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Mike Allen / Axios:
Last week, US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the January 6 riot — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jen Psaki, Biden's former press secretary, will begin hosting “Inside With Jen Psaki”, a weekly hourlong MSNBC talk show, on March 19, airing on Sundays at noon — The former White House press secretary will start hosting a weekly MSNBC talk show on March 19.
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Washington Post:
A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from a Islamic State attack in Paris in 2015, and Twitter v. Taamneh on Wednesday — By Robert Barnes and Cat Zakrzewski — Updated just now — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Polk Awards: The New York Times wins three, CoinDesk wins for its FTX report, The Stanford Daily's Theo Baker becomes the youngest recipient yet at 18, and more — The Times was honored for its coverage of the war in Ukraine and a photo of war victims, as well as for its reporting on private schools for Hasidic Jews in New York.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
James O'Keefe resigns as head of Project Veritas, after he clashed for weeks with its board, following staff complaints alleging “outright cruel” conduct — The founder of the right-wing nonprofit resigned without striking a severance deal, The Daily Beast has learned.
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New York Times:
CNN says Don Lemon will return on February 22; in a memo, Chris Licht says the anchor “has agreed to participate in formal training” over his sexist comments — CNN's chairman, Chris Licht, said in a Monday night memo that the anchor “has agreed to participate in formal training” …
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
BBC removes an article on Will Ferrell apologizing to fans of an English soccer club after being fooled by a parody Twitter account with a Blue verified badge — EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has taken down from its website a story about Will Ferrell after being fooled by a Twitter account that did not belong to the Anchorman actor.
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Jack Mirkinson / The Nation:
The New York Times' anti-trans coverage parallels its notorious failings over gay rights and AIDS under Abe Rosenthal, who led the newspaper from 1969 to 1986 — The paper's anti-trans coverage parallels its failings over gay rights and AIDS. But the Times appears determined not to learn from its own history.
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Al Tompkins, a local broadcast reporter in Kentucky and Tennessee and a teacher at the Poynter Institute for 25 years, plans to retire at the end of March — He taught and advised tens of thousands of journalists to craft better stories. — Al Tompkins is known throughout the world …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
TV Guide Magazine launches streaming-focused print monthly TV Insider, with more editorial content and no channel grids, after starting TVInsider.com in 2015 — There aren't many new print publications being launched in this tough media climate, but the company behind TV Guide Magazine is trying just that.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
SCOTUS rejects the appeal of Anthony Novak, who claimed his rights were violated when Ohio police arrested him for satirical Facebook posts he made about them — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an Ohio man's claim that his constitutional rights were violated …
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Sci-fi outlet Clarkesworld suspends short story submissions, citing a surge in AI-generated stories, saying those who submit as looking to make “a quick buck” — Clarkesworld speculates that people are using AI to make ‘a quick buck’ since the sci-fi publication pays 12 cents a word for accepted stories.
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