Mediagazer: Examining the ethics of an Indian journalist's undercover interview of a soldier, who was found dead six days after the publication of the story (Shraddha Kakade/Poynter)

5:55 PM ET, September 10, 2017

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Eric Bolling's 19-year-old son, Eric Chase Bolling, dies hours after Fox News announced it was parting ways with his father — The son of Eric Bolling, the former Fox News host released this week amid allegations of sexual harassment, died Friday night at the age of 19.

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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:

Fox News confirms it has parted ways with host Eric Bolling, after allegations he sent inappropriate texts, including photos of male genitalia to colleagues — The news comes a month after HuffPost reported he sent unsolicited lewd texts to female colleagues.

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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox Business anchor Charles Payne is returning to his program after the end of internal sexual harassment review

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Sopan Deb / New York Times:

Amid Irma, some question the value of TV reporters broadcasting in hurricanes; others say visuals are essential to persuade people to take threats seriously — Early Sunday morning, Bill Weir, a veteran CNN correspondent, was talking to the anchor Chris Cuomo in the middle of a live shot in Key Largo …

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Lucia Graves / The Guardian:

Continuing Wall Street Journal newsroom leaks show editors keep pushing reporters to moderate criticism of President Trump — Dozens have left the paper in the past year and interviews with current and ex-staffers show outrage over pressure from management to normalize Trump

Discussion: @ritholtz, @ahmed, @lizrosej, @tripgabriel and @jayrosen_nyu

Karen K. Ho / Columbia Journalism Review:

Univision goes on lockdown ahead of Hurricane Irma — The Univision newsroom in Miami. Courtesy photo. — As hurricanes pummel Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, many news organizations are struggling to keep their audiences up to date on a dizzying range of other stories.

Discussion: New York Times, CNNMoney, CNN, @lesleyclark, @sarah_smarsh, @lkherman, @oliverdarcy and @jczamora

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Jeff Bezos mandates shift in programming at Amazon Studios toward high-end drama series with global appeal, like HBO's Game of Thrones — New series from Wong Kar-wai, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph reflect focus on buzzy shows with global appeal — The mandate from Jeff Bezos is clear: Bring me “Game of Thrones.”

Discussion: Forbes, Refinery29, Engadget, Scroll.in, IndieWire, Fortune, Decider, Business Insider and The A.V. Club

Dylan Matthews / Vox:

Study uses a complex model to estimate Fox News boosted GOP vote share by 0.46 percentage points in 2000, 3.59 points in 2004, and 6.34 points in 2008 — It could even be flipping elections. — Fox News is, by far, America's dominant TV news channel; in the second quarter of 2017 …

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Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:

A look at the two Burning Man newspapers, the Black Rock Beacon and the BRC Weekly, and their ongoing rivalry — ‘Burnalists’ at the offline counterculture festival battle heat, dust, distractions—and competition. — BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev.—The Black Rock Beacon's morning news meeting started an hour late one day last week.

The Daily Beast:

Theoretically, how many people could Russians reach with $100K in Facebook ads? Up to 70M in the US, if smartly targeted — Russian-funded covert propaganda posts on Facebook were likely seen by a minimum of 23 million people and might have reached as many as 70 million …

Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:

Inside Chicago's City Bureau, a nonprofit that offers 10-week paid fellowships, a program to train locals in journalism, and free weekly workshops — The Chicago-based non-profit organisation collaborates with locals through fellowships, the ‘documenters’ programme, and its public newsroom

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Ad-buying firms, like Publicis and Omnicom, are using an auditing service from analytics firm OpenSlate to make sure ads appear alongside safe YouTube content — Top ad-buying firms sign on for auditing services to make sure ads steer clear of controversial content

Ian Burrell / The Drum:

How the Financial Times is using its 200+ annual events in 44 countries to boost subscriptions and sponsorships, increase revenue, make news — The number of live events being staged across the world by the Financial Times is quite staggering. — Today it is hosting a renewable energy summit …

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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
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Shraddha Kakade / Poynter:
Examining the ethics of an Indian journalist's undercover interview of a soldier, who was found dead six days after the publication of the story

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Basil Enan / The Official Medium Blog:
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
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