Media Supression

Media Give Politicians a Break?

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Article in Common Dreams by James Zogby, 8/18/26

Headline:  ” Independent Interviewers Expose How Mainstream Media Lets Politicians Off the Hook”

Subhead: “Two recent podcasts demonstrated what happens when establishment politicians, whose prepared talking points never stray from what serves as the conventional wisdom about Israel-Palestine, run up against interviewers unwilling to give them a pass.”

“Two July podcasts hosted by progressive media stars and featuring leading Democratic lawmakers brought home the deep disconnect that exists between the way establishment politicians and media operate and the way both come to speak about the Middle East and the realities that exist in that region.. .”

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https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mainstream-media-israel-palestine

Stop Broadcast License Burning?

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Article in The Guardian by Jeremy Barr, 8/18/26

Headline:  “ABC sues Trump’s media regulator over demand for TV license renewals”

Subhead:  “Network alleges FCC is trying to send ‘chilling message’ in retaliation for content the administration disapproves of”

“ABC has sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that it is being retaliated against for content-based reasons in a move it warns threatens the independence of the press.

“The network filed the lawsuit on Tuesday after being forced to apply early to renew its license to broadcast on the eight local television stations it owns. It is waiting to hear whether the Brendan Carr-led FCC approves its renewal requests, or, more likely, holds a hearing on their merits. . .”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/abc-sues-trump-federal-communications-commission

 

Trumps Dodge Subpoenas From Broadcaster

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Article in The New Republic by Hafiz Rashid, 8/17/26

Headline:  “Trump Kids Hide From Subpoenas as BBC Defamation Lawsuit Backfires”

Subhead: “President Trump is losing control over his own lawsuit against the BBC.”

“President Trump’s family members are dodging subpoenas in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC.

“The British network asked a U.S. federal judge for help in getting documents and testimony from Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, the Associated Press reports, citing court documents. . .”

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https://newrepublic.com/post/214418/trump-kids-hide-subpoenas-bbc-defamation-lawsuit-backfires

Legacy Media Put Head in Sand?

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 8/15/26

Headline:  “Why the media ignores the growing Republican schism”

“Republicans are having a bad time ahead of this year’s midterm elections, where the momentum has consistently been with the Democrats. . .”

“Republicans are the ones having the real midterm problem, both internally and in contrast to the Democratic Party. Why? Trump. . .”

“Republican disarray is the new “Democratic disarray,” and someone should tell the mainstream media.”

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/15/800084437/series/why-the-media-ignores-the-growing-republican-schism/

Don’t Worry, They’re Only Journalists

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 8/12/26

Headline:  “Opinion | Trump left Air Force One because of a threat. Journalists stayed aboard.

Subhead:  “Presidents have used decoys before. What’s different this time is that the press didn’t know.”

“. . .while journalists and some White House staff thought they were riding on the same plane as Trump, they were not.

“The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman, Eric Schmitt and Zolan Kanno-Youngs wrote, ‘Reporters on the older plane were not told that Mr. Trump had not flown with them from Turkey to an air base in Britain, making them unwitting participants in the ruse and leaving them, along with some White House staff members, to serve as unknowing decoys.’ ”

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https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/trump-air-force-one-decoy-reporters-threat/

Kansas Newspaper Restitution

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Article and photo in AP by John Hanna, 8/12/26

Headline: “A Kansas town will pay $850K to end a reporter’s lawsuit over a 2023 raid on her paper’s offices”

“A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper’s offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom.

“Now-retired Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn said in her lawsuit that the raid violated press freedoms and protections from unreasonable law enforcement searches guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. She also said it almost immediately led to health problems, causing the return of potentially life-threatening seizures that had been controlled for years with medication. . .”

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https://apnews.com/article/kansas-newspaper-raid-press-freedom-c94e93cb264256678194d891a36108c9

Attacks on Media Outlined

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Article in Poynter by Angela Fu, 8/10/26

Headline: “What 100-plus federal actions reveal about the Trump administration’s campaign against the press”

Subhead: “For 18 months, Poynter has tracked federal actions affecting journalists and news access, revealing a rapid, sweeping change in the media landscape”

“Since taking office, President Donald Trump has reshaped much of American political and civil life, and in doing so, indelibly altered the country’s media landscape. Over the past year, Poynter has documented more than 100 federal actions affecting journalists and access to the news through its Press Freedom Watch project.

“Some have targeted individual reporters, resulting in raids, assaults and detentions. Others have taken aim at outlets, subjecting disfavored newsrooms to investigations, lawsuits and funding cuts. . .”

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https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/trump-press-freedom/

Rt. Media Don’t Like Vote?

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Article in Media Matters by Jack Winstanley & Zachary Pleat, 8/10/26

Headline:  “Right-wing media have been arguing for decades that fewer Americans should have the right to vote”

Subhead:  “Repealing the 19th Amendment, disenfranchising welfare recipients, and requiring a civics test — right-wing media are full of ideas about how to restrict voting “

“. . .President Donald Trump’s efforts to suppress the vote have a significant ideological precedent. For decades, right-wing media have advocated restrictions on voter eligibility, laying the groundwork for Trump and his allies to undermine the upcoming midterms and push for policies that would make it harder for some Americans to vote. . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/election-denial-voter-fraud-and-suppression/right-wing-media-have-been-arguing-decades-fewer

Climate Not Reported?

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Article in Media Matters by Evlondo Cooper, 8/6/26

Headline: “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change”

Subhead:  “In coverage from June 29 to July 26, national broadcast networks failed to link multiple successive heat waves to global warming”

“From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ABC, CBS, and NBC closely tracked the extreme heat as it moved across the country, repeatedly reporting threatened or broken records and warning viewers about dangerous conditions.

“What the networks did not explain was why these events kept arriving in rapid succession. . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-networks/abc-cbs-and-nbc-aired-nearly-200-segments-about-three-us-heat-events-without

CBS Scoop Put in Grave?

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Article in Alternet America by Ryan Rose, 8/4/26

Headline:  “Bari Weiss’ CBS Had an Epstein Exclusive and Buried It”

Subhead: “60 Minutes Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Bank Transactions”

“. . .CBS’s 60 Minutes had the story on Jeffrey Epstein’s shady bank transactions months ago. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi interviewed Democratic Senator Ron Wyden in March about her own reporting into how Wall Street banks and the U.S. Virgin Islands government enabled Epstein.

“Wyden found that Deutsche Bank AG failed to promptly notify authorities of more than $250 million in questionable transfers tied to Epstein, including cash to pay women in Russia and Eastern Europe. . .”

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https://www.alternetamerica.com/p/bari-weiss-cbs-had-an-epstein-exclusive