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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
October 02, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Google pledges $1B for journalism, California governor vetoes bill to protect journalists in protest areas and a look at media coverage of Trump's positive coronavirus test announcement.
Top Stories

Google will spend $1 billion to pay publishers for news showcase
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct 1, 2020


Newsom vetoes bill that would have further protected journalists covering protests
Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times / Oct 1, 2020


View: How the media covered the breaking and stunning news that President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus
Tom Jones / Poynter / Oct 2, 2020

About Misinformation

As QAnon grew, Facebook and Twitter missed years of warning signs about the conspiracy theory’s violent nature
Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin / The Washington Post / Oct 1, 2020


Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target U.S. voters – sources
Jack Stubbs / Reuters / Oct 1, 2020


First Draft analyzed 9,722 fact checks to tell the story of Covid-19 misinformation
Bethan John / Nieman Journalism Lab / Oct 1, 2020

Newspaper News

NYT opinion piece backing China’s crackdown in Hong Kong sparks backlash
Justine Coleman / The Hill / Oct 1, 2020

Press & Government

NAB: HEROES Act passes House with broadcast COVID-19 aid bucks
John Eggerton / Broadcasting and Cable / Oct 1, 2020


White House loses bid for new hearing over reporter’s press pass
Wendy Davis / MediaPost / Oct 1, 2020

Television News

Fox’s John Roberts claps back at Twitter followers: ‘Stop blaming the media’
Joe Concha / The Hill / Oct 1, 2020


The secret history of Kimberly Guilfoyle’s departure from Fox
Jane Mayer / The New Yorker / Oct 1, 2020

Media Business

‘Ready to spend’: Publishers are angling for election-wary advertisers’ Facebook budgets
Max Willens / Digiday / Oct 2, 2020

International

‘Great fear’ of fresh round of mass journalist redundancies this winter
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette / Oct 2, 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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