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Views of the News Preview: Dropping 'Dilbert'

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David A. Lieb, Associated Press: “’Dilbert,’ Scott Adams lose distributor over racist remarks”

Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Hundreds of newspapers drop ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after racist tirade from creator Scott Adams”

Thomas Floyd & Michael Cavna, Washington Post: “’Dilbert’ dropped by The Post, other papers, after cartoonist’s racist rant”

Chris Quinn, Cleveland Plain Dealer: “We are dropping Dilbert comic strip because of creator Scott Adams’ racist rant: Letter from the editor”

Therese Bottomly, The Oregonian: “Letter from the editor: Why we are no longer running the comic strip ‘Dilbert’”

Will Oremus, Washington Post: “Musk defends ‘Dilbert’ creator, says media is ‘racist against whites’”

Philip Bump, Washington Post: “Scott Adams and the right-wing insistence on White victimhood”

Dominion Documents Drop

Jeremy W. Peters & Katie Robertson, New York Times: “Murdoch acknowledges Fox news hosts endorsed election fraud falsehoods”

Jeremy Barr, Sarah Ellison & Rachel Weiner, Washington Post: “Rupert Murdoch admitted some Fox commentators ‘endorsed’ election lies”

New York Times: “Read what Murdoch said in his deposition in the Fox-Dominion case”

Stuart A. Thompson, Karen Yourish & Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times: “What Fox News hosts said privately vs. publicly about voter fraud”

Bill Grueskin, Columbia Journalism Review: “What the Dominion lawsuit reveals about the future of Fox News”

‘Mediabuzz’ remarkably quiet
Jeremy Barr & Kyle Melnick, Washington Post: “Fox News media analyst says network won’t let him cover Dominion lawsuit”

Corbin Bolies, Daily Beast: “Fox News star says network won’t let him cover Fox-Dominion lawsuit”

Lauren Sforza, The Hill: “Fox News’ Howard Kurtz says company won’t let him cover Dominion voting case”

Outlets demand Jan. 6 video

Anumita Kaur, Washington Post: “News outlets demand release of Jan. 6 footage given to Tucker Carlson”

Deadly cost of journalism
Michael Levenson & Christine Chung, New York Times: “Orlando journalist is mourned as local newsrooms face more danger”

Jennifer Sangalang, J.D. Gallop, Trevor Hughes, Richard Ruelas & Christine Fernando, Florida Today: “Deadly cost of keeping public informed: Almost 50 journalists murdered, or fall victim to crossfire”

Al Tompkins, Poynter: “Beyond ‘thoughts and prayers’: Covering the death of a journalist in a meaningful way”

Brian Stelter, Poynter: “Opinion: Among journalists, shock at Dylan Lyons’ murder is coupled with a strong sense of ‘what if?’”

AMY SIMONS teaches news literacy, multimedia journalism and advanced social media strategies.