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Journalists Continue – in Spite of. . .

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Article in Poynter by Sydney McGarr, 4/11/26

Headline:  “Journalism students know the industry is struggling. They’re choosing to enter it anyway”

Subhead:  “Student reporters from across the country say they’re worried about layoffs, AI and shrinking newsrooms but still feel called to the work”

“The outlook for aspiring journalists is increasingly uncertain.

“Layoffs ripple through major U.S. newsrooms, local papers shutter at an alarming rate, politicians sharpen their attacks on the press and AI technology threatens to make journalists obsolete.

“Yet, 10,073 students graduated with journalism degrees in the U.S. in 2025, according to a report by Data USA, an open-source platform for visualizing U.S. government data. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/educators-students/2026/why-students-are-choosing-journalism/

Blowing Other Stuff Up Besides Media?

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Article in The Washington Post by Scott Nover, 5/11/26

Headline:  “Trump taps embattled media czar Kari Lake as ambassador to Jamaica”

Subhead:  “Lake was tasked with dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media and Voice of America, and became embroiled in contentious legal battles.”

Kari Lake, the embattled Trump administration official tasked with dismantling the government’s global media outlets, has been nominated as the next U.S. ambassador to Jamaica, according to a list of nominations the White House sent to the U.S. Senate on Monday. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/11/kari-lake-jamaica-trump/

More Media Not Giving-In

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Article in The Hill by Dominck Mastrangelo 5/8/26

Headline:  “ABC accuses FCC of violating its free speech”

“ABC is accusing President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of violating its First Amendment rights as FCC Chair Brendan Carr ramps up scrutiny of the Disney-owned outlet over the content it broadcasts. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5869900-abc-fcc-the-view-jimmy-kimmel-disney/

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Article in Free Press by Staff, 5/8/26

Headline:  “ABC Learns from Past Mistakes, Takes Stronger Stance Against Carr and Trump’s Censorship Campaign”

“In a filing made public on Friday, ABC accused Federal Communications Commission regulators of violating its free-speech rights and called out FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for attempting to punish the broadcaster for airing political content that displeased the Trump White House. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.freepress.net/news/abc-learns-past-mistakes-takes-stronger-stance-against-carr-and-trumps-censorship-campaign

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 5/8/26

Headline:  “ABC says F U to FCC”

“ABC isn’t rolling over after the Federal Communications Commission demanded the network to upend decades of precedent and hand out airtime to the right. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/8/800035851/media/abc-fights-trumps-fcc-demands/

Rich-People-Gala Real News?

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Article in FAIR by Janine Jackson, 5/8/26

Headline:  “NYT on Met Gala: If You Don’t Like It, Shut Up”

“Plenty of people felt that the Met Gala, a celebration of wealth and celebrity—where a ticket cost $100,000 and a table $350,000—was painfully tone deaf right now as our country spends billions of dollars to attack other countries and bankroll a genocide, people are being snatched off the street and sent to camps, and the White House goes after anyone who says anything about it they don’t like. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/nyt-on-met-gala-if-you-dont-like-it-shut-up/

Good, Real-News

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Photo courtesy of CJR Reed Brody

Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Susie Banikarim, 5/8/26

Headline:  “Amy Goodman’s Good Example”

Subhead:  “A documentary that resonates, why the press needs to pay more attention to Truth Social madness, and an impressive investigation from the Post and Courier.”

“. . .Goodman, now the host of Democracy Now!, is the star of Steal This Story, Please! But it is more broadly a film about independent journalism and why it matters, now maybe more than ever. Goodman turns out to be an ideal guide: relentless, fearless, and a natural storyteller with a matter-of-fact clarity of purpose and no apparent interest in self-aggrandizement or martyrdom. . .”

Read the full story at:

https://www.cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/amy-goodmans-good-example-documentary-truth-social-post-courier-investigation.php

Atlantic Won’t Cave

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 5/8/26

Headline:  “Opinion | The Atlantic isn’t backing down”

Subhead:  “The publication’s editor-in-chief says a lawsuit and potential FBI probe will not deter its journalists from publishing the truth.”

“If the FBI and its director Kash Patel thought they could intimidate The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick with lawsuits and federal investigations, they have been given a resounding wake-up call.

The Atlantic is making itself clear. They are standing behind their reporter. They are standing behind their journalism. They won’t be backing down.

Last month, Fitzpatrick wrote a bombshell story based on conversations with dozens of sources. Those sources described Patel as erratic, suspicious of others and prone to jumping to conclusions before he had the necessary evidence. The story included allegations of “excessive drinking” as well as “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences” while Patel has been in charge of the FBI. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/the-atlantic-kash-patel-lawsuit-fbi-investigation/

Imperial Ballroom & Rt. Wing Media

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Article in Media Matters by Isabella Corrao & Jane Lee 5/7/26

Headline:   “Right-wing media spent months claiming Trump’s ballroom wouldn’t cost taxpayers a penny. Republicans are now proposing $1 billion in taxpayer money to secure it.”

“Since President Donald Trump first demolished the East Wing to build a new White House ballroom, right-wing media personalities have frequently echoed White House talking points asserting that private donors would fund the ballroom at no cost to taxpayers. Recently, however, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) proposed $1 billion as part of a “long-term immigration and border patrol funding bill” for security upgrades related to the ballroom construction project . . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/right-wing-media-spent-months-claiming-trumps-ballroom-wouldnt-cost-taxpayers-penny

Infowars – Gone?

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Article in FAIR by Ari Paul, 5/6/26

Headline: “You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You, Mr. Jones?”

“Silence had never sounded so sweet, blankness had never looked so beautiful. A visit to the far-right conspiracy outlet Infowars website had no ‘Jesus Returns’–sized headlines about government-tainted water turning the frogs gay, or fresh anti-vaccine claims. No promotions for host Alex Jones’ supplements, either, or videos of him screaming gibberish about politicians eating babies. Just a white screen and two very small words: ‘Off Air’. . .”

Read the full story at:

https://fair.org/home/you-dont-know-what-it-is-do-you-mr-jones/

Picture or Imagine That?

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Article in Poynter by Mark E. Johnson

Headline:   “Article about free images ‘contradicts everything I hold true about journalism’ “

“. . .With one post, two people who I have worked closely with attempted to raze everything I have done over the last quarter century.

“Their story, titled, ‘These tools will help you find the right images for your stories,’ contradicts everything I hold true about journalism — textual and visual:

“Journalism is specific, journalism is not generic.
Journalism is precise, journalism is not vague.
Journalism illuminates, journalism does not decorate.

“To believe otherwise is to demean visual journalists, to believe they are lesser, to establish a class system. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2018/article-about-free-images-contradicts-everything-i-hold-true-about-journalism/

Cutting the Real News?

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 4/6/26

Headline:  “Veteran journalist ‘concerned’ CNN will be next MAGA victim”

“Veteran journalist and CNN mainstay Christiane Amanpour is concerned that, if Republican donor David Ellison is successful in his attempt to take over CNN parent company Warner Discovery, the network could face a devastating pro-MAGA makeover. . .”

“During a panel of the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London on Monday, Amanpour expressed her outrage. . .”

“Clearly I’m concerned,” she said after being asked about recent comments from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that he’s looking forward to an Ellison makeover. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/6/800034348/media/journalist-concerned-cnn-next-maga-victim/