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5:10 PM ET, August 27, 2023

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
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
Washington Post:
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.
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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.
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 …
Karolle Rabarison / Online Journalism Awards:
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 …
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
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.
Washington Post:
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
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.
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
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 …
 
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Nielsen: Fox News' first debate of the 2024 Republican presidential primary brought in 12.8M viewers; the 12 debates of the 2016 campaign averaged ~15M viewers
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Hollywood trade publications have long been seen as PR tools for studios, but their stories during the WGA strike have absolutely shattered their credibility
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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