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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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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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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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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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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.


WSJ announces the end of China Real Time Report site; its archives will remain online, and @ChinaRealTime will continue to tweet links to China stories — “Under heaven,” wrote the Ming Dynasty poet Feng Menglong, “there's no such thing as a never-ending feast.” — Mr. Feng was probably onto something.
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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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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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One Man & His Blog


Sources: YouTube offered some advertisers $3 in compensation, in an attempt to lure them back after their ads appeared on extremist sites — Video site makes tiny payouts after brands' concerns over ads linked to extremism — Read next … Companies that pulled advertising from YouTube …
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The Drum and Tubefilter


Tumblr's uncertain future demonstrates the difficulty of monetizing internet culture, as do the fortunes of Twitter, Reddit, 4chan, and even YouTube — Earlier this month, Verizon completed its acquisition of Yahoo, incorporating the internet-portal pioneer's slate of brands under a new umbrella corporation named, ominously, Oath.
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Lyle Denniston, a well-known 86-year-old reporter who has covered the Supreme Court for 58 years, retired last week — There have been 113 Supreme Court justices in American history. Lyle Denniston has reported on 31 of them — more than one in four. “My wife and I ran a calculation,” …
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@avtrask, @tribelaw and @adamliptak


Sources: Jared Kushner tried to buy The National Enquirer's owner, American Media Inc., three years ago — Tabloid newspaper bandied about in Trump's MSNBC Twitter war — White House offered to help spike story, MSNBC hosts say — The National Enquirer's ties to President Donald Trump …
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