“In 2019, Trump announced he would hold a rally instead of attending the association’s dinner in Washington.”

“Four-in-ten say they have a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in journalists and business leaders to act in the public’s best interests; six-in-ten now say they have not too much or no confidence at all in these groups.” (Also? “Trust in scientists and medical scientists, once seemingly buoyed by their central role in addressing the coronavirus outbreak, is now below pre-pandemic levels.”)

“Today, in response to a new civil rights movement, The Inquirer’s leadership has made a bold new pledge: to be an anti-racist institution. But whether — and how — a newspaper that, for generations, has remained complicit in systemic inequality can now be a collaborator in its defeat remains significantly less clear.”

Words that have been removed from guesses and solutions include “fibre,” “pupal,” “slave,” and “wench.”

“For years and years, discussion of New York Times v. Sullivan has been confined to coastal elites in media and legal circles. Now, those hallowed protections would get a hearing from a citizen jury.” (The jury wound up agreeing with the judge and unanimously concluded the Times was not liable.)

U.S. intelligence officials said Zero Hedge, which has 1.2 million Twitter followers and a significant American readership, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media. Of note: “In recent months, Zero Hedge has published numerous articles that accused the U.S. of fomenting panic about Ukraine, which now faces the possibility of an invasion by more than 130,000 Russian troops massed on several sides of the country.”

“The new climate desk also aims to produce more localized climate stories, including working with partner news agencies abroad to produce more localized climate coverage in multiple languages. In the U.S., the AP will launch a StoryShare, for climate change, which is a shared content network between local news outlets, later this year.”

“Here in Nairobi, Sama employees who speak at least 11 African languages between them toil day and night, working as outsourced Facebook content moderators … They perform the brutal task of viewing and removing illegal or banned content from Facebook before it is seen by the average user. Since 2019, this Nairobi office block has been the epicenter of Facebook’s content moderation operation for the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. Its remit includes Ethiopia, where Facebook is trying to prevent content on its platform contributing to incitement to violence in an escalating civil war.”

“The judge indicated that he understood that his word would not be the last one in the case. Ms. Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, is very likely to appeal. And his decision to allow the jurors to continue weighing the evidence and come to a decision was intended to avoid any complications if the case is heard by an appeals court.”

“Scores” of readers — some from as far away as China and France — sent in evidence, including handwritten wills and newspaper ads placed by congressmen seeking the return of Black people who fled captivity.