Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics say politics is to blame.
When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer in 2009, it put fact-checkers on the map. Donald Trump’s MAGA movement gave them plenty of work. Now, Meta’s fact-checking retrenchment threatens to hollow out the industry.
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist quits Washington Post after Bezos cartoon axed
The rejected cartoon featured Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Patrick Soon-Shiong bowing to a statue of President-elect Donald Trump
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Zuckerberg eases oversight to avoid Trump’s wrath
With the guardrails down, the media giant acknowledges there’s a ‘trade-off.’‘It means that we’re going to catch less bad stuff.’ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided that as owner of the social networking sites Facebook and Instagram,
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Meta policy reversal puts question mark on future of fact-checking
Media outlets around the world have been left scratching their heads over the future of their fact-checking operations after Meta's shock announcement that it will halt its US programme.
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No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg's announcement this week ... Bay Times Washington bureau chief Bill Adair in 2007, won a Pulitzer Prize for its 2008 campaign coverage. It called out politicians ...
The vibe shift of Trump’s second term, summed up in one telling tagline
The ‘Washington Post’ reportedly has a new mission statement, and it’s just one example of a broader shift compared to Trump’s first time around. Democracy no longer dies in darkness, apparently. As far as the Washington Post seems concerned,
Cartoonist Who Skewered GOP as Groomers Arrested on Child Porn Charges
Darrin Bell was arrested in Sacramento Wednesday, after over 130 videos were found on an account allegedly linked to him.
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Resigns Over Rejected Trump Sketch, Cites Free Speech Threat
WASHINGTON, DC – Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned from the Washington Post earlier this month, alleging her editorial independence was compromised when the newspaper killed her sketch critiquing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Republican President-elect Donald Trump.
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For Trump, Mission Accomplished Even Before Second Term Begins
Trump has done something no president-elect has ever done. He's checked off the top three to-dos on his postelection agenda before taking
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Will Lewis’s first year at ‘Washington Post’: Cancellations, red ink and an exodus
Subscribers and star journalists have fled the Post in its first year under CEO and Publisher Will Lewis. Now staff have signed a petition asking owner Jeff Bezos to intervene.
Netanyahu’s political survival might clash with Trump’s agenda
New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist and 3-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman explains the roadblocks President-elect Trump will face in order to resolve conflict in the Middle East.
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American opinion: Fact-checking takes a hit with Facebook decision
It comes at a time when a recent survey showed 53% of Americans say it's difficult to determine the truth in election coverage.