David Brooks, Weave, Facebook, and the New York Times

NEW: NYT columnist David Brooks draws a second salary for leading an Aspen Institute project funded by Facebook, Jeff Bezos' dad, & others. He didn't disclose this to readers. The Times refused to say if the paper was aware of Brooks' second salary: https://t.co/7WN3zrtrKp

— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) March 3, 2021

Along with columns about Weave, Brooks published Times columns that mention Facebook, its founder Mark Zuckerberg, and the company’s products without disclosing his financial ties to the social networking giant.

— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) March 3, 2021

A strange thing we found is that in 2019 Brooks wrote *sponsored content* for an event that he appeared at that year. Who did he share the stage with? A Facebook employee. This came at a time when Weave was funded by the social media giant: https://t.co/xsqptuPtWP

— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) March 3, 2021

ICYMI last week we revealed that Brooks wrote a blog post for FB's corporate site that gave a a very positive view of FB Groups. https://t.co/yRWkWfISjU

— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) March 3, 2021

David Brooks might be a little worried right now, but I'm sure thinking of the crease in Obama's pants will cheer him up.