President Trump used his first State of the Union speech to call for unity, but once again associated illegal immigration with drugs and murder. Congressional Republicans cheered him. Democrats largely sat on their hands and grumbled during parts of his immigration remarks. What did the news media have to say before and after the address?
Eddie Scarry, “Media: Don’t give Trump credit for a good State of the Union speech,” Washington Examiner
Callum Borchers, “Trump’s first address to Congress remains the best media moment of his presidency. It didn’t last long.,” The Washington Post
Julian Zelizer, “Does the State of the Union speech matter in the age of Trump?,” CNN
Charlie May, “Trump’s State of the Union speech will be praised, won’t it?,” Salon
Michael M. Grynbaum, "'Gloomy.' 'Amazing.' Trump's Speech Divides the Pundits," The New York Times
"State of the Union: Trump calls for unity but divides media," BBC
Dan Gainor, "The media can't 'resist' - dinging Trump's State of the Union before, during and after," Fox News
Nicole Gaudiano, "Rep. Kennedy denounces 'bullies' in rebuttal to Trump's State of the Union address," USA Today
Matthew Nussbaum, "Was That Drool Coming Out of Joe Kennedy's Mouth?," Politico
The Pope Takes On Fake News
Carol Kuruvilla, “Pope Francis Condemns Spread of Fake News as Evil,” HuffPost
Tom Kington, ‘Pope Francis sees origin of fake news in the snake’s lies in the Garden of Eden,” Los Angeles Times
Avi Selk, “The pope’s fake news guide couldn’t be more different from Trump’s,” The Washington Post
"The Follower Factory"
Nicholas Confessore, Gabriel J.X. Dance, Richard Harris and Mark Hansen, “The Follower Factory,” The New York Times
Ed Winstead, “Faked: The Headquarters. The Followers. The Influence?,” The New York Times
Cheryl Conner, “Fake Followers? Expose On Devumi Spurs Backlash On Social Media’s Black Market,” Forbes
Josh Delk, “NY AG investigating group that sells fake Twitter followers,” The Hill
Alisha Shurr, “Twitter bots follow Grietens by the thousands, mostly avoid other lawmakers,” The Missouri Times
Journalists and Larry Nassar
Marina Fang, “Prosecutor in Larry Nassar Case Thanks Journalists For Uncovering Sexual Abuse,” HuffPost
Eric Levenson, “How the Indy Star and Rachael Denhollander took down Larry Nassar,” CNN
Tim Evans, “Larry Nassar was sometimes arrogant, sometimes nervous, during only interview on sex abuse,” IndyStar
Karen K. Ho, “Orange County Register has investigated abuse in USA Gymnastics since 2004,” Columbia Journalism Review
Facebook: More or Less News?
Peter Kafka, “Facebook says it will push more local news stories into your News Feed,” Recode
Casey Newton, “Facebook says it will begin putting more local news into the News Feed,” The Verge
Will Oremus, “Facebook Is Putting More ‘Local News’ Into Your Feed. That’s a Lot Harder Than It Sounds.,” Slate