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Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Jack Dorsey, responding to Maggie Haberman's criticisms of Twitter, vows to work on identifying credibility and improving conversations' organization, context — The CEO of Twitter has admitted the platform is no longer a place where nuanced or thoughtful discussion can take place …
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Jim Rich / @therealjimrich:
If you hate democracy and think local governments should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you. — If you hate democracy and think local governments should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you.
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Tom Kludt / @tomkludt:
Tronc informs New York Daily News staff it's cutting the newsroom by 50%, “refocusing much of our talent” on breaking news — The grim news officially arrives at the New York Daily News, where staffers were just informed that Tronc is reducing the “size of the editorial team by approximately 50 percent and re-focusing much of our talent on breaking news.”
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@sportswatch, @tomkludt, @yashar, @dvnjr and @jdawsey1
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Facebook could recognize Holocaust denialism as hate speech and ban it on those grounds, but trying to censor every falsehood should be noted as a bad idea — To follow Mark Zuckerberg's utterances is to constantly cringe. — Last week was no different.
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Facebook falling into false equivalence trap; hosting conservative media means being implicated in conspiracy theories, Holocaust denial, or worse — Yes, the social media network is huge. But by spreading news from conservative sites, Facebook runs the risk of being dragged down with them.
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@alex_shephard, @newrepublic and @jayrosen_nyu
New York Times:
Sources: feds think National Enquirer owner AMI may have acted more as a political supporter than a news org, raising 1st Amendment, campaign finance questions — Federal authorities examining the work President Trump's former lawyer did to squelch embarrassing stories before the 2016 election …
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@jeffjarvis, Washington Post, @videoevan, @kausmickey, @kausmickey, @jamestaranto, @peterbakernyt, @nytimes and @peterstris
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
A look at how alt-right troll Mike Cernovich uses Twitter to target journalists, typically by implicating them in sex crimes against minors — He just took down director James Gunn. Now he's using a trollish rumor about a sex tape to go after journalists. — 106 -
Lincoln Pigman / New York Times:
Russian lawmakers propose bill requiring sites with 100K+ daily visitors to take down inaccurate posts or comments within a day or face fines up to about $800K — MOSCOW — Russia, which American intelligence agencies said spread its fair share of misinformation during the 2016 United States election …
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@andrew_cares and @sulomeanderson
Peter White / Deadline:
BBC Studios' Chief Creative Officer Mark Linsey is switching roles, taking over as head of content partnerships, with a new director of content to be recruited — BBC Studios is searching for a new content chief after the British public broadcaster's production unit handed Chief Creative Officer Mark Linsey a new role.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Trump tariffs on newsprint cause some newspapers to cut printing days; higher costs will likely lead to redesigns, pricier subscriptions, and fewer pages — The tariffs increase the cost of newsprint by as much as 30 to 35 percent, though the impact on publishers is highly uneven …
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@bypetevernon, @ryansholin, @amlwhere, @newsfallon, @mattdpearce and @annmmaloney
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Despite being debunked 80+ times and having 45+ posts marked as false by Facebook, YourNewsWire still gains hundreds of thousands of engagements per month — InfoWars isn't the only misinforming page that's still allowed to publish on Facebook. — YourNewsWire is one of the most popular fake news publishers in the world.
James Ball / Columbia Journalism Review:
It is time for newsrooms to cover technology extensively, across desks, acting as watchdogs rather than cheerleaders — A lowly tech employee was trying to do some simple task online and found out it was really hard. Inspired by that difficulty, he—and it was almost always a he …
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