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Internal documents show how Facebook polices speech, at times unfairly punishing and censoring black users or those in disputed territories like Palestine — In the wake of a terrorist attack in London earlier this month, a U.S. congressman wrote a Facebook post in which he called for the slaughter of “radicalized” Muslims.
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders urges everyone to watch an anti-CNN video by James O'Keefe, adding “whether it's accurate or not, I don't know” — Sarah Huckabee Sanders urges people to watch video that shows CNN producer criticizing network's coverage - despite not being able to vouch for its accuracy
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Axel Springer and Murdoch's News Corp applaud EU Commission's fine of $2.7B against Google for abusing search engine dominance — The European Commission penalized Google for violating antitrust rules. — Major media companies have a well-documented love-hate relationship with tech giants like Google and Facebook.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media's Motherboard retracts two articles on Trump's animatronic presence at Disney Parks' Hall of Presidents, citing factual errors, questions on sourcing — NY Digital Editor @xpangler — Vice Media's Motherboard tech site has retracted two articles — supposedly revealing discord …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News has signed Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz, who will be stepping away from his role on June 30, as a contributor starting July 1 — Jason Chaffetz, the Republican Congressman from Utah, will join Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network as a contributor, the networks announced Wednesday.
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Adi Joseph / USA Today:
Q&A with Yahoo NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, who is joining ESPN, on his new role, layoffs at the network, and more — Adrian Wojnarowski has 1.8 million followers on Twitter, yet the hard-core NBA fans who swarm to his breaking news reports may not know what he looks like.
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Maya T. Prabhu / Post and Courier:
Judge puts off decision on jailing SC political blogger for contempt of court for withholding names of anonymous sources in defamation lawsuit — LEXINGTON — A judge did not make a decision Wednesday if he will jail a Columbia-area political blogger for being in contempt of court for withholding …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Frederick G. Smith, VP of Sinclair Broadcasting Group, donated $1K to Greg Gianforte's campaign a day after he was charged for body-slamming a Guardian reporter — The vice president and director of Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which has often been criticized for its conservative slant …
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AP News:
ABC says it has reached a settlement with the South Dakota meat producer who filed the $1B pink slime lawsuit in 2012 — https://apnews.com/fd4b266039154733b014 4b75e2de88ba — Link copied! — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — ABC says it has reached a settlement with a South Dakota meat producer …
Jeff Gerth / Columbia Journalism Review:
Divide between advertising department and the newsroom at NYT has been disintegrating slowly, a change which caused tensions between Abramson and CEO Thompson — The April 2 edition of the Sunday New York Times, where the paper features its best journalism, included a six-page special section …
CNN:
CNN Politics launches “The Point with Chris Cillizza”, a multiplatform brand that includes daily columns, a podcast, an evening newsletter, and more — CNN Politics announced Wednesday the launch of ‘The Point with Chris Cillizza,’ a multiplatform brand capturing analysis …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Google News unveils desktop redesign that highlights fact checking sites, streamlines design, and offers more personalization — “To give them that multitude of facts, voices, and perspectives, you want the UI to disappear and not be a sense of overload or cognitive load on them but just be transparent."
Stephen Buranyi / The Guardian:
Elsevier and two other publishers of scientific journals still dominate the high-profit business, with only about a quarter of papers published via open access — n 2011, Claudio Aspesi, a senior investment analyst at Bernstein Research in London, made a bet that the dominant firm …
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