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8:15 PM ET, April 4, 2022

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Matthew Yglesias / Bloomberg:
Researchers paid regular Fox News viewers to watch CNN for a month and found that they changed their minds on political and cultural issues, and Fox News itself  —  The establishment of Fox News in the late 1990s forever changed both media and politics in America, transforming the formerly staid world …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
DirecTV to drop OANN and AWE, a high-end lifestyle channel also owned by Herring Networks, after April 4  —  DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network on Tuesday, ignoring pressure to reverse course from the conservative cable outlet and its supporters.
Discussion: TVNewser, @oliverdarcy and @anthony
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Some journalists say a company started by Salt Lake Tribune's chairman to investigate Utah's COVID-19 testing contracts compromises the newsroom's independence  —  The original version of the story stated that Paul Huntsman started Jittai in 2020, based on information he provided The Post.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The BBC quietly readvertises its political editor job to replace Laura Kuenssberg; sources say executives were unhappy with the original all-female shortlist  —  Bosses said to have been unhappy with choice of candidates after all-female shortlist was produced
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
UK government decides to put up Channel 4 for sale; reports say the goal is to sell it by the UK general election in May 2024 for at least £1B  —  The proposed privatization of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 could become a reality by the spring of 2023 as the government has decided to go ahead with the process.
Alik Sardarian / openDemocracy:
Some Western journalists in Ukraine do not listen to locals' warnings, don't bother to provide protection for fixers, and go into dangerous places needlessly  —  As international media try to cover the horror of Russia's attack on Ukraine, they are failing the people who are helping them do it: Ukrainian journalists and producers
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Journalists and police discuss a 2021 Echo Park protest when the LAPD detained at least 16 journalists, leading to a strengthened press rights law in California  —  Bodycam footage shows police shooting rubber bullets at reporters.  Smartphone videos capture police taking them into custody.
Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency:
Maks Levin, a photojournalist covering the war in Ukraine who went missing near Kyiv on March 13, is found dead  —  Police found Ukrainian photojournalist, documentary photographer Maks Levin dead near the village of Huta Mezhyhirska in Kyiv region.  He left four minor sons, a wife, and elderly parents.
 
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