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Peter Kafka / Recode:
BuzzFeed publishes unverified documents alleging ties between Trump aides and Russian operatives and that Russia has “compromising information” about Trump — So that “Americans can make up their own minds.” — BuzzFeed has published a cache of documents …
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Intelligence experts urge caution about Trump dossier, describing the findings contained in it as “raw” intelligence, with some finding the report dubious — In the hours since a private firm's intelligence document leaked to the web, alleging 35 pages of President-elect Donald …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
BuzzFeed's decision to publish an unverified report sets a risky precedent for journalism, and will have repercussions if it turns out to be wholly inaccurate — In distributing a set of inflammatory allegations that it admitted it could not vouch for, BuzzFeed sidestepped a basic principle of journalism.
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Politico:
News organizations have known about the Trump dossier for months but reporters at the NYT, Washington Post, and Politico were unable to verify its claims — ABOUT THAT MEMO... Yes, the memo that CNN reported on and the memo that BuzzFeed later posted is salacious. The information is also mostly unverifiable.
Seth Kelley / Variety:
Donald Trump calls BuzzFeed “a failing piece of garbage” and refuses to take a question from CNN reporter Jim Acosta, telling him: “You are fake news” — Donald Trump fired multiple shots at the media — particularly BuzzFeed and CNN — on Wednesday during his first press conference in six months.
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Jennifer Jacobs / @jenniferjjacobs:
After the news conference, Trump spokesman Sean Spicer confronted CNN reporter Jim Acosta, who asked Trump a question, angrily pointing his finger as he spoke — Trump spokesman Sean Spicer after news conference confronted @Acosta, angrily pointing finger as he spoke. https://twitter.com/...
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
CNN's Jim Acosta says Donald Trump spokesman Sean Spicer told him he could be removed from future press conferences if he challenges PEOTUS again — Following a highly contentious exchange with President-elect Donald Trump at his first press conference since late July, CNN's Jim Acosta gave a rundown of his confrontation with Trump.
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Ross McCafferty / @rossmccaff:
CNN releases statement saying its report on Trump dossier was different from BuzzFeed's and that Trump is using the story to “deflect from CNN's reporting” — CNN statement: “Trump team knows our reporting is different from Buzzfeeds"pic.twitter.com/TBw2rqlfcQ
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
At press conference, incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer calls BuzzFeed story “a pathetic attempt to get clicks” — The president-elect hadn't held a press conference in 168 days. — Donald Trump emerged from the upper floors of his gilded Trump Tower to take questions …
Fidji Simo / Facebook Media:
Facebook launches the Facebook Journalism Project to collaborate on news products, offer training and tools for jounalists, and curb fake news — Facebook is a new kind of platform and we want to do our part to enable people to have meaningful conversations, to be informed and to be connected to each other.
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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Instagram will put full-screen, auto-playing ads in its Stories feature, which now has 150M daily active users five months after launch — If you're one of the millions of Instagram users who likes the service's recently added “Stories” sharing feature, get ready to see more ads inserted between your friends' clips in the near future.
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Questions asked about the value of presidential press conferences and whether they're outdated, as Trump prepares for his first one in 165+ days — When President-Elect Donald Trump meets the press on Wednesday— for his first formal news conference in 168 days—the most intriguing questions …
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