Journalism
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Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker Kicked Off Platform After Viral ‘Kill Rick Scott’ Comment
The suspension comes two days after the influencer helped raise $100,000 for “No Other Land” ahead of the documentary’s Oscar win
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LA Times Embraces AI to Give ‘Political Rating’ Bias Meter to Opinion Stories
The new Insights tool will grade stories on a political spectrum from left to right, owner Patrick Soon-Shiong says
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Fox Targets Football Season for Launch of New Streaming Service
CEO Lachlan Murdoch says Fox is aiming for “mid-single digit millions” of subscribers to its new SVOD
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TikTok’s Newest ‘Legal Advocate’? Casey Anthony
The infamous Florida mom says she wants to be a “proponent” for the LGBTQ community and women’s rights moving forward
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59% of Republicans Believe the Media Is ‘Fake News’
The percentage of Republicans who have no trust in the mainstream media has more than doubled since Donald Trump first campaigned for president
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‘Morning Joe’ Welcomes Politico’s Eugene Daniels as MSNBC’s Senior Washington Correspondent
“You guys put me on TV all the time, so now they just stuck me there,” he tells Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough
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LA Times’ De Los Editor Resigns, Accuses Leadership of Dismissing HR Complaints Against Managing Editor | Exclusive
In a message on the Times’ internal Slack Friday, Paloma Esquivel says she hopes the newsroom becomes a place where journalists “can do their work knowing that those in positions of power won’t berate or disparage them”
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Elon Musk Applauds Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Changes Amid Newsroom Outcry: ‘Makes Sense’
The Tesla boss tells Joe Rogan the “media is incredibly partisan” during a 191 minute podcast on Friday
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NBCUniversal Prepares to Launch ‘Mobile-First’ News Service
The platform will serve up short-form videos from NBC News anchors and correspondents
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Over 40 LA Times Newsroom Staffers Take Buyouts: ‘Tremendous Amount of Institutional Knowledge Lost’
“We should put out a missing flyer in search of the man who bought our paper and made promises about its future,” one employee tells TheWrap
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White House Correspondents Association to Members: You’re on Your Own Against Trump
“Each of your organizations will have to decide whether or not you will take part in these new, government-appointed pools,” org president Eugene Daniels tells members
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Trump White House Boots Reuters and HuffPost From Press Pool, Blocks Coverage of Cabinet Meeting
The AP, Reuters, and Bloomberg issue a rare joint statement ripping the Trump Administration’s attempt to “limit” the free press
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Journalists Rage Over Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Op-Ed Directive: ‘What the Actual F–k’
Jeff Stein, WaPo’s chief economics reporter, calls it a “massive encroachment” by the Amazon founder
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Ex-WaPo Boss Marty Baron Blasts Jeff Bezos’ New Opinions Policy: ‘Sad and Disgusted’
The longtime executive editor rips the Amazon owner for restricting the focus of the Washington Post’s opinions section
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Elon Musk Says Trump Wants ‘More Aggressive’ DOGE Cuts: ‘I Do What the President Asks’
The Tesla CEO said last week he is aiming to cut at least $1 trillion from annual government spending
