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Richard Gonzales / NPR:
NPR's Senior VP for News, Michael Oreskes, says NPR will not use the word “lie” to describe Trump's false claims as doing so would drive away listeners — There's an active debate inside newsrooms, and particularly within the NPR newsroom, about how to characterize the statements …
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James Warren / Poynter:
In second full press conference, Spicer defends Trump's belief in rampant voter fraud amid multiple media questions, citing unspecified “studies and evidence” — Sean Spicer may need the Army Corps of Engineers to clean up a mini-mess created by his boss.
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The Huffington Post:
Sources: supervisors have frozen public communications at DHHS, EPA, and USDA's research arm as new Trump administration takes over — Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press. — WASHINGTON Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to cease communications …
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New York Times:
Legal experts say the First Amendment provides limited protection to the press; with few legal safeguards, reporters have relied on public goodwill, tradition — When President Trump declared on Saturday that reporters are “among the most dishonest human beings on earth,” it was not the first time he had disparaged the press.
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Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land:
Google's 2016 “Bad Ads Report”: 1.7B ads removed compared to 780M in 2015, 200 publishers banned from AdSense for fake news — In its annual Bad Ads report, Google says it took down more than double the number of ads in 2016 that it did in 2015 by removing 1.7 billion ads, compared to the 780 million removed in 2015.
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Facebook is ending personalization of Trending topics by country and is tweaking the Trending algorithm in a bid to stamp out fake news — Facebook is changing its Trending product to try to make it better reflect the most discussed real world events on the platform, and to prevent false viral stories from trending.
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Breitbart News adds staff as it becomes the main pro-Trump news site, but maintaining credibility as an outsider organization becomes tougher — The mainstreaming of Breitbart News is well under way. — The right-wing outlet founded by the late Andrew Breitbart has taken on an increased importance …
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Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed:
Roxane Gay Pulls Book From Simon & Schuster In Response To Milo Yiannopoulos Controversy — Roxane Gay has pulled her forthcoming book, How to Be Heard, from Simon & Schuster over its reported $250,000 book deal with Milo Yiannopoulous. — How to Be Heard was scheduled to be published in March 2018 with TED Books, an imprint of S&S.
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CNNMoney:
Penguin reprints 75K copies of 1984 as book hits #1 on Amazon's best-selling books list — “Alternative facts” are lies — The book publisher Penguin is printing more copies of George Orwell's dystopian classic “1984” in response to a sudden surge of demand.
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Alison Griswold / Quartz:
The World Economic Forum treated “fake news” as a human rights issue as its Global Future Council on Human Rights will spend the next two years examining it — On Jan. 17, more than 100 people crowded into the Kirchner Museum in Davos, Switzerland, for a panel on the ailing state of global trust.
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK union the National Union of Journalists calls on its members to tweet directly at Trump condemning the arrests of six journalists in recent days — The National Union of Journalists has today called on journalists to tweet directly to US President Donald Trump condemning the arrest …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Peter Liguori stepping down as president, CEO of Tribune Media in March; there are rumors he may be appointed CEO of Sony Corp.'s Hollywood operations — Peter Liguori is stepping down as president and CEO of Tribune Media in March, the company said Wednesday.
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NorthJersey.com:
North Jersey Media Group announces more layoffs, will be giving notices to 141 employees by the end of the week — North Jersey Media Group announced Monday a restructuring in several of its departments, the latest step in a major strategic reorganization that was unveiled in September.
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James Rainey / Variety:
Shareholder sues CBS board over approving $13M pay package to Sumner Redstone over three years, claims Redstone was not capable of fulfilling duties — A CBS shareholder charges in a new legal filing that corporate board members and CEO Leslie Moonves were “recklessly profligate” …
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