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5:00 PM ET, July 12, 2017

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Washington Post:
Sources: to defend Donald Trump Jr., GOP operatives are going to try and discredit the reporters covering the story, using conservative media to attack them  —  The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
How pro-Trump media reacted to Donald J. Trump Jr.'s emails, based on internal Slack chatter at Breitbart, Fox broadcasts, and more  —  Donald Trump Jr. released emails moments before N.Y. Times report  —  Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of Breitbart London, reacted to the story …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: investigators are examining whether Trump's digital operation, run by Jared Kushner, helped guide Russia's fake news attacks on Clinton in 2016  —  WASHINGTON  —  Investigators at the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the Justice Department are examining whether …
Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, Airbnb, Spotify, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and many others in tech are rallying today in support of net neutrality  —  Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google and Twitter are fighting the FCC's changes  —  Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google …
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Sparking skeptical responses, AT&T says it will join other tech and media firms in Wednesday's “day of action” protesting rollback of net neutrality rules
Newsday:
Newsday could not find 109 sources in 77 stories by police reporter Kevin Deutsch after a review of 600 stories, is attaching editor's note to stories online  —  Newsday undertook an extensive, four-month review of reporting by Kevin Deutsch, who covered law enforcement from April 2012 to September 2016.
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
Facebook to gradually expand worldwide beta of display ads in Messenger's Home screen, which follow an auction-based model  —  Facebook Messenger will start to extend its home screen ads beta worldwide in the weeks ahead, Messenger head of product Stan Chudnovsky announced today.
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:   Dana Canedy is the first woman and person of color to serve as the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Digital publisher Thrillist names Ocean MacAdams, formerly head of GoPro's entertainment division, as its president, replacing co-founder Adam Rich  —  The one-time MTV executive will oversee video production efforts at the male-skewing online publisher.  —  Thrillist has tapped …
Discussion: @bmorrissey and @natjarv
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
PR reps at news outlets like CNN and BuzzFeed explain how they deal with and respond to Trump's attacks on social media  —  “We respond to correct the record,” explains a CNN spokesman about the need to push back against the president's attacks.  —  When Donald Trump lobs a Twitter attack …
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Naser Al Wasmi / The National:
Anti-Qatar alliance continues to push for Al Jazeera restrictions as UN rep says closure is “clearly unreasonable”  —  The UAE sends letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as Bahrain accuses Al Jazeera of normalising extremist ideologies in the region.
Natalia Scalzaretto / Reuters:
Google will allow users to post stories, videos, and photos on Google Earth within the next 2-3 years, the project's Director Rebecca Moore said on Tuesday  —  2 MIN READ  —  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) wants users to post millions of stories, video and photos …
Discussion: VentureBeat
Judith Matloff / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of husband and wife, Jennifer Griffin and Greg Myre, who cover the same beat, national security, she for Fox and he for NPR  —  The phone call came in the middle of the night from a US military source involved in the air campaign against ISIS.  It was September 2015 …
Discussion: @nprextra and @cjr
 
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