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7:10 AM ET, June 26, 2017

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Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
CNN Deleted A Story Linking Trump And Russia, Then Issued A Retraction After Questions Were Raised  —  The story cited a single, unnamed source claiming that a Senate committee was investigating a Russian fund with connections to President Trump's transition team.
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Alexis Sobel Fitts / Wired:
A look at some Alt-Right wiki sites, which were created as an alternative to Wikipedia and its perceived liberal bias  —  Vox Day thinks that Wikipedia is the worst.  But the things that bug him aren't the typical complaints you'll hear about the crowd-sourced encyclopedia …
Susan Wojcicki / YouTube Blog:
At VidCon, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announces 1.5B logged-in viewers visit YouTube each month, says YouTube TV will expand to 10 markets, and more  —  I just got off stage after a great conversation with Rhett and Link at VidCon, where we announced a number of exciting new updates.
Julissa Treviño / Columbia Journalism Review:
Interview with AP's Venezuela foreign correspondent Hannah Dreier on her three-year-long assignment in the country ahead of her move to ProPublica next month  —  Once considered among the richest countries in the world, Venezuela is now known for food shortages, lack of basic medical care …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Inside Blankspot, a fully reader-backed reporting initiative to cover underreported stories in Sweden, started by journalist Martin Schibbye  —  The organisation has story-specific Facebook groups where the public can contribute their knowledge or follow journalists on reporting trips
Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
Analysis finds predominantly negative coverage of Muslims and refugees on CBS, Fox, and NBC news programs contributes to negative public opinion of Muslims  —  By Meighan Stone, Entrepreneurship Fellow, spring 2017, and former president of the Malala Fund  —  Photo: Dulles International Airport travel ban protest, Geoff Livingston.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Pakistani journalists see an increase in attacks from religious extremists, criminals, government agencies, and the military as torture becomes the norm  —  HARIPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Bakhsheesh Elahi was waiting for the morning bus when a lone gunman on a motorcycle pulled up beside him and shot him dead.
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
CIA set up back channel to get missing journalist Austin Tice freed, but effort fizzled in April after Syria's nerve gas attack  —  WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Trump administration, national security officials began exploring ways to free Austin Tice, an American journalist …
Discussion: Houston Chronicle and @cjchivers
Nature:
US court finds Sci-Hub, LibGen infringed on copyright, grants science publisher Elsevier $15M in damages  —  Some doubt that the publishing giant will see any money from the pirate site.  —  Rights & Permissions  —  One of the world's largest science publishers, Elsevier …
 
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