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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
August 16, 2019

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In Today's news:   Instagram adds fact checking tool, a look at common terms in news stories that advertisers have blacklisted, and concerns at CNN over rising threats.
Top Stories

Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information
Katie Paul, Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Aug 15, 2019


‘Shooting,’ ‘bomb,’ ‘Trump’: Advertisers blacklist news stories online [subscription required]
Suzanne Vranica / The Wall Street Journal / Aug 15, 2019


CNN increasingly sees itself as subject to threats after incidents involving Cuomo, Lemon, Ryan
Paul Farhi, Sarah Ellison / The Washington Post / Aug 15, 2019

Press & Government

Elizabeth Warren raises ‘serious concerns’ over CBS-Viacom merger
Will Thorne / Variety / Aug 15, 2019

Online Media

View: At Twitter, it seems no one can hear the screams
Arielle Pardes / Wired / Aug 15, 2019


View: Could WordPress + Tumblr create an alternative to Facebook?
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review / Aug 15, 2019


View: How an online mob created a playbook for a culture war
Charlie Warzel / The New York Times / Aug 15, 2019

Sports News

Bill Simmons recognizes Ringer union
Ryan Glasspiegel / The Big Lead / Aug 15, 2019

Newspaper News

Behind Nate Silver’s war with The New York Times
Michael Calderone / Politico / Aug 15, 2019

International

BBC defies Kashmir media blackout by increasing shortwave broadcasts
Charlotte Tobitt / PressGazette / Aug 16, 2019


View: Misinformation doesn’t need a free and open internet to spread. Just look at Kashmir and Hong Kong.
Daniel Funke, Cristina Tardáguila, Susan Benkelman / Poynter / Aug 15, 2019

 

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, Elizabeth Grieco, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking and Mason Walker.

 
 
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