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Plus, 8 facts about Americans and TikTok; the app monitoring wildfires
☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story At a hearing on Wednesday organized by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the chair of the House subcommittee linked to the Trump administration’s government efficiency efforts, congressional Republicans criticized PBS and NPR over what’s been perceived as institutional […]
Plus, TikTok pushes back against potential U.S. ban
☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Federal Communications Commission has ordered an early review of ABC’s broadcast licenses, citing the network’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The move also follows criticism of ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel by […]
☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Washington Post announced sweeping layoffs on Wednesday, eliminating around one-third of its staff. Its sports, local and foreign desks were among the hardest hit. Executive Editor Matt Murray described the cuts as necessary for the stability of the company, citing a steep decline in online traffic amid the […]
☀️ 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, […]
☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story A report released last week looks at the first year of Illinois’ Local Journalism Sustainability Tax Incentive Program, which created the country’s first refundable tax credits to support local journalism jobs. In its first year, this new […]