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- New cottage industry: fact checking The Donald
Philip Bump was tasked by the Washington Post to fact-check Trump’s Tuesday speech. It’s amazing he didn’t collapse from exhaustion given the bogus nature of much of what he heard. (Washington Post) But, no surprise, Bill O’Reilly was impressed (Mediaite), while Stephen Colbert offered a somewhat amusing takedown well in advance of his new CBS showing premiering. (Stephen Colbert)
- Roger Ailes is reporting to whom?
The Fox News chieftain told Variety last week that he would continue to report to Rupert Murdoch even after dad turned most of the reins over to his sons, James and Lachlan. (Variety) On Tuesday Fox said he would report to the sons after big changes July 1. “While he will no longer report to Rupert Murdoch, the two will continue their close relationship, the company said.” We think he should report to all three. That would be fair and balanced. (Bloomberg)
- Indiana mayor’s op-ed: I’m gay
The mayor of South Bend, home of the University of Notre Dame, used a newspaper op-ed to say he’s gay. (South Bend Tribune) Why now? He said later in the day it was the “right time.” The mayor is a Democrat and the county party chief predicts it will be a “non-issue” for voters. (WNDU-TV)
- Bloomberg’s D.C. politics: invention or reinventing the wheel?
Goliath Bloomberg News says it’s launching a campaign financing reporting operation in Washington. (Poynter) It comes amid ample internal disarray and the exit from the bureau of a key editor and reporters.(Politico)
- Is survival of George Stephanopoulos partly a function of economics?
For sure, there may be corporate spinelessness amid his ignominiously belated disclosure of donations to the Clinton Foundation. But what about the big interviews with Republicans then snared by the ABC anchor? Yes, they know his ideology but the GOP bigshots “want big play on the precious few broadcast networks, and ABC News — whoever’s doing the anchoring — is, well, a broadcast network.” (Washington Post)
- AP Saved by Facebook, Twitter
Due to technical glitches, the Associated Press wire was down for over three hours Tuesday. Spokesman Paul Colford told us that urgent news during that span was posted on their Facebook page and tweeted by the main @AP account (5.3M followers). So they kept big stories moving and sent others out when they returned to fulltime action. (Poynter)
- The mess of government media
Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty have all been troubled for a long time, their good works often obscured by strategic disarray. The Obama administration hasn’t really made them a priority, while a key congressman has his own agenda. Now the relationship between the congressman and a curious real estate executive gives pause as it underscores how in Washington the lawful can be quite unseemly. (Daily Beast)
- Editor of first black daily “pulled a Rachel Dolezal”
Amid the Dolezal hoopla, we learn that the first editor of the New Orleans Tribune “was actually a Belgian immigrant named Jean-Charles Houzeau who took advantage of his dark skin and French name to pass himself off as one of New Orleans’s many light-skinned black Creoles.” (Vox)
- Front page of the day, curated by Seth Liss.
Lots of great covers of the Warriors’ NBA victory, but it was hard not to go with the Daily News cover which was all over Twitter last night.
(Courtesy of en.kiosko.net)
- Job moves, edited by Benjamin Mullin
Arianna Jones will be communications manager for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. She is a producer for “The Ed Show.” (TV Newser) | Jonathan Kaufman will be director of Northeastern University’s School of Journalism. He is an executive editor at Bloomberg. (Boston Globe) | Erica Winograd will be head of development at Vox Entertainment. She was executive director of digital content at Fremantle Media North America. (The Hollywood Reporter) | Francesco Guerrera is leaving The Wall Street Journal. He is financial editor there. (Talking Biz News) | Josh Gallu will lead Bloomberg’s new campaign finance reporting team. He covers SEC enforcement there. (Poynter) | Job of the day: Mashable is looking for a cybersecurity reporter. Get your résumés in! (Mediagazer) | Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org.
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