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Voice of Who?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Riddhi Setty, 4/6/25

Headline:  “VOA’s Legal Fight for Independence”

Subhead:  “Journalists at Voice of America have been to court in the hope of getting back to their jobs. Now they are suing to protect against censorship.”

“For the embattled journalists of Voice of America (VOA), first came the fight to return to the newsroom they’d been unceremoniously booted from by the Trump administration. Now comes another daunting challenge: clawing back their editorial independence.

Late last month, four employees joined with Pen America and Reporters Without Borders to sue the administration over allegations that President Trump and his political appointees at the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees VOA, had censored their coverage, transforming the newsroom into a “partisan mouthpiece of the administration” and breaching a congressionally created editorial firewall. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/voas-legal-fight-for-independence.php

Christian Media Missiles?

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Article in Media Matters by Staff, 4/6/26

Headline:  “On The Weeknight, Angelo Carusone discusses how the Iran war is seen in the Christian nationalist media space: ‘They’re getting impassioned because he’s making these very explicit calls to their religion’ “

“. . .And the undercurrent that’s taking place that this is in fact a Holy War, that it is Biblical. And the rhetoric that you pointed to is the most mild examples of that. I mean, Trump has posted a video, tapping into a notion that he is the prophecy come to life, that part of what he is doing now was prophesized in the Bible. And that lit up Christian nationalist communities. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-relations/weeknight-angelo-carusone-discusses-how-iran-war-seen-christian-nationalist-media

How to Flatter Yourself in the Media

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Article in The Nation by David Futrelle, 3/6/26

Headline:  “The AI Sector’s Crass Bid for Media Domination”

Subhead:  “When you’re a galactically rich tech mogul upset with adverse press coverage, you just buy yourself more flattering media outlets.”

” ‘Freedom of the press,’ A.J. Liebling famously wrote, ‘is guaranteed only to those who own one.’ This pithy observation from one of Liebling’s 1960 ‘Wayward Press’ columns in The New Yorker sums up a great deal about how journalism is transacted under the pressures of American capitalism. But the gist of it has to hit different if you have several hundred million dollars sitting around and a reputation that could use a bit of burnishing. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-techonology-business-and-programming-network-podcasts/

If it Bleeds – it Doesn’t Lead Anymore

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Article in AlterNet by Matthew Rozsa, 4/6/26

Headline:  “Right-wing media empire hemorrhaging subscribers as Trump’s coalition crumbles”

“President Donald Trump’s media ecosystem for a long time depended on major online brands like The Daily Wire and Blaze Media, but as one of their fellow conservative publications pointed out, Trump’s coalition is dissolving — and with it, the base of support upon which many of these media outlets once stood firm.

“Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire is in trouble on YouTube, losing significant numbers of subscribers—with Shapiro himself down a whopping 80,000 in the first quarter of the year, according to a new survey of political channels by researcher Kyle Tharp,” wrote The Bulwark’s Will Sommer on Monday. It’s more proof that dissident and increasingly anti-Trump voices like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson have the energy in right-wing media. Shapiro, by contrast, is stuck defending an unpopular war with Iran.’ ”

Read the full article at:

https://www.alternet.org/right-wing-media-fail/

 

Reporters Ask For Facts!?

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Article in Mediaite by Sarah Rumpf, 4/6/26

Headline: “NYT Fires Back After Trump Berates Reporter: ‘Pattern of Answering Fair Questions with Inaccurate Attacks’ “

“The New York Times fired back at President Donald Trump after he berated one of their reporters during a press conference on Monday, calling it part of a “pattern of answering fair questions with inaccurate attacks.”

The incident in question occurred during a press briefing the president held to discuss the latest developments in Iran. Times Zolan Kanno-Youngs asked Trump about a Truth Social post he wrote early on Easter Sunday morning with a profanity-laced demand for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to strike Iran’s bridges and power plants if the strait stayed closed. . .”

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https://www.mediaite.com/media/nyt-fires-back-after-trump-berates-reporter-pattern-of-answering-fair-questions-with-inaccurate-attacks/

Fox on the Run?

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Article in Media Matters by Ed McMaster & Isabella Sherk

Headline:  “Right-wing media figures castigate Fox News for pushing ‘blatant propaganda” on the war in Iran’ “

Subhead:  “Former Fox hosts and other right-wing media figures have called out the network for ‘cheerleading’ Trump’s war”

“Right-wing media figures including former hosts for Fox News are calling out the network for its sycophantic coverage of the Iran war.

Ex-Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly are attacking their former employer over its role in promoting President Donald Trump’s Iran war, with Kelly accusing Fox of ‘cheerleading’ the conflict and Carlson claiming the network is advocating for escalating to a ground invasion. Other right-wing media figures have similarly accused the outlet of ‘endless cheerleading’ for the war and spreading ‘blatant propaganda.’ ”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/right-wing-media-figures-castigate-fox-news-pushing-blatant-propaganda-war-iran

Coming for the Journalists?

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Article in The Guardian by Jeremy Barr, 4/6/26

Headline:  “Trump threatens to jail journalist to find source of second missing airman report”

Subhead:  “Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces”

“Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in an effort to identify their source. . .”

“During a press conference at the White House on Monday afternoon, Trump told reporters that his government was aggressively pursuing the “leaker” who revealed information about the missing airman to the media. He claimed that the news report put Iran on notice and put the airman in danger. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/trump-threats-journalist-missing-airman-iran

Betting on the News

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Klaudia Jazwinska, 4/3/26

Headline:  “The Problem with Binding News and Prediction Markets”

Subhead:  “Polymarket and Kalshi are quickly making deals with news publishers, with potential implications for the regulation of prediction markets. It’s unclear how journalism wins.”

“Prediction markets—platforms where users can place wagers on the outcomes of future events —are suddenly all over the news. Every day we’re seeing headlines—allegations of insider trading, states accusing prediction markets of violating gambling laws, warnings about the “depravity economy.” We’re also seeing prediction markets’ efforts at becoming part of the news ecosystem. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/the-problem-with-binding-news-and-prediction-markets-polymarket-kalshi-regulation-cftc-insider-trading.php

Short-Term Reporting?

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Article in Media Matters by Ilana Berger, 4/3/26

Headline:  “Right-wing media’s narrative that high gas prices are ‘short-term’ and ‘temporary’ is undermined by reporting from major energy conference”

Subhead:  “CNBC anchor Morgan Brennan: ‘The growing chorus on Wall Street, including JP Morgan, Blackrock, Citadel, those are all warning that the war and ongoing oil shocks are being underpriced’ “

“While many right-wing media personalities continue to parrot claims from the Trump administration that high gas prices are a short-term consequence of the U.S. and Israel’s war in Iran, a few are starting to question that narrative.

“During S&P Global’s CERAWeek, a Houston-based energy industry conference held this year from March 23-27, attendees and other experts expressed concern over the long-term consequences of President Donald Trump’s war constraining energy supply in the Strait of Hormuz, making clear to reporters that the situation is likely worse than the market is showing. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-relations/right-wing-medias-narrative-high-gas-prices-are-short-term-and-temporary

MAGA Mega Media Merger?

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Article in FAIR by Pete Tucker, 4/2/26

Headline:  “Trouble for Nexstar Merger That Would Create Mega-Network for MAGA”

“It’s not exactly breaking news that President Donald Trump endlessly attacks the media, or that his administration lapdogs quickly echo his gripes. But there’s one official who has stood apart, and he’s done so by not only mimicking Trump, but by remaking the US media in his boss’s image, most recently by rushing through local TV broadcast giant Nexstar’s takeover of Tegna.

“ ‘Unlike his predecessors, Carr isn’t just another corporate lawyer,’ Rolling Stone’s Matt Bai (3/17/26) wrote about Brendan Carr, Trump’s Federal Communications Commission chair:

” ‘He is a cultural claims adjuster, a pasty-faced, soft-spoken agent of Trump’s retribution. If you were going to single out the most dangerous functionary in Trump’s little circle of Hell, you’d have plenty of candidates…. But don’t sleep on Brendan Carr. His legacy of awfulness may yet prove more durable’. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/trouble-for-nexstar-merger-that-would-create-mega-network-for-maga/