The staff of the Denver Post has an unlikely advocate: the city’s mayor. He says the city needs the Post and its staff of dogged reporters, and is helping in its fight against its hedge fund owners.
Chuck Plunkett, Rolling Stone: “Op-Ed: I stood up for ‘The Denver Post’ and was forced to resign”
Ashley Dean, Denverite: “Denver Post editorial page editor resigns after fiery anti-ownership package grabs attention worldwide – and at the corporate office”
Associated Press: “3 top figures at Denver Post, informing former owner, quit”
Corey Hutchins, Colorado Independent: “Chuck Plunkett, architect of The Denver Post rebellion, suddenly quits the paper citing censorship”
Jenn Gidman, Newser: “After scathing editorial, a Denver Post editor resigns”
Michael Roberts, Westword: “Chuck Plunkett quits Denver Post after another hedge fund attack is spiked”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Denver Post editor resigns in protest: ‘I was being boxed in’”
Jack Healy, New York Times: “Denver Post editor who criticized paper’s ownership resigns”
Pete Vernon, Columbia Journalism Review: “Another skirmish at The Denver Post costs editor his job”
David Beard, Poynter: “Censorship, workload drive 2 more senior editors from Denver’s imploding newspaper”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Denver Post staffers protest ‘censorship’ of editor who criticized owner”
Corey Hutchins, Columbia Journalism Review: “Rejected Denver Post editorial decries ‘outright censorship’”
Denver Newspaper Guild: “Denver Post newsroom statement on resignation of editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett”
Tronc recognizes Tribune union
Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune: “Troncrecognizes Chicago Tribune newsroom union”
David Folkenflik, NPR: “Under pressure, Tronc recognizes ‘Chicago Tribune’ union”
Maxwell Strachan, HuffPost: “Troncdecides to voluntarily recognize the Chicago Tribune Guild”
Comcast inching in on Disney & Fox?
Greg Roumeliotis & Liana B. Baker, Reuters: “Exclusive: Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal – sources”
Amol Sharma, Wall Street Journal: “Comcast lines up financing for possible hostile bid for 21st Century Fox assets”
Cynthia Littleton, Variety: “Comcast takes tighter aim at 21st Century Fox assets as key deadlines loom”
There’s transparency… and there’s CNN
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “CNN fights to keep internal editorial guidelines under wraps. Why?”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Florida court denies CNN request to toss defamation case from heart surgeon”
Who knew what when?
Amy Brittain & Irin Carmon, Washington Post: “Charlie Rose’s misconduct was widespread at CBS and three managers were warned, investigation finds”
Reah Bravo, NYR Daily: “The open secret of Charlie Rose”
Jackie Wattles, CNN: “How Charlie Rose could make a comeback, according to one of his accusers”
Hadas Gold, CNN: “Three women sue Charlie Rose, CBS News for sexual harassment”
Setting up Sarah
Jason Schwartz, POLITICO: “Trump blindsides Sanders – again”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Sarah Huckabee Sanders: ‘We give the very best information possible at the time.’ That’s the problem.”
Ed Mazza, HuffPost: “Bill O’Reilly offers to stand next to Sarah Sanders to handle ‘out of line’ reporters”
What the Fact?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKsB2qB_jWE
Staff, Poynter: “PolitiFact launches new Sunday morning fact-checking show on Newsy”
Falling for fake news
Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab: “People who are delusional, dogmatic, or religious fundamentalists are more likely to believe fake news”
Bronstein et al., SSRN: “Reduced analytic and actively open-minded thinking help to explain link between belief in fake news and delusionality, dogmatism, and religious fundamentalism”
Nicola Pardy, Refinery29: “How the fake news industry weaponizes women”
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR: “A conspiracy video teaches kids a lesson about fake news”
