Article in Mediaite by David Gilmour, 11/3/26
Headline: “Greg Gutfeld Gets Angry Text From Trump While on Air: ‘You Wouldn’t Believe This One…’”
“President Donald Trump rage-texted Fox News host Greg Gutfeld during a live broadcast on Election Day, demanding that he deliver a blistering attack to co-host Jessica Tarlov, who had just been reporting on political spam bombarding Americans’ phones as the midterms approached. . .”
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Article in Reporters Without Borders by Staff, 11/4/26
Headline: “Donald Trump joins the 2026 Press Freedom Predators List”
Subhead: “To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on 2 November, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is profiling 33 ‘press freedom predators’ who targeted journalists . . .”
“After narrowly missing the cut last year, US President Donald Trump earned his spot on the 2026 Press Freedom Predators List as a result of his appalling record of attacks on the press after less than two years of his second term. . .”
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Article in The Bulkwark by Will Sommer, 11/2/26
Headline: “MAGA Preps for the World to End—Literally”
Subhead: “With Republicans fearing electoral doom, right-wing pundits send their audience to the bunker.”
“ROUGHLY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FROM NOW, the Republican party could be looking at a set of catastrophic results in the midterm elections. If polls are to be believed, the party’s defeat could be severe enough to represent a repudiation of the party’s entire direction over the past decade.
“Yet pro-Trump media figures are urging their audiences to focus their attention on an even more dire possibility: a total global apocalypse. Whether it’s the prospect of a world-ending war, a debilitating cyberattack, or some other kind of catastrophe, luminaries on the right increasingly feel the end may be nigh. . .”
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-preps-doomer-prepper-for-the-world-to-end-literally
Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Jem Bartholomew, 11/2/26
Headline: “‘Let’s Get Rid of Her’”
Subhead: “Voters may punish Donald Trump at the polls this week. But he has already shattered the norms of political journalism.”
“. . .Tracey Tully, a New York Times reporter who covers New Jersey, waiting with a pen and pad. She had asked to enter the event, but had been told that it was private and members of the media were not welcome. . .”
“. . .On July 18 in Waynesville, North Carolina, a reporter for the Asheville Citizen-Times—part of the USA Today Network, and owned and operated by Gannett—said he was “physically blocked entry” to a campaign event for Michael Whatley, a Republican Senate candidate. . .”
“. . .On October 13, at a public briefing in Cambridge, Maryland, Andy Harris, a congressman from Maryland, told Cat Murphy—a journalism graduate student at the University of Maryland, credentialed as a reporter for the Capital News Service—“I’m disinviting you.” . . .”
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Article in AlterNet by Sarah K. Burris, 10/30/26
Headline: “Morning Joe has a new theory behind Trump’s ‘crazed rage’ at the media”
“. . .Jonathan Lemier noted that aides inside the White House have been saying for a while that the president simply can’t hear anymore and he frequently must lean in and ask people to repeat themselves. As his niece Mary Trump has noted several times, Trump doesn’t like to show weakness. So needing a hearing aid would likely make him feel weak. . . ”
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Article in The Wrap by A.J. Katz, 10/29/26
Headline: “CNN, MS NOW and Politico Expand White House Lawsuit Over Continued Press Pool Ban”
Subhead: “The outlets say their reporters remain shut out of Air Force One and Oval Office coverage despite a court order restoring their credentials”
“CNN, MS NOW and Politico have expanded their lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration, alleging that the White House is continuing to shut their reporters out of presidential press pools even after a federal judge ordered their press credentials restored.
“In an amended complaint filed Wednesday, the three news organizations accused the administration of retaliating against them over their coverage of Trump. . .”
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Article in The Washington Sun by Ayah Ali-Ahmad, 10/26/26
Headline: “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. . .”
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https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/trump-battle-with-media
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. . .”
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https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/trump-battle-with-media
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. . .”
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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. . .”
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