Nick Pinto
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Co-founder @HellGateNY. Also @NYTMag @VillageVoice @TheIntercept @NewRepublic @CJR @RollingStone @WSJ @Gothamist @Vice. On the other site as nickpinto@
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http://nickpinto.net 24-01-2009 23:51:03
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Hate mail (and love mail) pouring in to Hell Gate *subscribe today!* HQ over this one. Nothing like lobbing a rock at a large, pendulous wasp nest on a quiet August Friday: hellgatenyc.com/theres-no-way-…
This from Brian Merchant is an excellent rundown of the malignant mutation of California’s journalism-funding legislation, and why it matters for everybody: bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-a-bill-m…
While the NYT is navel gazing about societal norms and rallying for the full-throated return of broken windows, Hell Gate *subscribe today!* asks a very simple question: Maybe people aren't paying for the bus because it sucks and politicians don't want to make it better? hellgatenyc.com/why-dont-new-y…
Another look at the CA journalism-funding debacle, from Richard Tofel. One disturbing aspect of this whole thing is the way organizations that definitely know better but are financially bound to the tech giants have lined up to cheer the terrible bill. dicktofel.substack.com/p/lessons-from…
Everybody is entitled to make extremely weird editorial decisions in your national newspapers, but when you do, Hell Gate *subscribe today!* is entitled to blog about it. hellgatenyc.com/wsj-wtf/
Source close to the matter tells @ny1 search warrants also executed on Edward A. Caban and Tim Pearson. NYPD says they are cooperating with the investigation. More on @ny1.
Also a good time to revisit this Nick Pinto classic on Phil Banks III's trip to Israel paid for by two businessmen who were ultimately convicted on federal bribery charges hellgatenyc.com/evidentiary-ph…