Did Hillary Clinton clinch the nomination for president on Monday? Some media outlets say she did. Others say not quite. Why the confusion?
Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “Why the AP called it for Clinton”
Brian Stelter, CNN Money: “Why the media were ready to call Clinton the ‘presumptive nominee’”
Amy Chozick and Patrick Healy, New York Times: “Hillary Clinton has clinched Democratic nomination, survey reports”
Gabriel Debendetti, POLITICO: “Clinton clinches Democratic nomination”
BuzzFeed gives up $1.3M over Trump
Joe Uchill, The Hill: “BuzzFeedcancels $1.3M in GOP ads over Trump”
Roger Yu, USA Today: “’BuzzFeedrefuses Donald Trump ads”
Megan Carpenter, The Guardian: “BuzzFeedcancelling RNC ads masks the issue: sponsored content for politicians”
Hadas Gold, Mike Allen & Alex Spence, POLITICO: “BuzzFeedpulls out of $1.3M advertising deal with RNC over Donald Trump”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “BuzzFeedto RNC: We don’t want your money, because Trump”
Kelly McBride & Benjamin Mullin, Poynter: “Ask the ethicist: Should BuzzFeed turn down ads for Donald Trump?”
No straight answers
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Callum Borchers, Washington Post: “Jake Tapper asked Donald Trump if his judge attack was racist – then followed up 23 times”
Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter: “Why CNN’s fact-checking chyron is a bit deal – and why it isn’t”
David Mack, BuzzFeed: “We spoke to the family in this Trump tweet and they’re not happy”
Dylan Byers, CNN Money: “Voxsuspends editor for encouraging riots at Donald Trump rallies”
Vox, “Statement on EmmettRensin”
Matthew Yglesias, Vox: “Anti-Trump rioting is counterproductive and wrong”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “What will a suspension do for a Vox editor who urged anti-Trump riots?”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “Yes, the media should cover Trump fairly – but even better, hold him accountable”
tronc
Press release: “Tribune Publishing announces corporate rebranding, changes name totronc”
James Warren, Poytner: “What’s next for tronc? Scooping up other newspapers”
Allison Hantschel, First Draft: “On #Tronc, journalism, and its value”
Joshua Jamerson & Lukas I. Alpert, Wall Street Journal: “Tribune changes name to Tronc; board is re-elected”
Kevin Roderick, LA Observed: “Tribune doubles down on the whole Tronc thing”
Noah Kulwin, Recode: “Tribune Publishing chairman: We want to start publishing 2,000 videos a day with artificial intelligence”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Tribune Publishing, now ‘tronc,’ issues worst press release in the history of journalism”
Abby Ohlheiser, Washington Post: “It’s 2016, and Tribune didn’t secure the Twitter accounts for ‘Tronc,” its new corporate name”
Jason Abbruzzese, Mashable: “Tronc: The 30 best jokes about Tribune Publishing’s new name”
Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune: “More than 40 percent of Tribune Publishing shareholders withheld board support”
Benjamin Mullin, Poynter: “Gannett says it won’t drop its offer for Tribune Publishing, for now”
Reading a victim’s impact statement
Katie J.M. Baker, BuzzFeed: “Here is the powerful letter the Stanford victim read to her attacker”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “CNN’s Banfield reads Stanford rape victim’s statement on air”
Victor Xu, Stanford Daily: “Brock Turner sentenced to six months in county jail, three years probation”
Stassa Edwards, Jezebel: “After some delay, Brock Turner’s mugshot has been released”
Mercury News Staff Report, San Jose Mercury News: “Stanford sexual assault: Jeff Rosen’s statement on judge’s sentencing of Brock Turner”
Elene Kadvany, Palo Alto Weekly: “Brock Turner sentenced to six months in county jail, three-year probation”
Ken Starr’s awkward interview
Staff, KWTX-TV: “Question leads to awkward interruption during Starr interview”
Phillip Ericksen, Waco Tribune: “Starr says 2015 email from alleged rape victim read by assistant, forwarded to proper department”
Zach Braziller, New York Post: “Ken Starr recants Baylor story twice in disastrous interview”
Kim Bellware, Huffington Post: “Ken Starr interview gets really awkward when a certain Baylor email comes up”
Skipping out on Rio
Willa Frej, Huffington Post: “Savannah Guthrie will stay away from Rio Olympics over Zika fears”
John Koblin, New York Times: “NBC’s Savannah Guthrie says she is pregnant and won’t go to Olympics because ofZika”
Don Kaplan, New York Daily News: “Some NBC staffers refuse to go to Brazil Olympics over Zika fears”
Snapchat sneaks up on Twitter
Joseph Lichterman, Nieman Lab: “Snapchatreportedly has more daily users than Twitter. What does that mean for news?”
Kristen Hare, Poynter: "How Washington Post foreign correspondents are using Snapchat to tell a global story”
