Events

The FCC announced last month, the audit of many broadcasting stations:  The list may be found in this link:

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-673A1.pdf

Article in The Guardian by Margaret Sullivan, 9/5/25

Headline: “Why is much of the media ignoring questions about Trump’s health?”

Subhead:  “Most of the mainstream media is overly cautious in approaching the fair topic of the president’s health”

“Prestigious news organizations gave scant attention when, for several days recently, Donald Trump faded from public view. Other than some social media posts and some blurry golf-course images, the normally ubiquitous president seemed almost to disappear.

But most of Big Journalism gave that subject a pass. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/05/trump-health-media-margaret-sullivan

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Liam Scott, 9/4/25

Headline:  “What’s in a Hand?

Subhead:  “The White House press corps gets credit for not falling for misinformation about Trump’s health. But is it missing the story again?”

” ‘How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?’ It was Tuesday afternoon, and Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy was asking Donald Trump about the viral rumors that spread late last week, fueled by an uncharacteristic span of days without any public events, that the president was gravely ill.

“It’s fake news,” Trump replied . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/trump-health-misinformation-hand-social-media.php

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Article in Comic Sands by Alan Herrera, 9/4/25

Headline:  “Vance Gets Brutal Reminder After Accusing Media Of ‘Lying’ About Trump Being On His ‘Deathbed’ “

Subhead:  “Vice President JD Vance accused the media of claiming that President Trump was dying after he wasn’t seen for three days—except no reputable media sources claimed that.”

“Vice President JD Vance was called out after accusing media outlets of claiming that President Donald Trump was dying after he wasn’t seen for three days even though no reputable media sources had published reports saying so. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.comicsands.com/vance-media-trump-deathbed

Article in Media Matters by Matt Getz, 9/3/25

Headline: “Donald Trump killed the Jeffrey Epstein story on the right”

Subhead: “MAGA propagandists care about Trump, not principles or victims”

“President Donald Trump has succeeded in getting his media supporters to stop talking about his old friend Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased sex offender and financier. Prominent MAGA media figures ignored a wave of Epstein news on Tuesday, signaling that Trump’s pressure campaign has paid off with their silence — even as (or, perhaps, because) his own corrupt involvement in the story has grown. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/donald-trump-killed-jeffrey-epstein-story-right

Article in The New York Times by Kate Conger, 8/15/25

Headline:  “Judge Blocks F.T.C. Investigation of Media Matters“

Subhead:  “The agency began looking into the liberal watchdog group’s research critical of Elon Musk and his social media platform, X, in May.”

“A federal judge granted an injunction on Friday blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of Media Matters, saying the inquiry violated the free speech rights of the liberal watchdog group, which had published research critical of Elon Musk and his social media platform, X. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/technology/media-matters-ftc-musk-injunction.html

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Article in Washington Post by Scott Nover, 8/15/25

Headline: “Judge blocks FTC probe into liberal media watchdog:

Media Matters won a preliminary injunction on First Amendment grounds after a judge found the agency was retaliating against its reporting on Elon Musk’s X.”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/15/media-matters-ftc-injunction/

Article in Poynter by Angela Fu, 6/24/25

Headline:  “News outlets don’t usually publish the f-word. Then came Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire rant.”

Subhead:  “Some censored the word in text, but not in video. Others published it in full.”

“Mainstream outlets generally don’t include profanity in their news reports. But when President Donald Trump condemned Israel and Iran for breaking their ceasefire Tuesday, some outlets broke from tradition.

“ ‘We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing,’ Trump told a group of reporters Tuesday morning just outside the White House. He was railing against Israel and Iran for launching attacks against each other just hours after he had announced a ceasefire agreement. . .”

Read the full story at:

https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2025/trump-censored-bleeped-f-bomb-media-coverage/

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Article in Raw Story by Daniel Hampton, 6/24/25

Headline: ” ‘Getting slammed!’ Trump rages at CNN and NYT for trying to ‘demean’ Iran strike”

“President Donald Trump unloaded a late-night tirade Tuesday against multiple top media outlets whom he accused of trying to ‘demean’ what he called one of the ‘most successful military strikes in history,’ referring to the U.S. bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities.

“After Trump’s Middle East envoy melted down on Fox News over the leaking of an intelligence report to CNN, Trump himself blasted CNN, along with The New York Times, which also received the top secret report. The initial U.S. intelligence assessment undercut Trump’s boast that Iran’s nuclear program had been ‘obliterated.’ . . .”

Read the full story at:

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2672428007/

Article in the Daily Beast by Catherine Bouris, 6/17/25

Headline:  “Mike Lee Flees Questions About Deranged Assassin Tweet”

Subhead:  “The Utah senator was captured running from NBC journalists asking about his claim that Vance Boelter was a ‘Marxist.’ “

“Republican Sen. Mike Lee was caught fleeing from media questions about his inflammatory posts on the senseless murder of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman.

“Over the weekend, the Utah senator posted a photo of Boelter in a latex mask, adding the caption, ‘This is what happens… When Marxists don’t get their way.’ The backlash was swift, with many pointing at the copious amount of evidence that suggests Boelter was a conservative.

“Now, a journalist for NBC News has shared a video of Lee running from questions about his post, including whether or not he regrets the tweet. Instead of answering, Lee and his staffers quickly walk away from the cameras, with one staffer attempting to cover the camera with his iPad. . .”

Read teh full article at:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-lee-flees-from-media-questions-about-his-marxist-assassin-tweet/

Friends of Community Media presented an award to the Mississippi community radio station which was the only radio station in the area that stayed on the air during Hurricane Katrina and provided vital information.

Article in Poynter by Paul Farhi, 6/2/25

Headline: “This radio station was a lifeline during a hurricane. Now it’s fighting to survive.”

Subhead:  “In rural towns and emergency zones, public radio is often the only source of critical information. Without federal funding, they could vanish.”

“As Hurricane Helene ravaged the mountain communities of western North Carolina last fall, Blue Ridge Public Radio remained a beacon in the storm.

“With power knocked out throughout the region, the organization turned to portable generators to keep its two stations on the air. For days during and after the deluge, BPR was the only source of lifesaving news: weather updates, road closures, potable water locations.

“BPR now confronts a different kind of calamity. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/president-trump-public-broadcasting-funding-cuts-effects/