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How National Enquirer essentially became a research arm of the Trump campaign and bought the silence of women, based on Cohen case documents — In August 2015, David Pecker and Michael Cohen hatched a plan to help a mutual friend in need. — Donald Trump had launched his improbable presidential campaign just two months earlier.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
In a divided, disbelieving nation, Trump's years-long campaign to undermine the media and truth itself could pay off now amid the Manafort and Cohen cases — Don't believe your eyes and ears. Believe only me. — That has been President Trump's message to the public for the past two years …
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Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing:
Readers object after The New York Times drops bylines from stories on its homepage as part of a redesign — They're still on the stories' own URLs, but are gone from the homepage. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter at the Times, points out: “But names of OP-ED writers still there.”
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New York Times:
NYT Exec Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joe Kahn say bylines have not appeared above stories in paper's app or mobile UI for some time — Our executive editor, Dean Baquet, and managing editor, Joe Kahn, explain our thinking regarding bylines on our home page.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN suspends contributor Paris Dennard following a WaPo story that said he was fired from Arizona State University after sexual harassment allegations — “We are suspending Paris, effective immediately, while we look into the allegations," a CNN spokesperson said.
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said a Labour govt may give journalists the right to elect their editors, create journalism fund paid for by tech giants — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today floated a number of ideas, some “radical” by his own admission, about how to “set free” …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Dan Rose, Facebook's VP of partnerships who led deals such as its Instagram buy, leaving in Feb.; sources: Facebook has likely identified replacement internally — It's the second big-deal Facebook departure this summer. — Dan Rose, a top Facebook executive who oversaw …
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Soutik Biswas / BBC:
To combat fake news on WhatsApp, the South Indian state of Kerala is running 40-minute classes in 150 schools to educate kids in spotting viral hoaxes — Mobs have lynched at least 25 people across India after reading false rumours spread on WhatsApp. Now the authorities in one Indian state …
Marcela Kunova / Journalism.co.uk:
Publiq, a planned online content platform based on blockchain, would allow users to avoid censorship but would rely on users to weed out misinformation — Thanks to new ways of using blockchain technology in publishing, authors can bypass authorities when reporting uncomfortable truth.
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Hunter Schwarz / CNN:
24% of Trump's Instagram posts from May 22 to August 22 were reposts from Fox News, Fox Business, or “Fox & Friends” — Washington (CNN)Some days President Trump's Instagram can seem like a Fox News fan account. — Trump's account reposted 85 photos or videos from either Fox News …
Poynter:
Survey: 76% in US trust local TV news, 73% trust local newspapers vs. 59% for national newspapers, 55% trust national networks, 47% trust online-only outlets — This is a summary of the study with commentary from other experts on media trust issues and background on other similar studies.
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Variety:
John Lithgow will play Roger Ailes in movie about the ex-Fox News chief while Russell Crowe takes on same role in Showtime's adaptation of Gabe Sherman's book — John Lithgow will play Roger Ailes, the Fox News chief who masterfully exploited the country's political divisions to rise …
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