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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
December 21, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Fox shows required to air video debunking voting software fraud claims, the Kansas City Star apologizes for its racist history, and sports journalists move over to sports gambling.
Top Stories

After legal threat, Fox airs news package debunking election fraud claims made by its own hosts
Oliver Darcy / CNN / Dec 20, 2020


Kansas City Star apologizes for its coverage of Black people
Joseph Choi / The Hill / Dec 20, 2020


As legal betting booms, journalists jump from sports page to sportsbook
Ben Strauss / The Washington Post / Dec 19, 2020

Television News

GOP lawmakers are showing up more frequently on Newsmax
Jonathan Easley, Scott Wong / The Hill / Dec 20, 2020


Rupert Murdoch gets COVID-19 vaccine as Fox News host Tucker Carlson voices vaccine skepticism
Naina Bhardwaj / Business Insider / Dec 19, 2020

Media Ethics

The journalist and the pharma bro
Stephanie Clifford / Elle / Dec 20, 2020

Media Business

From BuzzFeed to Axios, digital media players prepare for deal frenzy [Subscription required]
Benjamin Mullin / The Wall Street Journal / Dec 18, 2020


View: There are flickers of hope for local journalism. So far, it’s not nearly enough.
Margaret Sullivan / The Washington Post / Dec 20, 2020

About Misinformation

View: Anti-vaxxers think this is their moment
Renee Diresta / The Atlantic / Dec 20, 2020


View: How fake news is hatching in immigrant communities
Cathy Park Hong / The New York Times / Dec 20, 2020

International

Al Jazeera journalists ‘hacked via NSO Group spyware’
BBC / Dec 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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