American Lawyer, Court TV founder Steve Brill’s is raising money for a new start up that will rate news content for trust

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Bilton, Ricardo. "American Lawyer, Court TV founder Steve Brill’s is raising money for a new start up that will rate news content for trust." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 3 Nov. 2017. Web. 16 Nov. 2024.

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