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National

How Tribune Media's $3.9 Billion Merger With Sinclair Fell Apart

5:32pm August 09, 2018

by David Folkenflik

Tribune Media says it's pulling out of a proposed merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group while also announcing a $1 billion lawsuit against the conservative television company saying its "misconduct" torpedoed the deal.

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An Denver Post employee holds up a sign during a rally against the paper's ownership group, Alden Global Capital, on May 8 outside the paper's office. A series of layoffs have slashed the paper's newsroom staff.

National

A Flourishing Region, A Withered Paper: Denver Post's Run Of Bad News

2:21pm August 09, 2018

by David Folkenflik

Deep cuts threaten The Denver Post's ability to cover a metro region of 2.9 million people. A group of former Post journalists are establishing a digital rival as fears rise over the paper's future.

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Politics & Government

According To Anonymous Sources...

2:16pm August 09, 2018

Why do journalists use sources who refuse to be publicly identified? Are they as credible as named sources?

Alex Jones and his Infowars channels have been removed from YouTube; Facebook and Apple's iTunes have also deleted most or all of his outlets on their services. He's seen here being escorted from a rally near the 2016 Republican National Convention.

YouTube, Apple and Facebook Ban Infowars, Which Decries 'Mega Purge'

3:31pm August 06, 2018

Alex Jones' Infowars site accused the companies of censorship. Apple said, "We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to those with differing opinions."

African-American Model Beverly Johnson On Her Historic 'Vogue' Cover

7:28am August 06, 2018

by Justin Richmond

Johnson reflects on becoming the first black cover model of American Vogue in 1974. September marks another first in the magazine's 126-year history: the cover photographer will be African-American.

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A pair of lawsuits against Fox News had been inspired by the events leading up to a discredited story over the killing of a young Democratic Party aide. The story had to be retracted.

Judge Dismisses Suits Against Fox News Over Seth Rich Story

6:23pm August 03, 2018

by David Folkenflik

A pair of lawsuits against Fox News had been inspired by the events leading up to a discredited story over the killing of a young Democratic Party aide. The story had to be retracted.

Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto was released from his second detention in El Paso, Texas last week, just hours before a federal judge's deadline for the government to produce documents justifying the detention.

National

Mexican Journalist Released, Awaits Asylum Appeal

2:02pm August 03, 2018

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto has been released from months of detention after a judge found credible cause that his First Amendment rights had been violated.

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National

'This One Was Different,' Reporter Covering Carr Fire Says

6:43am August 03, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to David Benda of the Redding Record Searchlight about reporters at the northern California newspaper covering a massive wildfire there — despite many being evacuated themselves.

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Mental Illness: [Enter Stage Right]

4:35pm August 02, 2018

With the success of shows like "Dear Evan Hansen," Broadway's latest trend puts mental health challenges center stage.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in Watford, England in 2013.

Music & Culture

Spotify Pulls Some Alex Jones Podcast Episodes

4:13pm August 02, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Citing its hate speech policy, Spotify has pulled episodes of the prominent conspiracy theorist's show. But it won't specify which episodes were deleted, or how many.