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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
March 18, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   China to expel American journalists, EU document claims Russian media deployed coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, and a look at Americans’ perceptions of COVID-19 news coverage.
Top Stories

China announces that it will expel American journalists
Edward Wong, Marc Tracy, Lara Jakes / The New York Times / Mar 17, 2020


Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says
Robin Emmott / Reuters / Mar 18, 2020


Americans immersed in COVID-19 news; most think media are doing fairly well covering It
Amy Mitchell, J. Baxter Oliphant / Pew Research Center / Mar 18, 2020

Coronavirus

How a blockbuster Washington Post story made ‘social distancing’ easy to understand
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter / Mar 18, 2020


Facebook was marking legitimate news articles about the coronavirus as spam due to a software bug
Jay Peters / The Verge / Mar 17, 2020

Media Business

Glued to TV for now, but when programming thins and bills mount …
Edmund Lee, John Koblin / The New York Times / Mar 17, 2020


‘I’m so frustrated how they treat these stories’: Publishers find coronavirus keyword blocking drops ad demand for homepage placements
Lara O'Reilly / Digiday / Mar 17, 2020


View: I narrowly avoided coronavirus disaster
Clio Chang / Vice / Mar 17, 2020

Online Media

The Dispatch surpassed $1 million in revenue by being newsletters-and-podcasts first and taking it slow
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Journalism Lab / Mar 17, 2020

Television News

TV ratings illustrate hunger for news on coronavirus threat
David Bauder / The Associated Press / Mar 17, 2020


Social distancing becomes new normal on cable news
Jeremy Barr / The Hollywood Reporter / Mar 17, 2020


“Dishonesty…is always an indicator of weakness”: Tucker Carlson on how he brought his coronavirus message to Mar-a-Lago
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair / Mar 17, 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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