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_ Coming to a screen near you _
, Ann Telnaes
* Good Night: A TV Event About a TV Event
* FCC Commish Makes First Amendment Tour
* Bluesky Aims Big
* New Surveillance Dangers
* Video: Ann Telnaes on Editorial Cartooning
* How Syria Reporting Did a 180
* Google vs DoJ
* Teach-in Livestreamed By Scientists
* Android Security Risks on Chrome
* Lessons from _The Handmaid’s Tale_
GOOD NIGHT: A TV EVENT ABOUT A TV EVENT
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By Kimberly Roots
TVLine
CNN broadcast the penultimate performance of the Broadway production
of _Good Night, and Good Luck_ — live — as a commercial-free TV
event. _ER_ alum George Clooney starred as CBS journalist Edward R.
Murrow. Murrow came under fire for criticizing Sen. Joseph McCarthy,
who levied unsubstantiated charges of communism at various Americans
during the Cold War.
FCC COMMISH MAKES FIRST AMENDMENT TOUR
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By Brian Lowry
The Wrap
FCC commissioner Anna M. Gomez cited “an administration-wide
effort” involving multiple agencies intended “to chill speech”
and stifle dissenting voices. Gomez, who will soon be the only
Democrat on the commission, is on a “First Amendment tour”
designed to shine a light on the issue and discuss means and methods
to combat those policies.
BLUESKY AIMS BIG
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By Kate Knibbs
Wired
All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter
takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could
revolutionize how people communicate online.
NEW SURVEILLANCE DANGERS
• ABORTION RIGHTS
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By Rindala Alajaji, Electronic Frontier Foundation
• UNION ORGANIZING
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By Caleb Brennan, The American Prospect
VIDEO: ANN TELNAES ON EDITORIAL CARTOONING
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Media and Democracy Project
Ann’s editorial cartoons, acts of courage, and patriotic statement
on compromised press freedom at the Jeff Bezos-owned _Washington
Post_ are important to celebrate and amplify. Editorial cartoonists
are powerful communicators of complex issues and essential critics of
authoritarians and of the rich and powerful.
HOW SYRIA REPORTING DID A 180
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By Gregory Shupak
FAIR
When Bashar al-Assad was in power in Syria and the US was seeking his
overthrow, corporate media treated killings that his government and
its allies carried out as nefarious bloodbaths. In the months since
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa came to power, US media have
switched from treating bloodbaths in Syria as nefarious to treating
them as benign.
GOOGLE VS DOJ
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By Jaclyn Diaz
NPR
The Department of Justice has urged the court to slap Google with
aggressive remedies including forcing the sale of its incredibly
popular Chrome browser and making the company license some of its
core search technology.
TEACH-IN LIVESTREAMED BY SCIENTISTS
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By Andrew Freedman
CNN
For Trump’s second term, in the face of steep funding cuts for
climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have a new
way of engaging the public: livestreamed presentations. For 100
straight hours, climate and weather specialists spent 15 minutes each
talking about their work and why it is so valuable for the American
people.
ANDROID SECURITY RISKS ON CHROME
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By Davey Winder
Forbes
Smartphone users have had a rough old time of it lately as far as
security issues are concerned. Now there’s another Android update
that Google has just dropped, and this one needs to be implemented as
soon as possible. Don’t wait, update your Chrome app today.
LESSONS FROM _THE HANDMAID’S TALE_
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By Eileen Flanagan
Waging Nonviolence
Based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, the Hulu series (which
includes a trigger warning) is set in a totalitarian country named
Gilead, where powerful men are legally allowed to rape
“handmaids,” fertile women enslaved for the purpose of bearing
children. Now, some eight years later, the show approaches its finale
just months into Trump’s second term.
* Good Night and Good Luck
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* CNN
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* George Clooney
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* FCC
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* Anna M. Gomez
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* Bluesky
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* Jay Graber
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* Digital Surveillance
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* unions
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* Reproductive rights
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* Ann Telnaes
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* editorial cartoons
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* Syria
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* Google
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* antitrust
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* Justice Deparment
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* scientists
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* Android
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* Google Chrome
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* the handmaid's tale
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