Media and politics reporter • jclara.chan@thewrap.com • Twitter: @jclarachan
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Burning Man Festival Canceled This Year Due to COVID
The festival would have taken place from August 26 to Sept. 3 in Nevada
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Triller Files $100 Million Lawsuit Over Piracy of Jake Paul Fight
Lawsuit claims 12 online sites illegally streamed PPV fight between YouTuber Jake Paul and MMA fighter Ben Askren
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Washington Post Fact-Checker: Trump Made 7 Times More ‘False or Misleading’ Claims Than Biden in First 100 Days
Trump made 511 such claims in first 100 days, while Biden has made 67
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Native American Nonprofit Calls on CNN to Fire Rick Santorum: ‘Reckless and Irresponsible’
“Rick Santorum is fueling white supremacy by erasing the history of Native peoples,” Crystal Echo Hawk, the founder of IllumiNative, says
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How the Nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune Became a ‘150-Year-Old Startup’
“The time was ripe. COVID had blown everything up,” Tribune’s executive vice president tells TheWrap
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NY Times Rebrands ‘Op-Eds’ as ‘Guest Essays’: ‘We Are Striving to Be Far More Inclusive’
“It is a relic of an older age and an older print newspaper design,” the Times’ opinion editor says of the term “op-ed”
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Substack Offered 6-Figure Advances to NY Times’ Liz Bruenig, Taylor Lorenz (Report)
The newsletter company has previously courted high-profile Times journalists
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Ghislaine Maxwell Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Sex Trafficking a 14-Year-Old
The Jeffrey Epstein associate made her first in-person court appearance since 2020 arrest
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Orlando Sentinel Op-Ed Roasted for Arguing ‘Wokeness’ Is Ruining Disney World Rides
A “Christian and conservative Republican” Disney fan says changes to Splash Mountain, Jungle Cruise and Pirates of the Caribbean rides make him feel “excluded”
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Jake Paul Faces New Accusations of Sexual Misconduct, Emotional Abuse by Former Collaborators
“Jake should not be getting any money from investors from the things he’s done in the past,” a former Team 10 member tells The New York Times
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LeBron James Deletes Tweet Saying ‘You’re Next’ to Officer Who Shot Ma’Khia Bryant
“I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police,” NBA star says
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Tucker Carlson’s College Yearbook Says He Belonged to Club for Harvey Milk’s Murderer
He also referenced the Jesse Helms Foundation, named for the staunchly anti-gay conservative senator
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Nancy Pelosi Bizarrely Thanks George Floyd ‘for Sacrificing Your Life for Justice’ (Video)
Pelosi’s remarks come after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three murder and manslaughter charges
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Derek Chauvin Found Guilty in George Floyd Murder Trial on All Counts
After three weeks of testimony, the jury returned a verdict in the former Minneapolis police officer’s trial for the death of George Floyd
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Simon & Schuster President Commits to Publishing Mike Pence Books Despite Staffers’ Demands
“We come to work each day to publish, not cancel, which is the most extreme decision a publisher can make,” Jonathan Karp tells staff
