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ABC News Suspends Brian Ross for 4 Weeks Without Pay: ‘Effective Immediately’ — ABC News has announced that Brian Ross would be suspended for four weeks without pay “effective immediately.” — “It is vital we get the story right and retain the trust we have built with our audience - these are our core principles.
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ABC News corrects bombshell report claiming Trump asked Flynn to contact Russians as a candidate, elicits criticism by initially calling it a “clarification” — Trump's praise of Michael Flynn over the years — ABC News on Friday evening corrected an explosive special report …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Billy Bush, dropped as a Today host by NBC after Trump Access Hollywood tape leaked, confirms the tape is real, despite doubts reportedly cast by Trump recently — Times Trump accepted the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape — Billy Bush is reentering the public eye, and he's starting by sending a message to President Trump.
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Suki Kim / The Cut:
Multiple women accuse John Hockenberry, public radio icon and former host of WNYC's “The Takeaway”, of sexually harassing female colleagues — This story starts differently than most sexual harassment accounts out there. It begins with the accused harasser honorably “retiring” …
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Tom Westbrook / Reuters:
Australia's competition regulator says it will investigate whether Facebook and Google have disrupted news media to the detriment of publishers and consumers — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it would investigate whether U.S. online giants Facebook …
Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Les Whitten, an investigative reporter who worked for Jack Anderson's Washington Merry-Go-Round, dies at 89 — Les Whitten was a top legman to investigative reporter Jack Anderson. He was once tailed by the CIA and jailed by the FBI. (Family photo) — Les Whitten, an investigative …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Opelika-Auburn News has taken a careful, nuanced approach to editorials about Roy Moore, as it navigates Alabama's Senate race and offers a community forum — Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally last month in Henagar, Ala. (Brynn Anderson/Associated Press)
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vidme Shuts Down User-Generated Video Service, Citing Inability to Compete With Google, Facebook — Startup Vidme is shutting down its user-generated video service — because it can't see a way to make money in the face of internet giants Google and Facebook.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Inside the White House's awkward holiday party for journalists, which Breitbart attended for the first time while CNN boycotted — WASHINGTON — The affair felt dissonant from the start: a festive gathering in the East Wing of the White House, thrown by President Trump for the journalists whose work …
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Aleksander Chan / Splinter:
Dodai Stewart, the editor-in-chief of Splinter News, formerly of Fusion and Jezebel, leaves the Gizmodo Media Group to pursue screenwriting — It's the end of an era. Today is Dodai Stewart's last day as Editor-in-Chief of Splinter. She leaves the site and GMG after an indelible career as a writer …
Freia Nahser / Global Editors Network:
How the Offshore Journalism Toolkit is working to archive online stories that may be removed due to censorship, right to be forgotten, or organizations closing — We talked to data journalist Nicolas Kayser-Bril about the Offshore Journalism Toolkit. — Turns out online content has an expiration date.
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Alexandria Neason / Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey on sexual harassment policies: 0 of 149 newsrooms responded; of 310 journalists, 88% of freelancers and 53% of staff are unsure how to report harassment — Image via Pixabay. — On October 5, a New York Times investigation cracked open the decades-long abuse of women …
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