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By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh City Council has decided to table its discussion of a “no-knock bill” for two weeks. READ MORE: Kidsburgh: Family-Fun Activities In March The bill proposed banning “no-knock” warrants within the city limits. READ MORE: Mask Controversy: Social Media Erupts After Pittsburgh Penguins Allegedly Photoshop Masks Onto Fans It would prevent law enforcement agents from serving a warrant without announcing their presence. MORE NEWS: Police Investigating Fatal Shooting In Trafford The executive director of the Citizen Police Review Board says no-knock warrants are already being executed across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that they’re illegal. … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh City Council Tables Discussion Of “No-Knock Bill” For 2 Weeks

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck Schumer Senate panel splits along party lines on Becerra House Democrats' ambitious agenda set to run into Senate blockade A Biden stumble on China? MORE (D-N.Y.) pledged on Thursday that Democrats would pass a massive coronavirus relief bill this week, even as Republicans plot how to slow down the bill. “The Senate is going to move forward with the bill. No matter how long it takes, the Senate is going to stay in session to finish the bill this week,” Schumer said from the Senate floor. Democrats had hoped to start the clock on the coronavirus relief bill on Wednesday, but punted as they awaited guidance from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the cost of the bill and if it complies with reconciliation, the process the party is using to avoid a 60-vote filibuster in the Senate. ADVERTISEMENT Democrats are now hoping to have that vote on Thursday afternoon, though it hasn’t been locked in yet. Even … [Read more...] about Schumer vows Senate will pass coronavirus relief this week

Facebook’s trending news section, which was accused of censoring conservative news, was managed by a staff full of liberal employees. The social media company has fired the 15-18 employees who worked on trending news, in an attempt to replace any possibility of bias with an algorithm. Gizmodo reported in May that Facebook “news curators” buried conservative stories. This caused Republican South Dakota Sen. John Thune to send a letter to Facebook inquiring about its trending news section. “Any attempt by a neutral and inclusive social media platform to censor or manipulate political discussion is an abuse of trust and inconsistent with the values of an open Internet,” Thune wrote. Facebook denied the charges in Gizmodo’s article and claimed to have a staff with diverse opinions. “Diversity in all its forms — including ideological — is one of our core values, and we believe that adding voices to the conversation creates a richer and more vibrant community,” Facebook’s general … [Read more...] about Facebook’s News Content Staff Was Filled With Liberals

BuzzFeed is being widely criticized by reporters for its decision on Tuesday to publish an unsubstantiated 35-page dossier alleging that the Russian government is blackmailing Donald Trump with dirt on illicit sexual and financial activities. BuzzFeed published the document just after CNN broke a story that Trump and President Obama were briefed by U.S. intelligence officials last week that Russian operatives claim to have damaging personal and financial information about the president-elect. [dcquiz] BuzzFeed’s document is a 35-page report compiled by a former British spy who was hired by Trump’s political opponents during the presidential campaign. The document, which has floated around Beltway reporter circles for months, states, among other things, that Trump engaged in kinky sex acts with Russian prostitutes while visiting Moscow. Other outlets who have seen the document chose not to publish it, largely because the claims laid out in it could not be independently … [Read more...] about Journos BLAST BuzzFeed For Publishing Unsubstantiated Trump Dossier

As part of a new initiative cracking down on fake news announced on Thursday, Facebook will be partnering up with third party “fact-check” organizations that will alert users if a story they are about to read or share is “disputed.” One of the organizations Facebook is partnering up with is Snopes, which The Daily Caller has exposed more than once butchering the truth or seemingly outright lying in service of a liberal narrative. “We believe in giving people a voice and that we cannot become arbiters of truth ourselves, so we’re approaching this problem carefully. We’ve focused our efforts on the worst of the worst, on the clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their own gain, and on engaging both our community and third party organizations,” Facebook vice president Adam Mosseri said in a press release Thursday. [dcquiz] NiemanLab notes that Facebook will be relying on four fact-check organizations: ABC News, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact and Snopes. (RELATED: Fact-Checking … [Read more...] about Facebook Using Unreliable Liberal Fact-Checker To Fight ‘Fake News’