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books Tom Wolfe, pioneering "New Journalist" and novelist, RIP David Pescovitz

freedom of the press Report: Freedom of the Press in decline around the world Seamus Bellamy

media Right-wing media ran dozens of "Middle East hot takes" by fake authors Rob Beschizza

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politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

Technology Hacking firm in India spied on 10K+ email accounts over 7 years: Report Xeni Jardin

media New York Times opinion editor out Rob Beschizza

trump Trump denies, then confirms he hid in 'secure bunker' as protests raged at White House Xeni Jardin

police brutality NYPD officers assault Associated Press journalist, force crew to stop covering protest Rob Beschizza

News List: 100+ times law enforcement violently assaulted journalists in US at George Floyd protests Xeni Jardin

police brutality Police response to protests against police brutality with more brutality Rob Beschizza

amazon Watch all these local TV newsreaders chant the same Amazon puff piece (Update: Amazon statement) Rob Beschizza

censorship Florida's COVID-19 'dashboard' official: I was removed for refusing to 'manually change data' Xeni Jardin

politics Trump blames Obama and Biden for coronavirus, again, in stupid tweet Xeni Jardin

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