"Democrats Chide Facebook Over Climate Disinformation" [1]
"A group of Democratic senators is expressing concerns over reports that Facebook is exempting climate change misinformation from fact-checking."
"A group of Democratic senators is expressing concerns over reports that Facebook is exempting climate change misinformation from fact-checking."
"BP, Shell, and other companies say they’ll address climate change. But their pledges fall far short of what's needed to meet global climate goals."
"On the eve of a new coronavirus reporting system this week, data disappeared from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website as hospitals began filing information to a private contractor or their states instead. A day later, an outcry — including from other federal health officials — prompted the Trump administration to reinstate that dashboard and another daily CDC report on the pandemic."
"The Trump administration has taken control of COVID-19 data in the United States, leaving public health experts gravely concerned about whether anyone outside the administration will be able to access the vital information moving forward."
"Critics say a company policy that exempts opinion articles from fact-checking amounts to a huge loophole for climate change deniers."
"Climate experts have watched with an uneasy sense of deja vu as national and local public health leaders have been harassed, insulted and threatened."
"The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all Covid-19 patient information to a central database in Washington beginning on Wednesday. The move has alarmed health experts who fear the data will be politicized or withheld from the public."
Wildfire photographer Helen Richardson, in a companion EJ InSight case study, shares a personal account of her efforts to capture compelling images from Colorado’s deadly Waldo Canyon Fire. Plus, more of her photos [33] and a report on how to prepare properly to shoot disasters [34] while protecting yourself, including from COVID-19.
Safety has long been an element of smart disaster photojournalism. But there’s a new dimension to the risk now — coronavirus. Wildfire photographer Helen Richardson writes in the latest EJ InSight column about how to protect yourself, how to be prepared and how to get the story. Plus, a photo slidehow [33] and a case study [32] on confronting the journalistic challenges in one major fire.
"Audio of the forceful push led by U.S. Park Police to sweep protesters out of Lafayette Square on June 1, moments before President Trump’s visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church, was not recorded by the Park Police radio communications system, the agency said Tuesday."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/democrats-chide-facebook-over-climate-disinformation
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[11] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/507865-democrats-chide-facebook-over-climate-disinformation
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-does-net-zero-emissions-mean-big-oil-not-what-you-d-think
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[15] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072020/oil-gas-climate-pledges-bp-shell-exxon
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/disappearance-covid-19-data-cdc-website-spurs-outcry
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[22] https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/16/coronavirus-hospitalization-data-outcry/
[23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/covid-19-power-shift-experts-have-deep-worries-about-hospital-data
[24] https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-19-power-shift-experts-have-deep-worries-about-hospital-n1233896
[25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-facebook-handles-climate-disinformation
[26] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/climate-facebook-fact-checking.html
[27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-dr-fauci-can-learn-climate-scientists-about-personal-attacks
[28] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14072020/climate-science-coronavirus-trump-fauci
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-strips-cdc-control-coronavirus-data
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[31] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/coronavirus-data-trump-cdc.html
[32] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/ej-insight-i-can-t-not-shoot-photojournalist-preparation-meets-opportunity
[33] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/f8-n95-and-be-there-wildfire-photojournalism-pandemic-era#slideshow
[34] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/f8-n95-and-be-there-wildfire-photojournalism-pandemic-era
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/ej-ilustrated
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[38] https://www.sej.org/headlines/park-police-did-not-record-radio-during-lafayette-square-operation
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[41] https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/07/07/park-police-did-not-record-their-radio-transmissions-during-lafayette-square-operation-june-1/
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=168
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=165
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=166
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=167
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=170
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=171
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=172
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=173
[50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=454