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Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
Trump calls for Dave Weigel to be fired after WaPo reporter apologized for presenting misleading impression in a tweet about Trump's Florida rally crowd size — President Donald Trump walks off stage after speaking at a rally in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday. He described the arena as “packed to the rafters.”
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Allan Smith / Business Insider:
CNN and CBS News issue corrections in stories about an email sent to Trump Jr. about WikiLeaks docs; both orgs independently reported incorrect date — - CNN on Friday issued a major correction to a Trump-Russia story. — A Washington Post story may have nullified the bombshell of CNN's report that it corrected.
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
CNN, MSNBC, CBS should identify who fed them blatantly false info about the date of WikiLeaks email or explain how such a mistake has been made in good faith — Friday was one of the most embarrassing days for the U.S. media in quite a long time. The humiliation orgy was kicked off by CNN …
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Axios, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Jayme Bales, Business Insider, The Guardian, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Mediaite, New York Magazine and AOL
Catherine Carlock / Boston Business Journal:
Boston Globe discloses harassment allegations within the company and local media, but fails to name a Globe reporter who left after lewd conduct allegations — Responding to at least 48 hours of rumors about a Boston Globe journalist who is no longer with the company following sexual harassment allegations …
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Media Nation, BostonGlobe.com, @skoczela and @spacekatgal
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
A look at motivations of journalism students at evangelical Christian college Liberty University as the industry faces derision from some on the religious right — LYNCHBURG, Va. — What do you do when everyone around you thinks the media is “fake news” — and you want to work for the media?
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Greg Evans / Deadline:
Charlie Sheen sues National Enquirer for defamation over a story claiming he raped a 13-year-old boy in 1986 — Charlie Sheen is suing the National Enquirer over the publication of a story claiming the then-19-year-old actor raped a 13-year-old Corey Haim when the two were filming 1986's Lucas.
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Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Simeon Booker, who covered civil rights and the federal government for Jet and Ebony magazines for five decades, dies at age 99 — The photographs stunned the country: a 14-year-old boy dead in a coffin, his head crushed, an eye gouged, his body disfigured beyond recognition from an agony …
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@cbsrhymes, @aprildryan, @keithboykin and @postobits
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The “pro net neutrality but against Title II regulations” argument had merit a decade ago, but developments since then make coming FCC rules repeal a mistake — Long time readers of Techdirt may know (as I've noted several times), that in the mid-2000s when the net neutrality debate …
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Irish lawmakers propose bill criminalizing use of bots to influence politics and the “active promotion” of fake news, with five years jail or fines up to €10K — If you use a Twitter bot or share fake news in Ireland, go directly to jail, do not pass go and possibly pay €10,000.
Max Willens / Digiday:
With some research saying that permanently baked-in host-read podcast ads are 3.5X more effective, dynamically inserted third party ads have trouble catching on — In November, HowStuffWorks dumped the third-party ads in its podcasts. After spending most of 2017 trying to use ad networks …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Many individual creators complain that YouTube's demonetization of offensive content unfairly hit their video channels, severely impacting ad earnings — Algorithm flags offensive material but isn't perfect — Site says it's working to address YouTubers' concerns
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@adage and @thejesslyfe, more at Techmeme »
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Times of London experiments by starting Facebook groups focused on Brexit, books, and movies to facilitate conversation between readers and drive subs — The Times of London is experimenting with Facebook groups dedicated to specific topics in order to attract new readers and ultimately convert them into subscribers.