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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Former Breitbart News reporters are launching a pro-Trump advocacy group, the America First Project, with a media arm called Big League Politics — Patrick Howley, a former Breitbart News reporter, left the site under vague circumstances back in November. Howley told me at the time that he was leaving …
Doris Truong / Washington Post:
Right-wing bloggers falsely accuse an editor of taking photos of Cabinet candidate Rex Tillerson's notes during a hearing break; editor wasn't there — What it's like to be a the center of a fake-news conspiracy theory. — There's a joke among Asian Americans that people think we all look the same.
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Natt Garun / The Verge:
YouTube launches Super Chat in beta, letting viewers pay to pin comments on live streams, with a broad rollout on January 31 — But you'll have to do your own troll patrol — YouTube today is announcing a new feature to help creators monetize when they go live.
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Amanda Taub / New York Times:
Research says Americans' bias against the political party they oppose is so strong that it acts as a partisan prism for facts, which fuels the rise of fake news — In his farewell address as president Tuesday, Barack Obama warned of the dangers of uncontrolled partisanship.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ says a libel lawsuit brought by Sheldon Adelson against one of its reporters, Kate O'Keefe, has been settled; no money is being paid to settle the suit — The Wall Street Journal said a libel lawsuit brought by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson against one of its reporters has been settled.
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Jasper Jackson / The Guardian:
BBC commits a team to debunk false stories masquerading as real news and being shared on social media — Permanent Reality Check team will target false stories or facts being shared on social media — The BBC is to assemble a team to fact check and debunk deliberately misleading and false stories masquerading as real news.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The tabloid press, whose bogus stories are amplified by Drudge, Hannity, and Breitbart, is poised to become a chief propaganda arm of the Trump administration — The 2016 campaign hadn't even begun when America's supermarket tabloids picked their guy. “New Poll: Donald Trump's The One!” …
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Claire Wardle / First Draft News:
First Draft launches NewsCheck Chrome extension allowing users to investigate authenticity of online images or videos — Today we're launching First Draft's NewsCheck Chrome extension. A year ago, I was incredibly fortunate to receive a flash grant from the Shuttleworth Foundation …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon rolls out its first branded VOD subscription service, Anime Strike, with 1K+ titles, available for $4.99/month for Prime members — Ecommerce giant plans additional subscription VOD channels — Amazon is rolling out its first branded on-demand subscription service for Amazon Channels …
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Associated Press:
Hungarian camerawoman Petra Laszlo, filmed kicking and possibly tripping migrants at Serbian border, sentenced to three years probation for disorderly conduct — SZEGED, Hungary - The Hungarian camerawoman who was filmed kicking and possibly tripping migrants along the country's border …
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Teddy Amenabar / Washington Post:
The Washington Post will launch a weekly Friday afternoon newsletter, Read These Comments, dedicated to the best reader comments — On Friday, we're launching a weekly newsletter dedicated to the best conversations and comments on The Washington Post. And I can't wait to get started.
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Dave McNary / Variety:
CIR announces Glassbreaker Films to support female documentarians and provide training in journalism to high schoolers in San Francisco — The Center for Investigative Reporting is launching Glassbreaker Films as an initiative to support women in documentary filmmaking, Variety has learned exclusively.
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