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Santa Monica Observer publisher David Ganezer has issued an op-ed explaining why his media outlet removed a story speculating that 27-year-old Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died of an opioid overdose. The original story was slammed by Texas Police and the Angels, both claiming that no determination had been…

UPDATED with video: CNN debuted a new promo that flips its Facts First campaign. This one features a banana. More accurately, a banana peel. “Some people might try to tell you that this an apple,” the voiceover artist says. “It might even start as a joke.” “But when they say it over and over and over again, and people…

Updated with NRA spokesperson response to Don Lemon broadcast: National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch on Wednesday responded to CNN primetime star Don Lemon’s Tuesday night program in which he blamed President Donald Trump for death threats made against CNN’s staff in Atlanta: So by this logic, is Don…

CNN Worldwide Chief Jeff Zucker has sought to calm Atlanta staffers after a report that a man had phoned multiple threats to the cable news network’s Atlanta operation, saying he was heading there to “gun” them all down because they are “Fake News.” In a memo to staff Zucker said he would address the threat and…