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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Sources: WH aides are sharing a mix of fake and real news stories with Trump in an attempt to influence policy and bolster their standing within the Oval Office — The president rarely surfs the web on his own, but his staff have made a habit of slipping news stories on to his desk—including the occasional internet hoax.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Some pro-Trump media figures like Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec seize control of the political news cycle by breaking significant, legitimate news — Last March, in a 60 Minutes segment on fake news, CBS's Scott Pelley introduced a vast new audience to Mike Cernovich …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
After publishing a database of unofficial White House visitor logs based on public data, Politico debuts database API to expand cooperation with other news orgs — Andrew Restuccia wanted the answer to a simple question: Who was visiting the White House? — After doing some digging …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
A look at the fallout from Fox News scandals that are already affecting politicians in NY and Va., and, sources say, may spill over to Bannon and Roger Stone — The metastasizing Ailes affair is spilling over into the politics of New York, Virginia and the White House.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch is interested in hiring WSJ editor Baker or Rebekah Brooks to run Fox News; key executives from the Ailes era are still at the network — When Rupert Murdoch left his office on a recent Monday afternoon, the 86-year-old mogul was ambushed by a BBC reporter seeking comment on the ongoing scandals at Fox News.
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@gabrielsherman, @sarahlerner and The Week
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As the Trump beat grows more chaotic and news cycles shorten, some news consumers tune out — Journalism has been called the first rough draft of history, but last week it felt more like an adrenaline-fueled doodle on Snapchat — scribbled in one frantic instant only to disappear the next.
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@rebeccadobrien, @sulliview and @jayrosen_nyu
BBC:
News UK says columnist Kelvin MacKenzie's contract with The Sun newspaper has been terminated “by mutual consent” — Columnist Kelvin MacKenzie's contract with The Sun newspaper has been “terminated by mutual consent”, the paper's parent company has said.
David Bond / Financial Times:
The Guardian now has 230K members paying a minimum of £5/month, 185K print and digital subs, and 190K one-off contributors, yet still faces an uncertain future — Editor says signs are good that donations will help fend off digital revenue woes — Read next
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
On Friday, a judge ruled Conan O'Brien's show and Time Warner must face a lawsuit, brought by a freelancer, over the alleged theft of jokes posted online — Alex Kaseberg overcomes a summary judgment motion and moves forward on jokes about Caitlyn Jenner, Tom Brady and the Washington Monument.
Bonnie Tsui / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Tess Elliott, editor of Marin County's Point Reyes Light, the weekly newspaper with a Pulitzer-winning heritage and a poetic police blotter — Tess Elliott didn't set out to run a newspaper. At the legendary Point Reyes Light she's learned a lot about conflict, transparency, and endurance.
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Ashley McBride / Poynter:
Public radio stations look for new funding sources after signs that future Corporation for Public Broadcasting support is not guaranteed — Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is secure — for the next few years, at least. — Though the trillion-dollar …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Survey by cable trade group NCTA shows 61% of Americans strongly or somewhat support net neutrality rules, 51% say net shouldn't be considered a public utility — NCTA touts opposition to price caps—which don't exist for home Internet. — As US cable companies push to eliminate …
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