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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
August 26, 2019

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news: Inaccurate photos of the Amazon fires spread on social media, the president criticizes Fox News over negative polling results, and two computer scientists recreate the OpenAI software that was said to be too risky to release to the public.
Top Stories

As Amazon fires spread, so do the misleading photos
Niraj Chokshi / The New York Times / Aug 23, 2019


Trump again lashes out at Fox News: ‘Not what it used to be’
Justin Wise / The Hill / Aug 25, 2019


OpenAI said its code was risky. Two grads recreated it anyway
Tom Simonite / Wired / Aug 26, 2019

Press & Government

NYT: Pro-Trump operatives compiling “fireable” dirt on hundreds of journalists
Ursula Perano / Axios / Aug 25, 2019

Technology & News

Facebook’s emails reveal Cambridge Analytica complaints started months earlier than originally claimed
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge / Aug 23, 2019


View: I visited 47 sites. Hundreds of trackers followed me.
Farhad Manjoo / The New York Times / Aug 23, 2019

Media Business

Media’s new revenue play: Sell software to other media companies
Max Willens / Digiday / Aug 26, 2019


Sinclair closes acquisition of regional sports networks
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting and Cable / Aug 23, 2019

Media Ethics

View: Should people apologize for talking to Mark Halperin?
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian / Aug 23, 2019

Newspaper News

Gerard O’Neill, Spotlight editor who defined investigative reporting in Boston, dies at 76
Bryan Marquard / Boston Globe / Aug 23, 2019

International

Boris Johnson says BBC should ‘cough up’ for TV licences of over-75s
Heather Stewart / The Guardian / Aug 25, 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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