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CNN's chief media correspondent and anchor of . NYU adjunct professor. Author of HOAX and Top of the Morning. Email: [email protected]
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Biden: “We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy. That means Russian oil will no longer be accepted at U.S. ports, and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine."
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As a former Moscow bureau chief for , I am saddened to report that we are pulling our journalists from Russia.
Here is a statement from , assistant managing editor, to the company.
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The New York Times says it is temporarily removing its editorial staff from Russia in response to the censorship law. "We look forward to them returning as soon as possible while we monitor the application of the new law," a spokeswoman says.
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Journalists as refugees. According to they are people who fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and crossed an international border for safety.
Check out newsletter. stay safe
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At 10:45 this morning, President Biden is expected to announce that the US is banning Russian energy imports.
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On today’s Daily: why is Putin so scared of Zelensky? explains it has a lot to do with Zelensky’s TV celebrity within Russia and just how close Zelensky came, several years ago, to being a Putin ally.
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Zelensky and his aides have skillfully used a combination of platforms to speak to Ukrainian, European, American, and global audiences... cnn.it/35C2lwQ
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“To grapple with the aftermath of a disaster, there must first be an aftermath.�? New from :
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This is at least the fourth incident of press being targeted.
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"They clearly shot to kill�?: Swiss photojournalist Guillaume Briquet narrowly escaped bullets yesterday, fired by a Russian commando on a road in southern #Ukraine. The “press" markings were clearly visible on his car. 1/2
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Doomscrolling is back
Chapek's tightrope walk
Tuesday's new releases
plus much more in this morning's media newsletter: cnn.it/35C2lwQ
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Parallels to 1939 are real: an expansionist, undeterrable leader applying ruthless military force. So far, the West has stood but at minimal cost to its people. We still celebrate defeating the Nazis - with enormous sacrifice. Will unity hold when cost exceeds higher gas prices?
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Today's Reliable Sources newsletter:
Zelensky's messages; doomscrolling resumes; Chapek's tightrope walk; Tuesday's new releases; 'Dateline' meets drama
view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/16467
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WaPo's Tuesday front page banner: "Ukraine's humanitarian crisis grows..."
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The only thing scarier than this photo is that we've stopped seeing many like them
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"It's a perfect storm that could lead Russia to finally seal off its population from the rest of the global internet, much like China already has," writes in this piece on the future of Russia's internet
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Zelensky in his newest video: "I'm not hiding. And I'm not afraid of anyone." leads off with a look at his media techniques: cnn.it/35C2lwQ
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The first January 6 trial is headed to jury deliberations tomorrow morning.
�?��?� and I break down the closing arguments this afternoon:
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Monday night's
media newsletter
just landed:
cnn.it/35C2lwQ
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Although Putin has repeatedly denied his troops are targeting civilians, photos taken in Ukraine show otherwise. Lynsey Addario has spent her career documenting war zones and spoke with  about her experience on the frontlines in Ukraine.
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"It was humiliating because I'm not a criminal." - , editor-in-chief for TV Rain in Russia, describes to the experience of being forced off the air for his station's independent coverage of the war in Ukraine
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Wrote about the Biden team increasingly boosting its allies in independent, left-leaning digital media
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the way this is shot via a phone with the outward perspective/selfie style view and then transitioning to a faraway camera sitting at a desk for a speech is really interesting. they are quite good at this
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Zelenskiy with another video from his office in the heart of Kyiv.
Not many presidents would still be there and not in a bunker, on the 12th day of an invasion, with multiple intelligence reports of hit squads out to get him.
His resilience is proving hugely inspiring here.
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Ukraine war could be 'pivot point' for Big Tech ( - )
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>> praising : "She's just a fierce, unshakable, and outstanding journalist, so connected to the stories she shares." oprahdaily.com/life/a39328808
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JUST POSTED: Story drawn from my book, “Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth,�? out TOMORROW! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624175/s
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Javier de Diego (Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?), Eva Nordstrom (features/planning), Vaughn Sterling (breaking news/Reliable Sources) and Ilyas Kirmani (Cari & Jemele, Don Lemon) named content leaders for CNN+. adweek.com/tvnewser/javie
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Netflix has pulled out of Russia. Spotify will in a matter of days.
What about YouTube?
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Meanwhile, a grassroots #crowdfunding effort is launching to put and programming on the air via private shortwave transmitters:
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US Agency 4 Global Media... has decided not to air such transmissions. We plan to... by purchasing air time on commercial SW stations in US & Europe... powerful transmitters easily reaching Russia Ukraine & rest of Eastern Europe #crowdfunding @fundrazr fundrazr.com/radiowaves?ref
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Russia’s vaunted disinformation operation has failed miserably over Ukraine. Its false flags were exposed in advance and fizzled. The most viral images are of the Ukrainian resistance and civilian victims. And pro-Putin voices in the US/West have (mostly) slinked away.
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. gets the kicker to all of the Bill Barr book coverage:
He would still vote for Trump if he's the GOP nominee in 2024.
(At the end of interview...)
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"Despite this bleak moment, we know from our organization's 70-year history that one day, perhaps sooner than many think, we will be able to reopen a bureau in Russia. Time is on the side of liberty, even in Vladimir Putin's Russia" –RFE/RL CEO Jamie Fly
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Just now on : tells that parents of kids 5 and under "need to trust me. We are going to get there. We will lose the masks. We're gonna see if there's any spike in K-12, then we'll come back for the babies." #MorningsOn1
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Right now is at the train station in Kyiv.
"It has just been a chaotic scene here for the last few minutes... There is definitely an intensification, an urgency as people are trying to get out of the country, out of the city"
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Local Russian journalists "can't report on the war anymore, they can't call a war a war, and many of those independent journalists have fled to neighboring countries," said. "One of them I spoke with today said basically 'the Russian media is dead.'"
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Companies "excommunicating" Russia... pressure on TikTok... plus much more in this morning's media newsletter: cnn.it/3ISJFYc
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Protests were documented in dozens of Russian cities on Sunday -- risky actions against a war that Russians are not supposed to call a "war."
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