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Not since Barack Obama has the US seen as charismatic and visually savvy a political figure as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Her energy, bringing her from waitress to elected official in the span of months, disrupted a Congress that’s been gridlocked for years, and her dexterity with the media has helped expand our view of lawmakers. Ocasio-Cortez...
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I wrote a story that became a legend. Then I discovered it wasn’t true.
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— Siobhán Fenton (@SiobhanFenton) April 19, 2019
For anyone not familiar with her reporting, I hope it might go a small way in conveying a little of what a tremendous talent we’ve lost https://t.co/Mljf5M2abkThe New York Times will publish a 16-page special print section tomorrow, including summaries & highlights from the paper's annotations of the Mueller Report.
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) April 18, 2019The National Enquirer is being sold for $100 million to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News https://t.co/iKeDyMCe5G
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) April 18, 2019Like Assange or not, the US affidavit is clearly criminalizing #journalism. This could set a very bad precedent for #pressfreedom in the US and potentially around the world. https://t.co/ApVecWVjOX
— Daniel O'Maley (@domaley) April 17, 2019Fascinating insights, via cognitive science, into why misinformation has such power. For example, we often remember things without recalling their source. Our biases also feed in: Memory is better at consistent narrative than accurate recording. https://t.co/QeCqp6TIed @NiemanLab
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