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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
August 12, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Women's groups will rally against sexist coverage of Harris, Facebook restricts political groups from pushing content as local news, and media mogul Sumner Redstone dies at 97.
Top Stories

Women say they will fight sexism, ‘ugly’ attacks on Harris
Amanda Seitz, Sara Burnett / The Associated Press / Aug 12, 2020


Facebook cracks down on political content disguised as local news
Sara Fischer / Axios / Aug 11, 2020


Media mogul Sumner Redstone, whose empire included Viacom and CBS, dies at 97
Meg James / Los Angeles Times / Aug 12, 2020

News Magazines

Teen Vogue’s August issue tackles voter suppression
Kerry Flynn / CNN / Aug 11, 2020

Social Media

How social justice slideshows took over Instagram
Terry Nguyen / Vox / Aug 12, 2020


Op-eds and editorials may be fact-checked, says Facebook
Cristina Tardáguila, Harrison Mantas / Poynter / Aug 11, 2020

Media Business

How the world’s biggest media companies fared through the ongoing crisis in Q2
Lara O'Reilly / Digiday / Aug 12, 2020

About Misinformation

Disinformation for profit: How a Florida ‘dealmaker’ turns conservative outrage into cash
Isaac Stanley-Becker / The Washington Post / Aug 11, 2020


A bible burning, a Russian news agency and a story too good to check out
Matthew Rosenberg, Julian E. Barnes / The New York Times / Aug 11, 2020

Media Ethics

“Collaboration is the future of journalism”
Casey Quackenbush / Nieman Reports / Aug 11, 2020

International

BBC and Sky accused of ‘voyeurism’ in coverage of migrant boats
Jim Waterson / The Guardian / Aug 11, 2020


The American blog pushing Xinjiang denialism
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios / Aug 11, 2020


How Russian media reported the coronavirus pandemic
Ann Cooper / Nieman Reports / Aug 11, 2020


Hong Kong media baron Jimmy Lai released on bail [Subscription required]
Natasha Khan / The Wall Street Journal / Aug 11, 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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