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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
October 22, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   U.S. labels six additional Chinese media companies as foreign missions, FCC lawyer says the regulator can interpret rules governing social media content moderation, and new research on how Americans use Instagram.
Top Stories

US designates six more Chinese media companies as foreign missions
Jennifer Hansler, Ben Westcott / CNN / Oct 22, 2020


U.S. FCC lawyer says agency can change rules on social media liability shield
David Shepardson / Reuters / Oct 21, 2020


8 facts about Americans and Instagram
Brooke Auxier / Pew Research Center / Oct 21, 2020

Press & Government

President Trump enjoys friendly chat at Sinclair town hall
Gene Maddaus / Variety / Oct 21, 2020


Cotton mocks NY Times over claim of nonpartisanship, promises to submit op-eds as test
Joe Concha / The Hill / Oct 21, 2020


View: The first debate was a horror. The second was scrapped. Now it’s up to Kristen Welker.
Jeremy Barr / The Washington Post / Oct 22, 2020

Media Business

How a Malaysian immigrant in Idaho became the go-to expert on podcasting
Rob Walker / Marker / Oct 21, 2020

About Misinformation

False political news in Spanish pits Latino voters against Black Lives Matter
Patricia Mazzei, Jennifer Medina / The New York Times / Oct 21, 2020


Fact-checking false claims about debate moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News
Bill McCarthy / Poynter / Oct 22, 2020


Weird science: How a ‘shoddy’ Bannon-backed paper on coronavirus origins made its way to an audience of millions
Curt Devine, Drew Griffin, Scott Bronstein, Rob Kuznia / CNN / Oct 21, 2020

Media Ethics

Ex-spy was central to Project Veritas hiring effort, testimony shows
Adam Goldman, Mark Mazzetti / The New York Times / Oct 21, 2020


NBC News, colleagues defend reporter after Tucker Carlson segment attacking her work
Josh Feldman / Mediaite / Oct 21, 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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