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12:05 PM ET, January 26, 2017

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The White House denies that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been offered press credentials  —  Alex Jones will likely won't be attending any upcoming White House press briefings, according to the Trump adminstration's press office.  —  Yesterday Alex Jones told viewers on his popular YouTube channel …
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Skype seats for White House press conferences are a good idea, if managed fairly and independently of the White House  —  Monday's first official White House press conference got lots of attention for the way Press Secretary Sean Spicer handled the media.  At first skipping major news outlets …
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
Business Insider:
WSJ: Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is exploring a combination with Charter Communications, though talks are preliminary  —  The telecommunications giants Verizon and Charter Communications are exploring a combination, The Wall Street Journal's Shalini Ramachandran, Ryan Knutson, and Dana Mattioli report.
Politico:
WSJ media and advertising reporter Steven Perlberg is joining BuzzFeed, where he will cover Trump's relationship with the media  —  President Donald Trump's complicated relationship with the news media has riveted the political class for months — his impromptu TV appearances where foreign policy is made …
Reuters:
USDA says gag-order calling for suspension of “public-facing documents” sent to research unit was flawed, has issued new guidance to replace it  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday that an internal email sent to staff at its Agricultural Research Service unit …
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Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge:
Amid Trump's gag orders on US agencies including EPA, anonymous Twitter accounts like @AltNatParkSer keep tweeting and gain traction  —  Rejecting Trump's science gag order, anonymous NPS Twitter accounts are still going  —  Government offices (and rogue employees therein) …
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Media advocates denounce arrests of journalists covering violent protests near inauguration  —  At least six journalists were charged with felony rioting after they were arrested while covering the violent protests that took place just blocks from President Trump's inauguration parade …
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Filmmaker Alex Gibney is independently developing a documentary about Roger Ailes  —  The ‘Going Clear’ director's independent project comes on the heels of Annapurna Pictures scooping up a pitch from ‘Big Short’ writer Charles Randolph about the women who brought down the former Fox News chairman with accusations of sexual harassment.
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Frank Langfitt / NPR:
A journalist who worked in China draws comparisons between tactics used by Chinese government and White House  —  Like millions of Americans, I watched the new White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, as he tried to convince reporters and viewers last weekend that President Trump's inauguration …
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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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
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