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Tatiana Siegel / Rolling Stone:
CNN Probe Eyes Jeff Zucker's Ties to Andrew Cuomo — The ongoing investigation, which exposed an affair that led to Zucker's abrupt resignation yesterday, has expanded to include possible improprieties during Cuomo's tenure as governor of New York, sources tell Rolling Stone
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“This Does Not Fit the Crime”: CNN Employees Continue to Push Back on the Fall of Jeff Zucker — One reporter told WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar during a tense meeting on Wednesday that she was fielding calls from congresspeople, including a member of the January 6 committee …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN staffers grill WarnerMedia boss over Jeff Zucker resignation — The sudden resignation of Jeff Zucker as president of CNN has shaken up the troops at the cable news network. — Jason Kilar, chief executive of the cable news channel's parent firm, WarnerMedia, heard it firsthand during …
Noreen Malone / Slate:
Jeff Zucker's Resignation From CNN Doesn't Add Up—Until You Notice How It Happened — Jeff Zucker, the powerful and ambitious TV executive who ran CNN since 2013, suddenly quit his job this week. On Wednesday, he sent a memo to staff explaining that he was stepping down due to his failure …
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New York Post:
Zucker, Gollust's cozy ties with Andrew Cuomo included coaching him on COVID briefings
Zucker, Gollust's cozy ties with Andrew Cuomo included coaching him on COVID briefings
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Fox News, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Townhall, Precipice, RedState, RADAR, Mediaite, Twitchy, TheBlaze, Instapundit and The Western Journal, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
How the Fallout From Andrew Cuomo's Resignation Spread to Jeff Zucker
How the Fallout From Andrew Cuomo's Resignation Spread to Jeff Zucker
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The Western Journal, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Washington Post
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Inside the CNN Newsroom's Clash with Jason Kilar
Inside the CNN Newsroom's Clash with Jason Kilar
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New York Post, Forbes and Fox News
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
More CNN: Critics wondering why Stelter still has a job after Zucker scandal
More CNN: Critics wondering why Stelter still has a job after Zucker scandal
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jeff Zucker's legacy is defined by his promotion of Donald Trump
Jeff Zucker's legacy is defined by his promotion of Donald Trump
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Republicans rebuke Liz Cheney in unprecedented moves — Party leaders meeting in Salt Lake City move a censure resolution against the congresswoman from Wyoming and prepare to fund her primary opponent — SALT LAKE CITY — Republican leaders forged an agreement this week to potentially fund …
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GOP set to rebuke Cheney, Kinzinger — SALT LAKE CITY - Members of the Republican National Committee are pushing forward with a resolution to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, while stopping short of calling for their expulsion from the House Republican Conference.
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NBC News:
At RNC gathering, rift emerges between Trump's interests and the party's — SALT LAKE CITY — None of the officials assembled here for the Republican National Committee's winter meetings are writing off former President Donald Trump. They all recognize his singular hold over the party's electoral base.
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Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
The Republican National Committee Is Set To Censure Liz Cheney And Adam Kinzinger
The Republican National Committee Is Set To Censure Liz Cheney And Adam Kinzinger
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Insider, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, CBS News and TheBlaze
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Exposes What It Says Is Russian Effort to Fabricate Pretext for Invasion — Officials said Russia was planning a fake video showing an attack by Ukrainians on Russian territory or Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine. — WASHINGTON — The United States has acquired intelligence …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Reason Putin Would Risk War — There are questions about troop numbers, questions about diplomacy. There are questions about the Ukrainian military, its weapons, and its soldiers. There are questions about Germany and France: How will they react? There are questions about America …
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
US says Russia planning video of fake Ukrainian attack with corpses, mourners to justify invasion
US says Russia planning video of fake Ukrainian attack with corpses, mourners to justify invasion
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Josh Hawley seeks to be Putin's new favorite pet
Josh Hawley seeks to be Putin's new favorite pet
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Washington Post:
Islamic State's ‘ghost’ of a leader was plotting comeback when U.S. commandos cornered him — Captured Islamic State fighters described him as a “ghost,” a mysterious and nearly invisible leader with little practical sway over his weakened terrorist organization.
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
White House on Ukraine and Syria: If you don't trust us, then f-k you
White House on Ukraine and Syria: If you don't trust us, then f-k you
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NPR and Associated Press
Washington Post:
Prison break: ISIS fighters launched a brazen attack to free their comrades
Prison break: ISIS fighters launched a brazen attack to free their comrades
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The Moderate Voice and The Drive
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Inside Biden's decision to target ISIS's elusive leader
Inside Biden's decision to target ISIS's elusive leader
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New York Times, Al Jazeera, Slate, The Hill, Political Wire and Defense One
Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Tells Staff to Focus on Video Products as Meta's Stock Plunges — Mark Zuckerberg quipped that if he started to cry, it wasn't because of the day's news. — His red, teary eyes were the result of a scratched cornea, the Facebook founder said Thursday, attempting to lighten …
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Washington Post:
Facebook's dream of connecting the whole world is dead — The platform's first-ever decline in active users is a landmark event in social media history — For 18 years, ever since Mark Zuckerberg started it in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook has been growing.
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Agence France-Presse, The Western Journal, Protocol and New York Post
CNN:
Arizona Republican House speaker effectively dooms GOP bill to allow state legislature to reject election results — (CNN)A Republican bill that would have overhauled elections in Arizona — including giving the state legislature the power to reject election results — proved to be too much even for state GOP leaders this week.
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KASW-TV, National Zero and The Gateway Pundit
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
The Black woman sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error — Pamela Moses was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register despite a felony conviction but officials admitted making a series of mistakes — For the last few months, I've been following the case of Pamela Moses …
John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC Opens Olympics With ‘Worst Hand Imaginable’ — John Koblin has covered the media industry for more than a decade. — Last year, NBC Sports executives called the Tokyo Olympics their most challenging undertaking ever. — Now that experience is starting to look like a cakewalk.
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Pelosi warns US Olympians not to speak out against Chinese abuses while in Beijing
Pelosi warns US Olympians not to speak out against Chinese abuses while in Beijing
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Gita Jackson / VICE:
Dystopic TikTok Trend Demands Amazon Workers Dance for Surveillance Cameras — TikTok users leave a note for their delivery drivers asking that they dance for the camera. Then, they put it online for the enjoyment of strangers. — GJ — Amazon drivers have to endure many indignities on the job.
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Bernie Moreno drops out of Ohio's Republican U.S. Senate race — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bernie Moreno, the Cleveland businessman and luxury-car dealer, has dropped out of Ohio's crowded Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat. — Moreno announced late Thursday he had suspended …
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Des Moines Register:
Kim Reynolds ending COVID disaster declaration, shutting down vaccination and case count websites … Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that she will soon end public health disaster proclamations that Iowa has operated under since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly two years ago.
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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Iowa announces upcoming end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency
Iowa announces upcoming end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency
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Iowa Office of the Governor and The Gateway Pundit
Alejandro Ramirez / Nashville Scene:
They're Burning Books in Tennessee — Greg Locke's zealots set fire to sacred millennial texts like Harry Potter and Twilight — Last week, McMinn County made news when the school board voted to ban beloved graphic novel Maus — a Holocaust story told with anthropomorphic mice and cats — due to instances of swear words and nudity.
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Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden News — Joe Biden is the country's 46th president. Once one of Congress's youngest senators, Biden, 78, will be the oldest president sworn into office after Ronald Reagan left the White House in 1989 at the age of 77. President Barack Obama's two-term vice president …
Liam Stack / New York Times:
A Jewish Teacher Criticized Israel. She Was Fired. — Jessie Sander had just started a job at a synagogue in Scarsdale. But then a blog post she had written was found. — Last summer, Jessie Sander had been on the job at a Jewish school in Westchester County for less than a month …
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Trisha Thadani / San Francisco Chronicle:
A disaster in plain sight — FENTANYL IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. IS THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO TREATING IT LIKE ONE? — Additional video by CARLOS AVILA GONZALEZ and GUY WATHEN — It's May 2020, a Wednesday, and the carnage begins early. Shortly after dawn, two men are found dead …
Grace Schepis / The Crimson White:
Lucy-Graves Hall: UA building named for Autherine Lucy Foster on anniversary of enrollment — The University of Alabama will rename Graves Hall to Lucy-Graves Hall. Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African American student to enroll in the University, will share the building name with Bibb Graves …
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Shira Hanau / Jerusalem Post:
Florida Gov. DeSantis won't condemn Nazi rally in Orlando — DeSantis claimed those asking him to condemn the Nazis tried to “use this as some type of political issue.” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to condemn a Nazi rally that took place in Orlando over the weekend …
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Politico:
Sarah Palin's lawyers admit ‘uphill’ fight in libel suit against New York Times — NEW YORK — Attorneys for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin opened her libel case over a New York Times editorial here Thursday by acknowledging one thing that may have doomed her lawsuit from the beginning …
Politico:
It's not just the pandemic, stupid — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With Allie Bice. — The Biden White House may be plotting out a new phase of the pandemic, one in which Americans live with the virus …
Insider:
Donald Trump is facing multiple criminal investigations for his conduct. Court buildings are bracing for violence and chaos. — Trump encouraged his supporters to protest in cities where he and his company are under investigation. — Fulton County DA Fani Willis and other officials are not taking Trump's comments lightly.
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