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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump lashes out at New York Times and reporter Maggie Haberman over Michael Cohen coverage, claims he doesn't speak to her despite granting many interviews — PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump vowed Saturday that his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, will not “flip” and cooperate …
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
A look at Hannity's real estate empire, including apartment complexes bought with HUD help, a fact Hannity didn't mention when interviewing Ben Carson last year — Fox News host who said Trump's fixer ‘knows real estate’ has a portfolio that includes support from Department of Housing and Urban Development …
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Scott Stedman:
Sean Hannity has routinely promoted a Georgia financial firm he co-owns via a shell company, even as the company was raising $13M in a round early this year — Hannity disguised his involvement via a shell company incorporated in Georgia — For months, Fox News's Sean Hannity …
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Washington Post, @annalecta, @scottmstedman, The Guardian and Sean Hannity
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Amy Chozick, the main NYT Clinton campaign reporter, reflects on covering Podesta's stolen emails and later feeling she had become a Russian intelligence tool — Covering Hillary Clinton's campaign from before it started to the very last moment. — Things were already looking bad when …
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Profile of Campbell Brown, Facebook's head of news partnerships; sources say she controls a $90M budget that will pay partners to make original news programs — It was another terrible day for Facebook and the company had dispatched Campbell Brown, its head of news partnerships, to do some damage control.
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@sharonwaxman, @jayrosen_nyu, @nytimesbusiness, @nytimesbusiness, @linamkhan, @rafat, @charliebeckett, @jason_kint, @hshaban and @orskov, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
How hate speech and misinformation spread on Facebook in developing countries like Sri Lanka, where reputable sources are scarce, leading to real-world violence — MEDAMAHANUWARA, Sri Lanka — Past the end of a remote mountain road, down a rutted dirt track, in a concrete house …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Leaked AMI financials reveal $920M in debt, $204M in 2017 revenue, down 9% YoY; National Enquirer sales benefited more from anti-Hilary not pro-Trump, coverage — Tabloid owner American Media's debt has mushroomed while newsstand sales of its print publications are shrinking
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@lalpert1, @kylegriffin1 and Poynter
Nieman Reports:
How some TV stations are trying to reach new audiences, using apps, podcasts, AR/VR, and more amid ownership consolidation as profits and audiences erode — When the Rev. Billy Graham died in February, Raleigh-based WRAL-TV provided expansive coverage of the famed evangelist's life and legacy.
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@montclairstateu
Tim Cushing / Techdirt:
12th District Court of Appeals strikes down Texas law that made disclosing “revenge porn” unlawful, ruling it violates the First Amendment — from the do-it-right-or-you-might-as-well-not- do-it-at-all dept — Texas attorney Mark Bennett — instrumental in getting an unconstitutional …
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Associated Press, Dallas Morning News, Fox News, Simple Justice, The Texas Tribune and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Dean Yates / Reuters:
Former Iraq bureau chief for Reuters describes dealing with moral injury on top of his PTSD after two colleagues were shot dead by a US helicopter in 2007 — In 2016, I was treated in a psychiatric unit for PTSD after a career spent covering conflict and tragedy. Last July, I was back in Ward 17.
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@deanyatesjourno, @toaf, @billymallard and @reuters
Angela Watercutter / Wired:
A look at some VR entries at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and how they are using the tech to shed light on political topics in the Trump era — Meeting a Monster is incredibly painful. It's supposed to be. Created using audio recordings and re-enactments, the virtual reality experience recounts …
BBC:
Nicaraguan journalist Ángel Gahona was shot and killed Friday while broadcasting on Facebook Live about anti-government protests in the country — A journalist in Nicaragua has been shot dead while doing a live broadcast about anti-government protests.
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Stuff.co.nz, Q Costa Rica, The Guardian, Times of Malta and CNN
BBC:
Internal docs show how MI5 vetted BBC hires to filter out communist “subversives” as early as 1933 until the 90s; BBC has denied the practice for decades — For decades the BBC denied that job applicants were subject to political vetting by MI5.