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Journalism & Media
September 19, 2019

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In Today's news:   Congress holds hearing on reducing the spread of disinformation online, Lewandowski challenges the integrity of the media and denies responsibility to be honest with them, and Instagram takes steps against the spread of health misinformation.
Top Stories

Facebook, Google and Twitter face fresh heat from Congress on harmful online content
Drew Harwell, Tony Romm / The Washington Post / Sep 18, 2019


Lewandowski clashes with CNN’s Camerota over honesty to reporters
John Bowden / The Hill / Sep 18, 2019


Instagram cracks down on posts touting ‘miraculous’ weight loss
Christina Farr / NBC News / Sep 18, 2019

Media Business

View: There’s hope for local journalism
James Fallows / The Atlantic / Sep 18, 2019


Nonprofit news outlets aren’t relying as heavily on foundations — but journalism philanthropy continues to grow
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Journalism Lab / Sep 18, 2019

Media Ethics

View: Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more?
William Davies / The Guardian / Sep 19, 2019


View: Michael Mann on coverage since ‘Climategate’
Brendan Fitzgerald / Columbia Journalism Review / Sep 19, 2019

International

How China unleashed Twitter trolls to discredit Hong Kong’s protesters
Raymond Zhong, Steven Lee Myers, Jin Wu / The New York Times / Sep 18, 2019


Why doesn’t Belgium show up on the fact-checking world map?
Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter / Sep 18, 2019


Chicas Poderosas promotes collaborative journalism to highlight underrepresented social issues in Latin American media
Carolina de Assis / Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas / Sep 18, 2019

 

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, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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