Mediagazer: Emails: after the Pentagon complained, Fox News quietly amended and removed a story falsely claiming a dead Marine's family had to pay to transport her remains (Paul Farhi/Washington Post)

5:10 PM ET, August 27, 2023

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Emails: after the Pentagon complained, Fox News quietly amended and removed a story falsely claiming a dead Marine's family had to pay to transport her remains — The network quietly removed the story based on false claims from a congressman but did not apologize or run a correction

Discussion: The Wrap, @jamessurowiecki, @wilson__valdez, CNN, Mediaite, @farhip, @maxboot, @johnjharwood, @billkristol, @jjohnsonlaw, @snlyngaas, Military.com and Boing Boing

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How roiling tensions among a few community members in Marion, Kansas set in motion the police raid on Marion County Record that made headlines around the world — MARION, Kan. — The phone conversation between the journalist and the town's newly hired police chief quickly turned contentious.

Discussion: @coreyhutchins, @ruralj, @farhip, @lewserviss, @amyargetsinger, @chrisbohjalian, @jayrosen_nyu, @ericgarland, @washingtonpost, @_r_o_n_e_, @craigawelch, @pauldemko, @marisakabas2, @ZhiZhu@newsie.social, @JaneRLaForge@mstdn.social and Marion County RECORD

Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:

Marion County Sheriff's Office agrees to destroy the files that the police copied from the Marion County Record's computers and illegally kept on a flash drive — Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn and Sheriff Jeff Soyez stand outside the evidence room where an undersheriff signs over newspaper property to a forensic expert.

Discussion: New York Post, Marion Mayor, David Mayfield, @lawsuitsdevin, @sherman_news, @pressfreedom, Columbia Journalism Review, @black_intellect@mstdn.social, Voice of America and The Daily Beast

David Bauder / Associated Press:

A NORC survey finds a substantial rise in philanthropy for journalism over the past five years and suggests outlets tighten ethical rules governing the spending — There has been a “substantial” increase in philanthropic spending for journalism over the past five years …

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The 2023 Online Journalism Awards winners include The Washington Post, The Marshall Project, The Pudding, Honolulu Civil Beat, and Argentina's La Nacion — Winners across 23 categories were announced on Aug. 17 during a virtual celebration hosted by Imaeyen Ibanga, Presenter …

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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:

Lawyers for jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeal a Moscow court's decision to extend his pretrial detention until November 30, 2023 — Appeal follows Moscow court's decision to keep the Wall Street Journal reporter behind bars until at least Nov. 30 while he awaits trial

Discussion: Business 2021, New York Post, Associated Press, Mediaite, Reuters, The Hill, Talking Biz News, ONA Student Newsroom, Newser, Committee to Protect … and Fox News

Wes Davis / The Verge:

Linus Tech Tips founder Linus Sebastian addresses errors and ethics but not sexual harassment claims, responding to accusations that prompted a production pause — Linus Media Group (LMG) founder Linus Sebastian explained LMG's HR policies and how it will improve accuracy and ethics in a video posted to YouTube last night.

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How Meta and YouTube, battered by content moderation wars, are following X in retreating from policing political misinformation, raising US 2024 election fears — Facebook and YouTube are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube offers insights meant to guide Shorts creators, including how the Shorts algorithm differs from long-form YouTube's algorithm and what counts as a view — YouTube this week put out a new video meant to address creators' questions over its short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts.

Discussion: @youtubeliaison, Creator Insider on YouTube, Fede Goldenberg on LinkedIn, YouTube Official Blog, Social Media Today and Tubefilter

Stephen King / The Atlantic:

Stephen King reflects on his books being used for AI training, arguing the sum is lesser than its parts, so far, as creativity can't happen without sentience — One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence. — Self-driving cars.

Discussion: @galbeckerman, @sstossel, @lmatsakis, @theatlantic, Gizmodo, Insider, @catcheronthesly, @neilturkewitz, @bcmerchant and The Information, more at Techmeme »

Ariel Bogle / The Guardian:

The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, and other outlets block OpenAI's GPTBot web crawler from accessing their content; some have also blocked Common Crawl's CCBot — Chicago Tribune and Australian newspapers the Canberra Times and Newcastle Herald also appear to have disallowed web crawler from maker of Chat GPT

Discussion: @rafat, @mastermaq, @stevesi, @daveleebbg, @hayskali, The Information, Search Engine Land, @carnage4life@threads.net, Bloomberg, @ProfJohanna@mastodon.online, @carnage4life@mas.to, MIT Technology Review and Insider, more at Techmeme »

Josh Ye / Reuters:

Source: Tencent Music, NetEase's Cloud Music, and others cut streaming features like virtual lucky draws at a hefty cost, amid China's online gambling crackdown — Chinese online content platforms including Tencent Music (1698.HK) and NetEase's Cloud Music (9899.HK) have removed live streaming features …

Discussion: @byjoshye, @byjoshye, TechNode, Music Ally, Digital Music News and Music Business Worldwide

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