David Bauder, Ap Media Writer Updated 5:43 am CDT, Friday, June 21, 2019 In this Friday, June 14, 2019, photo, a framed newspaper clipping greet visitors entering the Stonewall Inn bar, headlining the 1969 riots that followed a police raid of a gay bar at the site, in New York. Some of the coverage of rioting outside the gay bar, like the New York Daily News story "Homo Nest Raided, Queen Bees are Stinging Mad," was a source fury that led Stonewall to become a synonym for the fight for gay rights. less In this Friday, June 14, 2019, photo, a framed newspaper clipping greet visitors entering the Stonewall Inn bar, headlining the 1969 riots that followed a police raid of a gay bar at the site, in New York. Some ... more Photo: Bebeto Matthews, AP Photo: Bebeto Matthews, AP Image 1 of / 1 … [Read more...] about LGBTQ news coverage still evolving 50 years after Stonewall
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Sunderland AFC transfer news RECAP: Connor Wickham and Jermain Defoe ‘loan bids’, Boxing Day update plus Portsmouth build-up
0 Have your say Sunderland have been linked with two former strikers ahead of the January transfer window opening. And we have all the latest news and views today from the Stadium of Light. Scroll down to catch up with all of today’s headlines. Jack Ross on his faith in Robbin Ruiter, defensive changes and Jon McLaughlin wait ahead of crunch Portsmouth trip Darlington manager hails 'outstanding' Sunderland loanee Andrew Nelson after debut brace … [Read more...] about Sunderland AFC transfer news RECAP: Connor Wickham and Jermain Defoe ‘loan bids’, Boxing Day update plus Portsmouth build-up
The Energy 202: Trump administration’s release of a climate report on Black Friday didn’t bury the news
Dino Grandoni, The Washington Post Published 7:50 am PST, Monday, November 26, 2018 The Trump administration did something over the long holiday weekend it has rarely done for most of the president's tenure. It actually acknowledged global climate change is real and its effects on the United States both now and in the future are dire. But Friday's release of the congressionally mandated report was stuffed into the middle of a Thanksgiving weekend on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. As The Washington Post reported: "Several people involved in the report said its release originally had been planned for early December, but after a behind-the-scenes debate in recent weeks about when to make it public, administration officials settled on Black Friday." If the intent of that publication date was to keep the climate report out of public view, the plan did not quite work. Major news organizations still featured the report prominently in print and over the airwaves, … [Read more...] about The Energy 202: Trump administration’s release of a climate report on Black Friday didn’t bury the news
Fake news
Headlines of ‘Fake News’ are nothing new, but changes in the past few years means that we now face particular challenges, with more of us reading of news on issues that affect our neighbourhoods, countries and immediate world through social media. Putting to one side reports about Russian disinformation campaigns, the issue that concerns me (writes columnist Steve Lane, Werrington First Independent Councillor) at the moment is the role that disinformation plays and now poses as a threat to local democracy. Its relevance is becoming not just a problem for government, but one for all of us in this age of digital communications.It is important that voters are able to choose an electoral candidate that will best represent their political views, and they need accurate information so they can avoid making the wrong choice. Fifty years ago, the only information was had by attending political hustings, or from the TV, radio and newspapers. Nowadays, it is more commonplace for … [Read more...] about Fake news
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg: “We absolutely did not pay anyone to create fake news”
A day after a searing investigation into Facebook by the New York Times, the company's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, is defending herself and the social media giant. In her first interview since the story was published, Sandberg told CBS This Morning co-host Norah O'Donnell she did not know about an effort described by the Times to publish stories critical of other tech companies, an apparent attempt to deflect attention away from Facebook. The campaign was reportedly orchestrated by the consulting firm Definers Public Affairs, a Republican opposition research group hired by Facebook. "We absolutely did not pay anyone to create fake news – that they have assured me was not happening. And again, we're doing a thorough look into what happened but they have assured me that we were not paying anyone to either write or promote anything that was false. And that's very important," Sandberg said. The Times also reported that the firm tried to tie critics of Facebook to George … [Read more...] about Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg: “We absolutely did not pay anyone to create fake news”