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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
A hellscape of lies and distorted reality awaits journalists covering President Trump — At the northeast corner of the National Archives building sits Robert Aitken's sculpture “The Future,” inscribed with some famous words from Shakespeare's “The Tempest”: “What is past is prologue.”
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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
After Trump's confrontational press conference, the media needs to start treating the president-elect like a hostile witness rather than try to curry favor — In courtroom TV dramas, when a witness is testifying and starts to lie or refuses to answer, the lawyer asking the questions …
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Alexey Kovalev:
A Russian journalist who writes about propaganda lays out parallels between Putin's yearly pressers and Trump's first news conference
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Peter J. Boyer / Esquire:
3 senior officials on Trump transition team say there's been serious consideration of evicting White House press corps; press secretary acknowledges discussion — “They are the opposition party,” a senior official says. — The upset to the existing order caused by the presidential election …
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Amar Toor / The Verge:
Facebook says it will soon expand tools to fight fake news to Germany, will send flagged posts to Berlin-based nonprofit news org Correctiv for fact-checking — Social network introduces fact-checking tools ahead of national elections later this year — Facebook will begin rolling …
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BBC:
Syrian migrant who posed for a selfie with Angela Merkel is suing Facebook after being falsely linked to terrorism in Facebook posts — A Syrian migrant who posed for a selfie with Angela Merkel is suing Facebook after being falsely linked to terrorism in posts shared on the social media network.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
In interview with The Sunday Times, Trump says he'll keep using @realDonaldTrump Twitter account — With President-elect Donald Trump on the brink of officially becoming the country's Commander-in-Chief, it appears we are getting the answer to what he will do with his personal Twitter account …
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Paul Mozur / New York Times:
China orders the registration of app stores to combat apps that “spread illegal information”, which can include fraud, malware, and political speech — HONG KONG — In the clearest sign yet that China's government has begun a new push to solidify control over mobile apps …
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Amanda Erickson / Washington Post:
The intelligence report calling out Russia Today for involvement in US election overestimates the influence of channel's political coverage in the United States — When Russia Today's top editor read the newly released report from the director of national intelligence on Russia's hack of the U.S. election …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How NBC and producer Pat Weaver invented morning TV with “Today” in 1950s — January 14 is the 65th birthday of NBC's “Today” show. This is a “lost chapter” from Brian Stelter's book “Top of the Morning,” recounting how NBC invented the morning TV format.
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
When ‘there is serious reason to doubt’ rumors and allegations, is it libelous to publish them? — BuzzFeed, as everyone now knows, has published unverified allegations about Russia having “compromising material and information on [Donald] Trump's personal life and finances”; …
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Users say AT&T's DirecTV Now streaming service is plagued with errors and nearly unusable — DirecTV Now has been plagued with errors in the month and a half since the streaming service was launched by AT&T. Subscribers have complained of being unable to watch shows, frequent interruptions …
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Jessi Hempel / Backchannel:
How BitTorrent has failed to find a successful business model despite its widely used protocol and has pursued a costly, fruitless path under new leadership — How a group of valley outsiders blew through the company's cash and nearly left it for dead. — Last April, a pair …
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