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Journalism & Media
September 21, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   New York Times will create a feature that debunks viral misinformation, media reflects on the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a look at YouTube’s efforts to filter out conspiracy theory content.
Top Stories

The New York Times will flag viral misinformation with a new Daily Distortions feature
Sara Scire / Nieman Journalism Lab / Sep 18, 2020


Media celebrates Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life, legacy
Leanne Italie / The Associated Press / Sep 20, 2020


YouTube’s plot to silence conspiracy theories
Clive Thompson / Wired / Sep 18, 2020

Press & Government

MSNBC: Trump endangering journalists, undermining freedoms with comments about Velshi
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / Sep 20, 2020


Voice of America CEO in the hot seat: Democratic lawmakers bear down on pack
David Folkenflik / NPR / Sep 21, 2020


We got our hands on thousands of secret documents. Let’s break them down.
Jason Leopold, Jeremy Singer-Vine, Anthony Cormier, Tom Warren, Richard Holmes, Emma Loop, Scott Pham, John Templon, Azeen Ghorayshi, Tanya Kozyreva / BuzzFeed News / Sep 20, 2020

About Misinformation

Joe Rogan apologized for spreading misinformation about Oregon fires amid Spotify employee backlash
Margot Harris / Business Insider / Sep 18, 2020


Facebook tried to limit QAnon. It failed.
Sheera Frenkel, Tiffany Hsu / The New York Times / Sep 18, 2020

Technology & News

Twitter investigates racial bias in image previews
BBC News / Sep 21, 2020

International

South Korea’s news outlets chase the digital dream
Kim Jaewon / Nikkei / Sep 18, 2020


Jiayang Fan on ‘how my mother and I became Chinese propaganda’
Michel Martin / NPR / Sep 20, 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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