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Journalism & Media
July 16, 2020

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In Today's news:   Liberty University sues The New York Times over COVID-19 reporting, Facebook to add section to combat coronavirus misinformation, and BBC and the Guardian to lay off news staff.
Top Stories

Liberty University sues New York Times over COVID-19 stories
The Associated Press / Jul 15, 2020


Facebook will launch a new section to debunk coronavirus myths
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC / Jul 15, 2020


BBC and Guardian blame the pandemic for 250 job cuts
Hadas Gold / CNN / Jul 15, 2020

Media Business

NPR ratings plummet as commuters work from home
Joe Concha / The Hill / Jul 16, 2020


Slack is fueling media’s bottom-up revolution
Steven Perlberg / Digiday / Jul 15, 2020


Want to read a local newspaper on a Monday morning in Wyoming? The last one still printing is about to stop
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab / Jul 15, 2020

Press & Government

Federal appeals court revives defamation case against MSNBC’s Joy Reid
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner / Jul 15, 2020

About Misinformation

Can an accuracy ‘nudge’ help prevent people from sharing misinformation?
Susan Benkelman, Harrison Mantas / Poynter / Jul 16, 2020


Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier
Raphael Satter / Reuters / Jul 15, 2020

Online Media

‘It’s like telling a reporter he can’t have a Twitter account’: Reporters are starting their own newsletters outside of their employer
Max Willens / Digiday / Jul 15, 2020


Apple adds audio to Apple News, along with in-house daily podcast
Sara Fischer / Axios / Jul 15, 2020


Biased algorithms on platforms like YouTube hurt people looking for information on health
Anjana Susarla / Nieman Journalism Lab / Jul 15, 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, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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