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Byron Tau on Twitter: "In appalling ignorance of the basics of news-gathering, a Northwestern student newspaper: -apologies for taking photos of students protesting Jeff Sessions -and for using the student directory to text students to ask if they wanted to be interviewed. https://t.co/WqceMiVLlH"

Byron Tau on Twitter: "In appalling ignorance of the basics of news-gathering, a Northwestern student newspaper: -apologies for taking photos of students protesting Jeff Sessions -and for using the student directory to text students to ask if they wanted to be interviewed. https://t.co/WqceMiVLlH"
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The best Thanksgiving is in October on Twitter: "a number of journalists are mad about the Northwestern note in a way I have never really seen with several other issues, such the lack of diversity in their newsrooms, declines in public trust, or how reporting can further hurt underrepresented communities"

The best Thanksgiving is in October on Twitter: "a number of journalists are mad about the Northwestern note in a way I have never really seen with several other issues, such the lack of diversity in their newsrooms, declines in public trust, or how reporting can further hurt underrepresented communities"
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Platini returns from ban with threat to Uefa for back pay and bonuses | News | Sportcal

Platini returns from ban with threat to Uefa for back pay and bonuses | News | Sportcal : Michel Platini, the disgraced former president of Uefa, is taking legal action against European soccer's governing body in a bid to claim back millions of euros in lost earnings, according to reports. The French administrator's four-year ban from the sport for ethics breaches came to an end in October, and the 64-year-old, who has always denied any wrongdoing, has wasted little time in telling the media of his plans to take Uefa to court. Sources in France claimed�Platini is seeking around�€7.2 million ($7.9 million), including €5.5 million in back pay. However, Platini dismissed those numbers today, with his lawyer Vincent Solari telling AFP, the French news agency, that�his client "is entitled to a year's salary as well as a contractually agreed bonus, that is to say SFr3 million [$3 million]." The €1.8-million bonus is linked to�"his contribution to the succes
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The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood | The New Yorker

The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood | The New Yorker : Some scholars estimate that half of all film scenarios in the silent era were written by women, and contemporaries made the case, sometimes with old stereotypes, sometimes with fresh and canny arguments, that women were especially suited to motion-picture storytelling. In a 1925 essay, a screenwriter named Marion Fairfax argued that since women predominated in movie audiences—one reason that domestic melodramas, adventure serials featuring acts of female derring-do, and sexy sheikh movies all did well—female screenwriters enjoyed an advantage over their male counterparts. They were more imaginatively attuned to the vagaries of romantic and family life, yet they could write for and about men, too. After all, men “habitually confide in women when in need either of encouragement or comfort,” Fairfax wrote. “For countless ages woman’s very existence—certainly her safety and comfort—hinged upon her ability to please or influence men. N
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The Power Of Saying Less - The Startup - Medium

The Power Of Saying Less - The Startup - Medium : “Gentlemen, 2000 leads a month is total bullshit. I’d be lying if I sat here any longer and pretended that we can ever deliver that to you. The only way we can move forward is if we agree to be honest with each other from this point on.”
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24-yr-old woman survived on ₹21 a day for 5yrs to support her sick brother

24-yr-old woman survived on ₹21 a day for 5yrs to support her sick brother https://shrts.in/Pok7 -via inshorts
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