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Journalism & Media
January 28, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Washington Post receives criticism for suspending reporter for Kobe Bryant tweet, The Associated Press expands diversity training as a result of mistakenly cropping out an African climate activist and the Chinese government faces criticism for its censoring of information regarding the coronavirus.
Top Stories

Guild rips Washington Post over reporter placed on leave for Bryant tweet
Joe Concha / The Hill / Jan 27, 2020


Photo cropping mistake leads to AP soul-searching on race
David Bauder / The Associated Press / Jan 28, 2020


As virus spreads, anger floods Chinese social media
Raymond Zhong / The New York Times / Jan 27, 2020

Press & Government

Pompeo’s clash with NPR grows after journalist is barred from plane
Matthew Choi / Politico / Jan 27, 2020

Online Media

Congress urges Google to act against ‘dangerous climate misinformation’ on YouTube
Jennifer Elias / CNBC / Jan 27, 2020


Misinformation about coronavirus is spreading fast
Ina Fried, Sara Fischer / Axios / Jan 28, 2020

Media Business

Sinclair settles Tribune lawsuit, will pay Nexstar $60 million
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter / Jan 27, 2020

Sports News

In haste to confirm Kobe Bryant news, news media stumbles
Marc Tracy / The New York Times / Jan 27, 2020


ESPN is rolling out 500 live shows across YouTube, Facebook and other platforms
Tim Peterson / Digiday / Jan 27, 2020

International

Ministers snub proposals to fund public-interest reporting
Jim Waterson / The Guardian / Jan 27, 2020


Russia expels Japanese journalist in military espionage row
Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Tetsushi Kajimoto, Chang-Ran Kim, William Mallard / Reuters / Jan 27, 2020


China demands apology from Danish newspaper over virus cartoon
Morten Buttler / Bloomberg / Jan 28, 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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