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4:10 AM ET, December 19, 2016

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Charles J. Sykes / New York Times:
Right-wing vilification of the mainstream media has discredited news orgs among some voters, aiding Trump's rise as right-wing news sources promote untruths  —  MILWAUKEE — After nearly 25 years, I'm stepping down from my daily conservative talk radio show at the end of this month.
Turkey Blocks:
Tor access with the default configuration now widely restricted in Turkey as government cracks down on VPN use  —  The Turkey Blocks internet censorship watchdog has identified and verified that restrictions on the Tor anonymity network and Tor Browser are now in effect throughout Turkey.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Newspapers failed to compete with Craigslist on price and product quality  —  It's fun to beat up on Craig Newmark for the end of classifieds, but papers were greedy, too.  —  The journalistic world's sniping at Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, recommenced yesterday after he announced …
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The New York Times' newsroom is mostly white, suggesting diversity has not been a priority; Dean Baquet says he's committed to change  —  ONLY two of the 20-plus reporters who covered the presidential campaign for The New York Times were black.  None were Latino or Asian.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
November's election and Trump's attacks on media fuel support for trusted, verified journalism  —  The answer to all the troubling new questions about the future of the news business — how to make money, stop the spread of fake news and reassert a uniform view of reality …
Maciej Martewicz / Bloomberg:
Amid protests, Poland's ruling party promises to re-open talks about strict media regulations for covering parliament, which were to start January 1  —  Law & Justice suspends plan to curb media access in new year  —  President Duda starts mediating effort amid ongoing protests
Discussion: BBC and CNN
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Investigation finds the site responsible for the “Pope endorses Trump” hoax is part of network that created hundreds of hoaxes on celebs moving to various towns  —  In early July, a website made to look like a real news organization published what would prove to be one of the biggest fake news hits of the US election.
Discussion: @joshtpm, @craigsilverman and Fortune
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Washington Post offers Chrome extension that fact-checks Trump's tweets  —  On Friday morning, President-elect Donald Trump took a new tack in his war on the Russia hacking issue. … As our Dave Weigel noted, this isn't really accurate.  There was nothing illegal at play …
Molly de Aguiar / Nieman Lab:
Philanthropists for news should provide operating support with no strings attached and encourage newsrooms to take creative risks, collaborate with partners  —  2017 is the year that philanthropy stops asking, “Why should we fund news and information?” and starts asking, “How do we get started?”
David Skok / Nieman Lab:
Publishers could use machine learning, predictive and anticipatory analytics to give readers real-time, user-specific options instead of outdated paywalls  —  For over a decade, digital publishers have been wrestling with an existential strategic question: Should we pursue consumer or advertising revenue as our primary revenue stream?
Discussion: @dskok
 
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