The endless battle of fact-checking in the age of misinformation; “60 Minutes” Executive Producer Resigns
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The endless battle of fact-checking in the age of misinformation
Bannon Ally Becomes Central Figure in Trump White House Briefings
Politico
🔗 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/22/trump-white-house-briefing-correspondents-natalie-winters-00290063
“60 Minutes” Executive Producer Resigns Over Concerns About Editorial Independence
CNN
🔗 https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/media/60-minutes-executive-producer-resigns-independence?cid=ios_app
Screen Time and Youth: Quebec Special Commission Releases Interim Report
CNW Newswire
🔗 https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/impacts-des-ecrans-chez-les-jeunes-la-commission-speciale-depose-un-rapport-interimaire-887963896.html
Chinese AI Video Startup Allegedly Blocks Politically Sensitive Images
TechCrunch
🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/a-chinese-ai-video-startup-appears-to-be-blocking-politically-sensitive-images/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
Sarah Palin Loses Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times
CNN
🔗 https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/media/palin-nyt-defamation-verdict?cid=ios_app
How People Are Really Using Generative AI in 2025
Harvard Business Review
🔗 https://hbr.org/2025/04/how-people-are-really-using-gen-ai-in-2025
Journalism travel warnings highlight growing global risks
Axios
🔗 https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-a189b090-1ed8-11f0-9620-25e6c4b430eb.html?chunk=3
AI and fake African journalists: a new wave of media manipulation
ISS Africa
🔗 https://issafrica.org/fr/iss-today/l-ia-et-les-faux-journalistes-africains
Fear, belief, and the spread of political misinformation
Wiley Online Library
🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pops.13085
Election campaigns and social media: the new battleground in Canada
Radio-Canada
🔗 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2158069/campagne-electorale-reseaux-sociaux-publicite
Quebeckers and generative AI: between curiosity and caution
Mon Carnet
🔗 https://moncarnet.com/2025/04/22/quebecois-et-ia-generative-entre-enthousiasme-et-mefiance/
US antitrust authorities want Google to give up Chrome
Washington Post
🔗 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/21/google-chrome-monopoly-justice-department/
Sputnik trains African journalists on AI, social media, and media’s role in information
ANP
🔗 https://www.anp.ne/media-17-agents-de-lanp-formes-par-sputnik-sur-limportance-de-lia-des-reseaux-sociaux-dans-le-traitement-de-linformation-et-le-role-des-medias-dans-la-lutte/
Arsenal Media becomes Quebec’s largest radio broadcaster
Newswire
🔗 https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/arsenal-media-devient-le-plus-grand-radiodiffuseur-au-quebec-833863012.html
Dan Bongino: Master of the Streisand Effect
The Bulwark
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Is there a better way to fight misinformation?
Psychology Today
🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misguided/202504/is-there-a-better-way-to-fight-misinformation
AP adds to its Standards Team in push for stronger journalism norms
Associated Press
🔗 https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/additions-to-aps-standards-team
Bluesky adds icon for account authenticity
Radio-Canada
🔗 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2158836/bluesky-crochet-authenticite-compte
Federal Elections 2025: Alec Castonguay hosts special broadcast on Radio-Canada Première
Radio-Canada
🔗 https://presse.radio-canada.ca/television/13898/elections-federales-2025-alec-castonguay-anime-un-midi-info-special-sur-ici-premiere-et-radio-canada-ohdio/
What journalism isn’t
Lincoln Square (Substack)
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“AI slop”: How artificial intelligence is polluting social media
The Guardian
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/21/ai-slop-artificial-intelligence-social-media
Pope Francis, Canadians, elections—and the media
Journal de Montréal
🔗 https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/04/22/le-pape-francois-les-canadiens-les-elections-et-les-medias
Pro-Trump media adopt “no scalps” policy amid growing scrutiny
Columbia Journalism Review
🔗 https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump_media_hegseth_signal_no_scalps_policy.php
Climate change reporting: facing global, editorial, and audience challenges
Columbia Journalism Review
🔗 https://www.cjr.org/analysis/climate-change-reporting-challenges.php
Eliminating Radio-Canada would expose Canadians to unchecked U.S. platforms
Le Devoir
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/870028/chronique-fermer-radio-canada
Dismantling public media is nothing compared to what AI could destroy
Le Devoir
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/editoriaux/870010/editorial-meta-google-duopole-ebranle-certitudes
U.S. demands Google breakup over AI and search dominance
Le Devoir
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/justice/870100/recherche-ligne-ia-etats-unis-reclament-demantelement-google
1,000 covers and counting: 27 years designing TIME’s visual identity
Magazine Diaries (Substack)
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