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Trump criticizes ESPN on Twitter and demands apology after anchor Jemele Hill called him a white supremacist — The President of the United States of America was having a very active morning on Twitter, Friday. — After again calling for the end of the filibuster, suggesting new Internet controls …
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Lindsay Gibbs / ThinkProgress:
Sources: ESPN tried to keep Jemele Hill off air Wednesday after Twitter uproar, but cohost balked and fill-ins sought by producers refused; ESPN refutes claim — At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, just three hours after the White House encouraged ESPN to fire her, Jemele Hill sat next …
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ProPublica:
Facebook let ad buyers target users interested in algorithmically generated anti-Semitic topics like “Jew hater”, then removed some topics after being contacted — Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally? Facebook's self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you.
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Facebook says it's temporarily removing self-reported ad targeting fields and will improve its processes following uproar over anti-Semitic targeting options — Facebook equips businesses with powerful ways to reach the right people with the right message. But there are restrictions on how audience targeting can be used on Facebook.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News is launching a hub dedicated to covering the media industry, led by senior editor Claire Atkinson, with on-air coverage and a new digital vertical — NBC News is building its own network of reliable sources. — The NBCUniversal unit said Friday that it would launch coverage …
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Financial Times:
24-year-old Financial Times reporter Paul McClean has died while on holiday in Sri Lanka; officials say he was attacked by a crocodile — Paul McClean, an accomplished young reporter who joined the Financial Times two years ago as a graduate trainee, has died during a beach holiday in Sri Lanka.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Meghan McCain, Fox News contributor and co-host of its afternoon program Outnumbered, is leaving the network — Meghan McCain, the political scion who turned a stint as a blogger and TV show host into a role as a contributor at Fox News Channel, is leaving the network.
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James Morehead / The Keyword:
Google announces it is adding Community Updates content to local section of Google News on the web in US and will roll out feature in app later this fall — FOMO: that feeling you get when you fear you're missing out on something super awesome, interesting or important to you …
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Gizmodo general counsel Lynn Oberlander reflects on worrying legal climate for journalism: return of libel, ramifications of Hogan case, anti-journalist feeling — Gizmodo general counsel Lynn Oberlander in conversation with George Delacorte Professor Keith Gessen, a part of the Delacorte lecture series.
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Financial Times:
News execs say Google plans to revise rule that hurt rank of paywalled news sites that did not offer “first click free”; Google says it has nothing to announce — Google is expected to end a policy that allows users to breach newspaper paywalls to read articles for free …
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Hamza Shaban / Washington Post:
Social network Gab, favored by the alt-right, sues Google for removing its app from the Play Store, claims Google violated antitrust laws — The alternative social media site Gab.ai is alleging that Google violated federal antitrust laws when the tech giant booted it from the Google Play Store …
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
With two weeks to go before Germany's election, two fact checkers say false news has so far failed to gain attention, as trust in media rises — Even though Germany is less than two weeks away from its federal election, Jacques Pezet isn't worried. At least, not yet.
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