How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town
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How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines With its horse-trodden roads, endless fields of almond blossoms and cowboy heritage, the 20,000 person town of Oakdale, Calif., fits the American West of imagination. And for decades, its media diet was classically all-American, too. Nightly news broadcasts played on living room televisions….

Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94
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Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Max Frankel, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy and rose to pinnacles of American journalism as a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times and later as its executive editor during eight years of changing fortunes and technology, died on Sunday…

In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own
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In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Makoto Watanabe has never forgotten the day when his previous employer, one of Japan’s biggest newspapers, retreated from its biggest investigative scoop about the Fukushima nuclear disaster: that workers had fled the plant against orders from the plant’s manager. It was 11 years…

Bezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit
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Bezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, is exiting as the newspaper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, said the section’s focus would narrow to defend “personal liberties and free markets.” “I am of America and for America, and proud to be so,” Mr. Bezos said….

A Storied Newspaper Prepares to Print Its Own Obituary
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A Storied Newspaper Prepares to Print Its Own Obituary

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In its heyday, The Star-Ledger, New Jersey’s longtime paper of record, boasted the nation’s largest State House bureau, an enviable circulation and enough editorial clout to alter the trajectory of the region’s defining infrastructure projects and environmental preservation efforts. Reporters were well paid…

Prince Harry Agrees to Settlement as Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Offer Full Apology
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Prince Harry Agrees to Settlement as Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Offer Full Apology

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prince Harry’s lawyer announced on Wednesday that he had reached a settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers over accusations of unlawful information gathering — an abrupt end to a case that Harry had cast as a last chance to hold the tabloids…

Prince Harry’s Suit Against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Set to Start
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Prince Harry’s Suit Against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Set to Start

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prince Harry will get his long-awaited day in court against Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids on Monday, as his lawsuit against News Group Newspapers for unlawful gathering of private information finally goes on trial in London. Harry himself is not expected to take the…

The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.
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The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While many of Mr. Musk’s posts, particularly those on grooming gangs, originated in the ecosystem of far-right bloggers and activists, they are also tempting to mainstream politicians in search of a cudgel to use against their opponents. And they appeal to editors and…