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No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
Read full article: No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?The late New York Sen_ Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it this way decades ago: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”.
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CNN defamation trial comes at a rough time for legacy media — and for the struggling network
Read full article: CNN defamation trial comes at a rough time for legacy media — and for the struggling networkCNN is on trial for libel this week before a jury in Florida, and it comes at a particularly inopportune time for legacy media.
Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they're tuning out
Read full article: Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they're tuning outA lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news.
CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed
Read full article: CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believedA report by CNN's Clarissa Ward about a freed Syrian prisoner provided some dramatic scenes, but the network has since found that it apparently wasn't all that it appeared.
Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administration
Read full article: Journalists anticipate a renewed hostility toward their work under the incoming Trump administrationWhen Donald Trump takes office as president for a second time, many journalists anticipate a hostile climate toward them and their work.
Unique among 'Person of the Year' designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine
Read full article: Unique among 'Person of the Year' designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazineDonald Trump got something this year that no other person designated Time magazine's Person of the Year had ever received.
After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television
Read full article: After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN televisionFormer congressman Matt Gaetz, who withdrew last month as President-elect Trump's nominee to be U.S. attorney general, has landed a job with the One America News Network.
Still rockin': As a singer turns 80, the Christmas song she sang as a teen is a holiday staple
Read full article: Still rockin': As a singer turns 80, the Christmas song she sang as a teen is a holiday stapleBrenda Lee's memories of recording “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy now.
Pete Hegseth's mother says The New York Times made 'threats' by asking her to comment on a story
Read full article: Pete Hegseth's mother says The New York Times made 'threats' by asking her to comment on a storyA basic tenet of journalism — calling someone for comment on a story — was seen as a threat by defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's mother.