How Newsmakers and News Hosts Are Remembering Larry King
Date: 23 January 2021
By Bryan Pietsch
Bryan Pietsch
CNN colleagues like Wolf Blitzer and Christiane Amanpour were joined by celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, Magic Johnson and Celine Dion in mourning the longtime broadcaster.
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Biden Administration Removes Trump Allies From U.S.-Funded News Outlets
Date: 23 January 2021
By Pranshu Verma
Pranshu Verma
The Trump administration had been accused of trying to turn the federally funded news agencies into partisan mouthpieces for his presidency.
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An Australia With No Google? The Bitter Fight Behind a Drastic Threat
Date: 22 January 2021
By Damien Cave
Damien Cave
The big tech platforms are facing a challenge unlike any other as Australia moves to make them pay for news.
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Sharon Begley, a Top Science Journalist, Is Dead at 64
Date: 22 January 2021
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Long at Newsweek, she was regarded as one of her generation’s pre-eminent science writers. An “Enlightenment-era figure,” Jon Meacham said.
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Psaki Tries to Strike a New Tone in the White House Briefing Room
Date: 22 January 2021
By Katie Rogers and Annie Karni
Katie Rogers
After the Trump White House’s undisguised hostility toward reporters, President Biden’s press secretary promised to “share the truth, even when it’s hard to hear.”
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Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87
Date: 23 January 2021
By Robert D. McFadden
Robert
Over five decades, he chatted with an estimated 50,000 people from all walks of life, from presidents and pundits to swindlers and U.F.O. “experts.”
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Biden’s Top Economic Adviser Lays Out Immediate Relief Strategies
Date: 22 January 2021
By Reuters
At a news conference on Friday, President Biden’s top economic adviser, Brian Deese, laid out a strategy for how the administration would deliver aid to individuals and small businesses in order to avoid economic failure.
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1971: After 2 Years and 100 Sessions, Vietnam Peace Talks Remain Deadlocked
Date: 22 January 2021
By The International Herald Tribune
A spokesman for the United States said, “Nothing transpired to any news value” in the five-hour meeting in Paris, during which the sides reiterated already well-known positions.
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New Virus Variant May Be Somewhat Deadlier, U.K. Warns
Date: 22 January 2021
By Mark Landler and Benjamin Mueller
Mark Landler
The evidence on the fatality rate is worrisome but not yet solid, scientists said. It contrasts with news that Britain is vaccinating its people at a promising pace.
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Kamala Harris Celebrated In India
Date: 22 January 2021
By Reuters
Kamala Harris’s ancestral village in southern India celebrated her swearing-in as vice president.
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