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Fox News appears headed for trial over false election fraud claims made after the 2020 election, after a New York state appellate court chose not to dismiss a lawsuit brought by voting tech company Smartmatic.

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  • Media

Fox News headed for trial, again, over 2020 election fraud claims

The defamation case brought by voting technology company Smartmatic against Fox News can proceed, a New York state appellate court rules.

January 11, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. in a 2022 file photo. The Facebook parent company announced this week that it will end its work with fact-checkers in the U.S. and change its speech rules after years of criticism from Republicans.

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  • Technology

Meta built a global fact-checking operation. Will it survive?

The company's policy reversal comes as the U.S. is diverging sharply from other countries over regulating social media.

January 11, 2025
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan and
  • Shannon Bond
A jury found CNN defamed security contractor Zachary Young in a November 2021 report, shown above, about Afghans' fears of exorbitant charges from people offering to get them out of the country after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.

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  • Media

CNN goes on trial over its report alleging 'black market' for Afghan rescues

A CNN story about a "black market" for rescuing people from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover is at the heart of a defamation trial that opens Monday in Florida.

January 06, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Ann Telnaes says the rough version of the cartoon she drew for <em>The Washington Post</em> , shown above, was rejected by the paper's editorial page editor.

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  • Media

A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed

Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

January 06, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Social media influencers wearing white produce content during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024.

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  • Media

How influencers are impacting journalism

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks to Summer Harlow of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and V Spehar of UnderTheDeskNews about the role of influencers in journalism.

January 05, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans,
  • Eleana Tworek,
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Beyoncé performed live at halftime during the NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on Dec. 25, 2024.<br>

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  • Television

The 'Beyoncé Bowl' halftime show was a massive hit for Netflix. The football was too

Netflix says more than 200 countries tuned into the "Beyoncé Bowl" and its two NFL games. We may just be starting to learn what that ultimately means for the future of television and sports media.

December 29, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
FILE - Greg Gumbel, left, watches as Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun talks to Butler head coach Brad Stevens, right, prior to taping a television interview for the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game on April 3, 2011, in Houston.

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  • Obituaries

Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies at age 78

Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78.

December 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Scenes from some of the most popular TikToks from the Global South in 2024: a dancing teen from the Philippines; that adorable baby pygmy hippo in Thailand; Mr. Bean makes a guest appearance in a TikTok by Khaby Lame.

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  • Global Health

Top global TikToks in 2024: Mr. Bean disciple, lip-synch for their life, baby hippo!

Scenes from some of the most popular TikToks from the Global South in 2024: a dancing teen from the Philippines; an homage to Mr. Bean, that cute baby pygmy hippo.

December 27, 2024
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  • Ari Daniel
Richard Parsons is shown speaking at Time Warner's headquarters on June 15, 2009 in New York.

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  • Obituaries

Richard Parsons, who steadied Time Warner and Citigroup, dies at 76

Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, was known as a skilled negotiator, a diplomat and a crisis manager.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Relatives and friends mourn over the bodies of five Palestinian journalists who were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say

An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, according to the Health Ministry. The Israeli military said it had targeted a group of militants.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
FILE - Carlos Watson leaves Brooklyn federal court after testifying in his own defense in New York, July 1, 2024.

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  • Business

Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media

Watson, 55, and the now-defunct company were found guilty last summer of charges including wire fraud conspiracy. He has denied the allegations and plans to appeal.

December 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the NCAA college football game between Army and Navy at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., on Saturday.

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  • Politics

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Trump's presidential library to settle lawsuit

ABC News agreed to pay $15 million to Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that Trump was found liable for raping E. Jean Carroll.

December 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Kari Lake, pictured at the Republican National Convention in July, is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Voice of America.

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  • Politics

Trump says Kari Lake will lead Voice of America. He attacked it during his first term

If successful, Trump's move would install a loyalist at the helm of the network. A U.S. judge found Trump appointees illegally violated Voice of America's journalistic independence in his first term.

December 12, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman and
  • David Folkenflik
Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of American journalist Austin Tice (portrait, left), who was abducted in Syria more than 12 years ago, give a news conference in Beirut in 2018.

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  • World

The fall of Syria's Assad has renewed hope for the release of U.S. journalist Austin Tice

Austin Tice went missing during a reporting trip in Syria in 2012. His release is a top priority for the U.S. government following a rebel group's ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

December 10, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
<em>Washington Post</em> Managing Editor Matea Gold, shown in May making remarks about the paper winning Pulitzer Prizes, is headed to the rival <em>New York Times. </em>Acting <em>Post </em>Executive Editor Matt Murray blocked publication of a story about her departure, saying the paper should not cover itself. Her decision to leave caps a year of crises for the <em>Post</em> involving its leadership and its finances.

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  • Media

Top 'Washington Post' editor kills article on deputy's departure

Washington Post Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed a story about the departure of a veteran and popular editor for a senior position at the New York Times.

December 09, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
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