"Anti-Trump story assignments"

Editors at the New York Post "now regularly hand down anti-Trump story assignments, according to three current staff members," the NYT's Katie Robertson reports. Editor in chief Keith Poole "is often involved in editing these stories to make sure the tone is right."

One of Robertson's sources indicated that "front-page headlines involving politics, usually decided on with input from multiple editors, are now decided on only at the highest level of management." But a Post rep disputes that: "Part of the joy of working at The Post is that anyone can suggest wood headlines. That has never changed."

Sunday morning reads

> WaPo's Annabelle Timsit has the best recap of Dave Chappelle's return to "SNL."

> Eric Deggans says Chappelle's monologue was disappointing.

> Maureen Dowd: "One of the bright spots of the election is that a lot of people seemed to turn their back on crazy."

> Peggy Noonan's column, "Maybe Republicans Will Finally Learn," is the most-read Opinion piece on the WSJ website.

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THURSDAY P.M. 11/10 LIVE FEED

10:09pm: CNN.com's banner headline says "More results expected from Arizona and Nevada tonight"

9:25pm: It's true that Robin Wheeler resigned – "but Musk persuaded her to stay on," Bloomberg reports, citing anonymous sources.

9:18pm: Oliver Darcy asks, "Is Twitter about to die?"

8:05pm: Platformer reports that "Musk's takeover of the company had been so brutish and poorly planned that, we're told, there was not even a proper handover of the company's social accounts."

5:45pm: "Twitter is on life support," Sara Fischer says.

5:01pm: Dow Jones reports that "TWITTER EXECUTIVES ROBIN WHEELER, YOEL ROTH ARE DEPARTING." This comes only one day after the two execs hosted an event with Musk to reassure advertisers. It... was not reassuring.

4:22pm: Via Zoë Schiffer: "Musk just told Twitter employees he’s not sure how much run rate the company has and 'bankruptcy isn’t out of the question.'"

IMAGINE THAT THIS KEEPS GOING AND GOING AND GOING

Press freedom alert

Seconding this message from the Committee to Protect Journalists: "Authorities in Pike County, Ohio, should immediately drop all charges against journalist @DerekMyers and return equipment seized from Myers and his newsroom." This case is insane. We are in touch with Myers and offering him all the support we can provide.

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