False claims spread quickly after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attack

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This article was originally published in the Student Press Report, a national news desk covering student media and journalism education in higher ed. Ryan Monke, a senior at Hofstra University, […] The post As threats to the press…

After law enforcement thwarted a potential attack on the White House correspondents’ dinner with President Donald Trump and top leaders, Republican commentators accused Democrats of using violent rhetoric. A remark […] The post How a…

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This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Critics had already braced for an uneasy White […] The post The dinner stopped. The journalists kept reporting.…

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Shots fired inside the hotel hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner attended by President Donald Trump caused immediate confusion about the suspect and what transpired at the April 25 […] The post False claims…

About an hour after a shooting inside the venue hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, President Donald Trump — who attended and was quickly evacuated — said the incident […] The post Why a correspondents’ dinner…