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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
White House thaws its relationship with CNN by making Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to the president for national security, available for an interview — President Donald Trump's White House ended its freeze-out of CNN Wednesday. Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
White House is boycotting CNN; official says they're sending representatives “where it makes sense to promote our agenda”, but ban not permanent — Trump administration refuses to put officials on air on the network the president called ‘fake news.’
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
During a White House event honoring Black History month, Trump criticized CNN, said “I don't watch fake news”, then said Fox News had been good to him
During a White House event honoring Black History month, Trump criticized CNN, said “I don't watch fake news”, then said Fox News had been good to him
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Doug Lederman / Inside Higher Ed:
UC Berkeley cancels Brietbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos speech after protests turn violent on campus — California campus is latest to be inflamed by protests — reportedly fueled by visiting mob from off the campus — over appearances by the Breitbart writer and provocateur.
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Reddit bans r/altright and r/alternativeright subreddits due to repeated violations of content policy — Over doxing — Reddit has decided to ban two high-profile communities of the alt-right over what appears to be the posting and dissemination of personal information, otherwise known as doxing.
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David Sharman / HoldTheFrontPage:
BBC to invest £8m-a-year in 138 new “local democracy reporters” across the UK, with BBC staff working alongside local journalists to produce local news — Scotland will get 20 local democracy reporters while Northern Ireland will get just three under the partnership between …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Tamron Hall leaving NBC in wake of network canceling her hour of ‘Today’ — Tamron Hall, a regular host on NBC's “Today” show and MSNBC, is leaving the network later this month. — Her departure was announced on Wednesday after days of contentious contract negotiations.
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Reuters:
Memo to staff from Reuters Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler on covering Trump — In a message to staff today, Reuters Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler wrote about covering President Trump the Reuters way: — The first 12 days of the Trump presidency (yes, that's all it's been!) have been memorable for all …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
American Public Media's firing of Lewis Wallace illustrates newsroom struggles over diversity and meaning of impartiality as some call media “the enemy” — Lewis Wallace first got into journalism, four years ago, with the help of a fellowship that encouraged diversity.
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Reuters:
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sues Charter Communications, claiming Charter's Spectrum unit promised internet speeds it knew it couldn't deliver — New York filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Charter Communications Inc of short-changing customers who were promised faster internet speeds than it could deliver.
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Sony Pictures posts $913M loss as film division takes $962M write-down, but records higher subscription VOD licensing revenue — Net losses of $913 million at Sony's Pictures division held the electronics giant's profits to JPY19.6 billion in the three months to December, the third quarter of its financial year.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
How the #PressOn campaign urging people to pay for journalism began, supported by celebs, authors, journalists, and more — If you were on Twitter on Wednesday, you might have seen gobs and gobs of people tweeting with the hashtag #PressOn, imploring you to spend money on journalism.
Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
Fox News deletes tweet about Québec shooter being of Moroccan origin and issues retraction, after complaint from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office — Justin Trudeau's aide says US network claim that mosque attack suspect was of Moroccan origin ‘spread misinformation ... and perpetuates fear and division’
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