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2:35 PM ET, November 18, 2019

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New York Times:
AP poll finds that ~60% of Americans say they regularly see conflicting reports about the same facts from different sources, as people tune out from the news  —  Paying attention to the impeachment inquiry and other developments means having to figure out what is true, false or spin.
Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
Musical.ly founder Alex Zhu, who now heads TikTok, claims that TikTok doesn't share data with China or ByteDance and doesn't censor videos at China's behest  —  Alex Zhu, the head of the Chinese-owned viral video app, is trying to assuage Washington's fears.  “I am quite optimistic,” he said.
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Knight Foundation:
Gallup/Knight study: 86% of Americans believe people should have access to local news, but only 1 in 5 subscribe or donate to local news organizations  —  WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 17, 2019) Most Americans - 86 percent - think people should have access to local news - even if they don't pay for it …
Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
FedEx CEO Fred Smith blasts NYT article on its tax affairs, without identifying any specific errors, and challenges A.G. Sulzberger to debate him on tax policy  —  Fred Smith blasts the report — without identifying any specific errors — detailing how the shipper's tax bill went from $1.5 billion in 2017 to zero a year later
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet says Trump puts journalists' “lives at risk” when he subjects them to personal attacks and calls them names  —  Dean Baquet decries abuse of journalists and defends not calling president racist  —  The executive editor of the New York Times …
Hadas Gold / CNN:
While impartiality rules prevent a UK television equivalent to Fox News, Boris Johnson's close ties with The Telegraph means he can always rely on its support  —  London (CNN Business)Whenever US President Donald Trump turns on Fox News, he'll usually see a stream of positive coverage.
NPR:
A look at the role Spanish-language media plays in the Latino community and the issues it's facing, as the fourth Spanish-language publication closes this year  —  NPR's Michel Martin talks to journalism professor Graciela Mochkofsky about the current state of Spanish-language media in America …
Owen Bowcott / The Guardian:
Lib Dems and SNP lose challenge against ITV over their exclusion from a UK TV debate, with High Court judges ruling it is not open to judicial review challenges  —  Parties argued it was illegal and unfair to restrict broadcast to Labour and Conservatives  —  The Liberal Democrats …
Discussion: Press Gazette and BBC
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
A look at BuzzFeed's Creators Program, which has 31 in-house and 5 external creators and has brokered 65 branded content campaigns in 2019, up ~2x from 2018  —  Two years ago, a series of “Why I Left BuzzFeed” videos popped up on YouTube, with past employees complaining they were not allowed …
Nick Visser / HuffPost UK:
House Minority Leader McCarthy pens letter to ABC News president, asking for more info on its decision not to run Amy Robach's interview with an Epstein accuser  —  “It is clear that ABC News' enabling of Mr. Epstein has consequences,” the House minority leader wrote to the network's president.
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