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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN is asking the US District Court for another emergency hearing, following the White House's latest threat to suspend Jim Acosta's press pass — (CNN)The White House has issued a new warning to CNN's Jim Acosta, saying his press pass could be revoked again at the end of the month.
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
The White House is working on a new set of “rules” to govern reporters' behavior at press conferences; WHCA's Knox says WH has not reached out about them — The administration is drawing up rules for White House reporters' behavior, and the president said if journalists don't follow them …
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New York Times, Mediaite and Fortune
Brian Stelter / Reliable Sources:
The White House plans to suspend Jim Acosta's press pass yet again when the court's 14 day restraining order expires, according to a letter from WH officials — A new threat to Jim Acosta's press pass If you thought the Trump administration would seek to settle CNN and Jim Acosta's lawsuit out of court... think again.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Facebook has announced it's donating £4.5M to fund 80 local newspaper jobs across the UK over the next two years, subsidising the cost of trainee reporters — Social media firm to finance trainee ‘community’ journalists scheme — Facebook will donate £4.5m to fund 80 local newspaper jobs …
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Profile of a “satire” site that promotes absurd pro-right posts on Facebook, and one of its readers, who shares its posts without seeing the satire — NORTH WATERBORO, Maine — The only light in the house came from the glow of three computer monitors, and Christopher Blair, 46, sat down at a keyboard and started to type.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Source: BuzzFeed's commerce division has generated $50M in sales this year, as it develops millennial-targeted product inventions for firms like Maybelline — - Commerce division has generated $50 million in sales this year — Media company has invented products for Scotts and Maybelline
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@gerryfsmith and @modestproposal1
WHCA:
The White House Correspondents' Association announces that writer and biographer Ron Chernow will headline its 2019 dinner — The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is pleased to announce that Ron Chernow, one of the most eminent biographers of American presidents and statesmen …
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Daniel Dale / Washington Post:
Fact-checking Trump, who tells the same lies, is easy: he invents unnamed people, claims records he hasn't broken, and inflates numbers — Daniel Dale is the Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star. — I've made it my mission to fact-check every word Donald Trump utters as president.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Google's VP of News points to 2014 shutdown of Google News in Spain, says “We would not like to see that happen in Europe”, due to the proposed EU “link tax” — Search engine is lobbying hard to stop proposed tax, aimed at compensating news publishers
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Tim Shorrock / The Nation:
In a recent story on North Korea's missile bases, the NYT exaggerated a thinktank report, relied on outdated information, and risked repeating Iraq-era mistakes — Stretching the findings of a think-tank report on Pyongyang's missile bases is a reminder of the paper's role in the lead-up to the Iraq War.
Rebecca Mead / New Yorker:
How podcasts, whose audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion, became a seductive mode of storytelling that can sometimes be manipulative — In our frenetic age, audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion. But this intimacy can become manipulative.
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Fortune, Los Angeles Times and @qjurecic
BBC:
Facebook only has four full-time fact-checkers for its 24M users in Nigeria, none of which speak Hausa; police work with community leader to debunk stories — Nigerian police say false information on Facebook is killing people — Nigerian police say false information and incendiary images …
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