Word of the National Enquirer’s attempts to extort Amazon owner Jeff Bezos has led to criminal investigations and offered subtle hints about his attitude toward editorial control at the Washington Post.
Jeff Bezos, Medium: “No, thank you, Mr. Pecker”
Lachlan Markay, Daily Beast: “Mistress’ brother leaked Bezos’ racy texts to Enquirer, sources say”
Jaclyn Peiser, New York Times: “Why Jeff Bezos went to Medium with his message”
Paul Farhi, Sarah Ellison & Emily Yahr, Washington Post: “The National Enquirer’s tactics have been revealed. But they’re not new.”
Michael R. Sisak, Jim Mustain & Michael Balsamo, Associated Press: “AP sources: Prosecutors probing Enquirer after Bezos report”
Christian Berthelsen & Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg: “Bezos’s story spurs U.S. prosecutors’ scrutiny of AMI, sources say"
Vlad Savov, The Verge: “Twitter was the spark that ignited Bezos bombshell”
Lachlan Markay, Asawin Suebsaeng & Maxwell Tani, Daily Beast: “Private eyes detail inner workings of National Enquirer ‘blackmail’ machine”
Gregory Korte & Nathan Bomey, USA Today: “Could Amazon’s Bezos wreck AMI, owner of National Enquirer, with blackmail charges?”
Maureen Dowd, New York Times: “Daddy Warbucks goes to war”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “In a stunning blog post, Bezos rolls over a log. And the National Enquirer’s sleaze crawls out.”
Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post: “What happens when billionaires battle gossipmongers? Prepare for explosions”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Why won’t the National Enquirer publish its enterprise journalism?”
Shani Benezra, CBS News: “Saudi minister for foreign affairs Al-Jubeir denies Saudi government role in leaks to AMI”
Brent D. Griffiths, POLITICO: “Saudi official denies kingdom was involved in leak of Bezos’ private texts”
Edumund Lee, New York Times: “Washington Post finds itself in middle of the Jeff Bezos story”
Khashoggi killing report
Anne Geran, Karen DeYoung & Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post: “White House declines to submit report to Congress on Khashoggi killing”
Peter Baker & Eric Schmitt, New York Times: “Trump defies congressional deadline on Khashoggi report”
Julian Borger & Bethan McKernan, The Guardian: “Saudi crown prince wanted to go after Jamal Khashoggi ‘with a bullet’ – report”
Josh Feldman, Mediaite: “Top Republican on House Foreign Affairs Committee criticizes WH for ignoring deadline on Khashoggi report”
BBC Cameraman attacked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9OthQUVp0g (b-roll only)
Tara John, CNN: “BBC says its cameraman was attacked at Trump rally”
Ted Johnson, Variety: “BBC cameraman attacked at Trump rally”
William Cummings, USA Today: “BBC cameraman ‘violently’ attacked at rally where Trump’s stoked anger toward news media”
Jessica Taylor, NPR: “Trump took fight for border wall to El Paso – where O’Rourke was ready for him”
Matthew Weaver, The Guardian: “BBC cameraman shoved and abused at Trump rally in El Paso”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Man in MAGA hat attacks journalist at El Paso rally”
Harassment along the border
Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept: “Journalists, lawyers, and activists working on the border face coordinated harassment from U.S. and Mexican authorities“
Committee to Protect Journalists: “Nothing to declare: CPJ’s advice for journalists crossing a U.S. border”
Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune: “Volunteers, activists, journalists interrogated at border about caravan”
Former NYT editor to revise book
Edmund Lee & Alexandra Alter, New York Times: “After plagiarism claims, ex-Times editor says her book “will be fixed’”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Jill Abramson falls”
Tom Scocca, Hmmdaily: “Can a journalist as important as Jill Abramson be a plagiarist?
Jackie Wattles & Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Author Jill Abramson says she ‘made some errors’ in crediting sources in ‘Merchants of Truth’”
Maxwell Tani & Lachlan Cartwright, Daily Beast: “New York Times staffers blast Jill Abramson for plagiarism: ‘One more piece of ammo’ for ‘fake news’ haters”
Rick Edmonds, Poynter: “No, Jill Abramson, local newspapers have not disappeared”
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Ex-NYT editor Jill Abramson says she will update her book following allegations of plagiarism”
Kelly McBride, Poynter: “Jill, say you’re sorry: By not calling it plagiarism, you’re hurting all of journalism”
Carla Herreria, HuffPost: “7 things journalists should never do (but Jill Abramson did anyway)”
Bob Costas speaks out
French journalists use Facebook to harass women
Hadas Gold & Saskya Vandorne, CNN: “Top French journalists used Facebook group to harass women”
BBC: “Ligue du LOL: Secret group of French journalists targeted women”
Harriet Agnew, Financial Times: “French newspaper Libération suspends journalists over sexist posts”
