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Here’s the trailer for The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to The Social Network, based on Wall Street Journal reporting

A companion piece to the hit film The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal’s shocking exposé The Facebook Files.” —LO ...
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A German court rules that Google’s AI Overviews are Google’s own words and makes the company liable for false answers

At the hearing, Google argued that users could check the linked sources themselves to verify whether the AI summary was correct. Users generally knew ‘that information generated with AI should not be ...
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Trust in the media stays low, but confidence in specific national outlets runs higher

The survey was conducted by YouGov for the Center for Integrity in News Reporting among 2,000 U.S. adults in February 2026. —LO ...
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60 Minutes veterans come to the program’s defense

My old boss Don Hewitt built 60 Minutes on the premise that Americans deserved to be surprised, challenged, and occasionally unsettled by what they saw on Sunday nights — that a mass audience could ...
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Montana’s Anaconda Leader shuts down after run of 55 years

“The newspaper’s owner cited inflation and rising operational costs as the reason for closing the only print publication in the southwestern Montana town.” —LO ...