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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's presidency will strengthen journalism by forcing reporters not to rely on the back-scratching relationship they previously had with D.C. sources — In his own way, Trump has set us free. — Donald Trump and his forthcoming presidency may be the greatest gift to Washington journalism since …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's threats against the press are mostly cheap stunts and bluffs, and journalistic access to White House isn't necessary for reporters to do their jobs — Last week I watched a conversation on MSNBC in which the anchor asked a guest whether it wasn't a problem that Buzzfeed had published …
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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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Matthew Champion / BuzzFeed:
Source: The Daily Mail's US Political Editor, David Martosko, suggested Trump should drug test White House reporters when he applied for WH Press Sec job — David Martosko, the US political editor for the Mail Online, made the suggestion when he applied to work as Trump's press secretary, BuzzFeed News understands.
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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Responding to Esquire report, Reince Priebus says the Trump administration is considering moving press briefings out of the West Wing to building beside the WH
Responding to Esquire report, Reince Priebus says the Trump administration is considering moving press briefings out of the West Wing to building beside the WH
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CNNMoney:
Following plagiarism revelations, Monica Crowley is stepping away from her appointment to a senior communications role in Trump's administration — Conservative author and television personality Monica Crowley is stepping away from her appointment to a senior communications role in Donald Trump's incoming administration, CNN confirms.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
CNN issues statement in support of reporter Jim Acosta, after Sean Spicer likened him to a disruptive protestor during an interview on Fox News — Last week, CNN reporter Jim Acosta got into a heated exchange with President-elect Donald Trump during the incoming POTUS's first press conference since late July.
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New York Times:
Profile of Jon Ralston, who is launching The Nevada Independent, a nonprofit, donation-based news site he hopes will add heft to the coverage of state politics — In the months after Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate and prominent Republican donor, purchased The Las Vegas Review-Journal in late 2015 …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
C-SPAN ‘investigating’ why congressional livestream switched to Russia Today — On Thursday afternoon, C-SPAN's online live video coverage of Congress abruptly switched to a live feed of the Kremlin-backed news channel Russia Today. The livestream continued to show RT for about 10 minutes, before switching back to C-SPAN.
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Matthew Sheffield / Salon:
Neo-Nazi blogger and podcaster Mike Enoch, whose real name is Mike Peinovich, resigns from The Right Stuff after doxxers reveal his wife is Jewish — Bad day for the Fourth Reich: Founder of popular alt-right blog The Right Stuff resigns after foes expose him
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Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
Publisher of Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth questioned by police about allegedly offering Netanyahu positive coverage in return for weakening the competition — Yedioth Ahronoth owner Arnon Mozes interviewed by police as PM accuses media of trying to ‘topple’ his government
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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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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
How The Washington Post and El País are bundling daily top stories in one post using new option for Facebook's Instant Articles — Publishers are using Facebook's latest Instant Articles update, which lets publishers post multiple articles within one post, to publish regular editions …
Liz Calvario / IndieWire:
Vice Media launches film division, Vice Documentary Films, which will produce feature-length documentaries from both established and up-and-coming directors — The new division will produce feature-length documentaries and docuseries for a variety of platforms.
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