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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – SEPTEMBER 6, 2022  
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_ Tolkien fans see red over casting choices, and more hot flashes
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* CNN Moves Fox-ward
* The Incredible Shrinking Cinema
* The Future of the Internet
* A US Propaganda Operation Hit Russia and China With Memes
* Surveillance Fears Become Everyday Reality
* Big Tech Crashes Big Sports
* A Look Inside BeReal
* Racist Backlash to ‘Rings of Power’
* Fired for Reporting the Truth on Election Night
* FCC Takes Back Trump Gift to Musk

CNN MOVES FOX-WARD
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By Eric Alterman
The American Prospect

Everyone is denying that John Malone, the right-wing billionaire who
is behind the guy who is behind the guy who is in charge of remaking
CNN, had anything to do with firings and cancellations that indicate a
rightward turn.

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING CINEMA
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By Will Tallinn
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The studios formed a little-known joint corporation, Digital Cinema
Initiatives (DCI), that eventually scrubbed celluloid film almost
entirely from the film industry, ushering in the most significant
technological shift since the introduction of sound. The digital
revolution transformed nearly every aspect of filmmaking for Hollywood
and independent filmmakers alike. 

THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET
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By Jason Pielemeier and Chris Riley
Lawfare

The United States should recommit to its vision for internet freedom
by articulating and demonstrating how democratic states can address
complex cybersecurity threats and digital harms through innovative,
collaborative, and democratic means. 

A US PROPAGANDA OPERATION HIT RUSSIA AND CHINA WITH MEMES
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By Matthew Gault and Joseph Cox
Vice

Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have taken down a series of accounts
that appeared to be running a Russian-language, pro-U.S. influence
operation, according to researchers from the Stanford Internet
Observatory (SIO) and Graphika, a private research company. The
campaign lasted for almost five years, according to the researchers.

SURVEILLANCE FEARS BECOME EVERYDAY REALITY
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By Dell Cameron
Gizmodo

Captured by surveillance capitalists, Congress has spent almost five
years negotiating the terms of national privacy reforms. Many of the
compromises seemingly necessary to pass any bipartisan legislation
largely undercut their underlying purpose. Users are manipulated and
deceived in ways unforeseen and unrecognized by most consumer
protection or data security laws.

BIG TECH CRASHES BIG SPORTS
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By Tim Baysinger
Axios

After years of watching traditional media dominate live sports, tech
giants have decided it's time to get in the game by paying up for
live sports rights. The value of sports rights has been in the
stratosphere and the inclusion of trillion-dollar tech giants will
only lift those numbers higher.

VIDEO: A LOOK INSIDE BEREAL, THE “ANTISOCIAL MEDIUM”
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By Dagogo Altrade
Digg

Hailed as the “anti-Instagram” social media app, BeReal — in
which you capture and share spontaneous photos once a day — has
soared in popularity in recent months. But will love for the app last,
and is it really better for us than the others?

RACIST BACKLASH TO ‘RINGS OF POWER’
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By Richard Newby
The Hollywood Reporter

The ‘Lord of the Rings’ series’ inclusive casting has sparked
social media vitriol from those who insist J.R.R. Tolkien intended
Middle-earth to be populated by white characters only, yet this belief
is not only faulty, it misses the spirit of the author entirely.

FIRED FOR REPORTING THE TRUTH ON ELECTION NIGHT
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By Ramon Antonio Vargas
The Guardian

Former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt maintains that the
network’s alliance with Trump and other Republican political
candidates is less about ideology than delivering ratings and
fattening profits, without caring that its top-rated host, Tucker
Carlson, endorses conspiracy theories that radicalize violent,
far-right white supremacists.

FCC TAKES BACK TRUMP GIFT TO MUSK
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By S. Derek Turner
Free Press

The FCC told Starlink — Elon Musk’s new satellite-broadband
provider — that the agency was no longer going to give the ISP the
nearly $900 million in rural-deployment subsidies provisionally
granted in the waning days of the Trump administration.

* CNN
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* John Malone
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* Films
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* Digital Cinema Initiatives
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* Internet
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* United States
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* Russia
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* China
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* Propaganda
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* Big Tech
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* BeReal
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* rings of power
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* lord of the rings
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* JRR Tolkien
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* Racism
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* FCC
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* Starlink
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* Elon Musk
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* Donald Trump
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* Jessica Rosenworcel
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