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    Perceptions of accuracy and trust in information

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story According to a new Washington Post analysis, the Department of Homeland Security has released several videos of protests and law enforcement operations labeled with incorrect dates or locations on social media over the […]

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    Study: AI assistants often misrepresent news content

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story New research from the European Broadcasting Union and the BBC finds that AI assistants often misrepresent news content. The study analyzed 3,000 responses to questions about the news from AI assistants, including ChatGPT, […]

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    Media outlets including Fox News refuse to sign Pentagon’s press policy

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, joined a group of news outlets refusing to sign the Pentagon’s new press policy that prohibits journalists from gathering or reporting information not officially authorized […]

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    Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief at CBS News

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Bari Weiss has been named editor-in-chief at CBS News, network owner Paramount Skydance announced this week. Weiss founded digital media startup The Free Press – acquired by Paramount for $150 million – after […]

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    Americans’ experiences with news from AI chatbots and search summaries

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story YouTube has agreed to pay a $24.5 million settlement to President Donald Trump and others whose accounts were suspended following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The platform froze Trump’s account, blocking him from […]

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    Platforms Americans use to get news, including social media and podcasts

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television and drew big ratings on Tuesday after ABC suspended him for his comments about the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s killing. In his opening monologue, Kimmel defended free speech and the freedom of […]

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    Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The New York Times and book publisher Penguin Random House are on the receiving end of a defamation lawsuit from President Donald Trump. The suit filed this week targets a book by two Times […]

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    Murdoch family settles future control of media empire

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Lachlan Murdoch, eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, will maintain corporate control of the family’s media empire in the coming decades, according to a settlement reached by the family this week. Its properties include […]

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    Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Newsmax is suing Fox News, alleging that the network is monopolizing conservative TV audiences and violating antitrust laws. The lawsuit claims that Fox News is trying to suppress its fellow right-leaning competitors, including […]

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    How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by education and age

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce announced their engagement this week after two years of dating, breaking a record on Instagram and also spurring widespread media coverage. […]