Email not displaying correctly? View it on our website.

Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
August 06, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Facebook removes Trump video containing misleading COVID-19 claim, TikTok moves to limit misinformation ahead of the election, and a look at how conspiracies spread online in the wake of the Beirut explosion.
Top Stories

Facebook, citing virus misinformation, deletes Trump post
Barbara Ortutay / The Associated Press / Aug 6, 2020


TikTok tightens misinformation rules before 2020 election
Sara Fischer / Axios / Aug 5, 2020


Beirut explosion: How conspiracy theories spread on social media
Marianna Spring / BBC / Aug 5, 2020

Social Media

“I’m out here—I am the news for our people.” How protesters across the country are keeping informed.
James Yeh / Columbia Journalism Review / Aug 5, 2020

Media Business

New York Times posts lower profit, revenue on ad declines [Subscription required]
Lukas I. Alpert / The Wall Street Journal / Aug 5, 2020


How The 19th relied on memberships and funding to launch during a pandemic
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / Aug 5, 2020


‘E! News,’ ‘Pop of the Morning,’ ‘In the Room’ canceled amid greater NBCUniversal restructure (EXCLUSIVE)
Elaine Low / Variety / Aug 5, 2020

Press & Government

Devin Nunes can’t sue Esquire magazine over Iowa dairy story, judge rules
Kate Irby / The Fresno Bee / Aug 5, 2020

Media Ethics

CNN’s Ana Navarro to host Biden roundtable on making ‘Trump a one-term president’
Joe Concha / The Hill / Aug 5, 2020


A public radio station was already in turmoil. Then its own news site dropped an explosive report.
Paul Farhi, Elahe Izadi / The Washington Post / Aug 5, 2020

International

Can killing cookies save journalism?
Gilad Edelman / Wired / Aug 5, 2020


The system is failing Mexican journalists. Here’s how they’re fighting back.
Christina Ausley, Henry Brechter, Ashley Hopko / Poynter / Aug 6, 2020


One year after India cracked down on Kashmir, The Kashmir Walla turns to membership to survive
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Journalism Lab / Aug 5, 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.

 
 
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does not take policy positions.
© PEW RESEARCH CENTER | 1615 L Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20036
No longer want to receive this newsletter? You can manage your subscriptions.
To remove yourself from ALL Pew Research Center emails, please unsubscribe here.