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Under political pressure, Kuwait cancels major event at Four Seasons, switches to Trump’s D.C.

Judd Legum8 years ago010 mins

After Election Day, everything changed. From left to right: Trump International Hotel, President-elect Trump, Ambassador of Kuwait Salem Al-Sabah, The Four Seasons Hotel CREDIT: AP/Flickr/Composite By Judd Legum and Kira Lerner The Embassy of Kuwait allegedly cancelled a contract with a Washington, D.C. hotel days after the presidential election, citing political pressure to hold its National Day celebration…

Better data about your users » Nieman Journalism Lab

Ariane Bernard8 years ago04 mins

The problem is not having more data. The problem is having the right, actionable data and the context of its provenance. But publishers see so much of their relationships mediated by a few walled gardens that their access to understanding who their users are, what they read, what they watch, when they do it, and…

Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald Claims Twitter Troll Gave Him Seizure, Taking Social Media Hiatus | Mediaite

Alex Griswold8 years ago05 mins

Byline Unit /33173478/Mediaite_Adsense_468x60 end post-heading In a bizarre twist in the aftermath of Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald‘s highly contentious interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Eichenwald announced that he was taking a break from Twitter after a troll caused him to have a seizure. Eichenwald posted over fifty angry and generally incoherent tweets in the aftermath of the interview,…

Three hurt in shooting at Muslim prayer hall in Zurich: police

AFP8 years ago04 mins

Swiss police are seen behind a police cordon outside a Muslim prayer hall, central Zurich, on December 19, 2016 (AFP Photo/MICHAEL BUHOLZER) More Zurich (AFP) – A man burst into a Muslim prayer hall in the Swiss city of Zurich on Monday and started shooting, injuring three men, according to police, who have launched a…

Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara – The New York Times

Tim Arango and Rick Gladstone8 years ago015 mins

A man, right, reported by The Associated Press to be the gunman, after the shooting of the Russian ambassador, on the floor, on Monday at a gallery in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Credit Yavuz Alatan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ISTANBUL — Russia’s ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday…

Several killed in what German police say appears to be truck attack | Reuters

Reuters Editorial8 years ago01 mins

BERLIN Several people were killed and up to 50 injured when a truck plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday evening, the Berliner Morgenpost reported. German media said police on the ground were saying first indications were that the incident was an attack. (Reporting by Michael Nienaber; Writing by Robin…

Watch Casey Affleck’s parody of a ‘real’ Dunkin’ Donuts customer on Saturday Night Live

Nik DeCosta-Klipa8 years ago03 mins

Content Header “This is the face of Dunkin’ Donuts right here.” /content-header Content Byline /content-byline Content Text Casey Affleck might be resistant to playing local stereotypes, but it certainly didn’t show last night as the host of Saturday Night Live. In what must be one of the most New England sketches in recent SNL history,…

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Jack Shafer8 years ago011 mins

Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion | Pew Research Center

MICHAEL BARTHEL, AMY MITCHELL AND JESSE HOLCOMB8 years ago8 years ago016 mins

In the wake of the 2016 election, everyone from President Obama to Pope Francis has raised concerns about fake news and the potential impact on both political life and innocent individuals. Some fake news has been widely shared, and so-called “pizzagate” stories led a North Carolina man to bring a gun into a popular Washington,…

These lawyers created their own porn, then threatened to sue anyone who downloaded it, DOJ says

Steven Melendez8 years ago03 mins

After receiving a tremendous amount of user backlash yesterday, Evernote has decided not to move forward with the revisions to its privacy policy that it planned to put into effect on January 23. They would have given the note-taking service more latitude to allow certain employees to look at the information its users stored, in…

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Under political pressure, Kuwait cancels major event at Four Seasons, switches to Trump’s D.C.

Better data about your users » Nieman Journalism Lab

Three hurt in shooting at Muslim prayer hall in Zurich: police

Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara – The New York Times

Several killed in what German police say appears to be truck attack | Reuters

Watch Casey Affleck’s parody of a ‘real’ Dunkin’ Donuts customer on Saturday Night Live

Don’t Blame Craigslist for the Decline of Newspapers – POLITICO Magazine

Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion | Pew Research Center

These lawyers created their own porn, then threatened to sue anyone who downloaded it, DOJ says