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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, file photo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s headquarters stands in Hunt Valley, Md. Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the nation's largest local TV station operators, announced Monday, May 8, 2017, that it will pay about $3.9 billion for Tribune Media, adding more than 40 stations including KTLA in Los Angeles, WPIX in New York and WGN in Chicago. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)
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Video reveals power of Sinclair, as local news anchors recite script in unison

One company. One script. Many, many voices.

8 years ago

Chief Executive of Cambridge Analytica (CA) Alexander Nix
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5 new accelerants for the raging Trumpster fire

What's fueling the Trumpster fire this week? Cambridge Analytica, the Kremlin, the extramarital ladies, Fox News, and Millennial women.

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Internet activist Lyudmila Savchuk spent two months working in a
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Meet the activist who uncovered the Russian troll factory named in the Mueller probe

Internet activist Lyudmila Savchuk spent two months working undercover at the troll factory in 2015, creating fake social media accounts and writing blog posts.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Lawmakers want action! on tax-credit measure encouraging film, TV production in N.J.

New Jersey lawmakers are considering a measure that would provide tax credits of $75 million a year for film productions and $10 million for digital media content.

8 years ago

With examples of Russian-created Facebook pages behind him, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., questions witnesses during a 2017 Senate hearing on Russian-backed ads on social media in the 2016 election. Now, the Federal Election Commission is looking into increasing disclosure requirements for online ads. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Long-divided Federal Election Commission unites on digital ad transparency

The FEC, better known for deadlocks than decisions, has unanimously agreed to take a first step against anonymous political advertising on the internet.

8 years ago

First-person shooters like 'Battlefield 3' have become very realistic.
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Community

Fact Check: The facts on media violence

In the wake of the Florida school shooting, politicians have raised concern over the influence of violent video games and films on young people.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

A Mister Rogers appreciation hour

Guests: David Newall, David Bianculli, Sherri Hope Culver Mister Rogers Neighborhood premiered 50 years ...

Air Date: March 6, 2018 10:00 am

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
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Science

EPA restores funding to news outlet covering Chesapeake Bay

The EPA agreed to restore $325,000 in funding to the Bay Journal, a print and online news outlet covering environmental issues related to the Chesapeake Bay.

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

A history of increased African-American visibility, self-determination in ‘Black Pulp!’

The exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia continues through April 29.

8 years ago

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's closest aides and advisers, arrives to meet behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks resigning

Hicks served as Trump's one-woman communications shop during his winning campaign and has remained one of his most trusted aides.

8 years ago

Alim Smith
Speak Easy
Community

Black consciousness has been hacked

A lot of black people are in a space where we have the spirit, the soul, and all that it takes to override oppression, but it means nothing if we don’t believe it.

8 years ago

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Money

Challenge to Murdoch: Comcast also bids for Sky

Comcast's CEO, Brian Roberts, said his company would use Sky as a platform to grow in Europe.

8 years ago

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Courts & Law

‘The Post’ renews attention for Pentagon Papers ruling

Much of the movie focuses on the Washington Post's decision to publish the papers after a federal court injunction against the Times, which broke the story.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at an event at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 2, 2018. (Jose Luis Mag/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

As Washington gears up to tackle foreign influence, how effective can it be?

Sessions announced a "Cyber-Digital Task Force" within the DOJ to combat the "malicious use of technology," which he said "poses an unprecedented threat against our nation."

8 years ago

NPR's newsroom during election coverage on Nov. 8, 2016.
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Community

Report detailing harassment at NPR cites ‘high level of distrust’ of management

Concerns about misconduct were reportedly flagged throughout Oreskes' two-and-a-half year tenure at the network right up to the day he was fired.

8 years ago

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