As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place
Date: 18 October 2020
By Davey Alba and Jack Nicas
Davey Alba
A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms.
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New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts
Date: 18 October 2020
By Katie Robertson
Katie Robertson
Some reporters withheld their bylines and questioned the credibility of an article that made the tabloid’s front page on Wednesday.
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1619, Revisited
Date: 19 October 2020
By Nicholas Guyatt
Nicholas Guyatt
The loudest criticism of the Times project has been neither productive nor scholarly.
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Landslide in Vietnam Kills at Least 20 Military Personnel
Date: 19 October 2020
By Livia Albeck-Ripka
Livia Albeck-Ripka
Search-and-rescue efforts were underway after a landslide in the central province of Quang Tri, resulting in what may be the country’s greatest military loss in peacetime.
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Wildfires Grow in Colorado
Date: 19 October 2020
By Storyful and Reuters
Storyful
Evacuations were ordered in Colorado as crews battled new blazes from the Cameron Peak and the CalWood Fire.
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‘We Can’t Let Up,’ Biden Says to North Carolina Voters
Date: 18 October 2020
By Reuters
Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee for president, spoke to supporters at a drive-in rally on Sunday.
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Videos Show Long Voting Lines in Florida
Date: 19 October 2020
By Storyful
Storyful
Monday was the first day of early voting across Florida, and voters were met with lengthy wait times at the polls.
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With Covid-19 under control, China’s economy surges ahead.
Date: 19 October 2020
By Keith Bradsher
Keith Bradsher
As most of the world still struggles with the pandemic, China is showing once again that a fast economic rebound is possible when the virus is brought under control.
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Trump Team Unveils $55 Million Ad Blitz on a Day of Scattershot Attacks
Date: 19 October 2020
By Maggie Haberman, Shane Goldmacher and Michael Crowley
Maggie Haberman
The president and his campaign competed again on Monday, with his slash-and-burn remarks swamping news coverage even as his advisers used conventional levers to try to lift his campaign.
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Thai Students Defy Protest Ban With Bangkok Rally
Date: 18 October 2020
By Reuters
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters, many of them students, gathered around Victory Monument in Thailand’s capital to call for reforms to the monarchy and fresh elections.
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