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Media Storm Continues

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Article in The Washington Sun by Ayah Ali-Ahmad, 10/23/26

Head;line:  “Trump’s Battle With the Media Ramps Up”

Subhead:  “This week brought a retraction demand to Politico, a reporter blocked from Air Force One, an FCC warning to broadcasters and a reported plan to evict the press corps from the White House.”

“As President Donald Trump barnstorms the country ahead of the midterms, on top of his usual White House events this week, he’s had some pointed exchanges with journalists in his path. He called one reporter a ‘dummy,’ another ‘a stupid person’ and a third ‘a sick person.’

“The angry name-calling comes as tensions between the White House and the media have ratcheted up. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/trump-battle-with-media

FCC Member Warns on Tactics

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Article in Al Jazerra by Staff, 10/23/26

Headline:  “FCC Democrat warns broadcasters to resist Trump’s media pressure tactics”

Subhead: “Democrat Anna Gomez warns broadcasters against yielding to Trump-era FCC’s claims of fake polls and news distortions.”

“Anna Gomez, the sole Democratic member of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called on the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to ramp up its response to pressure from the administration of US President Donald Trump on major news networks and broadcast television stations in advance of the midterm elections on November 3. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/23/fcc-democrat-warns-broadcasters-to-resist-trumps-media-pressure-tactics

MAGA Media Like the Ad?

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Article in Media Matters by Zachary Pleat, 10/21/26

Headline: “Here are the right-wing media figures endorsing ‘despicable’ ad from Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy”

Subhead:  “The ad features Democratic nominee Amy Acton’s estranged mother, who defended her husband’s reported sexual assault of Acton when she was a child”

“Multiple right-wing media figures are promoting an ad released this week by Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign targeting his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, featuring her mother calling her a liar. However, Acton has been estranged from her parent since the age of 12 in 1978, when her mother defended the candidate’s stepfather against accusations he had sexually assaulted Acton . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/here-are-right-wing-media-figures-endorsing-despicable-ad-ohio-republican-gubernatorial

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Article in The Hill by Mallory Wilson, 10/23/26

Headline:  “Trump spars with NBC reporter over Ramaswamy attack ad”

“President Trump engaged in a vigorous back-and-forth Friday with NBC reporter Monica Alba. . .”

“Reporters asked Trump about fellow Republicans denouncing the ad that was created by Vivek Ramaswamy, the GOP candidate for Ohio governor. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6168553-donald-trump-vivek-ramaswamy-ad-nbc-reporter/

Musk Buys into Media Control

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Article in The Guardian by Maya Yang, 10/22/26

Headline:  “Elon Musk reportedly invests $1bn in David Ellison’s Skydance“

Subhead:  “Musk’s investment into the new media empire comes after Paramount’s $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery”

“. . .The investment follows Paramount’s recent $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery, a huge acquisition that brought the media companies together under the Skydance name. At the head of the new media empire is David Ellison, the son of billionaire Oracle co-founder and Donald Trump ally Larry Ellison. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/22/elon-musk-david-ellison-skydance-investment

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis 10/22/26

Headline:  “Musk’s $1B stake in Skydance fuels bigoted quest to dominate media”

“. . .Access to Skydance puts Musk, the richest man in the world, in the position of having even more influence over the media than he already has at X. A dizzying array of major media properties are under the Skydance umbrella, including the Warner and Paramount movie studios, CBS, HBO Max, CNN, TNT Sports, and others. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/10/22/800116213/media/musks-1b-stake-in-skydance-fuels-bigoted-quest-to-dominate-media/

Can’t Hide from BBC

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Article in The Guardian by Emma Brokes, 10/15/26

Headline: “Trump should fear the BBC. Instead he’s picked a fight – and he seems to be losing”

Subhead:  “The president is used to bullying his media targets. The quagmire that is his libel actions shows the broadcaster is working to a different script”

“. . .This week, as news broke that the BBC has been cleared by a judge to serve legal papers on Trump’s children, while still seeking judicial intervention to force him to show up to his own deposition, the president must be wondering what’s going on. In August, Trump applied to the court to block the BBC from deposing Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump, and yet … the corporation simply ignored him and ploughed on with its mission. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/15/donald-trump-bbc-lawsuit-public-broadcaster-truth-power-noels-house-party

 

Despicable Ad Draws Media

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Article in The Bulwark by Will Sommer, 10/22/26

Headline:  “MAGA Media Learns to Love Vile Vivek Ramaswamy Ad”

Subhead:  “For these supposed moral authorities, the only question is whether it works.”

“. . .Instead of denouncing the ad, [Ben] Shapiro said it was no worse than members of the Kennedy family criticizing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., or relatives of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) opposing his re-election. Besides, Shapiro asked, do you remember when Democrats said JD Vance had sex with a couch?. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-media-learns-to-love-vile-vivek-ramaswamy-ad

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Article in The Nation by Chris Lehman, 10/22/26

Headline:  “Vivek Ramaswamy’s New Attack Ad Should Be a National Scandal”

Subhead:  “The Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate has accused his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, of lying about being raped when she was 12 years old.”

“. . .When the ad surfaced as part of an online poll, it met with a proper wave of outrage and disbelief. A MAGA movement that’s long dismissed and excused sexual assault, up to and including President Donald Trump’s special pleading for the defendants in the Cornell gang-rape case, was now attacking the credibility of a 12-year-old rape victim. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ramaswamy-acton-attack-ad/– – – – –

Article in Common Dreams by Julia Conley, 10/21/26

Headline:  “Vance Defends ‘Vile’ Ramaswamy Ad, Offering Preview of ‘Venom’ He’s Likely to Deploy in 2028 Race”

Subhead: “Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad exposed him as ‘disgusting, vile, and unfit,’ said one former Republican lawmaker, but ‘JD Vance arrives to show there’s someone even worse.'”

Read the full article at:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/jd-vance-vivek

Trump in Court Over BBC?

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Article in The Wrap by JD KLnapp, 10/22/26

Headline:  “Trump Must Sit for $10 Billion BBC Defamation Deposition by Early December, Judge Rules”

Subhead:  “The Dec. 11 deadline comes after the president canceled his planned Oct. 16 date due to a “matter of national importance,” though he was actually campaigning in Georgia”

“President Donald Trump must sit for a deposition in his $10 billion BBC defamation case by Dec. 11, a judge ruled on Thursday.

The update from U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett comes a week after the president canceled his planned Oct. 16 deposition date due to a “matter of national importance,” though he was actually just campaigning in Georgia. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal/trump-bbc-defamation-lawsuit-december-deposition-discovery/

Carr Threatens Licenses Over Polls

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Article in Poynter by Amaris Castillo, Ren LaForme, Angela Fu and Nicole Slaughter Graham, 10/22/26

Headline:  “Opinion | Brendan Carr warns broadcasters about ‘fake polls’ as a real polling scandal unfolds”

Subhead: “Carr didn’t identify the polls he was targeting but warned that broadcasters could run afoul of their federal licenses”

“Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr warned broadcasters Wednesday that airing what he calls “Fake Polls and Suppression Polls” could violate their regulatory obligations, putting the FCC in the middle of how broadcasters cover political polling less than two weeks before the midterm elections. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/brendan-carr-fcc-fake-polls-broadcasters/

One State Advances Local Journalism

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Article in Free Press by Staff 10/21/26

Headline:  “Pennsylvania House Advances Vital Legislative Package to Support Local Journalism and Civic Information”

Subhead:  “The two bills are part of a growing national push for state-level action to address America’s local-journalism crisis”

“HARRISBURG — On Wednesday, Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives passed two important journalism and civic-information bills (HB 2047 and HB 2048). The legislation is designed to support independent public-interest news that meets the most pressing information needs of communities across the Commonwealth. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.freepress.net/news/pennsylvania-house-advances-vital-legislative-package-support-local-journalism-civic-information

Picking Them Off One-by-One

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Article in The Hill by Sarah Davis, 10/21/26

Headline:  “WHCA condemns removal of journalist from White House pool”

“White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich on Wednesday condemned the White House’s decision to restrict a journalist’s access to cover President Trump after the president lashed out at him in the Oval Office earlier this week.”

“Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for The Independent, was scheduled to serve as the print pool reporter on Thursday. The White House pulled him from this duty, which included traveling with the president, according to Feinberg. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/media/6164506-whca-condemns-trump-retaliation/