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Better Local Journalism, by Local Reporters, Is the Goal of a New Database

The New York Times ›› Matthew Sedacca

In recent years, as local news organizations have been decimated by layoffs and industry consolidation, communities across the country have complained that journalists who come into their towns and cities too often produce shallow or misrepresentative reporting.
‘Nothing on this page is real’: How lies become truth in online America

The Washington Post ›› Eli Saslow

The only light in the house came from the glow of three computer monitors, and Christopher Blair, 46, sat down at a keyboard and started to type. His wife had left for work and his children were on their way to school, but waiting online was his other community, an unreality where nothing was exactly as it seemed.
Trump’s Lies Are a Virus, and News Organizations Are the Host

The Atlantic ›› Derek Thompson

The news media today face an epistemic crisis: how to publish the president’s commentary without amplifying his fabrications and conspiracy theories.
Sarah Sanders: If Acosta can’t be an adult, 'CNN needs to send somebody' else

The Hill ›› Joe Concha

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said late Friday that her team is working on establishing "standard practices" for reporters for future press briefings, adding that "if certain reporters like [CNN's] Jim Acosta can’t be adults, then CNN needs to send somebody in there who can be."
Zuckerberg Defends Company in Friday Meeting With Employees

The New York Times ›› Mike Isaac

Mark Zuckerberg fiercely defended Facebook in a question-and-answer session with employees on Friday afternoon, pushing back against criticism of the company in the wake of a New York Times investigation into how it reacted to Russian influence operations.
After Thousand Oaks, media draws faulty line from PTSD to murder

Columbia Journalism Review ›› Andrew McCormick

ON FRIDAY, BEFORE DEPARTING to France for a ceremony marking the centennial of the World War I armistice, President Trump offered a candid take on Ian David Long, the 28-year-old who late last Wednesday shot and killed 12 in a country bar in Thousand Oaks, California.

“He is a very sick puppy,” the president told reporters. “He was a very, very sick guy.”