Journalists around the world are remembering Cokie Roberts for her decades of service to the journalism profession. The legendary reporter and political commentator seen on ABC News, heard on NPR and read in newspapers across the country died Tuesday at the age of 75.
Bobby Allyn & Scott Neuman, NPR: “Cokie Roberts, pioneering female journalist who helped shape NPR, dies at 75”
Karma Allen, Meghan Keneally & Nancy Gabriner, ABC News: “Legendary journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts dies at 75”
Steve and Cokie Roberts, Stillwater Press News: “Steve and Cokie Roberts: Truth-tellers are heroes”
Book details new allegations against Kavanaugh
Robin Pgrebin & Kate Kelly, New York Times: “Brett Kavanaugh fit in with the privileged kids. She did not.”
Sarah McKee, New York Times: “Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh: A new uproar”
New York Times: “Answers to reader questions about our Brett Kavanaugh essay”
Domenico Montarnaro, NPR: “New calls to impeach Justice Kavanaugh: How it would work and why it likely won’t”
Michael Calderone, POLITICO: “Times’ handling of Kavanaugh story draws widespread criticism”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “A book on Kavanaugh has real news. But it’s lost in the furor over a botched New York Times essay.”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “The New York Times’s rocky Kavanaugh weekend”
Brian Flood, Fox News: “New York Times criticized from both sides of aisle over now-revised Kavanaugh allegations”
Ken Meyer, Mediaite: “New York Times slammed over ‘insane,’ deleted tweets about new Kavanaugh allegations”
Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times: “Calls for Kavanaugh’s impeachment come amid new misconduct allegations”
Juul ads going the way of big tobacco?
Maxwell Tani, Daily Beast: “CNN to quit running Juul ads”
Adi Robertson, The Verge: “CNN will stop running Juul and other e-cigarette ads after vaping deaths”
Angelica LaVito, CNBC: “Lawmaker accuses Juul of illegally advertising vaping as a way to quit smoking”
Michelle Andrews, NPR: “Cigarettes can’t be advertised on TV. Should Juul ads be permitted?”
HPV Vaccination Rates
WIBW: "Social media usage impacts perceptions about HPV vaccines among Kansans, professor says"
Megan Hart, Topeka Capital-Journal: “Kansas tied for lowest rate of teen HPV vaccination” (2015)
New faces on Saturday Night
Joe Otterson, Variety: “Shane Gilis out from ‘Saturday Night Live’”
Dave Itzkoff, New York Times: “Shane Gillis dropped from ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast amid criticism of racist slurs”
Nancy Coleman, New York Times: “’S.N.L.’ has long lacked Asian players. One just joined the cast.”
Nancy Coleman, New York Times: “Shane Gillis, new ‘S.N.L.’ cast member, used racial slurs in podcast”
Bethonie Butler & Sonia Rao, Washington Post: “SNL announces three new cast members for Season 45 – and there’s already controversy”
Matthew Dessem, Slate: “Andrew Yang reaches out to the new Saturday Night Live cast member who called him a racial slur”
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline: “Leslie Jones leaving Saturday Night Live after 5 seasons, Kate McKinnon to return for Season 45”
‘Friends’ for 25 years
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Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety: “‘Friends’ creators rule out reboot, revisit sexist pushback on pilot”
Scaachi Koul, BuzzFeed News: “’Friends’ hasn’t aged well”
Claire Sebastian, CNN: “Companies reap the benefits from ‘Friends’ anniversary”
Mike Jones, Screenrant: “Friends 25th anniversary celebration doesn’t actually include the friends”
Tim Chan, Rolling Stone: “25 pieces of merch to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Friends’”
Curtains for MoviePass
Frank Pallotta, CNN: “MoviePass, the game-changing ticket service, is shutting down”
Annie Palmer, CNBC: “MoviePass will shut down for good on Sept. 14”
Nick Statt, The Verge: “MoviePass is shutting down on September 14th”
Jenny Gathright, NPR: “MoviePass has officially shut down, and we don’t know if there will be a sequel”
Igor Bonifacic, Engadget: “MoviePass is shutting down on September 14th”
