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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Daily Caller's CheckYourFact.com, a Facebook fact-check partner, faces criticism for labeling “false” 2 stories on Trump and COVID-19, raising process concerns — Who fact-checks the fact-checkers? Did Trump call coronavirus the Democrats' “new hoax”?
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Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times:
NYT's Ben Smith breathlessly praises his new employer in his first column, with self-congratulatory hyperbole, describing a problem without offering a solution — The New York Times just debuted its new media critic, Ben Smith, with the headline “Why the Success of the Times May Be Bad News for Journalism” …
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
The White House banned audio and video recording of a COVID-19 media briefing with Mike Pence on Tuesday, stoking criticism — Five days after the Trump administration promised to be “aggressively transparent” about its response to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House ignited backlash …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
The Trump campaign sues The Washington Post for defamation, citing two opinion posts about the campaign and Russia; the suit follows a similar suit against NYT — - President Donald Trump's campaign sued the The Washington Post for defamation, citing two opinion articles published in 2019 …
Steven Melendez / Fast Company:
A look at some of the Redditors and subreddits fighting disinformation on a site notorious for incubating conspiracy theories — Robert Mercer invested in Cambridge Analytica, the company that became infamous for siphoning off Facebook users' information to target political ads.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Chris Matthews abruptly announces his retirement amid his MSNBC talk show Hardball, after a string of recent controversies — (CNN Business)Chris Matthews, one of the country's best-known political talk show hosts, is retiring from MSNBC, effective immediately, after a string of recent controversies on and off the air.
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Pornhub releases its first non-porn film, Shakedown, a documentary on Los Angeles' lesbian strip clubs, available free before it goes to the Criterion Channel — Ubiquitous American pornography website Pornhub is releasing its first ever non-adult film on Wednesday, the company exclusively announced to Variety.
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Gallup-Knight survey of 1,628 US adults: 72% oppose micro-targeting in online political ads, a majority favors social media bans on misleading political ads — Editor's Note: The research detailed below was conducted in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon Prime will stream 21 regular season Yankees games thanks to its purchase of a stake in the YES Network, available to users in NY, CT, PA, and NJ — Amazon, which owns a piece of YES Network, is now going to stream a batch of Yankees games on Prime Video.
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Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
With ~430 staff, The Athletic has likely the largest stable of sportswriters in media, but it isn't profitable, making its failure a risk for sports journalism — Jon Greenberg, a Chicago-based sportswriter, had just closed on his new house in 2015 when he was laid off by ESPN.
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
CrowdTangle: stories on Facebook from right-wing sources about Hillary Clinton's emails fill three of the top 10 and five of the top 20 slots in past 24 hours — It's Super Tuesday and the coronavirus is spreading, but Facebook is talking about Hillary Clinton's emails.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Free streaming service Tubi partners with Enseo, an in-room entertainment platform provider, to bring Tubi to 20+ hotel and resort brands, like Hyatt and Hilton — Tubi is taking its ad-supported VOD on the road. — The free streaming service is launching directly on TVs …
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