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Twitter expands election misinfo policies, prohibiting misleading claims about results, “inciting unlawful conduct” to prevent peaceful transfer of power, more — Washington (CNN Business)Twitter announced Thursday that it is expanding its policies against election-related misinformation …
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In March 2016, CNN's Jeff Zucker floated a weekly show for Trump and offered debate advice, according to audio of his chat with ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen — Zucker told Cohen of his fondness for Trump, who the CNN president described as ‘the boss’ — CNN president Jeff Zucker oversees …
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Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman from congressional scrutiny after Jamal Khashoggi's killing, according to Woodward's new book — - President Donald Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the assassination and dismembering …
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A reconstruction of a series of errors that led to the NYT getting sued by Sarah Palin for an editorial on gun control — It was just before midnight, on June 14, 2017, when James Bennet, then the New York Times' editorial page editor, sent an anxious text to a Washington colleague. — “Are you up?
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Google says it will remove Autocomplete suggestions that endorse or oppose a candidate or a party or make a voting claim, says it improved breaking news systems — Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Google says it's taken a number of steps to improve the quality of information …
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Megyn Kelly to launch production company Devil May Care Media, which will back podcasts and other shows on current events, starting with her own podcast — Megyn Kelly isn't on a mainstream news outlet at present, but that isn't going to keep her from broadcasting.
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Tow Center introduces COVID-19 Cutback Tracker, an interactive map and searchable database that tracks media cuts since the start of the pandemic — Since March of 2020, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism has been collecting data on cutbacks to US newsrooms happening amid the novel coronavirus pandemic …
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Defector, the subscription-based sports blog created by former Deadspin staffers, formally launches — Welcome to Defector, an employee-owned sports and culture website brought to you by the former staffers of Deadspin. Let me tell you who we are, and how we got here.
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Sources: Chinese authorities have told major media outlets not to cover Mulan after controversy over the film's links to the Xinjiang region — BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have told major media outlets not to cover Walt Disney Co's release of “Mulan”, in an order issued …
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Study: Black women were absent from a third of 2019's 100 top-grossing movies, Asian women from 55, and Latinas from 71; white women were missing from 7 films — Asian women were absent from more than half of the top 100 films, while Latina women did not appear in 71 of the top movies


The Atlantic has added 325,000 paid subscribers since launching a paywall a year ago; 20,000+ signed up over last weekend after Jeffrey Goldberg's post on Trump — New York (CNN Business)President Trump wrote The Atlantic off as a “dying” magazine last week after it published an explosive story …
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Sources: HBO Max's ad-supported tier may launch in Q2 2021 with two to four minutes of ads per hour; AT&T wants advertisers to spend a minimum $250K/quarter — WarnerMedia has started pitching advertisers on its flagship streaming service HBO Max. — WarnerMedia has told ad buyers …
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