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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – NOVEMBER 28, 2023  
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* Death Toll for Journalists in Gaza
* AI and Journalism: Writing the Rule Book
* Media Enabling Trump’s Fascist Poison
* Feminist Media and Democracy
* Sam Altman Bounces Back
* Hack Attack on Climate Activists
* Musk Sues Media Matters
* Goodbye to NYT’s Sports Section
* “Protecting Kids” from Social Media
* The First Amendment and Social Media Posts

DEATH TOLL FOR JOURNALISTS IN GAZA
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By Amy Goodman
Democracy Now!

The Committee to Protect Journalists Monday announced a grim milestone
had been reached with at least 50 journalists and media workers killed
since October 7th. Forty-five of the journalists have been
Palestinian. There have been three Israeli journalists killed, and
there have been at least three Lebanese journalists killed.

AI AND JOURNALISM: WRITING THE RULE BOOK
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By Hamilton Nolan
Columbia Journalism Review

The internet took decades to fully overthrow the media’s old order,
long enough for endless course corrections to deal with its
advance. In the case of AI, journalists won’t have nearly as much
time for chin-stroking. Our industry must coalesce around a set of
standards soon, or it will be too late. The AI bosses will already be
in charge. 

MEDIA ENABLING TRUMP’S FASCIST POISON
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By Timothy Karr
Free Press

The commercial U.S. media system needs to undergo deep reckoning for
accommodating the rise of Trumpism. This atonement should be reflected
in a shift in the ways large outlets report on Trump, but also by
recognizing the commercial incentives that drive media to lead with
the Trump Show, damn the far-right repercussions.

FEMINIST MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY
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By Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Ms.

It is imperative that feminist media be understood as more than merely
a hub for like-minded women. Its role is far more existential: It is
where you will find the voices best able to call out and counter the
rise in anti-democratic impulses and action that is growing all around
us.

SAM ALTMAN BOUNCES BACK
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By Dan Milmo
The Guardian

The Friday, November 17 announcement of Altman’s sacking sent shock
waves through Silicon Valley and immediately led to investors in
OpenAI pushing for his return. By Monday simmering staff discontent
at Altman’s ousting broke into open revolt. Then a deal was struck
with Altman returning and a new board including former Treasury
Secretary Larry Summers.

HACK ATTACK ON CLIMATE ACTIVISTS
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By Brett Wilkins
Common Dreams

Aviram Azari, a self-described “hacker-for-hire,” ran a sweeping
international spearphishing attack called “Dark Basin” that
employed groups of hackers to steal emails and other digital documents
from U.S. climate activists, government officials in African nations,
members of a Mexican political party, and critics of a German
company. 

MUSK SUES MEDIA MATTERS
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By Ari Paul
FAIR

After threatening to sue liberal media watchdog Media Matters for
America, Twitter’s principal owner Elon Musk did just that, arguing
in papers filed in a Texas court that the group “manipulated” data
in an effort to “destroy” the social media platform, causing major
advertisers to pull back.

GOODBYE TO NYT’S SPORTS SECTION
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By Robert Lipsyte
CounterPunch

For several years now, the_ Times_ has been chipping away at its
sports pages, dropping stand-alone sections (most notably on Sunday)
and cutting back on the number of daily pages of coverage. Now, the
former staff of about 40 sports writers, editors, and videographers
will do sports-related feature stories, analyses, and investigations
in other departments like business, international news, and culture. 

“PROTECTING KIDS” FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
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By Sophia Cope, Aaron Mackey and Jason Kelley
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Senators who believe that children and teens must be shielded from
social media have updated the problematic Protecting Kids on Social
Media Act, though it remains an unconstitutional bill that replaces
parents’ choices about what their children can do online with a
government-mandated prohibition. 

THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
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By Lynn Greenky
The Conversation

The First Amendment does not protect messages posted on social media
platforms. The companies that own the platforms can – and do –
remove, promote or limit the distribution of any posts according to
corporate policies. But all that might soon change.

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