Gayle King’s interview with R. Kelly has been described as a master class for journalists. This week, an analysis of her questions, her body language, and the discussion the conversation created.
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Arianna Davis, The Oprah Magazine: “’I never thought R. Kelly was going to hit me,” Gayle King reveals of her volatile interview”
Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times: “How Gayle King kept her cool during the R. Kelly interview”
James Poniewozik, New York Times: “On CBS, R. Kelly was trapped in the camera eye”
Claudia Koerner, BuzzFeed: “People are praising Gayle King for keeping her cool while interviewing R. Kelly”
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Nicole Sands, People: “Gayle King commended for leading a ‘master class in poise’ during raucous R. Kelly interview”
KDRV-TV: “Here’s what Gayle King was thinking during the R. Kelly interview”
Amy Russo, HuffPost: “R. Kelly’s publicist says meltdown during interview with Gayle King helped singer”
Paper fights state’s anti-BDS law
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Vice News: “This Arkansas newspaper is fighting the state’s anti-BDS law”
Lindsey Millar, Arkansas Times: “’Vice News’ reports on Arkansas Times’ anti-boycott pledge lawsuit”
Nick Meyer, The Arab American News: “Arkansas newspaper suing state over anti-BDS law”
Ben Kesslen, NBC News: “Publisher embroiled in legal battle with Arkansas over law banning Israel boycotts”
Sunshine Week
Sunshine Week: “It’s your right to know”
David Bauder & David A. Lieb, Associated Press: “Decline in readers, ads leads hundreds of newspapers to fold”
Michael Casey, Associated Press: “Loss of local news hinders ability to watchdog government”
Alan D. Miller, Columbus Dispatch: “Alan Miller: ‘Sunshine Week’ time to reflect on news, open government”
Jerry Zremski, The Buffalo News: “How the nation’s media shed light on wrongdoing in 2018”
Pivot to privacy
Mark Zukerberg, Facebook: “A privacy-focused vision for social networking”
Kurt Wagner, Re/Code: “This could be the beginning of the end for Facebook’s social network”
Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Journalism Lab: “If Facebook goes private, where will the misinformation go?”
Nicholas Thompson, Wired: “Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s future and what scares him most”
Kurt Wagner, Re/Code: “Mark Zuckerberg believes Facebook’s future is private messaging”
Matthew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review: “Facebook says the future is private messaging, not public posts”
Saudi wife-tracking app
Matthew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review: “Google, Apple, and the Saudi wife-tracking app”
Lucas Laursen, Fortune: “’Facilitating Saudi patriarchy:’ Apple and Google blasted for carrying app where Saudi men track wives”
Hamza Shaban, Washington Post: “Critics call on Apple and Google to shut down Saudi app that can restrict women’s travel”
Williams Pelegrin, Android Authority: “Google says an app that tracks Saudi women’s whereabouts doesn’t violate its terms”
DNC shuts Fox News out of debates
Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “Chris Wallace of Fox News calls Democrats’ debate ban ‘shortsighted’”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “Democratic National Committee rejects Fox News for debates, citing New Yorker article”
Jane Mayer, The New Yorker: “The making of the Fox News White House”
Joe Concha, The Hill: “Why DNC barring Fox News from debates hurts party candidates”
Internet’s happiest day
Victor Luckerson, The Ringer: “What was the happiest day on the internet this decade?”