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Washington Post fact-checks Trump's USA Today opinion piece on Medicare-For-All, finds most sentences contain a “misleading statement or falsehood” — President Trump wrote an opinion article for USA Today on Oct. 10 regarding proposals to expand Medicare to all Americans …
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Social media accounts of major news organizations continue to broadcast Trump's falsehoods without clearly informing readers that they are misleading — At a rally on Wednesday night, President Trump accused Hillary Clinton of conspiring with Russia to try to swing the 2016 election.

USA Today editorial page editor Bill Sternberg says Trump's healthcare op-ed was fact-checked and Trump was given wide leeway to express his opinion
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Facebook removes 800+ US-based accounts and pages, some with 100K+ followers, that were spamming people with political messages for profit — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday it has purged more than 800 U.S publishers and accounts for flooding users with politically-oriented content …
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After Khashoggi's disappearance, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and NYT have withdrawn from Saudi Arabia's investment conference; others are weighing issue — The headline on a recent story in The Post confirms the enormity of the ongoing international crisis for Saudi Arabia …
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The PGA Championship will remain with CBS Sports in 2020 and pick up ESPN and ESPN+ as partners for weekday rounds, in an 11-year agreement — The PGA Championship will remain with CBS Sports and pick up a powerful partner in ESPN for weekday rounds as part of an 11-year agreement …
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Genius partners with Apple Music to show lyrics and annotations for thousands of selected songs and makes Apple Music the official music player for Genius — Music encyclopedia and lyrics database Genius has announced a partnership with Apple Music, pairing the website's lyrics with songs.
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Walmart announces joint venture with NY-based interactive storytelling startup Eko to develop original content; sources say investment is worth $250M — Walmart is going Hollywood. — The world's largest retailer, in a constant battle with its rival Amazon, said this week that it was teaming …
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CBS announces that Joanna Coles, formerly the chief content officer for Hearst Magazines, is joining CBS This Morning as a part-time creative adviser — Joanna Coles, the veteran magazine editor and former chief content officer of Hearst Magazines, is coming aboard “CBS This Morning” as a creative adviser.
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Fox stops airing Trump rallies in full as they increase in frequency and ratings drop; a White House official said officials would “look into” this trend — In a crucial period with the midterms less than a month away, some in the White House are worried that the president is losing a megaphone to his base.
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Johnston Press, which owns almost 200 regional newspapers and has spent 18 months trying to refinance its £220M debt, has put itself up for sale — Struggling publisher seeks offers after lengthy refinancing talks with bondholders — Johnston Press, which has titles include the i newspaper …


Writer Stephen Elliott sues Moira Donegan, creator of the Shitty Media Men list, saying his inclusion on the list made him depressed and hurt his book sales — On Wednesday, Stephen Elliott filed a lawsuit against Moira Donegan, the creator of the Shitty Media Men list …
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Interview with Wolfgang Blau, president of Condé Nast, on his EU meeting, the importance of machine language translation, GDPR, Facebook, Google, and more — Wolfgang Blau, president of Condé Nast International, is steering the global publisher toward organizing around brands rather than separate countries.
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Like WaPo with Arc, Vox is licensing its publishing platform, Chorus, starting with the Chicago Sun-Times, including access to Concert, Vox's ad marketplace — “The joke in the industry is everybody doesn't like the CMS or they write in some other tool.” Vox Media aims to change that punchline for other publishers.
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