills.

Edited October 3, 20214 yr by Vee

@Vee, I wish I had your confidence that these bills will pass. The longer the tug-of-war goes on, the more jaded I become. Guess we'll just have to wait and see how this all shakes out.

11 minutes ago, Wendy said:

@Vee, I wish I had your confidence that these bills will pass. The longer the tug-of-war goes on, the more jaded I become. Guess we'll just have to wait and see how this all shakes out.

You and me both. Politicians are usually out of touch, but these two really take the cake. 😡😡😡😡😡

The New York Times is so easy to focus on, due to the disgusting Haberman and similar enablers of fascism, that the many dregs at the Washington Post get a pass. 

Here is one of the worst of Politico doing the usual wagon-circling.

 

On 10/1/2021 at 4:01 PM, DramatistDreamer said:

Does anyone have the 411 on this news of Carlos Watson and his resignation from the NPR board?

Very bizarre, albeit fascinating saga, what Watson calls a "Lazarus moment" for his company Ozy.

 

 

Has the company shut down or are you still open for business? -@craigmelvin

We’re going to open for business … this is our Lazarus moment. -Carlos Watson, CEO of Ozy Media pic.twitter.com/r8uYGuS4gK

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 4, 2021

 

 

6 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Very bizarre, albeit fascinating saga, what Watson calls a "Lazarus moment" for his company Ozy.

 

 

 

 

This is a VERY bizarre story! I still can't make heads or tails of it.

3 minutes ago, amybrickwallace said:

This is a VERY bizarre story! I still can't make heads or tails of it.

A friend of a friend is one of his siblings and I remember well over a decade ago (maybe about fifteen years, or so?) her pride in her brother when Watson got his first show on [MSNBC, I believe]. He came off as knowledgeable and charismatic back then but I admit, other than those segments coming across as ads on YouTube, I haven't really kept up with his career. It does seem as if he is indirectly involved in this fracas through an associate who had been misrepresenting himself. Hopefully, that's all this is because, otherwise he stands to lose a lot.

The Ozy scandal is insane and he comes off like a narcissist con man in every major piece on it, tbh. He was clearly focused on branding himself as (a direct quote from their fake PR mailers) 'Anderson Cooper meets Oprah' and burnishing his personal brand as a media personality from quotes written by his own people and attributed to major outlets, while building this scam company. He doesn't appear 'indirectly involved' based on the NYT piece or others.

Edited October 4, 20214 yr by Vee

5 minutes ago, Vee said:

The Ozy scandal is insane and he comes off like a narcissist con man in every major piece on it, tbh. He was clearly focused on branding himself as (a direct quote from their fake PR mailers) 'Anderson Cooper meets Oprah' and burnishing his personal brand as a media personality from quotes written by his own people and attributed to major outlets, while building this scam company. He doesn't appear 'indirectly involved' based on the NYT piece or others.

If he is indeed more involved, then his retribution will likely be the harshest, for all of the obvious reasons.