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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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Haley Britzky / Axios:
How Donald Trump's rhetoric on “fake news” has been embraced by many political leaders around the world — After President Trump tweeted that CNN International “is still a major source of (Fake) news,” Libyan media published an article questioning the authenticity of a major CNN report on the Libyan slave trade.
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Profile of non-profit Fight for the Future, which helped to kill SOPA, pass net neutrality rules, and now leads a fight against FCC's plan to repeal those rules — WORCESTER, Mass. — Hundreds of protests were staged across the country on Thursday in the latest uproar over a repeal of rules ensuring an open internet.
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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 …
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
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, @keithboykin, The Week, @aprildryan, @jasonleopold, @postobits and NPR
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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@ggreenwald, @sanasaeed, Axios, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Business Insider, Jayme Bales, Eamonn Fitzgerald, The Guardian and Mediaite
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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
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All Incidents, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Washington Post, @realdonaldtrump, @jayrosen_nyu, The Guardian, @glennkesslerwp, AOL, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Fox News Insider, Townhall.com, The Wrap, @ggreenwald, Axios, CBS News, emptywheel, @jason_kint, iMediaEthics, ThinkProgress, @dangillmor and TVNewser
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez, who was denied asylum by the US, says his name is on a Mexican military “kill list”, remains in ICE custody pending appeal — A Mexican journalist who sought asylum in the United States in 2008 was arrested by U.S. immigration agents this week …
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.
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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@jeffjarvis, @sheridan120, @moriogawa, @eugene_scott, @scmitchp and @juliezauzmer
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 »
Jane Coaston / Vox:
Far-right media soothes Moore voters' cognitive dissonance by providing an alternate version of reality, delegitimizing what's outside their political bubble — “I don't think I ever intended to basically say, 'Everything that mainstream news says is not true.'"
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NPR, The Guardian, @joepcunningham, @cjane87, @rispolimike, @cjane87, @ezraklein, The Week and The Daily Caller
David Westphal / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at some of the largest investigative reporting nonprofits in the US focused on local and state news: VTDigger, inewsource, and others — The Vermont Statehouse, where the nonprofit investigative reporting powerhouse VTDigger got its start. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
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