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David Uberti / Splinter:
The faux scandal about Vanity Fair's Clinton video uses familiar social media bad-faith tactics that end up silencing individual journalists — A silly social video by Vanity Fair that suggested New Year's resolutions for Hillary Clinton drew harsh backlash from #Resistance Twitter myrmidons …
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Carla Herreria / HuffPost:
Vanity Fair faces backlash after reporter suggests in video that Hillary Clinton should take up knitting or “literally anything” instead of running again
Vanity Fair faces backlash after reporter suggests in video that Hillary Clinton should take up knitting or “literally anything” instead of running again
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Yair Rosenberg / New York Times:
Twitter blocked Impostor Buster, a bot that exposed trolls that posted racist messages impersonating Jews, other minorities, after trolls reported harassment — Like many Jewish journalists who reported on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, I spent the 2016 election being harassed …
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Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
Mexican President Nieto spends more on media advertising than any predecessor, nearly $2B since '12, used with other state-derived influence to direct the media — MEXICO CITY — Running a newspaper, radio station or television outlet in Mexico usually means relying on a single …
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
A Mother Jones reporter recalls her unlikely friendship with a right-wing Tea Party member and their diagnoses with cancer, within weeks of each other — Our unlikely bond only grew stronger when we were both diagnosed with cancer this spring. … On paper, Robin Stublen and I should never have been friends.
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
BuzzFeed has fired White House correspondent Adrian Carrasquillo after an internal investigation into allegations of inappropriate comments to a colleague — - BuzzFeed News' White House correspondent Adrian Carrasquillo has been let go following an investigation into inappropriate comments to a colleague.
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
HuffPost Global Editorial Director Howard Fineman is leaving the site to join NBC News where he will contribute pieces on politics and other topics from Jan 8 — HuffPost Global Editorial Director Howard Fineman announced Thursday he will be leaving the publication for NBC News.
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
States including New York will attempt their own net neutrality legislation in 2018, testing a provision in the FCC's order that bans states from doing this — Numerous states say they'll be crafting their own net neutrality protections in the wake of the FCC's recent vote to dismantle the rules.
Joseph Cox / The Daily Beast:
Sources: WikiLeaks may have ~$25M worth of bitcoin; founder Julian Assange was an early adopter of the currency, following financial blockade — Everyone from early investors to cybercriminals has benefited from the huge spike in the value of bitcoin in the past few weeks.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: American Horror Story and Glee creator Ryan Murphy is being pursued by both Amazon and Netflix, as his contract with Fox is up in 2018 — Ryan Murphy is said to consider move to Netflix or Amazon — Creator of ‘Glee’ is said to seek $100 million or more
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Sayed Salahuddin / Washington Post:
A series of explosions detonated inside the premises of the Afghan Voice news agency in Kabul; 40+ people have died, several journalists are among the injured — KABUL — A series of explosions at a gathering inside a Shiite cultural center killed more than 40 people and injured dozens …
Axios:
Zuckerberg's US tour was indeed part of a political campaign - not for a presidential run but to save Facebook's reputation, as fallout over fake news grows — Mark Zuckerberg started 2017 scoffing at the idea of Russia election manipulation on Facebook, and looked like he was contemplating his own possible run for the presidency.
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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Sources: Amazon plans to expand ad offerings in 2018, especially on search and video products, and increase off platform ad sales, with ad tech firms like Kargo — - It also has plans to increase advertising sales off its platform, including partnering with third-party technology companies to sell partnered TV and mobile ads.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump continues to define the press as his prime adversary, using Twitter and a Fox News alliance to bury damaging stories and capitalize on recent media errors — Assessing Year One. — The guy who said, “Never quarrel with a man who buys his ink by the barrel,” didn't anticipate Donald Trump.
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