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Donald J. Trump / @realdonaldtrump:
President Trump says the intelligence community is illegally leaking info to the “failing” NYT and Washington Post, suggests the NSA, FBI are behind the leaks — Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Fox News, Breitbart, and The Daily Caller focus on the problem of leaks to reporters in their Flynn resignation coverage — While most news outlets gave wall-to-wall coverage of the resignation of his national security adviser on Tuesday, President Donald Trump tried to draw attention to the “real story.”
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Media should rethink the value of giving time on political TV shows to people like Stephen Miller, who tell brash falsehoods — Strange, isn't it, that it was a lie that supposedly caused Gen. Michael Flynn to be fired? His false assurances to Vice President Pence about pre-election conversations …
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Morning Joe co-presenter Mika Brzezinski says White House advisor Kellyanne Conway will no longer appear on the show due to her repeated falsehoods — Mika Brzezinski of Morning Joe revealed a tidbit that many may not know about the way Kellyanne Conway gets herself booked onto so many shows …
Dylan Byers / CNN:
White House officials, including Bannon and Priebus, reiterate their support for Spicer, with some sources suggesting Conway is behind leaks undermining him — Washington (CNN)Sean Spicer has barely moved into his office. — Three weeks after the inauguration, the only things adorning …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Verizon is close to negotiating a new deal with Yahoo which reduces the price tag by around $250M — Verizon is getting close to a renegotiated deal for Yahoo's internet properties that would reduce the price of the original $4.8 billion deal by about $250 million …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern sued after his show broadcast a woman's private conversation with an IRS agent in 2015 — An IRS agent called into the radio show and was put on hold. Then... Donald Trump never did sue The New York Times for revealing he took a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns.
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook announces free app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TV, launching “soon” — The new app will let users kick back and watch Facebook videos from the couch. — Facebook is coming to your television. — The social network on Tuesday announced a new app …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Seven journalists laid off from Tronc's San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper — Seven journalists were laid off from the San Diego Union-Tribune on Tuesday, editor and publisher Jeff Light said in a memo to staffers. — “I feel badly about these difficult decisions,” Light said.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: layoffs coming to Maker Studios, with Disney expected to shrink its creator network to around 300 top creators with large YouTube followings — The Disney-owned digital firm is expected to cut the size of its creator network to around 300 top creators.
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Annalee Newitz / Ars Technica:
Analysis of Wikipedia comments shows that under half of personal attacks in 2015 were made anonymously; 30% came from registered users with 100+ contributions — New study of Wikipedia comments reveals most attackers aren't anonymous. — We've all heard anecdotes about trolling on Wikipedia …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Trump aide Omarosa Manigault says her conversation with reporter April Ryan was recorded; Ryan claims only parts of the tape have been played for journalists — A top aide to President Trump said she has a recording of a dispute with a White House reporter, and has shared parts of it with journalists.