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October 2018

President Trump doubles down on blaming media as suspicious packages continue to surface

President Donald Trump doubled down on blaming the media for the nation’s incivility, as suspicious packages sent by a suspected serial bomber continued to target President Trump’s outspoken critics. “A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News,” the president said. “It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description.

President Trump inciting ‘violence’: More than 200 retired journalists condemn president’s ‘un-American’ attacks on press

More than 200 journalists condemned President Donald Trump’s “sustained pattern” of attacks on the free press in an open letter, describing his behavior as “un-American and utterly unlawful and unseemly for the President of the United States and leader of the free world." “Trump’s condoning of political violence is part of a sustained pattern of attack on a free press — which includes labeling any reportage he doesn’t like as ‘fake news’ and barring reporters and news organizations whom he wishes to punish from press briefings and events,” said the letter, which as of the morning of Oct 25

3 Steps to Advancing Telehealth Networks

Telehealth vendors have the frustrating experience of seeing their best efforts to serve rural populations thwarted by pathetic broadband connections. Or worse, no broadband at all. At least vendors and healthcare facilities have the benefit of serving urban areas because there, the broadband is always good. Or is it? Urban broadband availability is still a problem. Cities suffer from the legacy of broadband’s origins. Three steps to advancing telehealth networks:

Twitter Sheds Users Again in Fake-Account Purge

Twitter reported its first consecutive quarterly drop in users, losing more than it had expected and signaling further declines to come as it continues to purge fake accounts. Even so, Twitter said it boosted revenue and swung to a profit in the third quarter as it extracted more advertising revenue out of its existing users.

The Washington Post announces plans to expand technology coverage

The Washington Post announced plans to expand its technology coverage, adding 11 new positions for reporters, editors and videographers. The initiative will mean significant growth for The Post’s San Francisco (CA) bureau, where two technology reporters and one editor are now based. The bureau also will now house a video studio. Positions also will be added in Seattle (WA) and Washington (DC).

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