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With Trump, sunlight is not the best disinfectant

abr 27, 2020 |

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 27/04/2020

Jon Allsop

IT’S AN OLD JOURNALISM CLICHÉ that sunlight is the best disinfectant, but it’s new to have to state that neither should be ingested. As you will doubtless have heard by now, on Thursday, President Trump wondered aloud, in the White House briefing room, about the potential medical effectiveness of injecting both sunlight and disinfectant (“it does a tremendous number on the lungs”) as cures for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The mixed-message walkback—a specialty under this administration—followed. Kayleigh McEnany, the new White House press secretary, accused the media of “irresponsibly” taking Trump’s words out of context. Trump himself then cast his comments as sarcasm—he was trolling reporters, he said, “just to see what would happen.” Many observers took the remarks very seriously. Staffers for a state emergency hotline in Maryland said they fielded more than 100 calls from members of the public asking if disinfectant was actually a coronavirus cure. Several states issued warnings against injecting it, as did the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration. “NEVER INGEST BLEACH,” Domestos, a British cleaning-products manufacturer, tweeted. “NEVER INHALE BLEACH.” So now you know.

How a global news innovator uses AI

abr 27, 2020 |

LSE – 23/04/2020

Charlie Beckett

Viktoriia Samatova is the Managing Director of the Applied Innovations Team at Reuters Technology. She is based in Toronto, Canada. For our interview series with women working on the intersection of AI and journalism, we talked with Viktoriia about her role at Reuters, value neutrality when working with AI and her thoughts on how the journalism industry is changing and what that means for aspiring journalists.

The White House attempts to humiliate CNN’s Kaitlan Collins

abr 27, 2020 |

THE WASHINGTON POST – 25/04/2020

Erik Wemple

CNN on Friday made sure its viewers knew not to inject bleach to protect themselves from covid-19. In multiple segments, the network’s hosts denounced President Trump’s unfathomably dumb remarks from Thursday evening about covid-19 treatments involving disinfectant and light. Host Anderson Cooper was unmerciful regarding the White House’s shifting explanations for those remarks: It first blamed the media for taking them out of context; Trump later explained that they were merely sarcastic comments aimed at reporters.

Hundreds of Senators, Representatives Ask Trump Administration to Direct Advertising to Help Local Media Outlets During COVID-19

abr 27, 2020 |

NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE – 27/04/2020

Paul J. Boyle

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that when we face our largest challenges, one of our greatest needs is access to reliable news and information. Representatives and Senators on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill have expressed support for the public service role that is being played by local newspapers and broadcasters in their districts and states. Last week, Members of Congress sent two separate letters that encouraged the Trump Administration to direct existing government advertising campaigns to local newspapers and broadcasters. The first letter, organized by Reps. Dingell (D-MI), Upton (R-MI), Flores (R-TX) and Veasey (D-TX), was signed by over 240 members of the House of Representatives. Lawmakers said in the letter, “To get America moving again and strengthen our communities in the midst of this evolving crisis, we must be creative and use all available tools. Advertising plays an incredible role in local economies, and its importance to the sustainability of local broadcast stations and newspapers cannot be overstated.”

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