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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A 2020 Zoom call recording shows Fox News anchors and execs, including CEO Suzanne Scott, discussing how to blunt audience anger after calling Arizona for Biden — “If we hadn't called Arizona,” said Suzanne Scott, the network's chief executive, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times …
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
End Citizens United PAC files a complaint with the FEC arguing that Rupert Murdoch broke the law by showing Biden's ads and debate strategy to Jared Kushner — A progressive group wants the Federal Election Commission to investigate Fox Corp. and former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign for breaking campaign finance laws.
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New York Times:
A review of 26 conservative TV news networks, radio shows, podcasts, and sites: only four covered the private messages at Fox News revealed in the Dominion suit — Even in today's highly partisan media world, experts said, the lack of coverage about the private comments of Fox's top executives and hosts stands out.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Dominion-Fox lawsuit filings show at least four journalists faced internal backlash in 2020 for calling out election lies; Lachlan Murdoch prompted one scolding — “News guys have to be careful,” Lachlan Murdoch warned after on-air journalists cast doubt on Trump conspiracy theories, internal documents show.
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Bloomberg:
Filings: Rupert Murdoch claims he delegates “everything” at Fox News to CEO Suzanne Scott as hosts claim no one at Fox Corp. gave election coverage instructions — Back in 2021, Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch was described by President Joe Biden as the “the most dangerous man in the world …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Experts say a Florida bill that would make some bloggers register with the state is unconstitutional; DeSantis spurred other bills to weaken defamation defenses — Rules for bloggers who write about elected officials raise First Amendment concern. — A proposed law in Florida …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Paramount Global plans to pay $122.5M to settle shareholder lawsuits arising from the 2019 Viacom-CBS merger, pending court approval — Shareholders brought the suit in 2019, alleging that CBS overpaid for Viacom, at the urging of Shari Redstone.
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Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
John Malone and his ex-colleagues on Charter's board agree to an $87.5M settlement of claims that Malone unfairly benefited from the 2016 Time Warner Cable deal — John Malone and his former colleagues on Charter Communications Inc.'s board agreed to a $87.5 million settlement of claims …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
WaPo Publisher Fred Ryan has a conflict of interest: as Reagan Presidential Library board chair, he may need to deny Fox or WaPo the venue for election debates — On Friday, February 24, four Washington Post executives crossed town to meet Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel …
Amanda Darrach / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with former NYT photo editor Fred Ritchin on AI destroying the credibility of the photo, ensuring readers understand if an image is manipulated, and more — In recent years, artificial intelligence engineers have used millions of real photographs—taken by journalists all over the world …
Priscilla DeGregory / New York Post:
Court filing: writer and filmmaker Stephen Elliott settles his defamation lawsuit that he filed against Shitty Media Men list creator Moira Donegan in 2019 — A writer put on the “Sh—ty Media Men" list settled his defamation suit with the catalogue's creator Friday, new court papers show.
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Gideon Lichfield / Wired:
Wired publishes its generative AI rules, saying the outlet won't publish text written or edited by AI but may use AI for headlines, social media, or story ideas — Some publications are already using text and image generators. Here's how WIRED will—and won't—use the technology.
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