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The Guardian:
CNN says Trump is encouraging violence against reporters by tweeting an altered 2007 Wrestlemania video of Trump body-slamming a man with a CNN logo as a head — CNN statement says president ‘involved in juvenile behavior far below the dignity of his office’ while Ben Sasse says he is ‘trying to weaponise distrust’
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Twitter says Trump's CNN wrestling tweet doesn't violate its rules, even though it appeared to incite his supporters, with some posting even more violent images — Trump tweets insults at MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski — Twitter told CNN on Sunday that the company reviewed the tweet …
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A Reddit user who posted comments on the site about stabbing Muslims has claimed to be the creator of the CNN WWE GIF tweeted by Trump — The user whose screen name is an unprintable corruption of “Han Solo” spent about a year on Reddit before attaining stardom, courtesy of a share from President Trump.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How New Jersey's Star-Ledger snapped photos of Gov. Christie on a beach he'd closed to the public, taking aerial pictures from a small plane — The (Newark, New Jersey) Star-Ledger is committed to keeping Gov. Chris Christie honest — even if it takes a private plane.
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Jamie Horowitz, president of Fox Sports National Networks, is fired less than a week after 21CF began probe of allegations of sexual harassment — Jamie Horowitz onstage at the ESPN portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Assn. tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 24, 2013 in Beverly Hills.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Wall Street Journal officially ends eight blogs: the Law Blog, China Real Time, India Real Time, Speakeasy, Off Duty Daily, Dispatch, The Daily Fix, Numbers — Goodbye to Law Blog, China Real Time, India Real Time, Speakeasy, and four others. — On the heels of ending its news digest app …
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@joe_palazzolo, @dangillmor, Wall Street Journal, @michael_calia, @preetbharara and Editor & Publisher
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Vivienne Chow / Variety:
Chinese tech and media company Tencent lost $14B on the Hong Kong stock exchange after being criticized by the Communist Party-run paper People's Daily — Chinese media and technology giant Tencent suffered a dramatic loss of $14 billion on the Hong Kong stock exchange Tuesday …
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
John Oliver devotes 19 minutes to documenting how Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 173 US TV stations, injects right-wing talking points into local TV news — The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host dedicated a 19-minute segment to the rise of Sinclair Broadcast Group, and its “noticeably” right-leaning slant.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Salon, Rolling Stone, @kljdavis and The Wrap
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Facebook is challenging a gag order from a DC court, which prevented it from notifying users about search warrants for their accounts — New public court filings — in an otherwise sealed case — reveal a brewing First Amendment fight between Facebook and federal prosecutors over an order blocking …
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@katienotopoulos and @zoetillman, more at Techmeme »
Reuters:
New regulations in China require at least two “auditors” to vet all audiovisual content posted online to ensure it adheres to “core socialist values” — China's latest maneuver in a sweeping crackdown on internet content has sent a chill through a diverse community of filmmakers …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Reporter Jared Yates Sexton, who identified the Neo-Nazi creator of the CNN GIF Trump tweeted, says he's received numerous death threats — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The reporter who revealed the “obviously racist” and antisemitic Reddit user who created the animated image …
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@bunchofsteve and The Wrap
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
After doubling its paid subscribers in a year, Talking Points Memo tries to find new extras to offer them, including views behind the scenes — “We've learned a lot over the last few years about how to construct a business model that allows a substantial but still relatively small news organization to thrive."
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