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New York Times:
Journalists covering the mob at the Capitol and Trump protests elsewhere were surrounded and threatened; protesters smashed equipment and punched a photographer — “Murder the media” was scratched into a door of the Capitol. Violent protesters smashed equipment and punched a photographer.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump media, led by Fox News and its leaders Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, and Suzanne Scott, fueled the mob that stormed and desecrated the Capitol — “Fair and balanced” was the original Fox News lie, one of the rotten planks that built the foundation for Wednesday's democratic disaster.
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Michael Schaffer / Washingtonian:
Newsrooms wrestle with what to call crowds that stormed the US Capitol, with WaPo Editor Marty Baron choosing “mob”, and WAMU choosing “insurrectionists” — The question of what to call people engaged in angry protests has been a recurring theme in media this year.
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
The Washington Times removed a post falsely saying facial recognition software ID'ed 2 Capitol protesters as antifa after the software maker sought a retraction — Matt Gaetz had cited the story in Congress as supposed evidence that antifa was involved in the Capitol assault.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
After Capitol breach, conservative media figures say “Trump supporters don't do these things” and baselessly claim “infiltration” by “agitators” like antifa — Pundits on the right condemned the violence but many maintained that “Trump supporters don't do these things.”
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The Capitol riot was a natural consequence of the lies and conspiracy theories spread by right-wing media, which rewarded politicians supporting these ideas — New York (CNN Business)President Trump's supporters were storming the US Capitol and Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum could hardly contain her shock.
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Washington Post:
How news coverage of the violent storming of the US Capitol unfolded throughout the day, as congressional correspondents became war correspondents — A day that began with a series of news events long in the making — a protest rally, a congressional vote — unexpectedly morphed into chaos on Wednesday …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's chief of staff and former White House press secretary, resigned Wednesday following violence at the Capitol — (CNN)Stephanie Grisham, the former White House communications director and press secretary and current chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump …
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Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:
Former Disney and Discovery execs to launch Struum, an aggregator that will give users a la carte access to content from streaming services, in the spring — Struum aims to give customers à-la-carte access to content from hundreds of lesser-known platforms
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TechCrunch, Variety and @benmullin
Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter:
Profile of Pete Docter, co-director of Soul and now Pixar's chief creative officer, as he navigates a new leadership role, replacing John Lasseter — After John Lasseter's exit, the ‘Soul’ co-director has reinvigorated Disney's multibillion-dollar Oscar-winning powerhouse by ushering …
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Challenger, Gray & Christmas: US broadcast, digital, and print media layoffs hit 16,160 in 2020, up nearly 200% YoY, 13% higher than the 2008 record — Newsroom layoffs reached a record high in 2020, growing nearly 200% compared to the previous year, according to a new study …
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Alex Marshall / New York Times:
Profile of June Sarpong, BBC's director of creative diversity, who is at the center of a political battlefield as conservatives complain of its “woke agenda” — June Sarpong has been a familiar face on British screens for two decades. Now, she's in charge of bringing greater diversity to the country's public broadcaster.
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