Megyn Kelly’s profile of Infowars’ founder Alex Jones has run – in most U.S. cites. Did it live up to the hype?
Jack Shafer, POLITICO: “Megyn Kelly pantses Alex Jones”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Megyn Kelly and Alex Jones: “A week of insane platform-shaming”
Michael M. Grynbaum & John Koblin, New York Times: “Megyn Kelly, and network that bet on her, land on hot seat”
Charlie Warzel, BuzzFeed: “Alex Jones scoops Megyn Kelly and proves the media isn’t ready for the trolls”
Joanna Walters, The Guardian: “Alex Jones cries foul ahead of interview with ‘Medusa’ NBC host Megyn Kelly”
Infowars: “Alex Jones Megyn Kelly full interview leaked”
Julie Alderman & John Whitehouse, Media Matters for America: “What Megyn Kelly says in leaked audio from Alex Jones”
Tom Kludt, CNN Money: “Sandy Hook family members send legal threat to NBC over Alex Jones interview”
David Owens & Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant: “Connecticut’s NBC station won’t air Megyn Kelly interview with Alex Jones”
Peter Barry Chowka, Infowars: “Golden girl Megyn Kelly vs. the most hated man in American media”
Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times: “NBC presses ahead with Megyn Kelly’s Alex Jones interview despite backlash”
Emily Smith, Page Six: “Megyn Kelly completely overhauls Alex Jones interview”
Abby Ohlheiser, Washington Post: “How Alex Jones is preparing his base for the Megyn Kelly interview”
Michael Calderone, Huffington Post: “CNN chief says NBC’s marketing of Alex Jones interview was a ‘big mistake’”
Dylan Byers, CNN Money: “How NBC botched the Megyn Kelly rollout”
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times: “Megyn Kelly, Alex Jones and a fine line between news and promotion”
Spicer on his way out… or up?
Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg: “White House weighs new role for press secretary Sean Spicer”
Tara Palmeri, POLITICO: “Spicer searching for candidate to take over White House briefing”
Joe DePaolo, Mediaite: “Laura Ingraham said to be a leading candidate to replace Spicer”
Ashley Parker & Philip Rucker: “Spicer may leave the press room podium behind for a more backstage White House role”
James West, Mother Jones: “Sean Spicer’s press briefings may be coming to an end. Here’s how you’ll remember them.”
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Michael Calderone, Huffington Post: “CNN White House reporter questions covering ‘bizarre’ and ‘pointless’ briefings”
Brian Flood, The Wrap: “CNN’s Jim Acosta blasts ‘useless’ Sean Spicer”
Fox News Insider: “’He’s kind of useless’ CNN WH reporter rips Sean Spicer, Trump”
Callum Borchers, Washington Post: “White House briefings are now shorter, rarer and ‘basically pointless’”
Jason Kurtz, CNN: “CNN’s Jim Acosta unloads on White House over off-camera briefings
Mexican government sends journalists spyware
Rafael Cabrera & Hayes Brown, Buzzfeed: “This report says the Mexican government deployed spyware against journalists and activists”
Azem Ahmed & Nicole Perlroth, New York Times: “Using texts as lures, government spyware targets Mexican journalists and their families”
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Motherboard: “Mexico’s sloppy hacking attempts expose customers of $1 billion spyware company”
Eric Lieberman, The Daily Caller: “Report: Mexico has been targeting journalists by hacking their phones”
Russell Brandom, The Verge: “Mexican journalists targeted by spyware after investigating government corruption”
Mistrial in Cosby criminal case
Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post: “Camille Cosby lashes out after mistrial is declared in husband’s sexual assault case”
Sydney Ember, New York Times: “Why couldn’t the Cosby jury reach a verdict? Legal experts assess”
Laura McGann, Vox: “I believe Bill Cosby”
Sex crimes on the set of The Bachelor?
Lisa France, CNN Money: “’Bachelor in Paradise’ alum says show is not a ‘big old sex factory’”
Christina Cauterucci, Slate: “Sexual assault allegations make the entire premise of The Bachelor seem more sinister”
Jackson McHenry, Vulture: “A timeline of the Bachelor in Paradise allegations”
Rachel Desantis, New York Daily News: “No sexual assault occurred on ‘Bachelor in Paradise,’ Warner Bros. says, female contestant says she’ll open own investigation”
FOX News drops iconic slogan
Doha Madani, Huffington Post: “Fox News drops ‘Fair and Balanced’ slogan after 21 years”
Michael Grynbaum, New York Times: “Fox News drops ‘Fair and Balanced’ motto”
Contracts lock in workers
Cora Lewis & Steven Perlberg, BuzzFeed: “NowThis forbids staff from taking jobs at other news outlets”
Stephanie Russell-Kraft, Columbia Journalism Review: “I learned the hard way why non-competes are bad for journalists”
