A Missouri judge ruled former Gov. Eric Greitens’ use of the disappearing chat app Confide did not violate the state’s Sunshine Law because it functions similarly to a telephone. But does it?
Editorial Board, Kansas City Star: “A Missouri judge just gave the OK for more secrecy, corruption in state government”
Associated Press: “Judge: Former Missouri Gov. Greitens’ use of Confide app didn’t violate Sunshine Law”
Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post: “Missouri governor’s use of message-destroying app didn’t violate state transparency laws, judge finds”
ICE Actions & Racist Tweets
Southern Poverty Law Center: “Manual Duran, journalist who reported on ICE, freed from detention”
Daniel Connolly, Memphis Commercial Appeal: “Manuel Duran case: Reporter is released from immigration detention on bond, headed back from Memphis”
Annette Peagler, WANT: “Detained journalist Manuel Duran released on bond, case reopened”
Keith Woods, NPR: "Opinion: Report on Racism, but ditch the labels"
George T. Conway III, Washington Post: “George Conway: Trump is a racist president”
CNN: How Assange did it
Marshall Cohen, Kay Guerrero & Arturo Torres, CNN: “Exclusive: Security reports reveal how Assange turned an embassy into a command post for election meddling”
Tamar Lapin, New York Post: “Julian Assange made embassy his HQ for 2016 election meddling: report”
Kevin Drum, Mother Jones: “CNN kinda sorta iplies that Julian Assange was a Russian agent”
CIA pushing for secrecy law
Melissa Wasser & Linda Moon, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “RCFP, coalitions oppose CIA’s effort to undermine press freedom, government oversight”
Charlie Savage, New York Times: “Expansion of secrecy law for intelligence operatives alarms free press advocates”
Candidate’s requests female reporter bring chaperone
Larrison Campbell, Mississipi Today: “Robert Foster, GOP governor candidate, denies woman reporter access because of her gender”
Tom Jones, Poynter, “’Bring a male colleague along:’ The controversy between a Mississippi reporter and candidate”
Monica Hesse, Washington Post: “The ‘Billy Graham rule’ doesn’t honor your wife. It demeans her – and all women.”
Lauren Gambino & Miranda Bryant, The Guardian: “Female journalist told she needs male chaperone to cover politician’s campaign”
Karen Zraick, New York Times: “Mississippi politician denies access to female reporter so as not to ‘insinuate’ an affair”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Mississippi Today lands a big one”
Netflix alters ’13 Reasons Why’
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkT-HIMSrRk
Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter: “Netflix alters graphic ’13 Reasons Why’ suicide scene after controversy”
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian: “Netflix cuts controversial suicide scene from 13 Reasons Why”
Joe Flint, Wall Street Journal: “Netflix removes controversial ’13 Reasons Why’ suicide scene”
The end of print for Chicago Defender, Mad Magazine
Evelyn Holmes, WLS-TV: “Historic black newspaper, the Chicago Defender, goes digital after more than a century”
Amir Vera, CNN Business: “Chicago Defender, an influential black newspaper, published its last print edition and will now be completely digital”
Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker: “The exemplary legacy of the Chicago Defender”
Marc Tracy, New York Times: “Mad Magazine, irreverent baby boomer humor bible, is all but dead”
The effects of Amazon Prime Day
Max Willens, Digiday: “Amazon Prime Day shows how important commerce revenue is getting for publishers”
Kate Morgan, Forge: “How Amazon Prime Day hacks your brain”
Bloomberg News: “Amazon racks up celebrity deals on Prime Day”
Jason Gurwin, The Streamable: “The best Prime Day 2019 deals for cord cutters & streamers”
Mike Murphy, Quartz: “Amazon warehouse workers around the world are striking for Prime Day”
