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4:40 PM ET, September 19, 2017

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As authoritarian tendencies rise in America, shutting down voices like Jemele Hill's is dangerous  —  I love words, but sometimes they just aren't up to the job.  —  Like the word “inappropriate,” which has been applied to certain tweets last week by Jemele Hill, the ESPN commentator …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes sues Fox News, accuses anchor Charles Payne, who just returned after suspension, of rape and network of retaliation  —  Fox News, which for more than a year has dealt with the fallout from an embarrassing sexual harassment scandal …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News and two employees moved to dismiss lawsuit from Rod Wheeler over Seth Rich story, claiming it was “overloaded with sensationalistic allegations”  —  Fox News on Tuesday moved to dismiss a controversial lawsuit levying the wild allegation that employees …
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
The Republican Governors Association has launched an online publication that looks like a legitimate news source, only added disclosure after query from AP  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Republican governors are getting into the “news” business.  The Republican Governors Association has quietly launched …
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
How an overheard lunch conversation led to The New York Times story about tensions between White House lawyers  —  WASHINGTON — I have always thought of overhearing conversations as an underappreciated journalistic tool.  —  When political donors, lobbyists and politicians gather at hotels …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Google announces it is rolling out Natural Language API features tested with Hearst and Vice: classification of content and sentiment analysis of things  —  Google is launching new features within its free Cloud Natural Languages API (shared software technology) that will help newsrooms …
Lauren Duca / Teen Vogue:
Sean Spicer is an accessory to an ongoing attack on democracy; his appearance at the Emmys is the normalization of what authoritarianism looks like  —  It wasn't just a joke.  —  Thigh-High Politics is an Op-Ed column by Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca that breaks down the news …
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Sources: Pentagon reporters say access to Defense Sec James Mattis is decreasing, with Reuters and the AP being excluded from some of his trips  —  Trump's war on the press may be spilling over into the Defense Department, journalists fear.  —  Pentagon reporters are complaining …
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Pablo Escobar's brother says he will “close” Netflix's Narcos if the company does not meet his demand for $1B for alleged IP violations  —  The former “chief of the hitmen” says the streaming network sent him “a long letter to threaten us” over his demand of $1 billion for IP violations …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
YouTube discontinues paid channels initiative and makes $4.99 sponsorship model available to all YouTube Gaming creators and some others via main YouTube app  —  YouTube is getting rid of one of its first paid content models: The Google-owned video site announced Tuesday that it is discontinuing …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter launches Nuzzel-like Popular Articles feature, which shows articles shared by your network, located in Twitter's Explore tab on iOS and Android  —  Click a link inside Twitter's Popular Articles feature and the article will open in a browser inside the Twitter app.
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Herb Scannell, ex-president of BBC Worldwide's North America division, joins Hispanic media company mitú as chief executive  —  Chalk up another coup for digital media hiring as the media company mitú,focused on digitally distributed content for Hispanic audiences …
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
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Discussion: Associated Press