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Pushing Media Around

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 4/14/26

Headline: “Opinion | Trump’s Truth Social posts are driving the news cycle — and raising alarms”

Subhead:  “From threats about Iran to attacks on the pope and an AI image of himself as Jesus, the president’s posts have drawn unusually broad criticism”

“President Donald Trump has never been one to avoid chaos and controversy, especially on Truth Social. . .”

“Does he have a crazy-like-a-fox strategy behind his posts? Does he do it to troll people? Does he do it to draw focus away from other matters? Is he so starved for attention that he’ll post anything to be at the top of the news cycle?. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/trump-as-jesus-post-taken-down/

 

Disappearing Climate Coverage

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Article in FAIR by Olivia Riggio, 3/14/26

Headline: “Climate Coverage Plunges, Though Crisis More Dire Than Ever”

“The UN just released its 2025 Global Climate Report, and, predictably, the outlook for our earth is incredibly dire.  . .”

“There is no shortage of urgent climate news right now. The scientific consensus that we need to phase out fossil fuels fast has not changed, despite President Donald Trump’s anti-climate policies rolling back environmental protections and clean energy growth. But data shows coverage about climate change in US news outlets has plunged. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/climate-coverage-plunges-though-crisis-more-dire-than-ever/

 

Media Concerned About Cuckoos?

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Article in Media Matters by Jason Campbell, 4/14/26

Headline:  “Even some in right-wing media are now asking questions about Trump’s age and mental acuity”

“In the past few days, some right-wing media pundits have criticized 79-year-old President Donald Trump over concerns about his age and mental acuity, describing him as an ‘old man.’ The New York Times recently scrutinized Trump’s potentially diminished mental and physical capacities to serve as president, and polls indicate that a majority of the American people are growing increasingly concerned that Trump’s advanced age is causing him to be more erratic.

“Over the past two months, a growing chorus of dissident voices in right-wing media have broken with Trump over his war with the Islamic Republic of Iran. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/even-some-right-wing-media-are-now-asking-questions-about-trumps-age-and-mental-acuity

CBS – What Me Worry?

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Article in Daily Beast by Janna Brancolini, 4/13/26

Headline:  “MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Accused of Not Caring About Top Show”

Subhead:  “The embattled ‘CBS Mornings’ just experienced its worst quarter ever.”

“CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss has been accused of dragging her feet in filling a key role at the network’s flailing morning show.

‘Weiss tapped former CBS Mornings host Tony Dokoupil to helm the network’s newly revamped MAGA-friendly CBS Evening News broadcast starting in January.

“Since then, both shows have struggled to attract viewers, with CBS Mornings experiencing its lowest-rated quarter on record. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-curious-cbs-boss-bari-weiss-accused-of-not-caring-about-top-show/

Trump-Jesus in News Again.

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Article in Media Matters by Payton Armstrong, 4/8/26

Headline: ” ‘Heretic’: After Trump spiritual adviser Paula White-Cain likens Trump to Jesus during Easter, right-wing media figures lash out”

Subhead: “Tucker Carlson called it ‘so vile’ and ‘such a sacrilege,’ while conservative influencer Brett Cooper said, ‘Maybe these people should not be involved in our government’ “

“Right-wing media figures are lashing out at President Donald Trump’s personal spiritual adviser and senior adviser to the White House Faith Office Paula White-Cain for likening Trump to Jesus during an Easter event, labeling her an ‘unabashed heretic’ and ‘batsh*t crazy.’

“White-Cain is a televangelist, pastor, and Trump’s longtime spiritual adviser who has ‘long been a prominent and polarizing figure in evangelical circles.’ White-Cain has an extensive history of extreme rhetoric, including declaring that opposition to Trump is equivalent to opposition to God. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/heretic-after-trump-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-cain-likens-trump-jesus-during

Another Legal Domino Falls?

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Article in The Guardian by Richard Luscombe, 4/13/26

Headline:  “Trump media company drops lawsuit against the Guardian”

Subhead: “TMTG drops defamation claim over report that prosecutors were investigating payments received as possible money laundering”

“Donald Trump’s media corporation has dropped a defamation claim against the Guardian and two other defendants over a report that federal prosecutors were investigating $8m in payments the company received from entities with ties to Vladimir Putin as possible money laundering. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/trump-media-guardian-lawsuit

State Media Propaganda Gone?

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Article in Reuters by Krisztina Than, 4/13/26

Headline: “Hungary’s election winner Magyar says to suspend state media news broadcast”

” Hungary’s ​election winner ‌Peter Magyar ​said ​on Monday that ⁠his ​government will ​suspend the news broadcast ​of ​public state media ‌until ⁠unbiased news coverage ​can ​be ⁠ensured.

“Magyar’s Tisza ​party ​scored ⁠a landslide victory ⁠in ​Sunday’s ​elections. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hungarys-election-winner-magyar-says-suspend-state-media-news-broadcast-2026-04-13/

No Defamation?

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Article in The New York Times by Katie Robertson, 4/13/26

Headline:  “Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal”

Subhead:  “The judge said President Trump had not “plausibly alleged” that The Journal published the article with actual malice.”

“A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal over its report of his lewd birthday greeting to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Judge Darrin Gayles in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida said in his decision that Mr. Trump had not ‘plausibly alleged’ that The Journal published the article with “actual malice,” a legal standard meaning that it knew what it was publishing was false or had acted with reckless disregard as to its accuracy. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/media/trump-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-dismissed-epstein.html

Democracy Needs Journalism

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Article in FAIR by Janine Jackson, 4/10/26

Headline:  ” ‘Local News Is a Genuine Public Good We Need for Our Democracy’ “

Subhead:  “CounterSpin interview with Alex Frandsen on Local News Day”

“Janine Jackson: News media can be like the old joke about the weather: Everybody complains, but nobody does anything. But as we’ve seen billionaire owners turning news into yet another profit-driven enterprise—not, to be clear, entities that need to sustain themselves, but that need to generate ever-higher quarterly profits for shareholders—the truth is there has been plenty of, not just protest and criticism, but ground-level organizing to find other ways to support the work we need from journalism in the public interest. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/local-news-is-a-genuine-public-good-we-need-for-our-democracy/

Sometimes Muck Needs Raking

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Susie Banikarim, 4/10/26

Headline:  “Tony Gonzales and the Patient Work of Local News”

Subhead:  “Impactful reporting from the San Antonio Express-News; Fargo columnists fed to the wood chipper; profiling the Big Beautiful Bill’s ugliness.”

“In February, the San Antonio Express-News broke a story that quickly became national news: Tony Gonzales, a Republican congressman from Texas, had an affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, an aide who died by suicide after setting herself on fire. The fallout was significant. Gonzales initially denied the relationship. Last month, he admitted to it and dropped his reelection bid. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/tony-gonzales-and-the-patient-work-of-local-news.php