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Questions about the system and organizations of communication through which information is spread to a large number of people; the coat of a wall consisting chiefly of fibers

Media

  1. [Late Latin, from Latin, feminine of medius; from the voiced stops' being regarded as intermediate between the tenues and the aspirates]: a voiced stop
  2. [New Latin, from Latin]: the middle coat of the wall of a blood or lymph vessel consisting chiefly of circular muscle fibers
  3. a medium of cultivation, conveyance, or expression
  4. a. singular or plural in construction: mass media
    b. plural : members of the mass media
  5. the system and organizations of communication through which information is spread to a large number of people Hint:Media can be used as a singular or a plural in writing and speaking.
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Did Matt Drudge sell the Drudge Report?

After President Trump today tweeted "he gave up on Drudge", quite a lot of his responses claimed that Matt Drudge sold the Drudge Report and is under a Non-Disclosure Agreement. Here is a sample tweet. (There are many more - I have seen tons of…
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Valves sold for 11k$ to hospital in italy?

Currently there are big news articles about some guys that printed some valves for a hospital in need as the supplier wasn't able to provide the needed parts fast enough. The media says that the supply company now wants to sue the guys for creating…
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Did the Washington Post ever advocate Amazon's position on sales taxes?

On July 24th, 2017, Donald Trump tweeted: Is Fake News Washington Post being used as a lobbyist weapon against Congress to keep Politicians from looking into Amazon no-tax monopoly? First of all, this is out of date, because Amazon started…
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Did the BBC alter an interviewee's words to use the term 'chemical attack'?

In August 2013, the BBC broadcast an episode of Panorama titled "Saving Syria's Children" portraying a chemical attack. The Russian TV Channel RT claims that the attack was staged by the BBC. It further claimed that the BBC replayed one of the…
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Has the Council of Europe called for the banning of British newspapers mentioning when a terrorist is Muslim?

From the Daily Mail: European human rights chiefs order the British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims in crackdown on freedom of speech European human rights chiefs have told the British press it must not report when terrorists are…
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Did a large number of celebrities threaten to go on strike until Trump resigns?

According to some web sites, several celebrities - including Rosie O'Donnell, Debra Messing, and Ed Asner - have threatened to go on strike until Donald Trump resigns the Presidency. The following is the start of a story at the YourNewsWire site: A…
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Does media coverage of mass shootings leads to more mass shootings the same week?

In the end of this video, Dr. Park Dietz says: Because every time we have intense saturation coverage of a mass murder, we expect to see one or two more within a week. Is this true?
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Did the New York Times misleadingly remove Alex Jones' book from the NYT Bestseller's list?

Tucker Carlson claimed in a recent segment that The New York Times lied by leaving Alex Jones' new book The Great Reset off its rightful position of number one on its bestsellers' list: Tucker Carlson says that the New York Times lied about what…
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Is there evidence that women who said they were sexually assaulted by Trump lied for money?

According to Wikipedia, there are at least 19 women who have accused Trump of sexual assault or harassment. Trump has recently claimed: I was accused by, I believe it was four women," Trump said. "I was accused by four or five women who got paid a…
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Have the ratings of right-wing talk radio hosts not been consistently established?

As part of an item on the The Young Turks news show, aired Jan 26th 2018, Cenk Uygur claims (2:30 and on) that the supposedly-high ratings of well-known right-wing talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck has "never been verified", that…
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Is the cause for the Berkeley Boom "unknown"?

Articles about the unsolved mystery of the "Berkeley Boom" claim that the loud noises that can be heard throughout Berkeley, California, and in neighbouring cities, might be caused by fireworks, cops, oil companies, nuclear testing, car engines,…
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Do the Sage Journals use a pay-for-publication model (such as Bentham Open)?

I prefer to use peer reviewed journals of the highest integrity as the sources of what I would consider a good answer on this site. While perusing the JREF Forums, I was struck by a question asked there: How did crackpot Electric Universe papers…
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Is a Gazan woman running for Office in Belgium?

I am currently researching some information about Gazans who manage to emigrate in order to improve this answer. During this process I have found what it seems to be an interesting article about Gazan community in Belgium and more precise about a…
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Has there ever been a company that has called their paperboys "Media Distribution Officers"?

According to The Economist's article "Too Many Chiefs", job title inflation is on the rise: America's International Association of Administrative Professionals—formerly the National Secretaries Association—reports that it has more than 500…
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Does 51% of CNBC climate coverage deny that climate change is caused by man-made pollution?

Here is the source of the claim: Mediamatter for America climate statistics graph Tweeted, and re-tweeted by Al Gore The source that the image refers to: REPORT: CNBC's Climate Denial Is Bad For Business The text in the image says: 51% of CNBC…
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