Top News:
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Facebook's shift to more private sharing will make misinformation harder to track and raises questions about the company's liability for its diffusion — On Wednesday, in what seemed like a major shift, Mark Zuckerberg wrote that he wants to reorient Facebook around private, encrypted …
Discussion:
MIT Technology Review, Wired, New York Times, Stratechery, Facebook, The Verge, New York Times, The Guardian, @alexstamos, Techdirt, Parse.ly, @zeynep, @sivavaid, @sivavaid, @jessefelder, @willoremus, Business Insider, @_maditla, @jayrosen_nyu, WIRED UK, ClickZ, The Week and Slate, more at Techmeme »
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Fox News is a shameless propaganda outfit that chips away at core values, and mainstream journalists who fail to recognize the problem are being willfully blind — Chris Wallace is an exceptional interviewer, and Shepard Smith and Bret Baier are reality-based news anchors.
Discussion:
Politico, The Wrap, @stevekrak, The Daily Beast, @lemieuxlgm, @sulliview, NPR, @longwall26, @jayrosen_nyu, Vanity Fair, @ericboehlert, @rulajebreal, The Guardian, Mediaite, @jonallendc, The Week, @clarajeffery, @jrubinblogger, Media Matters for America, @wesleylowery, @carsonstuart, @gaywonk, @jonfavs, @theplumlinegs, @jeremylittau, @janemayernyer, @sulliview, @ajentleson, @mattgertz and East Bay Times
Facebook:
Facebook will curb vaccine misinformation by reducing the ranking of anti-vaccine Pages and groups, halting recommendations for those pages, rejecting ads, more — We are working to tackle vaccine misinformation on Facebook by reducing its distribution and providing people with authoritative information on the topic.
Discussion:
BuzzFeed News, TechCrunch, Adweek, @katienotopoulos, @juliacarriew, @noupside, Bloomberg, The Hill, Engadget, Recode, @kevinroose, @cwarzel, NBC News and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Foreign Policy:
Sources: Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro's International Women of Courage Award was rescinded by the State Department because she frequently criticized Trump — Jessikka Aro was to receive a “Women of Courage” prize. Then officials read her Twitter feed.
Discussion:
Mediaite, ABC News, @crampell, Politico, @glennkesslerwp, @sanhotree, @isaacstonefish, @shakestweetz and @stollmeyereu
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
UK minister for culture and digital, Jeremy Wright, calls on YouTube to reconsider continuing to give far-right activist Tommy Robinson a platform — The continued presence of a U.K. far-right activist on YouTube's platform has been raised by the deputy leader of the official opposition …
Discussion:
Press Gazette and The Independent
NBC 7 San Diego:
Leaked documents show the US government is closely monitoring journalists and immigration advocates tied to the 2018 migrant caravan — The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable, Poynter, American Press Institute, SPJ News, NPR, @aclu, Techdirt, Reporters Without Borders, @repmikelevin, VICE News, Politico, @samsanders, Fortune, @senblumenthal, @fightfortheftr, The Reporters Committee …, Mediaite, @jamilsmith, @mattdpearce, @mattdpearce, @otraletra, @katierogers, CNN, New York Post and Splinter
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comedy Central has launched its first YouTube channel for original content, Comedy Central Originals, starting with five new shows — Comedy Central is stepping on the gas in its digital-entertainment drive with the launch of its first YouTube channel for originals.
Discussion:
Tubefilter
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
YouTube has started rolling out a feature, in India, that shows info panels with fact checks on search result pages for topics prone to misinformation — YouTube will start showing “information panels” — boxes of text that provide debunks from YouTube's verified fact-checking partners …
Discussion:
Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
McClatchy reports a $27.5M loss for Q4 on $213M revenue; print ad revenue fell 22% YoY, and digital-only subscribers rose 51% YoY — McClatchy recorded sharp declines in print advertising and circulation revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018, the company reported Thursday.
Discussion:
McClatchy Co and The Wrap
Richard Leiby / Washington Post:
The Washington Post petitions a federal court to open sealed and redacted records, including 800+ pages of exhibits, in the criminal case against Paul Manafort — Objecting to an abundance of sealed and redacted records in the criminal case against Paul Manafort, the president's former campaign chairman …
Discussion:
@carolleonnig
Steven Greenhouse / Columbia Journalism Review:
Five blue-collar American workers from across the Rust Belt reflect on eroding faith in the media, as newspapers cut back on the labor beat — Five union members from across the Rust Belt reflect on eroding faith in the media — After the 2016 election, there was a sense of panic in many newsrooms …
Discussion:
@greenhousenyt and @margotroosevelt
Tony Silber / Forbes:
AMI is shuttering Transworld Snowboarding and the print edition of Transworld Skateboarding; the latter's subscribers will receive Men's Journal instead — Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
