senior media reporter, @CNN. covering the intersection of media & politics. sometimes tech. inbox: oliver.darcy@cnn.com
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New York will probe Twitch, Discord, 4chan, and 8kun. cnn.com/2022/05/18/tech/new-…
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It seems like it should be easier for people to understand that overapplying the "disinformation" label to stuff that's standard-issue partisan spin makes it less credible when applied to the truly dangerous stuff, like conspiracy theories about vaccines or election fraud.
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“The governor also announced measures to fight domestic terrorism, including the creation of a new unit…to track violent extremism online, as well as efforts to put pressure on social media companies that allow hate speech to ferment on their platforms.” nytimes.com/2022/05/18/nyreg…
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Tom Cruise says he wouldn't allow #TopGunMaverick to debut on streaming: “I make movies for the big screen.” variety.com/2022/film/market…
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Chris Licht confirms Axios scoop from this morning, that Chris Wallace will host Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? this fall, Sunday nights on CNN. Episodes will also stream on HBO Max. Licht, a morning show whiz, adds the network "will reimagine our morning show."
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CNN CEO Chris Licht on stage at the WBD upfront: We "aspire to be a beacon for the kind of journalism essential to a functioning democracy... At a time when extremes are dominating cable news, we will seek to go a different way."
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You can frame it however you want, but this effort was always going to be a lightning rod even if they hadn't picked a cringe resistance influencer (well-credentialed as she may be) as the face of it. But it's the latter that lent escape velocity. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Scoop: Chris Wallace to anchor new show on CNN
Story on @axios: axios.com/2022/05/18/chris-w…
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In @ReliableSources: the latest on Tucker Carlson, The Nation, Fast Company, Vox, Paramount, YouTube, "Star Wars," and more... cnn.it/3Ni0JIU
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Here's the latest edition of the @ReliableSources newsletter, covering everything from Elon Musk's Twitter takeover theater to Dan Crenshaw's response to Tucker Carlson to Tom Brady's future Netflix roast: cnn.it/3Ni0JIU
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GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw reacts tonight to Tucker Carlson attacking him as "eyepatch McCain."
"He's very sensitive -- sensitive when you don't have arguments," Crenshaw told me. "When you don't have arguments, you resort to petty name-calling, which is all he's really capable of.”
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More layoffs at Netflix. deadline.com/2022/05/netflix…
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"Update: This article originally stated that Tucker Carlson “went completely ignored” in the presentation. An email from a Fox News spokesperson clarified that his face did appear for a moment." hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…
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How do you avoid amplifying the killer's white supremacy message and also meet your duty to alert the public to what is happening in their society? It's a hard problem. And not new. Just ignore them is not an answer. Neither is journalism as usual. Listen to Ben struggle with it.
Went on @maddow last night to talk about white nationalist hate on the internet, how voices like Tucker are sanitizing and mainstreaming it, and how I don’t know how to stop it anymore.
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In a letter to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, Fox CEO Suzanne Scott, and Fox president Jay Wallace, Chuck Schumer says he urges Fox News to "immediately cease the reckless amplification of the so-called 'Great Replacement’ theory…"
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Lots of digs at Upfronts so far today.
— This morning we heard lots of dings against CNN from NBCU
— Just now, Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks said to advertisers at Fox's Upfront: "We know that without you, we would just be Netflix."
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—@ZekeJMiller: Do you view your primary role here as speaking for the President and promoting his interests or are you committing to providing an unvarnished truth to the American people…?
@PressSec: I actually think that's hand in hand. I don't think there is any separation...
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