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2:45 PM ET, November 19, 2018

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN is asking the US District Court for another emergency hearing, following the White House's latest threat to suspend Jim Acosta's press pass  —  (CNN)The White House has issued a new warning to CNN's Jim Acosta, saying his press pass could be revoked again at the end of the month.
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Brian Stelter / Reliable Sources:
The White House plans to suspend Jim Acosta's press pass yet again when the court's 14 day restraining order expires, according to a letter from WH officials  —  A new threat to Jim Acosta's press pass If you thought the Trump administration would seek to settle CNN and Jim Acosta's lawsuit out of court... think again.
WHCA:
The White House Correspondents' Association announces that writer and biographer Ron Chernow will headline its 2019 dinner  —  The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is pleased to announce that Ron Chernow, one of the most eminent biographers of American presidents and statesmen …
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Comedian Michelle Wolf, who performed at the WHCA dinner earlier this year, slams its members as “cowards” over decision to drop comedy act from event  —  Comedian Michelle Wolf slammed the White House Correspondents' Association on Monday after the organization announced …
Discussion: TVWeek.com
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
BuzzFeed is debuting a membership model, offering exclusive newsletters and content for $5/month, as CEO Peretti suggests site could merge with rival publishers  —  Jonah Peretti, the chief executive, says his company could eventually merge with other online publishers in order …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Facebook has announced it's donating £4.5M to fund 80 local newspaper jobs across the UK over the next two years, subsidising the cost of trainee reporters  —  Social media firm to finance trainee ‘community’ journalists scheme  —  Facebook will donate £4.5m to fund 80 local newspaper jobs …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Journalists can avoid spreading Trump's infectious lies via headlines and tweets by abstaining from amplifying or by adding context  —  Journalists have become complicit in spreading the president's falsehoods and conspiracy theories.  Here's how they can do better.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic
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Daniel Dale / Washington Post:
Fact-checking Trump, who tells the same lies, is easy: he invents unnamed people, claims records he hasn't broken, and inflates numbers
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Profile of a “satire” site that promotes absurd pro-right posts on Facebook, and one of its readers, who shares its posts without seeing the satire  —  NORTH WATERBORO, Maine — The only light in the house came from the glow of three computer monitors, and Christopher Blair, 46, sat down at a keyboard and started to type.
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
Social media and the internet have led to endless sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes, which have turned storytelling into infinite “content”  —  The age of the sequel is over.  Now it's the age of the sequel to the sequel.  Also the prequel, the reboot, the reunion …
Jocelyn Johnson / The Wrap:
Shalini Sharma, who led video and partnerships at Fast Company for five years, is joining Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global as its first head of video  —  Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global announced its first head of video on Monday,  —  Shalini Sharma joins the company …
Tim Shorrock / The Nation:
In a recent story on North Korea's missile bases, the NYT exaggerated a thinktank report, relied on outdated information, and risked repeating Iraq-era mistakes  —  Stretching the findings of a think-tank report on Pyongyang's missile bases is a reminder of the paper's role in the lead-up to the Iraq War.
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