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September 11, 2019 at 12:12 PM

NBC News says Washington Post is casting stones, plus newspaper execs lobby in D.C. and taco 'bout a journalism dream job: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline Tuesday in New York. Wednesday marks the 18th anniversary of the terror atta…

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September 10, 2019 at 11:45 AM

I didn't hear him, Billy Bush says of famous Trump expletive, plus another Weinstein victim goes public and a jaw-dropper from 'Frontline': The Poynter Report

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September 10, 2019 at 11:03 AM

Peel back the layers of Twitter with this freshly updated tool

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September 9, 2019 at 11:37 AM

They wrote the book on the #MeToo story, plus Sarah Sanders' 'Fox & Friends' debut and Steve Kroft retires: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday. Let’s dive right in with a more detailed look at one of the biggest news stories in recent history. The story that started…

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September 6, 2019 at 11:35 AM

Chuck Todd on what makes 'Meet the Press' No. 1, plus CNN's climate special and The Atlantic makes us pay: The Poynter Report

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September 5, 2019 at 8:56 PM

See college basketball legend Dick Vitale 🏀

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September 5, 2019 at 1:11 PM

A new front in the war on disinformation — A report on "source hacking" — Lead Stories exposes a clickbait scam

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September 5, 2019 at 11:39 AM

An exclusive interview with the only anchor to tour the Bahamas; plus the Arizona Republic's union tiffs and a sports reporter's happy ending: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday to you. Hurricane Dorian hovers just off the East Coast, having left behind a disaster in the Bahamas. That’s where we start …

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September 4, 2019 at 11:36 AM

Joe Biden’s slip-ups get called ‘gaffes.’ Should we be calling them something else? Plus, Whoopi Goldberg defends Trump. Kind of.

  Presidential hopeful Joe Biden is known to slip up and say the wrong thing. Are these instances gaffes? Or maybe we should just call them what they are: lies.   Good morning. Back in May, The New York Times called ABC’s “The View” the most important politica…

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September 4, 2019 at 11:02 AM

Tools to bookmark for hurricanes and other natural disasters

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September 3, 2019 at 1:08 PM

Care about the future of journalism? Maybe you should teach it

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September 3, 2019 at 11:35 AM

President Trump's Twitter didn't take Labor Day off, plus a reporter's White House lawsuit after a Rose Garden exchange

  Trump went on a Twitter rampage on Labor Day morning, ripping into the press and renewing his familiar chant of “fake news.”   Welcome to fall. Well, not officially, but Labor Day always feels like the end of summer. Hurricane Dorian remains the dominant ne…

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August 30, 2019 at 12:02 PM

The dangers of ignoring journalistic standards, plus Trump cozies back up to Fox News — sorta — while he's ignored elsewhere: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. Enjoy the long Labor Day weekend. The Poynter Report will return Tuesday morning … assuming Hurricane Dorian doesn’t …

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August 29, 2019 at 1:54 PM

Fact-checking news as it breaks — YouTube comes under pressure — A hurricane idea bombs

Fact-checking news as it breaks — YouTube comes under pressure — A hurricane idea bombs How breaking news can contribute to online subterfuge  Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The toxic mix of breaking news and misinformation It’s now a…

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August 29, 2019 at 11:42 AM

The Trump vs. Fox News tiff, the candidate who had a reporter removed, and the year's best dog story: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Greetings from Florida, where we are anxiously awaiting to see where Hurricane Dorian is headed. While we wait, here’s the latest media ne…

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August 28, 2019 at 2:54 PM

Be brave. Also patient.

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Chet Hardin had been at Metroland, Albany’s alt-weekly, for a month when he started working on a story that he’d stay with for 13 years. He knew, when he first learn…

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August 28, 2019 at 11:51 AM

Trump is all talk — for real — plus a bizarre bedbug beef and a first-rate apology: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Must be the dog days of August. Folks are fired up today. Good Wednesday to you. Some are upset with a New York Times writer, while a New …

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August 27, 2019 at 11:37 AM

Journalists: We deserve scrutiny; Bernie Sanders opposes consolidation; and Sarah Sanders: governor of Arkansas?

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good morning. We continue to decipher the blockbuster report that said supporters of President Donald Trump have hatched a plan to go afte…

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August 27, 2019 at 11:04 AM

Read this before your next tweet

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August 26, 2019 at 11:41 AM

The operation to discredit journalists, plus a bodyguard goes too far and the media's Luck runs out: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. Let’s dive right into a blockbuster media story published Sunday by The New York Times. 'Aggressive operation': dis…

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August 23, 2019 at 11:36 AM

Sarah Sanders joins Fox News, while NAHJ brushes them off, and Verlander throws a brushback: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Happy Friday. Shocking news to start the day. That’s sarcasm. There’s nothing shocking about the big media news to close out the week. …

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August 22, 2019 at 1:31 PM

The science of sharing — Twitter's blocks Beijing-backed accounts — Agência Lupa calls out a video hoax

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August 22, 2019 at 11:37 AM

Trump vs. NBC ... and CNN ... and NYT ... plus Sean Spicer is dancing over to ABC and Jill Abramson gives praise: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Another day, another attack on the press by President Donald Trump. Good Thursday to you. Lots of cover today, and we start with a confron…

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August 21, 2019 at 11:33 AM

Live from Tehran, it's Lester Holt; plus The Athletic's finances and GateHouse's law enforcement bylines: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Wednesday to you. I had a chance to exchange emails with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt on Tuesday about his trip to Iran earl…

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August 21, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Your Social Security number might not be the only one to keep private

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August 20, 2019 at 1:05 PM

Breaking down silos and disrupting tradition (with fight posters!)

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August 20, 2019 at 11:39 AM

A disgraced journalist's sources are catching heat, plus a London attack and Deadspin editor's new job: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Hello and good Tuesday to you. Let’s start with controversy over a book that won’t be out for another three months. 'We shouldn’t want (…

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August 19, 2019 at 11:46 AM

With Trump, do we cover or confront? Plus the Washington Post's internal criticism and a journalist's plane crash death: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. Let’s dive right in with more to digest from the recent New York Times staff meeting, thanks to Slate’s Ashley Feinbe…

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August 16, 2019 at 11:33 AM

Fox News and the White House's cozy relationship + Jemele Hill's smart work + podcast plagiarism: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. There is some controversy in today’s newsletter — including a media fight, allegations of plagiarism and some questio…

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August 15, 2019 at 2:17 PM

Hoaxes plague Hong Kong, Kashmir — Fact-checking Epstein conspiracies — Biden makes another mistake

Hoaxes plague Hong Kong, Kashmir — Fact-checking Epstein conspiracies — Biden makes another mistake Misinformation doesn’t need a free and open internet to spread. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. 2 regions, 1 misinformation problem As Kas…

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August 15, 2019 at 11:39 AM

Kayne West and Taylor Swift VMA anniversary story shows why the Washington Post is the gold standard, plus projects at NYTimes and Hearst Connecticut: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   One of the things I do — and love — in my job as Poynter’s senior media writer is read stories. Lots and lots of stories from all over — i…

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August 14, 2019 at 3:09 PM

Channel your rage accordingly

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. I’m still trying to process – but not get totally absorbed by – this no-good-very-bad-kind-of-crazy-news cycle.  So when I saw my colleague Roy Peter Clark’s Tuesd…

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August 14, 2019 at 11:50 AM

CNN's Chris Cuomo in the wrong kind of primetime; does a source death change interview rules?; News21 has a new project: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Wednesday morning. More layoffs hit GateHouse papers on Tuesday. But before that, did you see the video of CNN’s Chris Cuomo nearly g…

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August 13, 2019 at 11:41 AM

Inside The New York Times' staff meeting, plus the Washington Post tells Bernie Sanders off and 'McLaughlin Group' returns: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning. The major media news today: sifting through a big staff meeting at The New York Times. So let’s start with what happ…

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August 13, 2019 at 11:01 AM

We just wrapped up two years of digital tools

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August 12, 2019 at 11:33 AM

The good, the bad and the ugliness at Fox News, plus a missing journalist's birthday and the Post's shooting coverage: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. I hope you are enjoying the new Poynter Report newsletter. I continue to look for feedback so please pass along your …

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August 9, 2019 at 11:35 AM

The pundits put down their dukes for a respectful week, plus McClatchy financials look grim: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning, and welcome to the end of a hectic week dominated by the aftermath of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. Expec…

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August 8, 2019 at 8:49 PM

Meet Dick Vitale, Candi Carter and Katie Couric at upcoming Poynter events

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August 8, 2019 at 12:06 PM

Mass shooting misinformation — WhatsApp adds forwarding label — Turkish fact-checkers attacked

Mass shooting misinformation — WhatsApp adds forwarding label — Turkish fact-checkers attacked 3 things we learned about misinformation after the El Paso and Dayton shootings Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. 3 observations about shooting …

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August 8, 2019 at 11:48 AM

The mother of all corrections, plus a dream job deferred: The Poynter Report

  “It was completely blindsiding and it left me dumbfounded. Really, it was a gut-punch and I felt in the dark there, to be honest.”   Good Thursday morning. The big media story of the past 36 hours was Tucker Carlson of Fox News claiming concerns about white …

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August 7, 2019 at 2:57 PM

Are you OK?

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. The last time I really felt numb was the day of the Pulse nightclub shooting. I spent two days in an empty office in the Orlando Sentinel’s newsroom. And when they h…

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August 7, 2019 at 11:35 AM

NYTimes' headline hot water; no more 'shooter'; NAHJ bucks tradition

  “I understand the concern people have. Headlines matter. But I hope they read the coverage, which I will argue was strong.”   Good morning. Controversy out of The New York Times over five words has been the buzz of the media world the past couple of days. S…

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August 6, 2019 at 1:19 PM

What it looks like to be classically trained in leadership

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August 6, 2019 at 11:47 AM

What it's like to face an active shooter: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning. We continue to try to understand what happened over the weekend. President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Mond…

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August 6, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Here's a tip about getting tips

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August 5, 2019 at 11:34 AM

How the media did in covering this weekend's shootings: The Poynter Report

  Some devastating news not only for the journalism world, but for me personally.   We begin this week in the aftermath of the weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Here’s a look back at the coverage and the media’s role, and a personal…

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August 2, 2019 at 11:37 AM

The LA Times' editor mea culpa, plus Dolly Parton's podcast and how mistakes get in the paper

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning, and welcome to the end of what has been a busy week. The Democratic presidential debates dominated the political news,…

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August 1, 2019 at 12:42 PM

Leadership in the information wars — Full Fact's Facebook Report — Boom catches a phishing hoax

Leadership in the information wars — Full Fact's Facebook Report — Boom catches a phishing hoax Washington’s 'war' (or lack thereof) on disinformation Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Who leads the U.S. ‘war’ on disinformation?   When fo…

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August 1, 2019 at 11:47 AM

The Poynter Report

  There's no redemption for CNN, only reproach, in the second night of this round of Democratic debates.   Good Thursday to you. Another round of debates is now complete, and the general feeling, at least in the Twitterverse, is thank goodness the next round i…

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July 31, 2019 at 1:45 PM

What if we fed the beast less crap?

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. The internet, and many journalists who work on it, have this unending hunger.  Chartbeat says we’re low! CrowdTangle says this is trending! Someone else wrote this …

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