The Markup, a Tech News Site, Reinstalls Its Fired Editor as Part of a Fresh Start
Date: 06 August 2019
By Marc Tracy
Marc Tracy
After a period of turbulence, a nonprofit news start-up created as a technology industry watchdog says it is rebooting with Julia Angwin back at the helm.
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How the War Against Truth Went Global
Date: 06 August 2019
By Rebecca Reich
Rebecca Reich
In “This Is Not Propaganda,” Peter Pomerantsev describes traveling the world to discover ever new forms of media manipulation.
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Trump Echoes ‘Fox & Friends’ on Shootings. The New York Post Dissents.
Date: 05 August 2019
By Michael M. Grynbaum, Marc Tracy and Tiffany Hsu
Michael
Some criticism of the president’s stance on gun control and his relationship to the rise of white nationalism came from conservative outlets.
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A Times Headline About Trump Stoked Anger. A Top Editor Explains.
Date: 06 August 2019
By The New York Times
A deputy managing editor addresses a front-page headline about President Trump that readers criticized for lacking important context.
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El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto Echoes Trump’s Language
Date: 05 August 2019
By Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear
Peter Baker
If the president did not originally inspire the gunman, he has brought into the mainstream polarizing ideas and people once consigned to the fringes of American society.
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A Suicide Bombing Shatters a Divided Family
Date: 06 August 2019
By Noor Brara
Noor Brara
In Rajia Hassib’s novel “A Pure Heart,” an Egyptologist excavates her own grief in the wake of the Arab Spring.
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Sarah Palin’s Defamation Suit Against New York Times Is Reinstated
Date: 06 August 2019
By Marc Tracy
Marc Tracy
The lawsuit stems from a 2017 editorial that the former vice presidential candidate contends tried to link her to a 2011 mass shooting in Arizona.
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Shootings Spur Debate on Extremism and Guns, With Trump on Defense
Date: 05 August 2019
By Alexander Burns
Alexander Burns
Mr. Trump’s usual methods of deflection sputtered as he faced new criticism and scrutiny for the plain echoes of his own rhetoric in the El Paso gunman’s anti-immigrant manifesto.
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Group of Hong Kong Activists Says Will Not Back Down on Demands: TV
Date: 06 August 2019
By Reuters
A group of activists dressed in the Hong Kong protest uniform of masks and hard hats held a widely televised news conference Tuesday and urged the city's leader Carrie Lam to "return power to the people".
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Factbox: Mother of Three, Army Veteran, Teenage Boy Among 20 Killed in El Paso Shooting
Date: 05 August 2019
By Reuters
A mother of three young children and her husband shielding a baby, along with an Army veteran and a teenage boy were among the 20 people killed on Saturday in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas that authorities are treating as a case of domestic terrorism.
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