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MSNBC confirms it investigated, reprimanded Chris Matthews over inappropriate comments in 1999, and made a “separation-related payment” to an employee — A former NBC employee who worked on Chris Matthews' show and complained that the cable news star made inappropriate jokes …


How Fox News commentators including Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and Jeanine Pirro create a feedback loop with President Trump to cast doubt on Mueller probe — Bernstein: Fox hosts are abetting a cover-up — An anti-Robert Mueller, anti-FBI fervor is intensifying among Trump supporters …
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Top Hollywood Execs Unveil Anti-Sexual Harassment Commission Chaired by Anita Hill — The recent convening of leaders was organized by Kathleen Kennedy, Maria Eitel, Nina Shaw and Freada Kapor Klein — Kathleen Kennedy's proposed industry commission to combat gender inequality is coming to fruition …
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Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames bullied female journalists as they ran The eXile in Russia in the late 1990s, says former Moscow correspondent for The Baltimore Sun — Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames trafficked in hideous stereotypes and body-shaming. — There's more than one way to harass women.
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Journalist documents her frustrating quest to fix an error in the Knowledge Graph panel appearing on Google searches for her name, which claimed she was dead — I'm not dead yet. — But try telling that to Google. — For much of the last week, I have been trying to persuade the world's …
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@andysternberg and @baekdal, more at Techmeme »


Sheila Nevins is stepping down as president of HBO Documentary Films after more than 38 years — After almost 40 years, she has reels of memorable film, a pile of awards and plenty of perspective on the current battle of the sexes. — When Sheila Nevins first started working in television in the 1970s …
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@joshfoxfilm and The Wrap

Iowa Supreme Court justice blocks Des Moines Register from reporting on legally-obtained court records that were inadvertently filed publicly — https://apnews.com/4b3ea9382f604eaeb1b9 499d8de26bf1 — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Supreme Court justice has taken the unusual step …


Experts disagree about the continued use of “fake news”, saying it accurately describes a category of misinformation but has been overused and politicized — In 2017, fake news was everywhere. — It was behind Macedonian teens buying BMWs and at Russian troll farms …


Business Insider to launch Spanish site by the end of month, partnering with Axel Springer España; will create original stories and translate from US, UK sites — While some publishers are slowing their global expansion pace, Business Insider remains bullish about its growth overseas.


Pope Francis warns journalists about committing the “very serious sin” of sensationalizing the news and providing one-sided reports — Pope Francis warned journalists about committing the “very serious sin” of sensationalizing the news and providing one-sided reports, per AP:
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Google Changes Rules to Purge News That Masks Country of Origin — Bans sites that ‘engage in coordinated activity to mislead’ — Update is Google's latest attempt to clean up news results — Google moved to strip from its news search results publications that mask their country of origin …
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support.google.com and Mashable


How Brigid Hughes was pushed out as the editor of The Paris Review and omitted from the magazine's history — This is a story about a woman who was erased from her job as the editor of the most famous literary magazine in America. — In 2011, the New York Times ran Julie Bosman's energetic …
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