Ex-Spy Was Central to Project Veritas Hiring Effort, Testimony Shows
Date: 21 October 2020
By Adam Goldman and Mark Mazzetti
Adam Goldman
A British former intelligence officer was said to have recruited and interviewed potential hires as the conservative group sought to have former spies train employees.
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Misinformation in America Thrives in Two Languages
Date: 21 October 2020
By Jennifer Medina
Jennifer Medina
False and misleading information is being spread widely in Spanish, researchers say.
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Trump Posts ‘60 Minutes’ Interview After Telling Lesley Stahl: ‘That’s No Way to Talk’
Date: 22 October 2020
By Michael M. Grynbaum and Maggie Haberman
Michael
“I feel that you both have insulted ‘60 Minutes’ and me by not answering any of our questions,” Ms. Stahl tells Vice President Mike Pence.
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Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join to Combat Covid-19 Misinformation
Date: 22 October 2020
By Donald G. McNeil Jr
Donald McNeil
The health agency will license much of its material to the online encyclopedia, allowing the information to be reposted widely into almost 200 languages.
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False Political News in Spanish Pits Latino Voters Against Black Lives Matter
Date: 21 October 2020
By Patricia Mazzei and Jennifer Medina
Patricia Mazzei
On family WhatsApp groups and in Spanish-language media, misinformation paints 2020 as a zero-sum game.
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N.J. Governor Leaves Event After Staff Member Tests Positive for Virus
Date: 21 October 2020
By The New York Times
Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey abruptly left a news conference, saying he had just been informed that a person who was in close contact with him on Saturday had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Pelosi Says a Stimulus Deal Is ‘Close’ and Is ‘Pleased’ With Progress
Date: 22 October 2020
During her weekly news conference, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, were “close” to reaching a compromise in negotiations for a coronavirus relief package.
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Trump in North Carolina: ‘All you hear is Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid.’
Date: 22 October 2020
By Alexander Burns
Alexander Burns
President Trump complained about the news media’s intensive coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at a campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C., on Wednesday evening, describing the disease as an annoying inconvenience even as the country’s case count and death toll continue to soar.
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Trump in North Carolina: ‘All you hear is Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid.’
Date: 22 October 2020
By Alexander Burns
Alexander Burns
President Trump complained about the news media’s intensive coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at a campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C., on Wednesday evening, describing the disease as an annoying inconvenience even as the country’s case count and death toll continue to soar.
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Date: 22 October 2020
In a letter to Senator Patty Murray, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the merger would “allow for more efficient management.”
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