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Top news of the week: 22.01.2023.

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@srubenfeld shared
On Jan 20, 2023
RT @MiaRSato: New: When news broke that CNET was publishing AI-written stories, readers had a lot of questions. But CNET staff are in the dark, too. Red Ventures, which owns CNET, is following a lucrative SEO marketing play. And it's at the expense of the journalism: https://t.co/rft4LUSpc1
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Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine

Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine

CNET employees are wondering: what’s AI and what’s not?

@mathewi shared
On Jan 18, 2023
RT @marshallk: ChatGPT harshly and smartly criticized by the singer Nick Cave, in the style of Nick Cave. Via @mathewi https://t.co/4HDHRymVuf
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‘This song sucks’: Nick Cave responds to ChatGPT song written in style of Nick Cave

‘This song sucks’: Nick Cave responds to ChatGPT song written in style of Nick Cave

Singer-songwriter dissects lyrics produced by popular chatbot, saying it is ‘a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human’

@nycjim shared
On Jan 19, 2023
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern resigns, shocking New Zealand. "I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It’s that simple." https://t.co/RNPDaJNsw6 https://t.co/fiuPUlAuI9
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Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand

Labour leader will stand down no later than 7 February, saying she ‘no longer had enough in the tank’ to do the job

@sivavaid shared
On Jan 18, 2023
RT @chrisgeidner: At 10am, the New York Senate Judiciary Committee will consider Gov. Kathy Hochul's nominee, Hector LaSalle, to be chief judge of the Court of Appeals (the state's high court). Here’s my look at what Hochul’s been up to with this disastrous nomination: https://t.co/wzcjuJsbQO
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Kathy Hochul is really, really mad Dem senators won't just put her prosecutor on New York's high court already

Kathy Hochul is really, really mad Dem senators won't just put her prosecutor on New York's high court already

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesus Christ himself would give Hector LaSalle a vote, and other unbelievable arguments from New York's governor.

@Poynter shared
On Jan 17, 2023
For the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in last year, academic journal American Journalism compiled a special issue focused on the history of investigative reporting. https://t.co/ZZ6SXNxdEJ
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A special academic journal documents the history, and promise, of investigative journalism

A special academic journal documents the history, and promise, of investigative journalism

In addition to research, the issue includes essays by investigative reporters discussing the work that inspires them

@jimbrady shared
On Jan 19, 2023
It's amazing that @frontlinepbs has now been with us for 40 years. How lucky we are. Congrats to @raneyaronson and this iconic show's outstanding team. https://t.co/El4tGYZKBp
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A Reflection on 40 Years of FRONTLINE, From Our Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer

A Reflection on 40 Years of FRONTLINE, From Our Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer

Our first episode aired 40 years ago tonight — and our work goes on. A message from FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath.

@propublica shared
On Jan 20, 2023
RT @mreicher: More impact from our investigation into WA private special ed schools. State demanding a ton of records from one troubled school, as part of investigation, and lawmakers heard big reform bill W/ ⁦@luluramadan⁩ ⁦@STWatchdog⁩ ⁦@propublica⁩ https://t.co/SBZoYdshNz
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WA launches probe of private special ed schools as lawmakers consider reforms

WA launches probe of private special ed schools as lawmakers consider reforms

In response to a Seattle Times and ProPublica investigation, state officials demand records related to "abuse or neglect" at a publicly-funded network of schools.

@Poynter shared
On Jan 19, 2023
From @PolitiFact: Does Social Security really have “nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt,” as one Facebook post from Occupy Democrats says? https://t.co/Tom01Eljle
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Social Security does add to federal budget deficit, despite claims to the contrary

Social Security does add to federal budget deficit, despite claims to the contrary

When Social Security runs a deficit, as it has since 2010, it relies on its reserve funds that the Treasury Department holds in government bonds.