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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
February 03, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter

In Today's news:   Final polls before the Iowa caucuses were held due to a survey error, ZeroHedge banned from Twitter after publishing personal information about a Chinese scientist they accused of being involved in the spread of the coronavirus, and a look at covering the Pete Buttigieg campaign as an LGBTQ reporter.
Top Stories

Final Iowa poll before caucuses not released ‘out of an abundance of caution’




ZeroHedge banned from Twitter over coronavirus bioweapon claims




Being gay on the campaign trail with Pete Buttigieg



Election 2020

Iowa caucuses: Networks dive into “most intense period” of politics




A scrappy Iowa start-up is the ‘It’ read for political insiders



Radio News

As ‘On the Media’ drifts from original focus, some listeners take note



Online Media

Panic and fear might be limiting human reasoning and fueling hoaxes about coronavirus




The conservatives trying to ditch fake news



Media Business

Publishers are growing audiences by producing less content



Media Ethics

The fact-checker’s dilemma: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview



 

The Daily Briefing of Media News is edited by Amy Mitchell and Katerina Eva Matsa and compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including: Michael Barthel, Jeffrey Gottfried, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.