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Journalism & Media
January 30, 2020

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In Today's news:   Twitter adds tool to flag election misinformation, Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading election misinformation online, and the BBC cuts 450 jobs in a move toward digital.
Top Stories

Twitter users can now report voter suppression, misinformation
Steven Overly / Politico / Jan 29, 2020


Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading voting disinformation online
Sunny Kim / CNBC / Jan 29, 2020


BBC slashes 450 newsroom jobs in shift to digital
Hadas Gold / CNN / Jan 29, 2020

Media Ethics

ABC News suspends correspondent over erroneous report on Kobe Bryant crash
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times / Jan 29, 2020


US House Ethics Committee is advising politicians against sharing deepfakes
Jay Peters / The Verge / Jan 29, 2020


View: What will you do when the culture war comes for you?
Charlie Warzel / The New York Times / Jan 29, 2020

Media Business

Publishers are broadening their climate change coverage with new products
Lucinda Southern / Digiday / Jan 30, 2020


How The Minneapolis Star Tribune is driving paid digital growth while holding on to print subscribers
Rick Edmonds / Poynter / Jan 30, 2020


News Corp. launches Knewz aggregation service to compete with Google
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post / Jan 29, 2020

Social Media

Facebook struggles to stem spread of coronavirus misinformation
Stephen Gandel / CBS News / Jan 29, 2020


The Technology 202: Pinterest bans misinformation about voting and the census
Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / Jan 29, 2020


Facebook’s relationship with Democrats hits a low point [Subscription required]
Joshua Jamerson, Deepa Seetharaman, Emily Glazer / The Wall Street Journal / Jan 30, 2020

International

Far from the mainland, a French newspaper faces liquidation
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / Jan 30, 2020


Photos and videos allegedly showing the coronavirus are now challenging fact-checkers
Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter / Jan 30, 2020

 

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.

 
 
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