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Martin Belam / The Guardian:
US court documents reveal the editorial concerns of publisher Simon & Schuster about book manuscript from “alt-right” controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos — Court submissions in lawsuit over far-right provocateur's memoir reveal concerns over weak arguments, boasting and racism
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump weighs in with a tweet on Vanity Fair's apology over Clinton video controversy, disparaging the magazine and Vogue editor Anna Wintour — The president said the magazine “looks like it is on its last legs” and called out Anna Wintour on Thursday. — President Donald Trump couldn't help …
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Carla Herreria / HuffPost:
Vanity Fair faces backlash after reporter suggests in video that Hillary Clinton should take up knitting or “literally anything” instead of running again
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David Uberti / Splinter:
The faux scandal about Vanity Fair's Clinton video uses familiar social media bad-faith tactics that end up silencing individual journalists
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
A deeper look at attitudes about “the media” around Buffalo, NY, shows most people are not dogmatic in their criticism, wanting fairness, depth, and accuracy — The July email from Daniel Hastings, a Post reader who lives in Washington, was harsh: “You never have any intention …
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Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
A Mother Jones reporter recalls her unlikely friendship with a right-wing Tea Party member and their diagnoses with cancer, within weeks of each other — Our unlikely bond only grew stronger when we were both diagnosed with cancer this spring. … On paper, Robin Stublen and I should never have been friends.
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Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
Mexican President Nieto spends more on media advertising than any predecessor, nearly $2B since '12, used with other state-derived influence to direct the media — MEXICO CITY — Running a newspaper, radio station or television outlet in Mexico usually means relying on a single …
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BuzzFeed:
Analysis finds that the 50 most viral fake news stories on Facebook in 2017 generated more shares, reactions, and comments than those of 2016 — Viral fake news generated more engagement in Facebook in 2017 than last year, according to a BuzzFeed News analysis.
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Sayed Salahuddin / Washington Post:
A series of explosions detonated inside the premises of the Afghan Voice news agency in Kabul; 40+ people have died, several journalists are among the injured — KABUL — A series of explosions at a gathering inside a Shiite cultural center killed more than 40 people and injured dozens …
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Joseph Cox / The Daily Beast:
Sources: WikiLeaks may have ~$25M worth of bitcoin; founder Julian Assange was an early adopter of the currency, following financial blockade — Everyone from early investors to cybercriminals has benefited from the huge spike in the value of bitcoin in the past few weeks.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Despite issues with the dramatization of the real-life story behind it, “The Post” strikes a fitting end note to a tumultuous year for journalism and democracy — After a year of high- and low-level attacks on the press and the First Amendment, there's plenty to appreciate …
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Yair Rosenberg / New York Times:
Twitter blocked Impostor Buster, a bot that exposed trolls that posted racist messages impersonating Jews, other minorities, after trolls reported harassment — Like many Jewish journalists who reported on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, I spent the 2016 election being harassed …
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Axios:
Zuckerberg's US tour was indeed part of a political campaign - not for a presidential run but to save Facebook's reputation, as fallout over fake news grows — Mark Zuckerberg started 2017 scoffing at the idea of Russia election manipulation on Facebook, and looked like he was contemplating his own possible run for the presidency.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: American Horror Story and Glee creator Ryan Murphy is being pursued by both Amazon and Netflix, as his contract with Fox is up in 2018 — Ryan Murphy is said to consider move to Netflix or Amazon — Creator of ‘Glee’ is said to seek $100 million or more
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