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Michael Calderone / Politico:
MSNBC confirms it investigated, reprimanded Chris Matthews over inappropriate comments in 1999, and made a “separation-related payment” to an employee — A former NBC employee who worked on Chris Matthews' show and complained that the cable news star made inappropriate jokes …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How Fox News commentators including Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and Jeanine Pirro create a feedback loop with President Trump to cast doubt on Mueller probe — Bernstein: Fox hosts are abetting a cover-up — An anti-Robert Mueller, anti-FBI fervor is intensifying among Trump supporters …
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Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
Top Hollywood Execs Unveil Anti-Sexual Harassment Commission Chaired by Anita Hill — The recent convening of leaders was organized by Kathleen Kennedy, Maria Eitel, Nina Shaw and Freada Kapor Klein — Kathleen Kennedy's proposed industry commission to combat gender inequality is coming to fruition …
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Kathy Lally / Washington Post:
Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames bullied female journalists as they ran The eXile in Russia in the late 1990s, says former Moscow correspondent for The Baltimore Sun — Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames trafficked in hideous stereotypes and body-shaming. — There's more than one way to harass women.
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@mrdanzak, @bterris, @thegarance, @clarajeffery, @sbg1, @vaurorapub, @aodespair, @davidfolkenflik, @laurahelmuth, @jonathanchait, @lallykathy, Katherine Heerbrandt, @rkobell and Katha Pollitt
Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
Journalist documents her frustrating quest to fix an error in the Knowledge Graph panel appearing on Google searches for her name, which claimed she was dead — I'm not dead yet. — But try telling that to Google. — For much of the last week, I have been trying to persuade the world's …
Discussion:
@andysternberg and @baekdal, more at Techmeme »
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sheila Nevins is stepping down as president of HBO Documentary Films after more than 38 years — After almost 40 years, she has reels of memorable film, a pile of awards and plenty of perspective on the current battle of the sexes. — When Sheila Nevins first started working in television in the 1970s …
Discussion:
@joshfoxfilm and The Wrap
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Iowa Supreme Court justice blocks Des Moines Register from reporting on legally-obtained court records that were inadvertently filed publicly — https://apnews.com/4b3ea9382f604eaeb1b9 499d8de26bf1 — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Supreme Court justice has taken the unusual step …
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Experts disagree about the continued use of “fake news”, saying it accurately describes a category of misinformation but has been overused and politicized — In 2017, fake news was everywhere. — It was behind Macedonian teens buying BMWs and at Russian troll farms …
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google Changes Rules to Purge News That Masks Country of Origin — Bans sites that ‘engage in coordinated activity to mislead’ — Update is Google's latest attempt to clean up news results — Google moved to strip from its news search results publications that mask their country of origin …
Discussion:
support.google.com and Mashable
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Pope Francis warns journalists about committing the “very serious sin” of sensationalizing the news and providing one-sided reports — Pope Francis warned journalists about committing the “very serious sin” of sensationalizing the news and providing one-sided reports, per AP:
Discussion:
@michikokakutani and @billoreilly
A. N. Devers / Longreads:
How Brigid Hughes was pushed out as the editor of The Paris Review and omitted from the magazine's history — This is a story about a woman who was erased from her job as the editor of the most famous literary magazine in America. — In 2011, the New York Times ran Julie Bosman's energetic …
Discussion:
@kalimafaja, @saribotton, @carloshconde, @longreads, @jesshopp and @jayrosen_nyu
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Ten current and former Fox News on-air staffers say they faced harassment by execs and talent, refuting Rupert Murdoch's dismissal of allegations as “nonsense” — The media mogul said claims of rampant sexual harassment at the network are “nonsense.”
Discussion:
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