Mediagazer: UK Culture Secretary Karen Bradley faces questioning in Parliament over Murdoch's bid for Sky, as the deal faces mounting scrutiny (Jane Martinson/The Guardian)

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

The persistent questioning by CNN's Jake Tapper of Mike Pence should be the rule on TV news, not the exception, as false assertions and deflections grow — Too often television news, especially on cable, serves as a megaphone for politicians who use it to forward lies and propaganda …

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Peter Sterne / Politico:

Experts: expansion of prosecutions using Espionage Act, started under Obama, could be a larger threat to media during Trump's presidency than libel law changes — Worry about the Espionage Act, not libel laws. — Anyone who doubts that Donald Trump could use the levers of the presidency …

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Politico's Chief Political Correspondent Glenn Thrush is joining the NYT to cover the White House; Thrush's roots are in tabloid journalism — The political journalist wil be reunited with former Politico stars Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns.

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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

Murdoch pursues “scheme of arrangement” tactic which would require shareholders opposed to Fox-Sky deal to sell if the deal is approved — Use of court-approved ‘schedule of agreement’ would require 75% approval from shareholders, rather than usual 90%

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Jane Martinson / The Guardian: UK Culture Secretary Karen Bradley faces questioning in Parliament over Murdoch's bid for Sky, as the deal faces mounting scrutiny

Tara Palmeri / Politico:

Under a US government bill, the bipartisan board overseeing Voice of America will be disbanded, replaced by a CEO, sparking fears VOA will become “Trump TV” — A provision tucked into the defense bill guts the Voice of America board, stoking fears that Trump could wield a powerful propaganda arm.

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Jake Romm / The Forward:

Deconstructing the color, pose, and chair in Time's Trump photo, a layered field of references that place the image among the magazine's greatest covers — Time Magazine's annual “Person of the Year” announcement is, year after year, grossly misunderstood.

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Ken Kurson / Observer:

Bloomberg poaches business writer Joe Nocera from The New York Times to write magazine stories and columns — Mike Bloomberg personally intervenes to hire biz legend who'd been exiled to sports — Even billionaires covet that which they cannot possess. The Observer has learned that former …

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Kerry Flynn / Mashable:

Facebook is hiring a Head of News Partnerships, seeking a news executive with 20+ years experience, as it struggles with the fallout from the fake news scandal — Facebook may be cleaning up its image with journalism. — The company is looking to hire an “experienced news executive” …

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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:

Google's first search result for “Did the Holocaust happen?” is a post from neo-Nazi site Stormfront, showing how Google's algorithm is helping disseminate hate — Last week, we reported how extremist sites ‘game’ the search engine, boosting their propaganda.

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