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Opinion | Soon-Shiong and Bezos provide fresh evidence for the downsides of billionaire news ownership
But disappointment with them should not be extrapolated as proof that newspaper ownership by a wealthy patron just doesn’t work. Sometimes it does.
December 6, 2024
Opinion | The next chapter for fact-checking: information integrity
Fact-checking needs to evolve to meet new challenges
December 5, 2024
Africa’s fact-checking community shows its growing strength in collaboration, investigations
The Africa Facts fact-checking conference drew 200 participants from around the continent
December 5, 2024
Opinion | Pete Hegseth blames the media for his controversial and shaky nomination
The former Fox News host called coverage of his contentious defense secretary nomination the ‘classic art of the smear’
December 5, 2024
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The Supreme Court is weighing trans health bans. Here’s what to expect.
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Trump relishes his relationship with the press. How will that affect his attacks on it?
In the latest episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ AP media writer David Bauder says that Trump’s strikes may be impulsive, not organized
December 4, 2024
Opinion | Most – not all – media all over the Pete Hegseth story
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