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BENTON’S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017
COMMUNICATIONS & DEMOCRACY
White House aide Miller blasts CNN reporter for ‘cosmopolitan bias’ [links to Benton summary]
Stephen Miller vs. Jim Acosta sent the White House news briefing completely off the rails [links to Washington Post]
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Stephen Miller put Jim Acosta ‘in his place’ [links to Hill, The]
Fox anchor on Miller: ‘Don’t put that guy in front of cameras again’ [links to Hill, The]
Conservatives call for end to on-camera White House briefings [links to Hill, The]
You don’t have to believe everything in that Seth Rich lawsuit. What’s been confirmed is bad enough. – Margaret Sullivan, WaPo [links to Benton summary]
Those Calls to President Trump? White House Admits They Didn’t Happen [links to New York Times]
President Trump now has a "real news" program on his Facebook, hosted by his daughter-in-law [links to Benton summary]
INTERNET/BROADBAND/TELECOM
FCC Carries Rural Broadband Baton as Infrastructure Plan Languishes
Computer and Internet Use Supplement to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey – public notice
USAC Updates National Verifier Plan
Why We Despise Cable Providers
What’s next for net neutrality: Open access or paid priority? – Catholic News Service [links to Benton summary]
WIRELESS/SPECTRUM
AT&T: Mobility Fund II – a Win for Rural Consumers [links to AT&T]
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
FirstNet, broadband network to enable police and fire responders to talk to each other, ready to launch
SECURITY/PRIVACY
Verizon’s new rewards program lets it track your browsing history [links to Benton summary]
Editorial: Privacy concerns grow as Google tracks us offline [links to San Francisco Chronicle]
Seattle Man used DDoS attacks on media to extort them to remove stories, FBI says [links to Ars Technica]
Citing Privacy Threats, Amazon Stops Selling Some Android Phones from Blu [links to Ars Technica]
A Solution to Hackers? More Hackers [links to New York Times]
DOD"s Monitoring of Progress in Implementing Cyber Strategies Can Be Strengthened [links to US Government Accountability Office]
CONTENT
How Facebook unevenly silences posts about discrimination, censoring important conversations, while often allowing racist content to remain
PayPal, GoFundMe, And Patreon Banned A Bunch Of People Associated With The Alt-Right. Here’s Why. [links to BuzzFeed]
Tech groups rally against online sex trafficking bill [links to Hill, The]
Facebook will prioritize fast-loading articles in your News Feed [links to Benton summary]
‘It’s hurt my wallet’ — How one fake news publisher is faring after Facebook crackdown [links to USAToday]
JOURNALISM
Pro-Trump media is getting harder to ignore
CJR partners with journalism groups to launch the US Press Freedom Tracker – press release [links to Benton summary]
Politico embarrasses WSJ by publishing Trump transcript [links to Columbia Journalism Review]
Developments in ad tech, and why journalists should care [links to Columbia Journalism Review]
OWNERSHIP
Antitrust Nominee Makan Delrahim Assured Senator Blumenthal He Wasn’t Lobbied by White House on AT&T Deal
Starz Criticizes AT&T’s Planned Merger With Time Warner [links to Variety]
Sinclair CEO: Fewer Local TV News Teams Would Strengthen Output [links to Benton summary]
Discovery Communications’ CEO, David Zaslav, Has A Plan [links to Benton summary]
TELEVISION
Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna [links to Wall Street Journal]
EDUCATION
‘Not Everyone Is Built for It’: Students Offer Their Take on Virtual Schooling [links to EdSurge]
What We Still Don’t Know About Digital Reading [links to Education Week]
LABOR
Tech takes aim at Trump (again) after he signs onto a new GOP bill to cut legal immigration [links to Vox]
Facebook says changes to how it hires are making the company more diverse [links to Vox]
ELECTIONS
Millennials will soon be the largest voting bloc in America [links to Brookings]
Op-ed: To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software [links to New York Times]
GOVERNMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
President Trump’s tweets keep being used against him in a court of law [links to Benton summary]
Scaramucci Memo Showed Content Focused Vision for White House Communications Team [links to Medium]
POLICYMAKERS
Democratic senators demand changes to FCC Republican nominee’s confirmation
President Trump nominee for OPM chief withdraws amid criticism from unions [links to Washington Post]
DHS spokesman considered for WH communications director spot [links to Hill, The]
Obama Alums Pour $1.5 Million into Progressive Tech Startups [links to Benton summary]
COMPANY NEWS
Comcast fails to get hidden fee class-action suit thrown out of court [links to Benton summary]
Good News for Apple: China Still Wants Pricey Phones [links to Wall Street Journal]
Lockheed Martin to spend $350 million to build satellite factory of the future [links to Washington Post]
STORIES FROM ABROAD
US officials mull taking harder line against China’s demands for technology transfers [links to Benton summary]
Why Tim Cook’s conciliatory approach in China is likely to fail [links to Washington Post]
China is perfecting a new method for suppressing dissent on the internet [links to Vox]
