International Media

Paramount and Foreign Ownership

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Article in Alternet America by Ryan Rose, 9/19/26

Headline: “First Trump Sold the Land, Then He Sold the News”

Subhead:  “The FCC Is More Worried About The View Than Foreign Governments Owning Paramount“

“Finally, CBS will have owners who hate journalists even more than Bari Weiss does.

“FCC Chairman Brendan Carr approved a petition from Paramount that would allow foreign investors to own at least 49.5 percent of its equity as part of its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Three sovereign wealth funds linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are backing the deal. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.alternetamerica.com/p/trumps-fcc-just-handed-paramount

Radio Active Magazine 9/8/26

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Headline:  “Today’s Radio Active Magazine & Media & Democracy for Sept. 19: ‘The impact of news media on the Japanese political economy’

Tune in to http://KKFI.ORG for thelive episode 6:00 PM CST.

“The impact of news media on the Japanese political economy is the theme of to night’s Radio Active Magazine, to be released a week from Saturday, Sept. 19, as ‘Media & Democracy’ on Audioport for Pacifica.

This features a presentation by Rachel Clark about news media in the US and Japan and their impact on the political economy.

The podcast with a video and highlights is available in the article on “The impact of news media on the Japanese political economy” on Wikiversity:

Media Saying Difference?

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Article in The Guardian by Mehdi Hassan, 8/10/26

Headline:  “The media is infatuated with Gadi Eisenkot, the ‘anti-Netanyahu’. Why?”

Subhead:  “The challenger to Netanyahu is more of the same. His record makes that abundantly clear”

“Western media outlets cannot seem to get enough of Gadi Eisenkot.

“Israel’s former military chief and the leader of the newly formed Yashar party has been embraced by the international press as he and his party take the lead in the polls in the run-up to October’s elections.

“Will Israel embrace the ‘anti-Netanyahu’ who lost a son in Gaza?” asked the Times of London. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/10/media-gadi-eisenkot-anti-netanyahu

Foreign Journalists Interrogated

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Article in Reuters by Simon Lewis, 8/6/26

Headline:  “US to vet social media of foreign journalists applying for visas, report says”

“The U.S. State Department will ​vet the social media accounts of foreign journalists applying for visas to work in the United ‌States, according to a media report on Thursday.

“The report in the conservative news outlet The Daily Signal cited an internal memo that said an initiative by President Donald Trump’s administration that requires applicants for many visa types to make their social media accounts public ​for screening was being expanded to include foreign media representatives. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-vet-social-media-foreign-journalists-applying-visas-report-says-2026-08-06/

Media Lying About a Lie?

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Article in Daily Kos by whitroth, 7/31/26

Headline: “About Nicaragua and US media”

“Remember the big fuss a week or so ago about Ortega of Nicaragua saying “there would be no more elections”?

“It was all a lie. Literally. Every report that we saw LIED by editing out half the words.

An ex of mine found this link on bluesky. What Ortega actually said was ‘none who promoted a violent anti-government insurrection in 2018 will be allowed to stand for office.’

“Well, gee, that’s not exactly “no more elections. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/31/800077977/community/about-nicaragua-and-us-media/

Local News is Important

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Article in Poynter by Phoenix Chapital, 7/16/25

Headline: “When the World Cup came to Kansas City, local journalists stayed local”

Subhead: “As global media descended on the city, Kansas City reporters found stories only local journalists could tell”

“As international media outlets flocked to Kansas City to cover the World Cup, local journalists responded to the global event by leaning even harder into what they do best: covering their own communities.

“Rather than trying to match the international press corps, Kansas City’s newsrooms found their advantage in telling stories only local journalists could tell. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/local-news-coverage-world-cup-kansas-city/

Rt. Media & Regime Change

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 7/9/26

Headline: “As Trump declares Iran ceasefire ‘over,’ right-wing media hawks push for ground troops, regime change — even nuclear strikes”

“Right-wing media hawks are floating a new wave of risky and at times bloodthirsty escalations after Iranian forces struck commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. retaliated by resuming military strikes, and President Donald Trump declared the long-shaky ceasefire with Iran “over.”

“Fox News contributor and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen wants to ‘destroy 100%’ of Iran’s defense industrial base and ‘set them back to the Stone Age militarily and then declare victory’. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/trump-declares-iran-ceasefire-over-right-wing-media-hawks-push-ground-troops-regime-change

Rt. Wing Media Worry About Cuba

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Article in Media Matters by Janos Balazs, 7/2/26

Headline: “Right-wing Spanish-language media caution that attacking Cuba won’t be as straightforward as the Maduro raid”

Subhead: “One guest said any potential U.S. military action in Cuba ‘would have to be much larger than Venezuela’ “

“As tensions have risen between the U.S. and Cuba, some Spanish-language right-wing media voices have cautioned that regime change in Cuba won’t be as easy as President Donald Trump’s raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in early January. While hosts have generally expressed support for such actions, they’ve claimed that the Cuban government is ‘more closed off’ than Venezuela; that former Cuban leader Raúl Castro has ‘the whole army as personal security’; and that ‘there is no Delcy Rodríguez’ in Cuba, referring to the former vice president of Venezuela who replaced Maduro. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/spanish-language-media/right-wing-spanish-language-media-caution-attacking-cuba-wont-be