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Thursday, September 10

Our most popular stories this week, along with editors' picks:

Here are the highlights:

  1. CNN public editor: The only question in news is 'Will it rate?'
    "The television news producers I know are whip-smart and want to do the right thing. The problem is the job itself, which forces them to muffle ideas of substance and moderation."
     
  2. College newsrooms challenge an industry's status quo
    How college newsrooms are looking beyond journalistic traditions in an effort to focus on racial justice.
     
  3. Cable news profits from its obsession with Trump. Viewers are the only victims.
    A new tool from Stanford University that tracks cable news screen time shows that Trump has essentially received a 2016 campaign-level of attention for four years straight.
     
  4. Introducing the COVID-19 Cutback Tracker
    Since March, the Tow Center has been tracking cutbacks in American newsrooms. The findings are grim.
     
  5. Did Stars and Stripes win the fallout from Trump's 'losers' comments?
    Trump backed off defunding Stars and Stripes. Was it a cynical ploy to win favor with the military? Does it matter?
     
  6. Where 'grift' meets 'graft'
    In an age of prolific grifting, the two words, once distinct, have become one.
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