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Fox News retracts story about the murder investigation of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich — On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree …
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In letter, Seth Rich's brother pleads with the executive producer of Sean Hannity's Fox News show to stop spreading theories about his murder — July 2016: DNC staffer Seth Rich fatally shot — The brother of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich wrote a letter on Tuesday …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Seth Rich lie, and how the corrosion of reality should worry every American — For lies to successfully masquerade as news, they need help. They need accessories to the crime against truth. — In two ways that have the power to shock, even in this almost shockproof era, lies are getting plenty of help.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
After several days of pushing theories on Seth Rich's murder, Fox News' Hannity announces he won't discuss the case for now — Following several days of pushing the Seth Rich murder conspiracy theory, much to the chagrin of Rich's family and his own colleagues, Fox News' Sean Hannity addressed …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Amazon expands Amazon Channels to UK, Germany, taking aim at pay-TV users — The race to control the TV is on, and today comes some news out of Europe underscoring Amazon's ambitions in that department. The e-commerce giant announced the launch of Amazon Channels in the UK and Germany …
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announces $1M gift from Jeff Bezos for pro bono legal services for journalists, partners with First Look Media — Freedom of the Press Awards dinner raises nearly $2 million to support pro bono legal services for journalists
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
James Corden and Conan O'Brien are getting their own shows on Snapchat; NBC News expected to launch a daily newscast in September — When Elisabeth Murdoch said goodbye to the family business in the wake of the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal in 2014, there was considerable anticipation regarding her next career move.
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Grindr hires an editor-in-chief, Zach Stafford, for online magazine, Into, to cover LGBTQ issues, plans to hire at least four reporters and content producers — Grindr is signalling that it wants to get into the hard news business with an announcement this week that it hired an editor …
John Eggerton / Multichannel News:
FCC releases proposal for rollback of Title II net neutrality rules, with initial comments due July 17 and reply comments due August 16 — Will give commenters until Aug. 16 to weigh in — The vetting and explicating on the FCC's network-neturality notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) can now begin in earnest.
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Corinne Grinapol / Adweek:
David Rothkopf is leaving as editor and CEO of Foreign Policy Group, a post he held since 2012 — He had been editor and CEO since 2012 — David Rothkopf is out as editor and CEO of Foreign Policy Group, a position he had held since 2012. The news was first broken by Politico's Hadas Gold …
Publishers Weekly:
As the Trump administration proposes funding cuts for NEA, NEH, libraries, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the chairman of NEH announces resignation — The president's latest budget proposal once again seeks to terminate the NEH, NEA, and virtually all federal library funding.
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Media Matters for America:
In a YouTube broadcast, Infowars host Alex Jones calls Manchester victims “liberal trendies”, claims they're the same people “promoting open borders” — From a May 22 video posted on Alex Jones' YouTube channel: — ALEX JONES: Trump didn't just sign a deal …
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