Incendiary N.R.A. Videos Find New Critics: N.R.A. Leaders – The New York Times

ImageWayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s chief executive, speaking at the organization’s annual meeting last year. There is growing discomfort among leaders at the N.R.A. over the videos its streaming service produces.CreditCreditJustin Sullivan/Getty Images The flash point was Thomas the Tank Engine. Last September, the National Rifle Association’s famously combative spokeswoman, Dana Loesch, provoked widespread…

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The ‘curse of Billy Penn’? Local news site is looking to sell Philly, Pittsburgh operations.

Spirited Media is seeking buyers for Billy Penn in Philadelphia and TheIncline in Pittsburgh, local news sites employing about five staffers at each location. Spirited Media also announced on Monday that it sold the Denverite to Colorado Public Radio. Terms were not disclosed. RELATED STORIES Cost-slashing hedge fund that owns Philly-area newspapers makes run at Courier-Post, News Journal and…

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“A.O.C. Is the New Trump Bump”: Is Murdoch’s Paper Out to Nuke the Congresswoman—Or Just Dabbling in a McCarthy-Era Traffic Play? | Vanity Fair

The New York Post’s relentless coverage of the freshman congresswoman from the Bronx has some in the newsroom speculating that the old man is taking the reins. But others say the tabloid is just manifesting its wizardry in the dark arts of the rag trade.     react-text: 225 /react-text By Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo….

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Trump’s Alleged Meddling with CNN Could Be an Impeachable Offense | Vanity Fair

The president reportedly demanded the Justice Department file an antitrust lawsuit to hurt CNN. react-text: 218 /react-text by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Presidents don’t typically get involved in anti-trust matters before the Justice Department. But according to a new report, that’s precisely what Donald Trump did, in an apparent effort to hurt CNN and boost his…

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Pittsburgh news website The Incline up for sale – Pittsburgh Business Times

Tout top embed author collection Author Detail 3Colcorrections Premium Content Flag – provides a class hook for isPremium Truncation and Not Embargoed Spirited Media said it is selling its three local, millennial-focused online newsrooms, including Pittsburgh’s The Incline. According to a post Wednesday by the company’s vice president of strategy, Chris Krewson, it has reached…

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