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The BBC reports: Facebook is launching an educational tool as part of measures it is taking to counter fake news. For three days, an ad will appear at the top of users’ news feeds linking to advice on “how to spot fake news” and report it. The campaign, which will be promoted in 14 countries, is “designed to help people …

Just started: White House press secretary Sean Spicer is expected to address the press corps during his daily briefing on Tuesday, as President Trump prepares to sign an executive order overhauling Obama-era climate change regulations. One of the orders President Trump is expected to sign today would dismantle the Clean Power Plan regulations put in place by former President Barack …

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga fired a reporter this week at WUTC, the National Public Radio affiliate, after local lawmakers complained about how she reported on the transgender bathroom bill. Jacqui Helbert, 32, reported and produced the story for WUTC, which followed a group of Cleveland High School students as they traveled to …

The management at Out and Advocate magazines last night responded to false reports of their impending sale as a shakeup unfolds across LGBT print media. They write: The industry is making headlines as LGBT media companies prepare to gather in Orlando for an annual convention. Journalists from all over the country will arrive this week in Orlando for the eighth …

WHOA. From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: If President Trump announces that North Korea launched a missile that landed within 100 miles of Hawaii, would most Americans believe him? Would the rest of the world? We’re not sure, which speaks to the damage that Mr. Trump is doing to his Presidency with his seemingly endless stream of …

Politico reports: Independent Journal Review has suspended three staffers including Chief Content Officer Benny Johnson after the publication last week of a conspiracy-laden post about President Barack Obama that was subsequently retracted. The post, published last week, alleged that Obama’s “surprise” visit to Hawaii could somehow have been connected to a federal judge’s ruling on President Donald Trump’s travel ban. …

The Washington Post reports: Fox News has reportedly pulled legal analyst Andrew Napolitano from the air over his baseless claim, repeated by President Trump, that British intelligence officials spied on Trump at the request of President Barack Obama. Napolitano, a regular face on Fox News, has not appeared on the network since Thursday and will not be a guest in …

USA Today reports: Russia’s parliament has called for an investigation into U.S. media operating in its country in response to what it says are attacks on Russian media in the U.S, particularly state-funded broadcaster RT News. The State Duma, or lower house of parliament, called on its committee on information policy, information technology and communications to conduct an “audit” of …

From the Hollywood Reporter: President Donald Trump sounded off on MSNBC, Snoop Dogg, Alec Baldwin and his other public foes in a sit-down with Fox News’ Jesse Watters that aired Saturday. The Watters’ World interview, which took place just before Trump’s Nashville, Tenn., rally, kicked off with Trump voicing his thoughts on MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s decision to reveal two …

Via Mediaite: Bill Maher and guest Andrew Sullivan last night criticized Rachel Maddow for the “big nothing-burger” she unveiled to the public on President Trump‘s 2005 tax returns. Maher reaffirmed that he’s a big fan of Maddow’s, but what she unveiled was something that actually helped Trump. He said, “This is probably the best tax return he’s ever filed, which …

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just like the hundreds of others Trump has threatened to sue but never followed through. Fox News reports: Personal attorneys working for President Trump are weighing possible legal action against the cable news network MSNBC and a private journalist for reporting a portion of the president’s 2005 tax returns, a move the Trump legal staff believes could …

Likely topics: The latest travel ban smack down, the latest Flynn revelations, the latest wiretapping debunking. And this: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will likely field questions about President Donald Trump’s budget proposal in a news briefing Thursday. Trump unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget on Wednesday, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes many domestic programs to …

The Hollywood Reporter recaps: Stephen Colbert poked fun at MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Wednesday’s Late Show, following Maddow’s show on Tuesday night when she revealed two of President Donald Trump’s tax forms. “I hold in my hand something very significant,” Colbert said, dressed in Maddow’s signature blazer in front of a graphic that resembled the backdrop used on Maddow’s show. …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Monday slammed the media for being “rude” to his representatives. “It is amazing how rude much of the media is to my very hard working representatives,” he tweeted. “Be nice, you will do much better!” Trump’s senior adviser Kellyanne Conway made multiple appearances before his tweet on Monday morning to defend her recent surveillance …

Topics for today’s lie-fest will likely be the latest jobs report, NAFTA, and any of Trump’s recent lies. The New York Times snarks: As long as you don’t care too much about facts, you can learn a lot from a Sean Spicer daily briefing. The White House press secretary has said that whatever your lying eyes told you, President Trump’s …

Salon reports: Anderson Cooper has to distance himself in some way from President Donald Trump on social media. “I just don’t want to have that drama in my life,” he said Monday night on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The CNN anchor said he was in Arizona over the weekend filming for “60 Minutes” and had his phone turned …

White House press secretary Sean Spicer got bitchy with reporters today when they questioned Trump’s relentless attacks on the media and his baseless wiretapping claims. Today’s press gaggle was again held without cameras present, but PBS live-streamed the audio. Raw Story reports: “People start taking things as fact because a series of off-the-record and anonymous sources … We have started …

UPI reports: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is giving his first daily press briefing Monday since a press event last week that some media outlets were barred from attending. Spicer is scheduled to answer questions from reporters at 1:30 p.m. He held an off-camera “gaggle” session with reporters from select news organizations in his West Wing office Friday, prompting …

NBC News reports: “I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. We needed the media to hold people like me to account,” Bush told TODAY in an exclusive interview. “Power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power.” Bush was asked about the …

Via Mediaite: With President Donald Trump continuing his attacks on the New York Times this morning by once again labeling the paper as “failing,” NYT executive editor Dean Baquet appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss the president’s relationship with his publication, the press in general, and how Trump has actually been a boon for the Gray Lady. After host …