Can you fact-check whether North Korea is a ‘regime’?
Rachel Lee/Staff
Although copy editors can edit out blatant lies and ugly slurs in the articles we’re given, here are some things we don’t fact-check: framing and omission.
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2 UC Berkeley alumni recognized as 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners, finalists
This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists include two UC Berkeley alumni who found their roots in journalism at The Daily Californian.
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Considering the changing landscape of elections after 2016
In a fatalistic sweep, digital media has instilled civic apathy in the young — the result of an overloaded sensorium in face of unproductive online discourse.
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Avoiding the misleading media of elections
I, like many of you, can be guilty of unconsciously picking up ideas without being completely aware of where they’re from.
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More than just journalism
It was a big deal to me. It gave me hope that I would still have an opportunity to write my heart out, and that’s just what I was able to do.
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Meryl Streep shines, but ‘The Post’ disappoints, offering convoluted, disjointed ambitions
“The Post” struggles to find a balance between the story it is really telling and its commitment to larger ideologies, such as history.
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Paranoia of ‘Wormwood’ as relevant in 2018 as in 1953
Netflix’s latest, “Wormwood,” reels in audiences with its chilling conspiracy, explore the effects of distrust in American politics.
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‘The Post’ offers strikingly relevant historical drama: An interview with Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg
In this quagmire of “fake news,” “The Post” establishes itself as an area of stable land that can function as a haven — an escape.
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Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri talks satire, politics at The Berkeley Forum event
Alexandra Petri, satirical columnist who was recently named in Forbes 30 under 30 list for young people driving the media, spoke at Free Speech Movement Cafe on Wednesday night.
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‘It’s Okay to be White’ posters found at UC Berkeley
Posters that read “It’s Okay to be White” were found at various locations on the UC Berkeley campus Friday.
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