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2:25 PM ET, September 27, 2016

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NPR:
NPR annotates full transcript of first presidential debate with fact-checks, analysis, and context  —  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went head to head Monday night in the first presidential debate.  —  NPR's politics team, with help from reporters and editors who cover national security …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Lester Holt's reticence as moderator during presidential debate gets mixed reviews  —  Call him the minimalist moderator.  —  Facing “knees buckling” scrutiny — his words — ahead of Monday evening's presidential debate, Lester Holt of NBC, with the nation's eyes (and the internet's critics) upon him, opted to lie low.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Presidential debates conversation share: Trump led on Twitter with 62% over Clinton's 38%, and also on Facebook with 79% over Clinton's 21%  —  Monday night's Trump-Clinton match-up was the “most tweeted debate ever.”  —  That's according to Twitter, which crunched the numbers immediately following the debate.
Carolyn Ryan / New York Times:
The NYT assembled a team of 18 debate fact-checkers to assess the accuracy of claims made by candidates and moderator, in real time, as the debate unfolded  —  With clashes over truth, lies and exaggerations dominating the prelude to the first presidential debate, The New York Times has assembled …
Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
Monmouth University poll: 60% of Americans want moderators to fact-check the debate; 31% say moderators should leave fact-checking to the candidates  —  Nearly everyone has weighed in on whether moderators should fact-check the presidential debates: the media, the campaigns, the boss of the organizing commission.
Antonio José Vielma / CNBC:
Sources: Twitter sale could happen in the next 30 to 45 days  —  Twitter, which is said to be entertaining buyout bids, may also have Microsoft as a potential suitor, a source told CNBC on Monday.  —  CNBC's David Faber reported on “Closing Bell” that the social media giant is moving closer …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney considering a bid for Twitter; Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, Comcast, AT&T are all uninterested in buying the site
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
80% of France's top 40 publishers, such as Le Monde and Le Figaro, have taken measures to combat ad-blocking, including partially obscuring content  —  In France, publishers are taking to the barricades to fight ad blocking.  —  After what publishers believe to be a successful trial …
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
FCC's plan to open the cable set-top box market may hinge on Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democratic commissioner who believes the plan gives the FCC outsize power  —  WASHINGTON — When the Federal Communications Commission announced a plan this year that would free people from having to rent cable set-top boxes …
Reuters:
Omani court orders permanent closure of Azamn, a privately owned newspaper that had reported on corruption in the judiciary, and jails three of its journalists  —  A court in Oman on Monday ordered the permanent closure of a newspaper which had reported on alleged corruption within the judiciary …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
Twitter refuses Turkish court order to block the account of noted DC journalist Mahir Zeynalov; despite refusal, Zeynalov predicts his account will be censored  —  A Turkish court ordered Twitter to block the account of a noted journalist last week, accusing him of “instigating terrorism.”
 
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