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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
October 01, 2020

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In Today's news:   Chris Wallace expresses disappointment in Tuesday’s debate, viewership for first presidential debate of 2020 down from 2016, and The New York Times will re-report podcast series after one of main characters arrested for falsifying his story.
Top Stories

‘I did as well as I could’: Moderator Chris Wallace talks Trump-Biden debate




Over 73 million people watched the first debate on TV




NYT will ‘re-report’ blockbuster podcast after main character’s terrorism hoax charges



Election 2020

Debates commission plans to cut off mics if Trump or Biden break rules



Press & Government

Drudge Report, a Trump ally in 2016, stops boosting him for 2020




Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren drop out of The New Yorker Festival in solidarity with magazine’s union




Six senior Trump admin officials file whistleblower complaint over Voice of America CEO




View: Last night was the logical endpoint of debates in America



Social Media

Facebook removes Trump campaign ads with misleading claims about refugees




TikTok launches in-app voting guide for 2020 election



Local News

Will Congress intervene in the local news crisis?



Media Ethics

How a viral tweet led to a sensitive story on family, race and America




How do you become part of a newsroom when no one’s in it?



 

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.