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Journalism & Media
October 13, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   News organizations worry about COVID-19 exposure for staff covering the White House, Facebook reverses its policy and bans Holocaust denial on its platforms and new research shows Republicans who rely most on Trump for COVID-19 news have a different perspective of the outbreak than others
Top Stories

As Trump flouts safety protocols, news outlets balk at close coverage
Michael M. Grynbaum / The New York Times / Oct 12, 2020


Facebook reverses policy and bans Holocaust denial on its platforms
Caitlin O'kane / CBS News / Oct 12, 2020


Republicans who rely most on Trump for COVID-19 news see the outbreak differently from those who don’t
Mark Jurkowitz, Amy Mitchell / Pew Research Center / Oct 12, 2020

Press & Government

Fact-checking goes mainstream in Trump era
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct 13, 2020


View: Trump crosses the line in cheering assaults on journalists
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle / Oct 13, 2020

Election 2020

Fox News president warns of calling winner too soon on election night: 2000 still ‘lingers over everyone’
Joe Concha / The Hill / Oct 12, 2020

About Misinformation

“It’s been really, really bad”: How Hispanic voters are being targeted by disinformation
Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review / Oct 12, 2020


View: When a journalist becomes a disinformation agent
Jen Schwartz / Scientific American / Oct 12, 2020

Social Media

A conservative YouTuber thrives by pushing conflict with site
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg / Oct 12, 2020

Local News

NBC News makes first hires under its new regional reporting initiative
A.J. Katz / Adweek / Oct 12, 2020


View: Is wildfire preparedness reporting a waste of time?
April Ehrlich / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct 12, 2020

International

With thousands of subscribers, The Juggernaut raises $2 million for a South Asian-focused news outlet
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch / Oct 12, 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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