As Trump Flouts Safety Protocols, News Outlets Balk at Close Coverage
Date: 12 October 2020
By Michael M. Grynbaum
Michael
Newspapers and networks are wary of exposing their staff members to the president and his aides, saying they do not have assurance that basic precautions will be taken to protect reporters’ health.
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Training Tomorrow’s Newshounds
Date: 11 October 2020
By Marc Tracy
Marc Tracy
Two new books about the press urge young people to leave their social media feeds and read reliable news and information from many different sources.
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On Facebook, Misinformation Is More Popular Now Than in 2016
Date: 12 October 2020
By Davey Alba
Davey Alba
People are engaging more on Facebook with content from outlets that publish falsehoods and distortions, even though the social network has tried limiting misinformation, new research found.
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An Arrest in Canada Casts a Shadow on a New York Times Star, and The Times
Date: 11 October 2020
By Ben Smith
Ben Smith
A top editor is now reviewing Rukmini Callimachi’s reporting on terrorism, which turned distant conflicts into accessible stories but drew criticism from colleagues.
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Trump still owns the news cycle. But power is rapidly shifting to voters and the courts in battleground states.
Date: 12 October 2020
By Glenn Thrush
Glenn Thrush
Monday brought sound (the clamorous kickoff of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings) and fury (President’s Trump’s defiant, four-rallies-in-a-row return to the campaign trail), but the quiet footfalls of voters in Georgia resounded just as loudly.
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A new poll shows little change in the race since Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis.
Date: 11 October 2020
By Maggie Astor
Maggie Astor
A Washington Post/ABC News poll released Sunday shows Joseph R. Biden Jr. leading President Trump by 12 percentage points, similar both to his margin in a Post/ABC poll last month and to his margins in polls released by several other organizations in the past week.
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This week’s presidential debate has officially been canceled.
Date: 11 October 2020
By Michael M. Grynbaum
Michael
The second presidential debate, originally scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami, has been canceled by the Commission on Presidential Debates, according to a statement released on Friday by the group.
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Regeneron’s C.E.O. says its promising Covid-19 treatment must be rationed.
Date: 12 October 2020
By Sheila Kaplan
Sheila Kaplan
President Trump said over the weekend that the experimental medication he was given to fight his Covid-19 infection was “standard, pretty routine.” It seems likely it will be anything but should it ever reach the market.
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After refusing to participate in the second presidential debate, Trump retreats to conservative media safe spaces.
Date: 11 October 2020
By Jeremy W. Peters and Michael M. Grynbaum
Jeremy Peters
When President Trump picked someone to conduct his first on-camera interview since testing positive for the coronavirus, he made the safest of choices: Dr. Marc Siegel, a physician and Fox News personality who has criticized Democratic governors for closing down schools and businesses to fight the pandemic.
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