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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
WHCD is a celebration of a system of access journalism that failed to detect a phony war — On the deep grammar of the White House Correspondents Association Dinner — “The Washington press corps is like that big extended family with a terrible secret that cannot be confronted …
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Politico, @shoq, @jayrosen_nyu, @nicdawes, @drudge, @lizsly, @jayrosen_nyu and Washington Post
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Reena Flores / CBS News:
At White House Correspondents dinner, Obama slings jabs mostly at presidential contenders and some at TV news — Obama slings jabs at the White House Correspondents dinner — Shares - — WASHINGTON — At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Obama weighed in Saturday …
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
The WHCA dinner represents everything people hate about the Beltway and shouldn't be taken so seriously — Nerd Prom Is a Mess — How to fix Washington's worst week. — Lead image by AP Photo. — Everyone knows the White House Correspondents Association dinner is broken.
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whca.net, @sunlorrie, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Fusion, @jayrosen_nyu, Poynter, @davidfolkenflik and New York Magazine
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
So far, NBC News finds Brian Williams embellished at least 11 times — A months-long internal investigation of Brian Williams by NBC News has turned up 11 instances in which the anchorman publicly embellished details of his reporting exploits, according to a person familiar with details of the probe.
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CNNMoney, Latest News & Headlines, USA Today and Mediaite
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Sources: internal NBC probe of Brian Williams' war accounts has examined six instances, including Tahrir Square statements; investigation continues — Brian Williams Inquiry Is Said to Expand — An NBC News internal investigation into Brian Williams has examined a half-dozen instances …
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CNNMoney, TVNewser, The Wrap, Mashable, Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, The Week, Gothamist, The Daily Caller, @jayrosen_nyu and Variety
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC's D.C. bureau strongly opposed Brian Williams's return in February
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@jayrosen_nyu and TVNewser
Wall Street Journal:
AT&T deal for DirecTV presents fewer problems for regulators than Comcast's Time Warner Cable deal — AT&T deal for DirecTV presents fewer problems for regulators than Comcast's Time Warner Cable deal — Two big media deals were announced in the first half of 2014. Only one is likely to survive.
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Bloomberg Business:
FCC Chief Tom Wheeler confounds former allies and wins praise from public interest groups with net neutrality rules and Comcast/TWC merger rejection — Comcast Trips Over Wheeler's Nixon-to-China Moment as FCC Chief — Tom Wheeler came to the Federal Communications Commission in 2013 …
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@haroldfeld and bizjournals
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
How Comcast failed to get merger support in Congress despite $25M spent on lobbying in 2014 — Intense Lobbying Failed to Assure Comcast's Deal — WASHINGTON — David L. Cohen, the master salesman who runs the Comcast Corporation's lobbying efforts, stood before a room full …
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@reddy, @thedudekabides, @seandrankin, @libbybrittain and Wall Street Journal
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Generation YouTube: Today's fastest-rising stars aren't coming out of Hollywood — Thanks to the popularity of online media sites like YouTube, mainstream entertainment soon may look more like that kid clowning around in front of a laptop camera.
James Warren / Poynter:
Despite downturn, journalists still prefer to not use press releases — As American newsrooms have shrunk, reporters are increasingly shills for the dubious declarations of public officials. — Or, ah, is it all rather more complicated? — Research by a Georgia Southern University political scientist …
Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Three new studies show most readers value fact-checking, practice is increasing, and rating systems are popular — Fact-Checking Is More Popular than Politicians — New research shows that the public views political fact-checking journalism — the sort of thing we do here — far more favorably than it does most politicians.
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American Press Institute and Columbia Journalism Review
Capital New York:
Business Insider President Julie Hansen talks about expansion plans in video, tech news, international markets, and subscription service — The 60-second interview: Julie Hansen, president and C.O.O., Business Insider — CAPITAL: Business Insider recently raised a $25 million funding round.
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Capital New York and @ajs
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