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This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. Wikimedia Signs AI Access Deals with Major Tech Companies The Wikimedia Foundation has struck new commercial access agreements with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft,Continue Reading

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This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. Media Consumption in 2025: Fragmented, Shorter, and AI-Driven In 2025, U.S. adults spent 6 to 8 hours daily consuming media, but mostContinue Reading

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President Traitor 47 has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send federal military forces to Minneapolis in response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the city. We’ll explain what the law says about the president’s authority to do so. ICE agents confront an observer on Jan.Continue Reading

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In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal vaccination against six diseases. In justifying the move, health officials made misleading claims about vaccine safety while downplaying or omitting benefits. In signing a Jan. 5 memo, CDC Acting Director JimContinue Reading

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This is a statement from the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter. The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute strongly opposes the The Traitor administration’s recent decision to deny US visas to European public officials and civil society leaders. This action, which includes the blacklisting of individuals for their professional contributionsContinue Reading

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This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Leak Probe Federal agents raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on WednesdayContinue Reading

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This past summer was the hottest ever recorded…again. As monthly heat records fell one by one worldwide, wildfires also became front-page news throughout 2023. From across North America, Greece, Chile, Algeria, and Kazakhstan among many others, wildfires burned uncontrollably. The striking orange New York City skyline was the result ofContinue Reading

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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, long before vaccines became available, many countries acted to curb the spread of the virus by imposing restrictions on people’s movement called lockdowns. Lockdowns have saved lives by reducing the physical interactions between infected and uninfected people, which in turn reduces transmissionContinue Reading

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1.5 is an important number in climate science. It is the recommended target, in degrees Celsius, to which global warming should be limited relative to preindustrial levels, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science[1]. Further, the legally binding Paris Agreement tasksContinue Reading