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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2017
COMMUNICATIONS & DEMOCRACY
FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home
Media scholar on Trump TV: “This is Orwellian, and it’s happening right now, right here”
The real issue in the campus speech debate: The university is under assault – WaPo op-ed
Op-ed: Freedom of Speech Is Not Enough — Colleges should also teach students how to debate respectfully. [links to Wall Street Journal]
Watchdog files complaint alleging DNC worked with Ukraine [links to Benton summary]
White House slams NYT article on ‘suppressed’ climate report already made public [links to Benton summary]
Video: Are the news media enemies of the people or defenders of democracy? Here’s what the founders thought. [links to Washington Post]
President Trump tweets just as often when he’s on vacation, but the tweets start later [links to Vox]
President Trump gets a folder full of positive news about himself twice a day [links to Vice]
Trump’s media obsession extends to TV chyrons about himself [links to CNN]
In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if President Trump proposed it [links to Washington Post]
INTERNET/BROADBAND
Maybe Americans don’t need fast home Internet service, FCC suggests
One broadband choice still counts as “competition” after court decision on Business Data Services
FCC Asks for Help Fixing Faulty Broadband Provider Data [links to Benton summary]
How the Internet Cartel Won the Internet and The Internet Competition Myth [links to Scott Cleland]
NET NEUTRALITY
As net neutrality dies, one man wants to make Verizon pay for its sins
Demand That Congress Fight for Net Neutrality [links to The Nation editorial]
Dominated by the Digital Elite – Roslyn Layton op-ed [links to Benton summary]
The Digital Divide and Other Economic Considerations for Network Neutrality. Net Neutrality Special Issue Blog #7 – TPI analysis [links to Benton summary]
Lawrence Spiwak: Let’s encourage capital investment by rolling back net neutrality [links to Hill, The]
JOURNALISM
Mozilla launches new effort to counter fake news
How PBS is filling the local void left by other major networks [links to Benton summary]
WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
FCC OKs More Forward Auction Spectrum Applications [links to Benton summary]
T-Mobile executive sees low-band spectrum as great equalizer with Verizon, AT&T [links to Fierce]
CONTENT
Inside The Partisan Fight For Your News Feed [links to BuzzFeed]
Op-Ed: TV is moving to the internet faster than you probably think [links to Vox]
Cable companies don’t mind if customers watch more streamed TV [links to American Public Media]
Will ESPN streaming service be a game changer for the sports juggernaut? [links to Los Angeles Times]
Technology is changing our relationship with nature as we know it [links to Quartz]
“Alexa, Understand Me” [links to Benton summary]
DIVERSITY
The Alt-Right Finds a New Enemy in Silicon Valley [links to New York Times]
Read YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s Response to the Controversial Google Anti-Diversity Memo [links to Fortune]
Google is in court fighting over how it pays women [links to CNN]
Fired Google employee says his gender memo was a reaction to diversity training [links to Los Angeles Times]
Op-Ed — Memo to the Google memo writer: Women were foundational to the field of computing [links to Washington Post]
Fired Google memo writer gives first big interviews to rightwing YouTubers [links to Guardian, The]
How the tech industry wrote women out of history [links to Guardian, The]
PATENTS
US trade authorities to investigate Apple imports [links to Hill, The]
POLICYMAKERS
President Trump pushes back on Sen McConnell’s assertion he has ‘excessive expectations’ for Congress [links to Politico]
Just Months Later, Another Press Secretary Profile [links to Benton summary]
Rep Niki Tsongas (D-MA) to retire from Congress, not seek 2018 reelection [links to Hill, The]
Chairman Pai Seeks Nominations for North American Numbering Council [links to Federal Communications Commission]
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Names New President, Cinematographer John Bailey [links to New York Times]
COMPANY NEWS
Amazon and Tencent Back Smartphone Maker Essential [links to Wall Street Journal]
Comedy streaming service SeeSo is shutting down [links to Verge, The]
Netflix CEO criticized Peter Thiel for his Trump support [links to Hill, The]
Eric Bolling initiates lawsuit against reporter behind sexting story [links to Politico]
Facing libel lawsuit, Techdirt takes large donations to broaden coverage [links to Benton summary]
Techdirt gets more than $250,000 to better cover free-speech issues [links to Washington Post]
STORIES FROM ABROAD
Editorial: China and Russia go further in squelching Internet freedom [links to Washington Post]
Russia Wants Innovation, but It’s Arresting Its Innovators [links to New York Times]
TalkTalk fined £100,000 for failing to protect customer data [links to Financial Times]
Facebook Builds Out Staff to Delete Hate-Speech in Germany [links to Bloomberg]