The Latest: Suspect confesses to killing journalist; ‘Endangered’; Avoiding the news; IE memes

June 15, 2022

■ Seth Rich's killing was exploited on Fox News and online . His parents are fed up (NPR)

■ New York Times boss to journalists: Don't use Twitter to 'vet grievances' (New York Post)

■ More people are avoiding the news , and trusting it less, report says (Reuters)

■ 'Endangered' review: Sobering doc shows the Fourth Estate under strain (Variety)

■ 4 years after dropping out of college, Bay Area photographer savoring first NBA Finals experience (KRON4)

■ So long, Internet Explorer. The browser retires today (AP News) / Internet Explorer gets memed off into the sunset after 27 years (The Wrap)

■ Now available: Katharine Graham postal stamp (U.S. Postal Service)

Press freedom

■ Suspect confesses to killing British journalist and Brazilian guide (Reuters) / How Dom Phillips effortlessly taught me to be a better journalist (The Intercept) / Read the work of missing British journalist Dom Phillips (Washington Post)

■ Street outside DC's Saudi Embassy dedicated to slain journalist Khashoggi (Washington Examiner)

■ 'Dead suspect' loophole in state law could prevent release of information in Uvalde school shooting (KSAT) / TV reporter fights prosecutor's subpoena for testimony in shooting case (Star Tribune)

■ Mexican journalists' murders may be linked to anonymous Facebook pages (Vice)

■ Philippines dispatch: Pigs, presstitutes and how journalists are harassed (Washington Post)

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