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NPR annotates full transcript of first presidential debate with fact-checks, analysis, and context — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went head to head Monday night in the first presidential debate. — NPR's politics team, with help from reporters and editors who cover national security …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Lester Holt's reticence as moderator during presidential debate gets mixed reviews — Call him the minimalist moderator. — Facing “knees buckling” scrutiny — his words — ahead of Monday evening's presidential debate, Lester Holt of NBC, with the nation's eyes (and the internet's critics) upon him, opted to lie low.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Nielsen: presidential debate drew a total of 84M viewers across 13 traditional TV channels; streaming alternatives not included in count — Monday night was the most-watched debate in American history. — More than 80 million people tuned in to see Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Presidential debates conversation share: Trump led on Twitter with 62% over Clinton's 38%, and also on Facebook with 79% over Clinton's 21% — Monday night's Trump-Clinton match-up was the “most tweeted debate ever.” — That's according to Twitter, which crunched the numbers immediately following the debate.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How 20 NPR journalists annotated an embeddable debate transcript as an experiment in real-time fact checking, delivering NPR.org a record 7.4M pageviews — As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were preparing to debate one another Monday night, NPR reporters and editors flexed their fingers and got to work.
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Carolyn Ryan / New York Times:
The NYT assembled a team of 18 debate fact-checkers to assess the accuracy of claims made by candidates and moderator, in real time, as the debate unfolded
The NYT assembled a team of 18 debate fact-checkers to assess the accuracy of claims made by candidates and moderator, in real time, as the debate unfolded
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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Google debuts data-friendly YouTube Go app for Android in India, with offline viewing, Bluetooth sharing, better video previews and resolution settings, more — Google has introduced a new version of YouTube that is dedicated to users in emerging markets. — ‘YouTube Go’ is initially available in India and Android only.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Facebook disabled accounts of several prominent Palestinian journalists last week, then restored them and admitted error, a continuing pattern — The social platform's temporary suspension of several Palestinian journalist accounts is its latest “error,” with no policy change in sight.
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Antonio José Vielma / CNBC:
Sources: Twitter sale could happen in the next 30 to 45 days — Twitter, which is said to be entertaining buyout bids, may also have Microsoft as a potential suitor, a source told CNBC on Monday. — CNBC's David Faber reported on “Closing Bell” that the social media giant is moving closer …
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CIA denies FOIA request for info about fake journalist character the USIA created to spread propaganda during the 1950s and 1960s, citing privacy — Guy Sims Fitch had a lot to say about the world economy in the 1950s and 60s. He wrote articles in newspapers around the globe …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts Daily Mix playlists, which are based on your favorite tunes and play artists familiar to you, unlike Discover Weekly, coming to iOS, Android — Are you a Spotify user who has a list of favorite bands and songs, but do not have the motivation to find and organize all of them into useful playlists?
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
80% of France's top 40 publishers, such as Le Monde and Le Figaro, have taken measures to combat ad-blocking, including partially obscuring content — In France, publishers are taking to the barricades to fight ad blocking. — After what publishers believe to be a successful trial …
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
FCC's plan to open the cable set-top box market may hinge on Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democratic commissioner who believes the plan gives the FCC outsize power — WASHINGTON — When the Federal Communications Commission announced a plan this year that would free people from having to rent cable set-top boxes …