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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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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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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, Jayme Bales, Business Insider, The Guardian, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Mediaite, New York Magazine and AOL


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.

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 …
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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.


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


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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The Guardian, @joepcunningham, @cjane87, The Week, @rispolimike, @cjane87, @ezraklein, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Roll Call and Washington Post
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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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The Week, NPR, @jasonleopold, @cbsrhymes, @keithboykin, @aprildryan and @postobits


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


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 »


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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Hollywood Reporter, TMZ.com, The A.V. Club, Gossip Cop, Page Six, Variety and The Wrap