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fromReason.com
2 days ago
Right-wing politics

CNN retracts terrible post about alleged terrorists at New York City mayor's mansion

CNN retracted an X post using passive language that minimized a planned terrorist attack by two suspects who threw homemade explosives at anti-Islam protesters in New York City.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago
Media industry

The Trump White House's Fight With CNN Over Fallen Soldiers Is No Accident It's a Tell

Pentagon and White House officials challenged journalists for reporting on American combat casualties, claiming coverage was politically motivated against Trump, but media outlets defended casualty reporting as a longstanding, nonpartisan practice honoring fallen service members.
Right-wing politics
fromReason.com
2 days ago

CNN retracts terrible post about alleged terrorists at New York City mayor's mansion

CNN retracted an X post using passive language that minimized a planned terrorist attack by two suspects who threw homemade explosives at anti-Islam protesters in New York City.
Media industry
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

The Trump White House's Fight With CNN Over Fallen Soldiers Is No Accident It's a Tell

Pentagon and White House officials challenged journalists for reporting on American combat casualties, claiming coverage was politically motivated against Trump, but media outlets defended casualty reporting as a longstanding, nonpartisan practice honoring fallen service members.
fromDefector
1 week ago

Why Is Soccer's Most Famous Scoopster Doing PR Work For Saudi Arabia?

Cutting a paid promo for a state-backed organization would be disconcerting in any context, but it is especially so here given Romano's position. Taking a check from Saudi Arabia is a poor and embarrassing decision for anyone to make, but Romano isn't some doofy comedian trying to justify telling jokes in Riyadh. He's an ostensible journalist, one who consistently covers the Saudi Pro League, and who has now given his followers no choice but to question that coverage.
Juventus
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 week ago

Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

Ars Technica terminated senior AI reporter Benj Edwards after publishing an article containing AI-fabricated quotes attributed to a real person, which was subsequently retracted.
Miscellaneous
fromPoynter
2 weeks ago

How to cover child welfare - and not just the system - Poynter

Journalists covering child welfare must center children and families with agency, question official terminology, and report on systemic issues beyond crisis moments while considering long-term impacts.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
3 weeks ago

The Atlantic's essay about measles was gut-wrenching. Some readers feel deceived.

A fictionalized, emotionally vivid account of a child's death from measles was presented with delayed disclosure, causing ethical concerns and public confusion amid vaccine skepticism.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

CNN's Kaitlan Collins Rips Trump Attacks On Women Reporters Tells Press To Stand Up To Him

Reporters must show solidarity and stand up when leaders demean women journalists to protect the press corps and public perception.
#jeffrey-epstein
National Football League
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

'The man was hurting': Reporter explains her controversial interaction with Jaguars coach

A veteran reporter offered emotional encouragement to a coach during a postgame press conference, prompting debate about journalistic norms and community-focused reporting.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Kara Swisher Calls RFK Jr a Predator' While Recounting Her Secret Role in Olivia Nuzzi Sexting Scandal

Miller exclaimed. I know! And she had already been telling people, Swisher said of Nuzzi. It was getting out, right? There were too many people who were starting to know. Swisher said one person read her one of those weird poems. And there were pictures, too, she added. So then I went to work and started figuring it out, Swisher said. I just figured it out. That's all.
US politics
#cbs-news
#olivia-nuzzi
Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi part ways amid scandal over RFK Jr relationship

Vanity Fair is ending its association with Olivia Nuzzi, allowing her contract to expire amid allegations of journalistic misconduct and undisclosed relationships.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Ryan Lizza Accuses Olivia Nuzzi of Conspiring With RFK Jr. to Kill Damaging Stories Including the Infamous Bear Cub Carcass

Olivia Nuzzi is accused of breaching journalistic ethics by helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suppress damaging stories and outing a confidential source.
fromVariety
4 months ago

CNN's News, Brought to You by T-Mobile in Aggressive Ad Deal

TV's news shows are often brought to you by a sponsor. Now, in the case of CNN, so too is its actual newsgathering. As part of a bold ad deal, T-Mobile 's logo will turn up often on screen when CNN reporters and correspondents deliver live reportage from outside the studio, a sign that the telecom giant's nascent "SuperMobile" service, tailored for business users who want quick, reliable connections and privacy safeguards, has helped establish the connection between journalists and audience.
Television
New York City
fromIntelligencer
4 months ago

A Reporter Misstook 'Bill DeBlasio' for Bill de Blasio

A British newspaper published fabricated quotes falsely attributing criticism of Zohran Mamdani to Bill de Blasio; the paper later apologized and removed the piece.
New York Yankees
fromTruthout
4 months ago

The Real Bill de Blasio Says Mamdani's "Vision Is Both Necessary and Achievable"

An impersonator posed as Bill de Blasio, prompting him to deny fabricated quotes and The Times to retract the article and apologize.
fromHarvard Gazette
4 months ago

AI presents challenges to journalism - but also opportunities - Harvard Gazette

The question today isn't whether we are using AI in journalism, because we do it already," but whether "we can do journalism without outsourcing our skepticism, our ethics, and our sense of accountability, both as journalists ourselves and the accountability we are asking people and organizations that hold power to provide," said Sideris who is studying how generative AI can better assist investigative reporting as a 2026 Nieman Fellow.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

David Frum, Douglas Murray Drafted Speeches For Israeli Official: Report

This version was drafted by Seth Mandel of Commentary, with whom I've been working, wrote Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
World politics
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