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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Twitter applied its “manipulated media” label for the first time, after a clipped video of Joe Biden was tweeted by a White House official, retweeted by Trump — It's the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders' claim that the mainstream media represents the affluents' interests has merit and is distinct from Trump's attempts to coerce and control — The senator's sweeping critique of coverage has more merit than we in the media like to admit. — When a BuzzFeed News colleague …
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Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
Study: only 38 among 162 large media outlets across 10 countries including UK, US, and Japan have a female EIC; in S. Africa, 47% of the top editors are women — At 168 largest media outlets across 10 countries only 38 had a female editor — Less than a quarter of top news outlets …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
PGA Tour, which organizes the main men's golf tours in the US, signs a nine year deal with CBS, NBC, and ESPN; sources say the deal is worth $680M+, up 70% — The membership fees for TV's golf club just got a lot more expensive. — The PGA Tour, the organizer of the main professional men's golf tours …
Megan Graham / CNBC:
SXSW, which was scheduled for March 13-22, has been canceled due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak — - SXSW was canceled after a string of high-profile cancellations including Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. — The conference had been scheduled to take place between March 13 and 22.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
To head off an Election Day debacle, reporters should ramp up scrutiny of issues like broken voting equipment, lack of polling places, unfair voter registration — If Election Day 2020 turns into a full-blown disaster, no one can say there weren't plenty of warning signs.
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Seth Hettena / New Republic:
A reporter tries to untangle Zero Hedge's suspected ties to Russia, as the father of its founder filed a criminal complaint against him in Bulgaria — About a week before Christmas, I received a most unwelcome email. A criminal complaint had been filed against me in Bulgaria …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Political reporters shouldn't cover the coronavirus story because it's a science issue with right and wrong claims, not a two-sided battle over the narrative — One of the many ways the public is ill-served by the White House chokehold on information about the coronavirus crisis is that it gives …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
To engage readers, ProPublica posts surveys on its site, and has also created flyers and partnered with outlets to solicit story tips from a wider audience — “There's all different kinds of lawsuits. We're sort of the class action of an investigative story, harnessing and channeling the power in numbers."
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Lissa Harris / The River:
Problems faced by local news in the Catskills, like competition with new lifestyle pubs and social media over ad dollars, are amplified by rural economic issues — The closure of the Catskill Mountain News is the latest blow to local journalism in rural New York.
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Patrick Strudwick / BuzzFeed:
In a letter to Guardian EIC, 338 staff members protest the paper's “transphobic content” after a recent column and air concerns over resignations of trans staff — “The pattern of publishing transphobic content has interfered with our work and cemented our reputation …
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Dorothy Byrne to step down as Channel 4's Head of News & Current Affairs and take on the specially created role of Editor at Large for a year beginning May 1 — After over 15 years leading Channel 4's multi-award-winning news and current affairs output, Dorothy Byrne has decided to step …
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