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Divisive social media star Andrew Tate detained in Romania in human trafficking case

Andrew Tate, a U.K.-U.S. citizen who was banned from social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech, was reportedly detained in Romania on human trafficking and rape charges.

December 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Southwest Airlines has canceled more than 15,000 flights in the last week and has lost thousands of bags.

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  • Business

Southwest Airlines' #epicfail takes social media by storm

Thousands of cancellations, lost bags and endless lines have angry customers taking to social media to voice their discontent.

December 29, 2022
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith
Nothing this year brought home the dangers in private ownership of major social media platforms more than the capricious, often-destructive and regularly unpredictable actions of Twitter CEO Elon Musk. He is pictured above at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Germany on March 22, 2022.

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  • Perspective

Six ways media took a big step backward in 2022

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

December 28, 2022
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Pedestrians navigate a snow-covered sidewalk in Chicago, on Thursday. Severe winter weather has impacted tens of millions of people in the U.S.

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  • Weather

'Can I go back to my regular job?' Sports anchor goes viral for blizzard coverage

A video of a sports journalist in Iowa has racked up more than 20 million views on Twitter after he was recruited to help his station cover the icy storm for a day.

December 24, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
Fox News host Sean Hannity, a close ally of former President Trump, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in August 2022.

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  • Media

Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election

"I did not believe it for one second," Hannity said under oath about former President Trump's false claims that Dominion Voting Systems cheated him of votes in 2020. Dominion is suing Fox News.

December 22, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Maddy Lauria
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions from reporters at a March 29 press conference following the close of the NFL owner's meeting at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Sports

NFL 'Sunday Ticket' is headed to YouTube beginning next season

The deal with Google lets YouTube distribute out-of-market Sunday afternoon games, which had been on DirecTV since 1994. It's the league's second major commitment to streaming in recent years.

December 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A freelance producer for ABC News also gathered dirt on critics of a consulting firm's powerful clients.

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  • Media

She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative

An ABC News freelance producer confronted critics of a consulting firm's powerful clients. Her actions confirm people's worst suspicions about the news media, says a former network news president.

December 21, 2022
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By:
  • Miranda Green,
  • Mario Ariza,
  • and 1 more
Two regional utilities, Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light, hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix paid six news sites that attacked officials who challenged the companies.

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  • Media

In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

December 21, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik,
  • Mario Ariza,
  • and 1 more
Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 4. The United Nations and the European Union are among the groups that condemned Elon Musk's decision to suspend several journalists from the social media platform.

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  • National

Elon Musk reinstates suspended journalists on Twitter after backlash

The United Nations and the European Union are among the groups that condemned Musk's sudden decision to suspend several journalists from the social media platform.

December 18, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
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  • News

Georgia Today: Georgia Power rate hike, TikTok ban, Atlanta protesters arrested, rally against guns

On the Thursday Dec. 15 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia Power is raising rates, TikTok has been banned for some Georgians, Atlanta protesters face terrorism charges, and students rally against guns.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 2022.

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  • Business

Twitter has changed its rules over the account tracking Elon Musk's private jet

Twitter on Wednesday suspended an account that used publicly available flight data to track Elon Musk's private jet, despite his pledge to keep it up because of his free speech principles.

December 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Grant Wahl with a World Cup replica trophy, in recognition of his achievement covering 8 or more FIFA World Cups, during a ceremony at the Main Media Centre on Nov. 29 in Doha, Qatar.

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  • Sports

American soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm at the Qatar World Cup

Wahl, the preeminent soccer reporter in the U.S., died early Saturday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal match in Doha. He collapsed in the press tribune during the game.

December 14, 2022
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  • Russell Lewis
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, at right, in London a decade ago on his way to give evidence at a British judicial inquiry. He is accompanied by his son (and now Fox Corp boss) Lachlan Murdoch, at left, and his then-wife Wendi Deng.

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  • Media

Rupert Murdoch's turn to face questions in $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News

Rupert Murdoch will be deposed this week in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which also alleges that Fox News destroyed messages from star Sean Hannity and others.

December 12, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik
More than 1,100 members of the newsroom union at <em>The New York Times</em> say they'll participate in a day-long walkout today to protest the paper's failure to meet salary demands. They have been working without a contract for nearly two years.

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  • Media

'New York Times' editors hustle to prepare stories for newsroom strike

More than 1,100 of the newspaper's journalists say they'll strike Thursday over the paper's failure to meet the union's demand for pay raises.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
<em>Time</em> magazine's cover shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, surrounded by other individuals and crowds of protesters woven together with bright yellow sunflowers and blue and yellow Ukrainian flags.

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  • World

Zelenskyy and the spirit of Ukraine are 'Time' magazine's 2022 Person of the Year

Time honored the Ukrainian president as its 2022 person of the year, citing his leadership at home and on the world stage.

December 07, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
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