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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
December 01, 2020

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In Today's news:   Covid-19 vaccines face a varied misinformation movement online, Facebook News to launch in the U.K. and a look at what is both gained and lost when newsrooms close their offices for good.
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Covid-19 vaccines face a varied and powerful misinformation movement online




Facebook News to launch in U.K. in January




Out of nowhere



Social Media

Facebook, Google to face new antitrust suits in U.S. [Subscription Required]



Press & Government

View: Trump relies on right-wing cable news to launder his false claims about fraud



Media Business

‘Context really matters again’: How BuzzFeed’s HuffPost acquisition can help the combined company’s ad sales pitch




View: The future of journalism is on the ground



Coronavirus

“Whoa!” “I’m crying!” “Worrisome!” “Buckle up!” The swift, complicated rise of Eric Feigl-Ding and his Covid tweet threads



International

Lay-offs at Hong Kong TV station stoke concerns over media freedom



 

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.