Did the Media Fall For a Fake Story About CNN Airing 30 Minutes of Hardcore Porn Last Night? | Mediaite

Editor’s Note: There is an update to this story provided by the network’s general manager at the bottom of this piece. — Admittedly, we in the Mediaite writer’s room laughed out loud in shocked disbelief when we read the first headline this morning from the International Business Times: Oops! CNN’s Boston TV channel accidentally broadcasts…

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Jill Stein raises over $4.5m to request US election recounts in battleground states | US news | The Guardian

Jill Stein, the Green party’s presidential candidate, is preparing to request recounts of the election result in several key battleground states. Stein launched an online fundraising page seeking donations toward a multimillion-dollar fund she said was needed to request reviews of the results in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The drive has already raised more than…

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RIP Scott Eric Kaufman, 1976-2016 – Salon.com

Scott Eric Kaufman, an assistant editor at Salon and one of our most free-ranging and adventurous voices in recent years, died on Monday near his family home in Houston after a lengthy illness. He was 39. We join our readers and those who encountered Scott’s work and his inimitable personality in other venues, from the…

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