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Sources: Trump continues to privately harbor a handful of conspiracy theories with no grounding in fact, including doubting the Access Hollywood tape — WASHINGTON — Shortly after his victory last year, Donald J. Trump began revisiting one of his deepest public humiliations: the infamous …
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
CNN says staff will not attend White House media Christmas party; sources say Trump's tweet about CNN International is believed to imperil journalists abroad — Under fire from Trump, the network says it would be ‘inappropriate to celebrate with him as his invited guests.’
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Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
Trump's comments about CNN are a warning sign for US journalists because Russian examples show how political and financial pressure can destroy media freedom — There are several reasons the Trump administration move to block a proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner raised eyebrows.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Efforts to undermine the reality-based press, including the Project Veritas scam, have forced media to be more transparent — In the right-wing campaign to discredit the truth, every day brings a new low. — I don't mean Roy Moore's campaign for U.S. Senate, though that certainly has been at the center …
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WaPo publishes off-the-record comments by a woman who falsely claimed to be impregnated as a teenager by Roy Moore and had connections with Project Veritas
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Tony Romm / Recode:
FCC's Pai says tech giants like Twitter and Facebook use “the regulatory process to cement their dominance” and pose biggest threat to online speech, not ISPs — Pai had sharp words for Silicon Valley tech giants who are trying to avoid regulation.
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Rebecca Lurye / Hartford Courant:
Campus police arrest Lucian Wintrich, WH correspondent for Gateway Pundit, after his UConn talk was interrupted and he appeared to grab a woman, starting brawl — Lucian Wintrich, a writer for Gateway Pundit, spoke at UConn Tuesday night. (Handout) — Lucian Wintrich …
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Matthew Shaer / New York Times:
A profile of Fox News host Sean Hannity, described by Stephen Bannon “as the single most important voice for the ‘deplorables’”, and his influence on Trump — The Fox News host is willing to defend Trump at all costs — and is reaching more than 13 million people a day.
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Politico:
Koch brothers' ‘passive’ role in Time Inc. takeover met with skepticism — 'They're always looking to exert influence in one way or another,' says Koch biographer after the conservative billionaires backed Meredith's takeover of the magazine giant. — Charles and David Koch …
NPR:
Memo: NPR names Edith Chapin as executive editor, replacing Chief News Editor David Sweeney, who has left NPR after a review of sexual harassment allegations — NPR Chief News Editor David Sweeney has left the company following allegations of sexual harassment filed against him by at least three female journalists.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Group Nine Media, owner of Thrillist and NowThis, raises $40M led by Discovery Communications with Axel Springer SE, Lerer Hippeau Ventures participating — Group Nine building Snapchat studio, creating TV programming — Investment is on top of $100 million in funding last year
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CBC News:
Facebook partners with Ryerson School of Journalism and DMZ to launch Digital News Innovation Challenge, an incubator for news startups — Five startups from around Canada that ‘drive innovation for journalism’ will be funded — Facebook's highly-publicized efforts to combat online misinformation …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Rival TV executives from ESPN, Time Warner's Turner, and other networks joined a summit convened by NBCU to discuss the industry's advertising woes — A parade of Madison Avenue's top executives streamed into a posh Manhattan restaurant in hopes of starting a conversation orchestrated …
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