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2:30 PM ET, November 18, 2016

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Politico:
As White House official Steve Bannon would be prohibited from dealing with Breitbart News for at least a year, according to existing White House ethics rules  —  Under White House rules, Donald Trump's chief strategist would have to steer clear of the alt-right website he oversaw.
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New York Times:
Sources: New York Observer owner Jared Kushner is seeking a White House position, but it could be blocked by nepotism rules  —  WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President-elect Donald J. Trump, has spoken to a lawyer about the possibility of joining the new administration …
Brent Griffiths / Politico:
President Obama weighs in on fake news, warning it could poison politics so that “we won't know what we're fighting for”  —  President Barack Obama weighed in on the growing debate over fake news, warning that it could poison politics to the point that “we won't know what we're fighting for.”
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Poynter:
Global fact-checking organization offers to help Facebook with spotting and debunking fake claims and strengthening users' ability to identify false news
Chava Gourarie / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Chris Arnade, a reporter who spent a year covering Trump and his supporters, on campaign coverage, parachute journalism, and the information divide  —  A group of Trump supporters and “Hardee's Breakfast Club” members in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, put the politics talk on hold to pose for Chris Arnade.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
To cover President-elect Donald Trump, journalists should emphasize their watchdog role, represent all citizens, and be scrupulously fair and relentlessly tough
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bounce TV launches Brown Sugar video-on-demand service with '70s-era blaxploitation films including Shaft, for $3.99 a month  —  Can you dig it?  Blaxploitation films have a new digital home.  —  African-American network Bounce TV is jumping into the subscription VOD biz with Brown Sugar …
Politico:
Inside the Trump Tower press stakeout, as reporters wait for the president-elect, who has not instituted a protective pool, to emerge from his office  —  More than a week after the election, the media is still locked out.  —  NEW YORK — Just before 8 a.m. on Wednesday …
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
Amazon expanding Prime Video worldwide in December, promoting the expansion through the show The Grand Tour from former Top Gear hosts  —  Until now, Amazon's streaming video service has mostly been a nice add-on to sweeten the deal on its Prime subscription plan, which grants customers quicker shipping …
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Delaware filing: BuzzFeed authorizes sale of $200M worth of shares at $1.5B valuation, unchanged from last year  —  BuzzFeed has raised another $200 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion, the same valuation it had last year, according to documents from CB Insights.
Discussion: Fast Company, @sarahcuda and Fortune
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Turkey has jailed 120 journalists, surpassing China, says The Committee to Protect Journalists, in a post-coup effort to muzzle free speech  —  ISTANBUL — A prominent columnist wrote recently about how President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey hates cigarettes so much that he confiscates packs …
Caroline Copley / Reuters:
German justice minister Maas says Facebook should be treated as media, and be accountable for site's hate speech, as country continues monitoring racist posts  —  Germany's Justice Minister says he believes Facebook Inc. (FB.O) should be treated like a media company rather than a technology platform …
Discussion: Fortune, @mims and Forbes
 
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