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Fox News was main source of campaign news for 40% of Trump voters but only 3% of Clinton's: CNN was most common source for 18% of Clinton voters, 8% of Trump's — Fox News was the main source for 40% of Trump voters — In the coming days, Americans will follow a single event across …
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Trump gets facts wrong in tweet stating NBC's Today show is doing “badly”: show is highest-rated morning show among 25- to 54-year-olds — No, Donald Trump, NBC's “Today” show is not doing “badly.” — It is actually America's highest-rated morning show among 25- to 54-year-olds …
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Cameron Harris, creator of a fake news site, is fired as a Maryland GOP legislative aide after NYT interview reveals his role in bogus anti-Clinton news — A Republican legislative aide in Maryland who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging was fired Wednesday.
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How recent college graduate Cameron Harris launched a fake news operation that published a viral story about fraudulent Clinton ballots found in Ohio — ANNAPOLIS, Md. — It was early fall, and Donald J. Trump, behind in the polls, seemed to be preparing a rationale in case a winner like him somehow managed to lose.
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Obama emphasizes the importance of a free and adversarial press corps in his final press conference — Amid growing concerns about his successor's treatment of the media, President Barack Obama began his final press conference on Wednesday by stressing the importance of a free and adversarial press corps.
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SPJ, 60 other journalism groups, ask Trump administration for meeting on government access
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Trump says he will “pick” which reporters get into future press conferences at the White House and claims reporters will be “begging” for a larger room
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Netflix reports $2.35B in Q4 revenue, up from $1.67B in Q4 2015, as it adds 1.93M new US subs vs 1.3M expected, 5.12M global subs vs 3.8M expected; stock up 8%+ — Holy cow, we have quite the beat for Netflix. — Netflix added nearly 2 million new subscribers domestically …
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In broad ranging interview, CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker says the era of access journalism is over, discusses Trump, Megyn Kelly, more — At his press conference last week, President-elect Trump refused to take a question from CNN reporter Jim Acosta, denouncing the network as a purveyor of “fake news.”


Trump's hotel in DC has banned journalists during inauguration week; a Politico reporter, at the venue for a breakfast meeting, was prevented from entering — The Trump International Hotel in Washington is banning the media from its premises during inauguration week.


Retraction request by Trump team for CNN story on Cabinet nominee Tom Price's stocks confirms original report, shows rising pressure on CNN from PEOTUS team — For a journalist, there are few things quite so distressing as a retraction request. It's a form of nuclear pushback …
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Quartz Editor-in-Chief Kevin Delaney says the site is working on a subscription product — Qz.com will remain free. But it's working on a research product. — Quartz, the business news site owned by Atlantic Media, gives away its global economics coverage to anyone who wants to click.
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Sources: NBCUniversal to shut down Esquire Network cable channel, relaunching the brand as a digital-only service — NBCUniversal will shutter Esquire Network's linear cable channel and relaunch the brand as a digital-only platform, Variety has learned. The decision to end …
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Interview with Glasgow marketer who tricked Infowars into publishing a fake report claiming CNN and BuzzFeed planned to release a damaging Trump tape — Markus Muir told BuzzFeed News: “It was a cut and paste job of what I said to him and it was all bulls**t, I made it all up.” — Infowars
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Paul McCartney sues Sony/ATV Music Publishing in New York to regain rights to Beatles songs — Sony/ATV is the defendant and could be primed to make a defense similar to the one being used against Duran Duran. — Paul McCartney has filed suit in New York against Sony/ATV and is looking …
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