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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Review finds 50+ examples of plagiarism from numerous sources in 2012 book by Trump national security pick Monica Crowley — By Andrew Kaczynski, design by Tal Yellin — Conservative author and television personality Monica Crowley, whom Donald Trump has tapped for a top national security …
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
US intelligence report: Russia Today played a key role in the Putin-ordered campaign to undermine the US election, collaborating with WikiLeaks — Russia's state-sponsored news agency Russia Today “has actively collaborated with” WikiLeaks, the organization that published documents …
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New York Times, The Guardian, IC ON THE RECORD, @_anunnery, Vox, @abbymartin, @omundson, Daily Mail, @danrather, Forbes and Mediaite
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Max Fisher / New York Times:
How Russian hackers steered Western media coverage with stolen documents and PR efforts via Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks — As the dust settles on Russian interference in the United States election, journalists are confronting an aspect that has received less scrutiny than the hacking itself …
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@mikeisaac, AP News, @profcarroll, @mlcalderone, @lwoodhouse, @max_fisher, @rprose, @im_pulse, The Guardian and The Daily Caller
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Facebook hires Campbell Brown, ex-NBC News reporter and CNN prime-time host, to lead News Partnerships team, says she won't be involved in content decisions — Facebook is turning to a former television news journalist to help smooth over its strained ties to the news media …
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The74Million, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, TechCrunch, @moorehn, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Forbes, Mashable, Broadcasting & Cable, TVNewser and The Drum
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Sources: in meeting with Condé Nast editors, Trump fielded sharp questions on race, hate crimes, Russia, Putin, and other issues, but the talk remained civil — Donald Trump and the top editors of Condé Nast's magazines talked about everything from abortion to Russia in a meeting …
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New York Times, @brianstelter, @carloslozadawp, @mathewi and @jayrosen_nyu
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The term “fake news” has lost its meaning, now being used as a catch-all insult to peddle agendas, so we should retire it and call a lie a lie and a hoax a hoax — When Jim DeMint wanted to dis a TV interviewer's suggestion that Obamacare has merits as well as flaws …
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@mantzarlis, @simonhurtz, @earleyedition and @daviduberti
Pagan Kennedy / New York Times:
About 400 out of 1,000+ organizations contacted by Sleeping Giants' social media campaign have vowed to remove Breitbart News from future digital ad buys — One day in late November, an earth and environmental science professor named Nathan Phillips visited Breitbart News for the first time.
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New York Times, @keitholbermann, @govhowarddean, @simonostrovsky and Breitbart
Agence France-Presse:
German media and politicians warn against election-year spike in distorted or fake news after Breitbart story on New Year's Eve crowd and a church fire — Country's politicians warn against fake news after Breitbart website said group chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ vandalised church on New Year's Eve
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
SC blogger Will Folks, who runs FITSnews.com, faces potential jail time for not divulging sources in a libel lawsuit brought by a former state lawmaker — 1011 WORDS — “I'm not going to rat a source out.” That's what political blogger Will Folks, who runs FITSnews.com in South Carolina …
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@fitsnews
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
How a small public Tennessee radio station uses a bread truck converted into a mobile recording studio to spark community engagement — Editor's note: Localore: Finding America is a national initiative from the Association for Independents in Radio supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
Matthew Townsend / Bloomberg:
Barnes & Noble Inc. posted its first decline in holiday sales in three years, hurt by a downturn in coloring-books sales — Bookstore chain joins Macy's, Kohl's in posting weak results — Company relies on cost cutting to bolster operating profit — Barnes & Noble Inc. posted …
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Forbes and The Daily Caller
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Behind the scenes with 20 journalists on Election Night 2016 when results went off-script — This is the story of election night 2016 in the words of more than 20 journalists who were in the field, in the newsrooms, at the anchor desks, and in the control rooms.
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@annielinskey, @brianstelter, @stephe96 and CNN
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