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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
January 08, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   News outlets vow to cover Iran conflict with lessons learned from Iraq War, a look at how TV networks advertise around hard news, and CNN settles lawsuit brought by Nicholas Sandmann. 
Top Stories

Can the media manage the Iran narrative?
Michael Calderone / Politico / Jan 7, 2020


TV networks put harder sell behind hard news as 2020 election draws closer (EXCLUSIVE)
Brian Steinberg / Variety / Jan 7, 2020


CNN settles lawsuit brought by Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann
Jack Crowe / National Review / Jan 7, 2020

Press & Government

The White House wages war on transparency: Iran edition
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / Jan 8, 2020

Television News

Are you a journalist first or an American first? With conflict looming, an old question about patriotism is raised anew.
Paul Farhi / The Washington Post / Jan 7, 2020

Social Media

Don’t tilt scales against Trump, Facebook executive warns
Mike Isaac, Sheera Frenkel, Kevin Roose / The New York Times / Jan 7, 2020


People are spreading false and unverified information about Iran’s missile attack on US bases in Iraq. Don’t be fooled.
Craig Silverman, Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed / Jan 7, 2020

Newspaper News

USA Today tests bilingual content with new series
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / Jan 7, 2020

Media Ethics

View: Bots are destroying political discourse as we know it
Bruce Schneier / The Atlantic / Jan 7, 2020

International

Bots and trolls spread false arson claims in Australian fires ‘disinformation campaign’
Christopher Knaus / The Guardian / Jan 7, 2020


Kuwait says its news agency’s Twitter account was hacked, posted false story on US troops withdrawing
Greg Norman / Fox News / Jan 8, 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, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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