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Facebook Fact-Checking Effort on the Rocks After Journalists Speak Out (Report)
Social network launched the fact-checking initiative in 2016 in an effort to combat the spread of fake news
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Mika Brzezinski Apologizes for ‘Butt-Boy’ Remarks: ‘I Am Really, Really Sorry’ (Video)
“The term is crass and offensive and I apologize to everyone,” Brzezinski says on Friday’s “Morning Joe”
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LA Times Staffers ‘Disgusted’ by Reports of 7-Figure Settlement and Ex-Chair’s ‘Jewish Cabal’ Talk
“Davan [Maharaj] was widely disliked before this bit of news came out. People literally cheered when he was fired,” an L.A. Times staffer tells TheWrap
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Trump Rips ‘Crazed’ Mika Brzezinski, Says Conservative ‘Would Have Been Banned Permanently’ for ‘Butt-Boy’ Comment
POTUS says MSNBC morning host “will probably be given a pass”
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Detroit TV Meteorologist Jessica Starr Takes Her Own Life
“All of us here are in shock and cannot believe such a wonderful, bright and intelligent individual will no longer be with us,” Fox 2 says in a statement
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Associated Press National Politics Reporter Wins ‘Jeopardy’
Elana Schor sealed the deal after nailing a “Star Trek”-related answer in Final Jeopardy
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YouTube Reinstates Gavin McInnes Just Days After Ban: ‘I’m Back, It Won’t Last’
“Some of the videos had nothing to do with copyright claims but were listed as such,” Proud Boys founder tells TheWrap
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Mika Brzezinski Misses ‘Morning Joe’ for ‘Family Event’ One Day After Butt-Boy Remarks
“She’ll be back with us tomorrow,” co-host Joe Scarborough says at the top of the show Thursday
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Former Tribune Publishing Chairman Accused of Calling Eli Broad Part of a ‘Jewish Cabal’ (Report)
Michael Ferro led the company during a divisive tenure which ended this year after he stepped down in the wake of a #MeToo scandal
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Gavin McInnes Says He ‘Regrets’ Past Remarks After Social Media Bans: ‘I’m Not Guilt Free’ (Video)
“I do bear … responsibility,” the Proud Boys co-founder tells ABC in an interview
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CBS News Names Major Garrett as Chief Washington Correspondent
“Major has demonstrated unparalleled precision in his reporting and skill in his writing,” says CBS News D.C. bureau chief Christopher Isham
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Mika Brzezinski Apologizes for Calling Mike Pompeo a ‘Wannabe Dictator’s Butt-Boy’
“SUPER BAD choice of words … I should have said ‘water boy,’” the “Morning Joe” co-host says in a tweet
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Twitter Chief Responds to Criticism of Myanmar Meditation Vacation: I ‘Need to Learn More’
“I’m aware of the human rights atrocities and suffering in Myanmar,” Jack Dorsey says after previously not mentioning country’s mass slaughter of the Muslim Rohingya minority
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‘Morning Joe’ Says ‘Buffoon’ Trump ‘Embarrassed Himself’ in Fight With Pelosi and Schumer
Mika Brzezinski contrasts the president’s personal character to that of special counsel Robert Mueller
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Slate’s Newly Unionized Staff Votes to Go on Strike
“We’re united on this, and we’re not backing down,” Slate employee tells TheWrap
