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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's feud with Fox News mirrors pro wrestling's “kayfabe”, or the illusion of a real fight; Fox looks independent and credible, and Trump stays in spotlight — Not for nothing was Donald Trump inducted into the WWE wrestling hall of fame in 2013.
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Washington Post, CNN, USA Today, @connieschultz, @badfoxgraphics, @badfoxgraphics, @theplumlinegs, @ichotiner, @michaelarnovitz, @marcacaputo, @politico, @karaswisher, Salon and New York Times
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Bloomberg:
Fox's political-ad spending reports show robust spending on programs that figure in Trump's viewing, like Fox & Friends, as advertisers buy ads aimed at Trump — - Commercials offer outreach that competitors can't match — Political foes have also run advertisements to reach president
Jack Mirkinson / Splinter:
Bret Stephens and his NYT editors get blasted over his latest column, which references bedbugs and Nazis; critics view the column as a clear jab at David Karpf — New York Times columnist Bret Stephens' meltdown over being jokingly referred to as a “bedbug” reached unbelievable new heights on Friday night …
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@davidklion, @davekarpf, New York Times, @natesilver538, @davekarpf, @fidmart85, @page88, @sdkstl, @jayrosen_nyu, @brhodes, @rothmanistan, @page88, Breitbart, @kenroth, @rebekahktromble, @murtazasolangi, @stevemullis, @brianschatz, @philaschneider, @goadgatsby, @pareene, @onlxn, @rschooley, @jdmaccoby, @lib_crusher, @tomwatson, @larryglickman, @brhodes, @jeremylittau, Mediaite, @k_trendacosta, @espiers, @jules_su, Talking Points Memo, @noahshachtman, @vabvox, @helenkennedy, @nxthompson, @frankrichny, @mccarthyryanj, @jamilsmith, @heerjeet, @amescg, @abgutman, @jamilsmith, @jessesingal, @tweetbenmax, @aaronreynolds, @jjohnsonlaw, @jamilsmith, @jamesgleick, @karaswisher, @julia_azari, @jayrosen_nyu, The Nation, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Rotten Tomatoes says 55% of the 600 critics it added in the past 12 months are women, after changing critics criteria to focus on individual qualifications — Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes announced on Wednesday that it will renew its grant program to help critics from underrepresented groups …
Charles Hutzler / Wall Street Journal:
China declines to renew a WSJ reporter's press credentials, effectively forcing him to leave the country, following a June article on President Xi's family — Chun Han Wong, a Singaporean national, has worked in Beijing for the Journal since 2014 — BEIJING—A reporter for The Wall Street Journal …
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Washington Post, @meifongwriter, @nerysinchina, New York Times, @nickkristof, @noonanjo, @annafifield, @jbhavan, @suilee, @jchengwsj, @pekingmike, @amyyqin, @ewong, @kevincarrico, @aaronblake, @stevencnn, @joshchin, @emilyzfeng, @joshchin, CNBC, CNN, South China Morning Post, The Wrap, Committee to Protect …, Talking Biz News, The Week and Associated Press
Jenni Marsh / CNN:
Profile of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai, whose Apple Daily newspaper, low-cost, populist, and sensational, has never shied away from an anti-Beijing stance — Hong Kong (CNN)Jimmy Lai has been a public target for decades. — It all started after the Hong Kong business tycoon — a refugee from China …
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@cnn, @jennicnn, @cnn and @jerometaylor
Rozina Ali / Columbia Journalism Review:
International news outlets, relying mainly on India and Pakistan analysts to explain Kashmir, are missing an important part of the story: free will of Kashmiris — In mid-February, a young man named Adil Ahmed Dar killed 44 Indian paramilitary officers in a suicide bombing in Kashmir's Pulwama district.
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@brownpundit and @cjr
Jordyn Grzelewski / Plain Dealer:
The 150-year-old Vindicator in Youngstown, OH, closed Saturday, affecting about 140 full-time employees and surviving only as an edition of a nearby Ogden paper — YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Vindicator has been a part of Sam and Rochelle Miller's lives for as long as they can remember.
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@vindicator, @carobella3, @jgrzelewski, @bykaleahall, @samantha_m_p, @scenesallard, @sulliview, @sulliview and Plain Dealer
Rainesford Stauffer / Teen Vogue:
How teens are closing the news gap for young people through outlets like the text and email newsletter theCramm and the Instagram account dailydoseofwokeness — Teens care about the news. They just don't like traditional media. — In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election …
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@wblau, @elanazak, @spj_tweets, @terrellwrites, @atlantic57, @bri_sacks, @lauraelizdavis, @alansoon and American Press Institute
Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Source: Google has agreed to pay between $150M and $200M to resolve an FTC investigation into YouTube over alleged violations of federal privacy laws for kids — Google has agreed to pay between $150 and $200 million to resolve an FTC investigation into YouTube over alleged violations …
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Executive editor of Gannett's Arizona Republic sent a newsroom memo accusing union organizers of surveilling co-workers; one organizer called the idea “absurd” — Greg Burton accused union sympathizers of “surveilling” other journalists, saying that's something he'd expect of a murderer or child molester.
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@cmonstah, @dcbigjohn, @indyemapolis, @chrisherstam, @andy_truc, @jmshumway, @mizzousundevil, @brieannafrank, @bernielunzer and Mediaite
Bertrand Pecquerie / Global Editors Network:
Q&A with Alan Rusbridger, who helped launch Guardian's “Keep it in the ground” anti-fossil fuel campaign, on effectiveness and ethics of journalists' campaigns — As the climate emergency intensifies worldwide, the line between reporting and campaigning needs to be redefined.
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