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10:45 PM ET, February 27, 2023

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New York Times:
Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Falsehoods  —  The conservative media mogul made the remarks under oath last month in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.  —  Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News …
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Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch admitted some Fox commentators ‘endorsed’ election lies  —  Rupert Murdoch, chair of Fox News's parent company, acknowledged in a deposition that “some of our commentators were endorsing” the baseless narrative that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Sean Hannity ‘had been privately disgusted by Trump for weeks’: court docs  —  Behind the scenes at Fox News after the 2020 election, it was becoming clear that conservative prime-time hosts were saying one thing to viewers and another thing privately.  —  According to court filings …
Discussion: Fox News
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that Fox News hosts endorsed false stolen election claims  —  New York CNN —  Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corporation, acknowledged in a deposition taken by Dominion Voting Systems that some Fox News hosts endorsed false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Fox chief Rupert Murdoch said network aired 2020 election conspiracies for the money: court documents  —  New court documents from the lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News were released on Monday, revealing even more details about the head of the network allegedly prioritizing money over truth.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Fox could be on the hook for campaign finance violations after new court docs drop: former FBI agent  —  The lawsuit between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News came to a head in a pair of contrasting court filings on Monday that revealed several details previously unknown about the defamation lawsuit …
Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch testified that Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ stolen election narrative  —  Network owner also admitted in $1.6bn defamation lawsuit deposition that Trump's claims were ‘damaging to everybody’  —  Newly released court documents reveal that Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire owner of Fox News …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Sputnik News
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Rupert Murdoch admits he knew Fox News hosts endorsed false election fraud claims, deposition shows
Discussion: Associated Press
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Rejects Ad From Progressive Group Highlighting Stars' Damning Texts
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Rupert Murdoch used the Fox network to lobby for the GOP tax bill: court documents
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district, punishing the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don't Say Gay” law.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The inevitable — and imminent — Trump-DeSantis war
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
Preaching Freedom, Ron DeSantis Leads By Cracking Down
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles didn't want you to see his college transcript!  We got it anyway  —  Transcript shows self-proclaimed economist took only one community college Economics course, which he barely passed — and did not major in International Relations, as claimed
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Embattled Rep. Ogles acknowledges misrepresenting his college major
Discussion: Raw Story, Forbes and The Hill
Emine Yücel / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Ogles Admits He Misrepresented His College Major
Discussion: Religion Unplugged
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Scott Adams and the right-wing insistence on White victimhood  —  For months it has seemed inevitable that the “Dilbert” comic strip's run as a popular American newspaper cartoon would end precisely as it did: a victim of controversy triggered by its creator, Scott Adams.
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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Elon Musk tweets support for ‘Dilbert’ creator after racist tirade
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CNN:   Ransomware attack on US Marshals Service affects ‘law enforcement sensitive information’
Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
The End of the English Major  —  Enrollment in the humanities is in free fall at colleges around the country.  What happened?  —  The crisis, when it came, arrived so quickly that its scale was hard to recognize at first.  From 2012 to the start of the pandemic, the number of English majors …
Discussion: The Corsair and The Honest Broker
Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
‘Never like this before’: settler violence in West Bank escalates  —  Retaliatory rampage in Palestinian village likened to ‘Kristallnacht in Huwara’ with one dead and 350 injured  —  here is a large rolling gate at the entrance to the small Palestinian village of Za'atara …
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
A bipartisan group of Senators is talking about raising the retirement age on Social Security  —  A bipartisan group led by Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, and Bill Cassidy, R-La. is considering gradually raising the retirement age to about 70 as part of their legislation to overhaul Social Security …
Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
White House: No more TikTok on gov't devices within 30 days  —  The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices, as the Chinese-owned social media app comes under increasing scrutiny in Washington over security concerns.
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Sandee LaMotte / CNN:
Zero calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds  —  A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monk-fruit, and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Jeffrey Sachs's Great-Power Politics  —  The economist discusses what the U.S. gets wrong about Putin and the war in Ukraine.  —  Last week, Jeffrey Sachs, the economist and professor at Columbia known for his work in the fields of poverty alleviation and foreign aid, delivered remarks …
Ian Duncan / Washington Post:
Transportation Department watchdog to audit Buttigieg's use of government jets  —  The transportation secretary's office says he has followed the rules for use of Federal Aviation Administration planes, often saving taxpayer money  —  An internal watchdog will audit Transportation Secretary …
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Inspector general investigating Pete Buttigieg's extensive private jet travel after Fox News Digital report
Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review:
Where did Facebook's funding for journalism really go?  —  b  —  “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta (then Facebook) announced its three-year, $300 million commitment to global “news programs, partnerships, and content.”
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Despite latest reports, there's still not a speck of evidence that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab  —  We know that America is fascinated by zombies: “The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” “Zombieland” and now — even though aficionadoes may split hairs over this — “The Last of Us.”
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Reuters:
China must be ‘more honest’ on COVID origins, envoy says
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
WATCH: Florida Sheriff Goes Nuclear on Neo-Nazi ‘Motherf*ckers’  —  Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood fumed that it was an “honor” to be included on the “hit list” of an organization behind a string of disturbing antisemitic incidents.  —  A week after a neo-Nazi hate group circulated throughout …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Prince Harry to unpack struggles with ‘trauma expert’ in livestreamed talk  —  Prince Harry is set to unpack his experiences with a controversial trauma expert on Saturday, during a virtual event in which attendees can submit questions for the former royal to answer.
Tristan Ahtone / Grist:
Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm  —  “We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition.”  —  Indigenous Sámi youth and dozens of environmental activists in Oslo, Norway shut down the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Monday, with many chaining themselves to the building.
Washington Post:
5 good points the right is making about the Ohio train disaster  —  The derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in eastern Ohio has led to calls for an examination of the government's disaster response, new regulation to safeguard public health and safety, and better working conditions for railroad workers.
Discussion: National Review
New York Times:
Biden's Semiconductor Plan Flexes the Power of the Federal Government  —  In return for vast subsidies, the Biden administration is asking the chip industry to make promises about its workers and finances.  —  WASHINGTON — Semiconductor manufacturers seeking a slice of nearly $40 billion …
 
 
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
DeSantis's ‘Apocalyptic’ Attack on Higher Education
Tom Kludt / Vanity Fair:
How Newsmax's Cable-Fee Fight Spiraled Into the Right's Latest “Censorship” Crusade
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
One House Republican's unique anti-Santos pitch: Block him from profiting off his lies
Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
Hamstrung by ‘golden handcuffs’: Diversity roles disappear 3 years after George Floyd's murder inspired them
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

 
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