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Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Twitter should kill the retweet if it wants to foster healthy conversation, instead of the Like, as RTs are what really reward and drive outlandish comments — The feature derails healthy conversation and preys on users' worst instincts. — On Monday, Twitter was briefly ablaze …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Suspicious package sent to CNN looks similar to pipe bombs mailed last week; Jeff Zucker says the network's mail is now being screened at an off-site facility — (CNN)For the third time in a week, a suspicious package has been addressed to CNN. This time, on Monday morning …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Despite calls to tone down his rhetoric, Trump renewed his attack on the press on Monday, calling them “the true enemy of the people” — President Trump lashed out anew Monday at the news media, calling it “the true Enemy of the People,” and he again blamed what he called …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Fox Business condemns rhetoric of Chris Farrell, who referred to the “Soros-occupied State Department” on Lou Dobbs' show, says it won't book Farrell in future — Fox Business Network will no longer book a guest who blamed the latest migrant caravan on the “Soros-occupied State Department.”
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Noreen Malone / The Cut:
A look at how theSkimm, the daily newsletter for millennial women, went from a small two-woman operation to being delivered to 7M readers a day — In early September, the whole staff of the Skimm, a current-events newsletter aimed at millennial women, gathered on gray couches for an all-hands meeting.
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@laurahazardowen, @noreenmalone, @juliaccarpenter, @intelligencer, @bulkusbchargers, @nymag, @thecut and @polina_marinova
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How Gab, the social network where the Pittsburgh shooting suspect aired his hatred in full, became a platform of choice for neo-Nazis and other extremists — Early Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, Robert Bowers's anti-Semitic rage finally boiled …
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Sam Byford / The Verge:
Gab.com takes its service offline after GoDaddy informed the company they had violated terms of service and had 24 hours to move the domain to another provider
Gab.com takes its service offline after GoDaddy informed the company they had violated terms of service and had 24 hours to move the domain to another provider
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ Global Impunity Index: Somalia, Syria, and Iraq have the worst records for prosecution of journalist murderers; Philippines and Mexico top unsolved cases — CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free
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Poynter and @cpjafrica
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Voter suppression is one of the most important stories being missed by broadcast news networks obsessed with covering Trump and breaking news — With the midterm elections a week away, and tensions building daily, a bipartisan rallying cry grows louder: People must get out and vote.
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@sulliview, @mrbromwich, @gadyepstein, @peterhimler and @samocole
Associated Press:
Twitter apologizes for failing to take down threatening tweet sent to pundit Rochelle Ritchie by Cesar Sayoc after she appeared on Fox News — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump (all times local):
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Fortune, Boing Boing, The Week and The Root
Vincenzo La Torre / South China Morning Post:
Condé Nast International is launching Vogue in Hong Kong in spring 2019, the 26th international edition of the magazine; Desiree Au named as publisher — - Publisher says it is attracted by Hong Kong's highly educated, sophisticated readership, and scale of the city's luxury business
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One Man & His Blog
Harry A. Jessell / TVNewsCheck:
Scripps acquires 15 Cordillera TV stations in 10 markets for $521M, bringing Scripps' portfolio to 51 stations in 36 markets and nearly 21% of US TV households — The deal will bring the Scripps station portfolio to 51 stations in 36 markets with a reach of nearly 21% of U.S. TV households …
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Billings Gazette, WCPO, Lexington Herald-Leader and MarketWatch
Andrew Gruen / Nieman Lab:
Study: of 8 nonprofit news orgs, 3 saw 20%+ decline in Facebook referrals, 2 went slightly down, 2 slightly up, and 1 up 40%+ after January's News Feed changes — On January 11, in the midst of a deepening crisis of public trust for the company, Facebook's Adam Mosseri (now head of Instagram) …
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Folio and The Single Subject …