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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
October 09, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Facebook bans conservative group for fake accounts, ex-officials at VOA sue current leadership, and new research on attention to COVID-19.
Top Stories

Facebook removes fake accounts linked to conservative group
David Klepper / The Associated Press / Oct 8, 2020


Ex-officials’ lawsuit says Trump-appointed CEO broke laws at Voice of America
David Folkenflik / NPR / Oct 8, 2020


Before Trump tested positive for coronavirus, Republicans’ attention to pandemic had sharply declined
Mark Jurkowitz, Amy Mitchell, Elisa Shearer, J. Baxter Oliphant / Pew Research Center / Oct 7, 2020

Social Media

View: A Facebook ban won’t stop QAnon
Emma Grey Ellis / Wired / Oct 8, 2020

Press & Government

Campaigns spar over debate plan after Trump rejects virtual face-off
Maggie Haberman, Michael M. Grynbaum / The New York Times / Oct 8, 2020


More than 57 million people watched the vice presidential debate
Brian Stelter / CNN / Oct 8, 2020

Media Business

View: Why local journalism needs a funding pipeline
Yvonne Leow / Reynolds Journalism Institute / Oct 8, 2020

Media Ethics

Most Americans see a place for anonymous sources in news stories, but not all the time
Jeffrey Gottfried, Mason Walker / Pew Research Center / Oct 9, 2020


Journalism faces a crisis in trust. Journalists fall into two very different camps for how to fix it
Mark Coddington, Seth Lewis / Nieman Journalism Lab / Oct 8, 2020


NYPD investigating report of journalist being assaulted at demonstration
Elina Tarkazikis, Michael Herzenberg / Spectrum News NY1 / Oct 8, 2020


View: What does a news organization owe its essential sources?
Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct 8, 2020

In Remembrance

Remembering legendary New York journalist Jim Dwyer
Tom Jones / Poynter / Oct 9, 2020

International

View: In El Salvador, a beacon of truth under threat
Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct 8, 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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