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☆ Variety faces calls for a retraction as its head-turning story about CNN drama begins to fall apart
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Variety has a mess on its hands. Former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, The Atlantic journalist Tim Alberta, and Puck Editor-In-Chief Jon Kelly have all called for the outlet to publicly correct the record. But, thus far, Variety has resisted taking any such action, outside quietly removing the widely panned Tatiana Siegel-written feature from its online homepage. The outlet’s deafening silence comes as the piece begins to fall apart in public. (It goes without saying that Zucker’s camp denied to Siegel that this ever happened, but she printed it anyway.)

Persons: Jeff Zucker, Tim Alberta, Puck, Jon Kelly, Tatiana Siegel, Chris Licht, ”, Byers, Zucker, Siegel, David Zaslav, ” Byers, Siegel weaved, imploring, Natalie Korach, Zucker’s, Ramin Setoodeh, Cynthia Littleton, Korach, Kelly, Puck’s, “, Jeffrey Goldberg, …, ” Goldberg Organizations: CNN, Variety, The Atlantic, Warner Bros, Penske Media Corporation, PMC, The Locations: . Alberta, ” Alberta, Miami, cabanas, ”, Russian, Littleton

☆ Starbucks teams up with Blackpink, betting on the power of K-pop
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Hong Kong CNN —Starbucks is teaming up with Blackpink, one of the world’s hottest musical acts. The centerpiece of the lineup is the Blackpink Strawberry Choco Cream Frappuccino, a drink that is an aptly hued blend of black and pink. Like other major global brands, Starbucks is leaning into the frenzy around K-pop, hoping that it will translate to a boost in sales. The company has partnered with Blackpink before, launching a collection of merchandise in Thailand two years ago. In 2022, the group was named Time magazine’s Entertainer of the Year, becoming just the second K-pop group to receive the title.

Persons: ”, Blackpink, Emma McIntyre, Kan, they’ve, —, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, Rosé —, Dior, Bang, Hyuk, “ Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Starbucks, Coachella, Blackpink, South, Netflix, BTS, Disney, CNN, HYBE Locations: Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Philippines, Indio , California, Asia, Thailand, South Korean

☆ Fact Check-Handelsblatt cover on Ukraine’s ‘bloody crash test’ is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated cover of what purports to be a weekend issue of German magazine Handelsblatt reporting on Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia is being shared online. "This is not a counteroffensive // it's a bloody crash test," says the headline on the fake cover, posted to Facebook (here ). It also purports to be magazine issue 119 and is dated June 23, 24, 25. The cover of weekend issue 119, as seen in the archive, is dedicated to a piece about climate, and it features different visuals (here ). There is no record in the Handelsblatt archive of a cover calling Ukraine’s counteroffensive a “bloody crash test”.

Persons: Handelsblatt, Read Organizations: Facebook, Twitter, Reuters Locations: Russia

☆ Fact Check-Charlie Hebdo magazine cover with Zelenskiy and Titan not genuine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A cover of French magazine Charlie Hebdo dated June 23 is circulating online featuring a caricature of Zelenskiy, but it is fabricated. The alleged special issue number 1614 of the satirical magazine also has a reference to the Titan submersible. A search of the satirical magazine’s online archive does not reveal such a cover (abo.charliehebdo.fr/ ), nor does a search through the weekly magazine’s Twitter and Facebook accounts (twitter.com/Charlie_Hebdo_ ) (here ). The Charlie Hebdo issue number 1614 was published on June 28 and the cover features a caricature of Putin and Prigozhin (here ). The Charlie Hebdo magazine did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment.

Persons: Charlie Hebdo, Zelensky, Charlie, Putin, Read Organizations: Titan, Facebook, Twitter, Reuters Locations: Ukraine

☆ Why this in-flight magazine is the fashion industry’s new must-read
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Nick Remsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Model Ismael Savane pictured in an Air Afrique T-shirt during Paris Fashion Week Mens Spring-Summer 2023 on June 23, 2022 in Paris. “We want to revive the African transcendence that Air Afrique represented,” Lamine Diaoune, the founder and creative director of the Air Afrique collective, said in a statement. It really was about more than just flights.”An Air Afrique stewardess, pictured during training in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in 1971. The cover of Air Afrique magazine's first issue, featuring the French rapper Tiakola (far right). (All members of the Air Afrique collective have backgrounds in creative fields; each also has projects outside of the group, too.)

Persons: Michel Renaudeau, Côte, Senegal —, Ismael Savane, Melodie Jeng, ” Lamine Diaoune, ”, Djibi Kébé, ” Kébé, “, Côte d’Ivoire, they’ve, Bottega, Tiakola, Lamine Diaoune, Djiby Kébé, Jeremy Konko, Amandine Nana, Zhedy Nuentsa, Bamba Thiam, Axel Pelletanche, ” Nana, Paul Kodjo, Marie, Hélène Tusiama, Tusiama, ’ ” Pope Jean, Paul II, Jean, Claude Delafosse, Pope Jean, Abdel El Tayeb, El Tayeb, Matthieu Blazy, El Tayeb’s Organizations: France CNN, Afrique, Air, Central African, Paris, Centre Pompidou, Air Afrique, “, Air Afrique Air Afrique’s, Franco, El Locations: Paris, France, New York City, Mauritania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Niger, Republic of, Congo, Senegal, West Africa, New York, Abu Dhabi, Europe, Abidjan, Côte, Dakar, West, Africa, Ivory Coast, ”, ‘, Sudanese, El

☆ Opinion | Is There Any Twinge of Regret Among the Anti-Abortion Justices?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Linda Greenhouse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Because Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that saluting the flag or reciting the Pledge of Allegiance amounts to worshiping secular authority, they prohibit their school-aged children from engaging in the practice. The decision upheld a Pennsylvania school district’s expulsion of a Jehovah’s Witness brother and sister. A mere three years later, even though the United States itself was now at war, the court reversed itself. “Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard,” he wrote in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. The consequences of the decision were alarming, and the country paid close attention as the court took up the issue for reconsideration.

Persons: Robert Jackson, ”, Dobbs Organizations: West Virginia State, of Education, Minersville, Jackson, Health Organization Locations: Europe, United States, West Virginia

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Titanic magazine cover depicting Ukraine’s Zelenskiy is circulating online
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated cover of German satirical magazine Titanic that mocks Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia is being shared online. However, a search through the monthly magazine’s online archive shows no such cover was published by Titanic in June 2023 (here ). Titanic magazine didn’t immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. The alleged cover of Titanic magazine depicting Zelenskiy is fake. The June 2023 edition features Frontex on its cover.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Read Organizations: Facebook, Twitter, Titanic, Reuters Locations: Russia, eigene

☆ How to Increase the Value of Your Home With 5 Popular Home Improvements
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Daniel Bortz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

Plus, data also suggests solar panels increase a home’s value somewhat when it comes time to sell. Does a new roof increase home value? Does a new kitchen increase home value? Does a new bathroom increase home value? “Classic subway tile is clean, simple and has a timeless appeal.”Do energy-efficient windows increase home value?

Persons: Daniel Bortz, ”, David Steckel, you’ll, Steckel, Mallory Micetich, Micetich, HomeAdvisor, Courtney Mason, Mason Organizations: Rewiring America, Census, Google, Energy Locations: New York, Riverside , Calif, Atlanta ,, Tampa, Fla

☆ Robert Gottlieb, Eminent Editor From le Carré to Clinton, Dies at 92
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Unlike his revered and formal predecessor, who wore jackets and ties, saw people by appointment and was addressed as “Mr. Easing the apprehensions of many New Yorker aficionados, he made few and mostly minor changes over five years. New critics were hired, and Talk of the Town commentaries were opened to more writers and were no longer written anonymously. In 1992, Tina Brown, the British editor of Vanity Fair, replaced Mr. Gottlieb in an amicable transition and introduced splashy changes. “I can write perfectly well — anybody who’s educated can write perfectly well.

Persons: Mr, Shawn, ” Mr, Gottlieb, “, ”, Raymond Bonner, Judith Thurman, Diane Ackerman, Robert Stone, Richard Ford, Tina Brown, Eustace Tilley Organizations: Yorker, Knopf, The New York Observer Locations: Central, British

☆ Their Reports About a Woman’s Death Set Off a Revolt. Iran Put Them on Trial.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Vivian Yee | Leily Nikounazar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“They are both full of life and passion, and they were fighting with their journalism to improve women’s lives and status in Iran,” said Amir Hossein, a Tehran-based journalist. “Instead of investigating the causes and the people behind Mahsa Amini’s death,” he added, “the regime began blaming the journalists who brought it to light in the first place.”“What can I say?” Mr. Hossein said. But for many of those involved, an official reckoning goes on: The authorities have executed seven protesters, and at least eight more are on death row. At least 95 journalists have been arrested, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. “We rarely hear the details” of the abuses of Iranian citizens by the authorities, the citation read.

Persons: ”, Amir Hossein, “, Mahsa, Mr, Hossein, Hamedi, Mohammadi Organizations: Protect Journalists Locations: Iran, Tehran

☆ Embattled CNN chief apologizes to staff after embarrassing profile, vows to ‘fight like hell’ to win back trust
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Chris Licht started CNN’s daily network editorial meeting on Monday by directly addressing the elephant in the room. “I want to say that I’ve spent the weekend doing a lot of thinking,” Licht told staffers, many of whom had dialed into the meeting specifically to hear from their embattled chief executive. Employees had not heard from Licht since The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta on Friday published a blistering 15,000-word profile on him. He said that he would “fight like hell” to win over the trust of the 3,500-person news organization he leads. In the immediate future, I’m told, Leavy is counseling Licht and CNN leadership’s primary goal is to stabilize the ship.

Persons: Chris Licht, I’ve, ” Licht, Licht, Tim Alberta, Donald Trump, ”, They’ve, David Leavy, David Zaslav, Zaslav, I’m, wouldn’t, WBD, Leavy Organizations: CNN, Employees, Hudson, Warner Bros, “, North Star

☆ Fact Check-Fake Atlantic headline says white supremacy is a multi-racial movement
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Atlantic did not publish the headline, “White Supremacy is now a multi-racial movement. A Facebook post shared the fake screenshot saying “This not parody”(here) while a Twitter user wrote, “Isn’t that cultural appropriation?” (here). There is no evidence that such a headline or article was published by the Atlantic. The fake screenshot uses a photo that shows a truck that crashed into a fence outside of the White House in Washington D.C on May 23 (here). Reuters reported on a security incident that day where a rented truck was driven into security barriers near the White House.

Persons: “, Anna Bross, Read Organizations: Facebook, Atlantic, Atlantic’s, Communications, White, Reuters, Nazi Locations: Washington

☆ Fan Bingbing spotlights Asian designers at Cannes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Making her first appearance at Cannes since 2018, Fan arrived at last Tuesday’s opening event (the premiere of Johnny Depp’s new film “Jeanne du Barry”) wearing a creation by Christopher Bu. Fan Bingbing attends the Red Sea International Film Festival's "Women's Stories Gala" wearing an outfit by South Korean label Miss Sohee. Fan Bingbing in a golden gown by Vietnamese fashion designer Chung Thanh Phong. Her looks at Cannes have not been exclusively by Asian designers. Fan attending the Oscars in March 2023, one of her first public appearances outside China since a tax controversy threatened to derail her career.

Persons: Fan Bingbing, Louis Vuitton, Fan, Johnny Depp’s, Jeanne du Barry ”, Christopher Bu, Sohee, Daniele Venturelli, Miss Sohee, Chung Thanh, Jimmy Choo, Harvey Cenit, Chung Thanh Phong, Arnold Jerocki, FanBingbingCannes, Mikael D, Mikael Derderian, Wes Anderson’s, Tamara Ralph, Ralph, Russo, ”, Emma McIntyre, Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Tony Ward Couture Organizations: CNN, Cannes, South, Palais des, Red Sea, Miss, Sohee, Canadian, Forbes, Global Times, The Berlin, Fashion Locations: China, South Korean, Korean, Weibo, Lebanese, Charleston

☆ The Evidence for Therapy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( German Lopez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Millions of Americans go to talk therapy. But does it work? Talk therapy does produce great benefits for some people, but not for everyone, so it might not work for you, my colleague Susan Dominus wrote for The New York Times Magazine’s therapy issue, published this week. Some studies have found that therapy has a higher chance of helping than not. Other research has shown more limited results, suggesting that therapy helps some patients but not many or even most.

☆ Opinion | The Tyranny of ‘The Best’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Rachel Connolly | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

“I think the really important thing to me — which is probably not a healthy thing — is I want to make sure the people I’m with have the best time possible,” Dan told me. Some version of the “hottest new restaurants of the year” could be found in local newspapers and magazines for decades — not to mention the best dentists, doctors, schools. Listicles proliferated as a kind of content that was easy to produce, easy to attract attention to, easy to sell ads against. The best easy-to-assemble tents, the 30 softest midrange nightgowns, the 17 smoothest razors under $50, the top seven waterproof briefcases. There are best-of lists of less concrete things, too: the 100 best novelists of the past 100 years; rich lists; the 30 under 30.

☆ Carroll, Clothes and Credibility
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was unclear, to the end, which way the jury would go in the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump trial. Ultimately they found Mr. Trump liable in the civil suit — both for sexual assault and for defaming Ms. Carroll — and awarded Ms. Carroll $5 million in damages. As she sat there in Manhattan federal court every day, Ms. Carroll presented the very opposite of the “wack job” Mr. Trump had described in his video deposition. She did not look “mentally sick.” She did not look like the money- and fame-grubber Mr. Trump’s lawyers described. It was almost as if she were offering an answer to a question she might once have been asked as Elle magazine’s advice columnist, E. Jean: “I am about to testify in a rape trial.

☆ Fact Check-Fake cover of The New European depicting UK’s Sunak, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy and the Dalai Lama shared online
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image of a fake cover of The New European (TNE) news outlet showing a cartoon with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is circulating online. The fabricated cover of an April Special Issue, 337, shows a cartoon of Sunak looking down at Zelenskiy, who is sitting on the Dalai Lama’s knee. Furthermore, the Issue 337 found in the archive shows a photo of Sunak and a different story headline by another writer (here ). The cartoon cover is not authentic, according to the magazine. The cover of Issue 337 can be found in online archive of The New European.

☆ What Are People Even Doing All Day?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Malia Wollan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

For Laroi, there is no clearly defined day or night. Sometimes he drives all night and sleeps all day; sometimes he sleeps all day and drives all night. One day a week, Sophie works late so she can meet with far-flung colleagues in real time. Now she has enough energy left at the end of the day to go grocery shopping and cook dinner. The time markers reflect the time of day when participants told an interviewer they would normally be doing the activity shown.

☆ Trump Grand Jury Digs Into Hush Money Paid to Second Woman
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Joe Palazzolo | Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Manhattan prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s role in paying hush-money to a porn star also have been examining a $150,000 payment to a former Playboy model who alleged that she had an affair with the former president, according to people familiar with the matter, raising the prospect that Mr. Trump could face charges connected to the silencing of both women. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg ’s office has been presenting a grand jury with evidence of Mr. Trump’s involvement in a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels since January. In those proceedings, the people said, Mr. Bragg’s prosecutors also have questioned grand-jury witnesses extensively about an earlier deal involving Karen McDougal, Playboy Magazine’s Playmate of the Year in 1998, who has said she began a 10-month relationship with Mr. Trump beginning in 2006.

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated TIME cover calling Donald Trump the ‘worst president ever’ resurfaces
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A TIME magazine cover with a photo of former U.S. President Donald Trump and the headline “Worst. “ is fabricated, a spokesperson for the publication told Reuters. A TIME spokesperson told Reuters via email the image of the cover is not authentic. It is not in the magazine’s online archive (time.com/vault/year/2016/), and a Google search for keywords provided no credible results (bit.ly/3ZHeLKI). TIME magazine did not publish a cover calling Trump the worst president ever.

☆ A year after Russia’s invasion: How Ukraine endured
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +21 min

REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoIn the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers entered Ukraine. By seizing the city of three million people, and capturing or killing Zelenskiy, Russia’s hope appeared to be that Ukraine would quickly surrender. By March 23, Russia’s advance had captured regions of Ukraine along the Belarus border but Ukraine’s forces had begun reclaiming territory near Kyiv. Satellite imagery of Russia’s military convoy near Invankiv, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022. The two sit on a bed, with a radio and teddy bears nearby., image Ukrainian civilians have endured The will of the people of Ukraine continues to be that they remain free.

☆ Biden signs TikTok ban for government devices amid security concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Covers Tech For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

President Joe Biden approved a limited TikTok ban Thursday when he signed the 4,126-page spending bill into law. The ban prohibits the use of TikTok by the federal government’s nearly 4 million employees on devices owned by its agencies, with limited exceptions for law enforcement, national security and security research purposes. Since 2020, a bubbling movement led largely by conservatives has maintained a minor interest in a TikTok ban. “We’re disappointed that Congress has moved to ban TikTok on government devices — a political gesture that will do nothing to advance national security interests — rather than encouraging the Administration to conclude its national security review,” the company said in a statement. It added that the proposed security agreement with the Biden administration would address the security concerns of lawmakers and regulators.

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Charlie Hebdo magazine cover featuring Ukraine’s Zelenskiy circulates online
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated image purporting to show a cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy has circulated online. The screenshot appears to show a special edition released ahead of the festive period, with the Charlie Hebdo logo visible across the upper-third of the image. The image purports to show the cover of the magazine’s issue number 1,588, dated Dec. 22, 2022. Beneath the logo, a cartoon of Zelensky can be seen appearing to steal gifts from Jesus’ crib, with a speech bubble that reads: “Stop whining, we need it! No such Charlie Hebdo cover featuring Zelensky was released on Dec. 22, 2022.

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ People magazine cover featuring Ukraine’s Zelenskiy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

People Magazine did not publish a cover featuring Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, giving him the title of “sexist man alive.” However, a fabricated cover appeared online that misled some social media users. Users shared an image featuring the supposed cover, with text beneath that reads: “Following TIME ‘Man Of The Year’ Win, Zelensky Also Snags People Magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’.”Examples of the screenshot shared online can be viewed (here) and (here). People Magazine named actor Chris Evans the sexiest man alive in November 2022, and archives of previous covers can be viewed (here). The screenshot of the fabricated cover featured a watermark linking the image to a social media page that describes itself as satirical (here), (here). The fabricated cover was not shared by People magazine, but by a satirical social media account.

☆ Zelenskyy and the Spirit of Ukraine win Time’s 2022 Person of the Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the spirit of Ukraine have been named Time’s 2022 Person of the Year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the answer as to why he did it was simple: “It’s the people.”“My security was 100% against it,” Zelenskyy told Time during the trip to Kherson. “Zelenskyy gives me confidence,” a 35-year-old woman identified as Natasha in Ukraine told TODAY. In addition to Zelenskyy, Felsenthal revealed the women of Iran as 2022’s Heroes of the Year.

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