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9:10 PM ET, December 26, 2016

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Sources: Jason Miller backed out of White House communications director job following claims that he had an affair with another transition official  —  Donald Trump's newly tapped White House communications director, Jason Miller, backed out of the job following claims that he had an affair …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Jason Miller says he will not join Donald Trump's administration two days after being named White House communications director  —  Jason Miller, who was tapped only two days ago to be White House communications director, announced Saturday that he will not join Donald Trump's administration.
Agence France-Presse:
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif tweeted a nuke threat to Israel, in response to a fake news story about Israel threatening to destroy Pakistan  —  Pakistan's defence minister has threatened to retaliate in kind to any Israeli nuclear strike after apparently being tricked by a fake news site …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump supporters and conservative pundits like Rush Limbaugh are using the term “fake news” to discredit reports from the mainstream press  —  WASHINGTON — The C.I.A., the F.B.I. and the White House may all agree that Russia was behind the hacking that interfered with the election.
Yardena Schwartz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Experts say the German press has contributed to the rise of Alternative for Deutschland, a populist right-wing party, by covering the party in a sneering way  —  A man holding a German flag marches through the streets of Berlin during a demonstration by the Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) political party.
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
By focusing on online reach, advertisers face a moral dilemma: risk funding websites that spread fake news or amplify conspiracy theories  —  Advertising on the internet has never been easier.  Data and automation increasingly allow companies large and small to reach millions of people every month …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Contrary to speculation, Obama won't be directly involved in the media industry post-presidency, says WH communications director Jen Psaki  —  CNN's Brian Stelter spoke with White House communications director Jen Psaki about President Obama's new media strategy in office and whether he plans …
Discussion: @mediaite and @feldmaniac
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google algorithm change appears to be moving Holocaust-denial and other controversial sites down in search results  —  Several days after Google put a search ranking change into place, the first page of results for “did the holocaust happen” now appears to be entirely free of denial sites.
Discussion: The Verge, @kadybat and @tbreisacher
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Profile of Cindy Adams, the longtime New York Post columnist, whose 40-year connection with Donald Trump will likely bring her White House gossip  —  “There are no names here,” the longtime New York Post columnist Cindy Adams complained.  —  Mrs. Adams, 86, was standing outside …
Discussion: @nytstyles, @nytstyles and @nytstyles
Reporters Without Borders:
Number of journalists killed worldwide falls from 101 in 2015 to 74 in 2016, largely due to reporters fleeing dangerous countries like Syria, Iraq, and Libya  —  Organisation  —  RSF_en  —  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is today releasing its annual worldwide round-up on journalists who have been killed in the past year.
Discussion: @nahlahayed
 
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Tracing Ed Schultz's political conversions, from radio sportscaster to conservative and then liberal talk-show host to MSNBC commentator to RT anchor
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
A first-person account of being a target of a smear campaign by Russia-backed websites
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