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Max Read / New York Magazine:
Facebook's massive reach, abundance of emotionally charged fake viral stories, and lack of traditional gatekeepers helped Donald Trump win — A close and — to pundits, journalists, and Democrats — unexpected victory like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's is always overdetermined …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Journalists failed to question the polls predicting a Clinton victory because the data confirmed their gut feeling about who would win — All the dazzling technology, the big data and the sophisticated modeling that American newsrooms bring to the fundamentally human endeavor of presidential politics …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
“Epic fail” in covering the political landscape by media as idealistic and naive journalists failed to take Trump voters seriously — To put it bluntly, the media missed the story. In the end, a huge number of American voters wanted something different.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Botched election predictions don't mean the end of data journalism, which most publishers use to analyze tangibles like test scores and government agency data — On Tuesday night, newsrooms around the world got a pretty rude reminder that good data is very important.
Alex Weprin / Politico:
Eleven media veterans, including Dean Baquet, Marty Baron, and Nick Denton, discuss how the press misread the Trump phenomenon and what lessons can be learned — What went wrong? — How did everyone in the media miss the Trump phenomenon? Were there signs that were ignored?
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Covering President Trump will require fearless, deep journalism, news organizations willing to fund court battles, and help from some heroes — One thing is certain in the presumptive era of President Trump. Journalists are going to have to be better — stronger, more courageous, stiffer-spined — than they've ever been.
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New York Times:
The future of AT&T-Time Warner deal will likely rest on appointments Trump makes to the FCC and Justice Department, both of which may review the merger — By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and CECILIA KANGNOV. 10, 2016 — Deal makers took notice last month when Donald J. Trump declared …
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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump's win exposed smug media assumptions that endorsements count, polling works, and advertising matters — Ads don't work, polls don't work, celebrities don't work, media endorsements don't work and ground games don't work. — The media turned itself into the opposition and, accordingly …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Startup VoteCastr, which worked with Slate and Vice News to publish real-time polling results, got predictions wrong in five of seven battleground states — Nearly every pre-election poll showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump heading into Tuesday — and even the Republic National …
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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Breitbart News is expanding its US operation by hiring more journalists and is launching sites in France and Germany, says its US EIC Alex Marlow — The right-wing Breitbart News Network is expanding its U.S. operations and launching sites in Germany and France, its U.S. editor-in-chief told Reuters …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
After the US election, some journalists worry about future access to candidates, press freedom, and personal safety — As she left 1211 Avenue of the Americas building on Tuesday night, Wall Street Journal graphics editor Stephanie Stamm walked by the group of spectators gathered outside of Fox News' studios.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Incoming Viacom CEO Bob Bakish says Paramount, MTV, and Comedy Central among key priorities, will run Viacom as “independent company” despite talk of CBS merger — The acting CEO designate says his goal is to boost growth and maximize Viacom's value as an independent company …
Candace Smith / ABC News:
First-person account of what it was like as the only black reporter to cover Trump in the field throughout the election season — They say you never forget your first. It was February. I had just gotten assigned to cover GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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