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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter suspends account that helped spread video of confrontation between a Native American and teens wearing MAGA hats, after CNN expresses doubt about owner — New York (CNN Business)Twitter suspended an account on Monday afternoon that helped spread a controversial encounter between …
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Maria Ressa / TIME:
Rappler's CEO Maria Ressa on why her news outlet works with Facebook even though it allowed the country's authorities to use it as a weapon against her — My reputation and peace of mind were demolished by information operations on Facebook. It's a cautionary tale for the U.S.
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RAPPLER, @momblogger, @margadeona, @time, @rapplerdotcom, @_jackriley and @mariaressa
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
In a Q&A, Jill Abramson says her new book had a fact-checker, claims Trump is making news outlets money by driving clicks and subscribers, and more — In her new book, “Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts," Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the Times …
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Monday Note, @jayrosen_nyu, @attardmon, @marklotto, @adambkushner, @ichotiner, @ichotiner, @davidalvarez, @byjoelanderson and @carloslozadawp
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Speaking in Munich, Facebook's CEO Sheryl Sandberg outlined five ways the company is tackling fake news and says it is blocking 1M+ accounts every day — Stung by criticism of its widely reported role as a platform capable of spreading disinformation and being used by state actors …
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Fast Company, @raju, CNBC and Fortune
Reuters:
WhatsApp is now globally limiting the forwarding of messages to five recipients, in a bid to fight “misinformation and rumors” — JAKARTA (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's WhatsApp (FB.O) messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five …
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Jackie Wattles / CNN:
BuzzFeed News Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says story on Michael Cohen and Mueller was reviewed by at least three editors before publication — BuzzFeed says its sources are “standing behind” the bombshell report about the special counsel investigation. “We're being told to stand our ground.
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@reliablesources, @brianstelter, Vanity Fair, emptywheel and Slate
Emily Bell / Columbia Journalism Review:
Facebook's journalism funding does not guarantee the success of high-quality reporting on its platform, which would obviate the need for such cash infusions — At some point over the past year, anyone connected with journalism, its present woes, or concerns over its future probably found themselves in a room with a Facebook executive.
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@mathewi, @ilvestoomas, @vwpickard, @mollymckew, @jamesrbuk, @peejaygeorge, @newsbyschmidt, @niemanlab and @niemanlab, more at Techmeme »
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends hosts apologize after a “technical error” led to the broadcast of a graphic suggesting that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died — Fox & Friends apologized on Monday after briefly airing a graphic suggesting that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead.
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@mollyjongfast, @parkermolloy, @kfile, @charlotteirene8, @womaninmedicine, @slimsinclair, TVNewser and Boing Boing
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, the editor of newsletter Confidencial, has fled to Costa Rica after police ransacked his newsroom — Carlos Fernando Chamorro goes into exile citing President Ortega's media crackdown — Nicaragua's best-known journalist has gone into exile …
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@tomphillipsin, @deborahblum, NPR and @bruno_j_navarro
New York Post:
Sources: Hearst eyes some of Tribune Publishing's smaller papers as the Donerail Group tries to engineer a Tribune acquisition to sell off individual papers — Magazine empire Hearst is angling to buy a chunk of Tribune Publishing, the newspaper giant that owns the Chicago Tribune …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News says it has reached a settlement with media monitoring service TVEyes; TVEyes says it will no longer carry copyrighted content from Fox News — The conclusion comes in a five-year-old lawsuit that tested the boundaries of fair use. — Fox News has fully prevailed in a copyright lawsuit …
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The Verge, @eriqgardner and LJ infoDOCKET
Eric Bellman / Wall Street Journal:
The rise of mobile video in India is requiring YouTube and others to innovate to better serve Indian users, who average 40+ hours/month of video from data plans — Explosion of video is transforming India's media landscape, and companies are scrambling to feed demand
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@sub8u, @shadmashaikh, @abhishekn, @ericbellmanwsj, @safimichael, @ericbellmanwsj, @dhume, @abhijitbhaduri, @raju, @kushkatakia and @wsj, more at Techmeme »
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