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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
August 17, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:  Newsweek apologizes for Harris op-ed, a look at the independent local media covering the protests in Portland, Oregon, and media companies look to launch streaming services.
Top Stories

Newsweek apologized for an op-ed questioning Kamala Harris’ eligibility to be vice president, saying it was being used ‘to perpetuate racism and xenophobia’
Travis Clark / Business Insider / Aug 16, 2020


Portland’s independent journalists team up to cover the front lines
Deborah Bloom / Columbia Journalism Review / Aug 14, 2020


Media giants look abroad to build next round of streaming services
Sara Fischer / Axios / Aug 14, 2020

Election 2020

As Democrats kick off their convention, how 1 network is handling it
David Folkenflik / NPR / Aug 17, 2020


View: Stop asking how Trump is ‘defining’ Biden and Harris
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / Aug 17, 2020

Press & Government

Two sites that amplify hoaxes given special treatment at Trump’s briefings despite restrictions
Paul Farhi / The Washington Post / Aug 14, 2020

Media Ethics

View: An inland hurricane tore through Iowa. You probably didn’t hear about it.
Lyz Lenz / The Washington Post / Aug 14, 2020

About Misinformation

QAnon has infiltrated the Hollywood rumor mill
Kate Knibbs / Wired / Aug 14, 2020


View: Killing the truth
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone / Aug 16, 2020

International

Google says Australian law would put search and YouTube at risk
BBC / Aug 17, 2020


‘The press has to go on’: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai defies Beijing
Helen Davidson / The Guardian / Aug 14, 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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