Media Supression

Censoring Past Media Too?

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Article in FAIR by Janine Jackson 4/22/26

Headline:  “The Wayback Machine Has Been the Best Archive for Preserving Our Digital Lives”

Subhead:  “CounterSpin interview with Lia Holland on the Internet Archive”

“Janine Jackson: A recent report by Wired‘s Kate Knibbs leads with the contradiction: USA Today published a story recently on how ICE is misinforming about its detainment policies, a case that the paper built on data from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, a nonprofit digital library that preserves webpages.

“At the same time, USA Today bars the Wayback Machine from archiving its work. Along with outlets like the New York Times, the paper is trying to block the Internet Archive project from doing their job of preserving reporting. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/the-wayback-machine-has-been-the-best-archive-for-preserving-our-digital-lives/

Critical Reporting Survives

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Jem Bartholomew, 4/20/26

Headline:  “Lawfare”

Subhead:  “A string of court decisions have gone against Donald Trump and his administration, blocking efforts to shut down critical reporting.”

“. . .here is what we do know: In a string of court cases, judges have ruled against Trump and his administration’s efforts to shut down critical journalism. These decisions have revealed that many of Trump’s executive actions and legal threats against the press are hollow—and exposed the capitulation by some prominent outlets as needless, cowardly, and self-defeating.

Trump has sought to use defamation suits to intimidate the press, only to see a number of them shatter on impact with the court system. . . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/lawfare-trump-court-decisions-first-amendment-new-york-times-wall-street-journal-whca-correspondents-dinner.php

Media Climate-Coverage Vital

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Article in The Nation by Staff, 4/16/26

Headline:  “A Burning House, a Quiet Media, a Silenced Majority”

Subhead: “A white paper from Covering Climate Now on the state of climate journalism.”

“All parts of the media—news media, social media, entertainment media—play a decisive role in how humanity confronts the climate challenge. These media are largely responsible for what people know and feel about that challenge, and what people know and feel in turn shapes what they say and do: whether and how they vote, what products they buy or don’t buy, how they talk with friends and family, whether they act or not.

“News media play a particularly important role, both because huge numbers of people still read, watch, or listen to their reporting and because that reporting shapes the narrative that politicians, social media, and the public engage with. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/covering-climate-now-white-paper/

Journalism Compass Burning?

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Article in AP by David Bauder, 4/16/26

Headline:  “In address on media ethics, former Washington Post editor worries about fading moral compass”

“. . .Worries that ‘to each his own’ is replacing an ethical compass

“While conceding he risked sounding sanctimonious, Baron dove right in. He said he worried that journalists can’t agree on an ethical compass — seeking the truth with humility is his suggestion — and that “to each his own” is becoming the evolving ethos for many who cover and talk about the news. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://apnews.com/article/journalism-baron-ethics-trump-coverage-7e2e01e8d447c75c22a41695cdb2e498

Axis of Evil in Media?

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Article in The Intercept on The “Intercept Briefing”, 4/14/26

Headline: “Amy Goodman on the Media’s ‘Access of Evil’ ”

Subhead: “The investigative journalist and ‘Democracy Now!’ host — and the subject of a new documentary — on why independent media is needed now more than ever.”

“As talks to end the U.S.–Israel war on Iran break down and President Donald Trump demands a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, journalist Amy Goodman says that in times of war and conflicts, ‘What I care about is the answer, and I care that people in this country don’t get health care at the same time that money goes to kill others in another country.’

“This week on ‘The Intercept Briefing’, Goodman speaks to host Akela Lacy about a new documentary called ‘Steal This Story, Please!’. . . ”

Read the full article at:

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/amy-goodman-democracy-now-independent-media/

Internet Wayback Machine Threatened

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Article in Forbes by Anisha Sircar, 4/13/26

Headline: “Why Major News Sites Are Blocking The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine”

“For nearly three decades, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has served as a go-to for anyone looking to access its vast treasure trove of archived internet pages.

“Its mission of crawling and preserving the public web has made it an indispensable resource for journalists, historians, researchers, courts and beyond. As of October 2025, the Wayback Machine contained more than one trillion archived web pages.

“Now, that mission is facing a threat that could make it harder to access digital history.. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/04/14/why-major-news-sites-are-blocking-the-internet-archives-wayback-machine/

Disappearing Climate Coverage

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Article in FAIR by Olivia Riggio, 3/14/26

Headline: “Climate Coverage Plunges, Though Crisis More Dire Than Ever”

“The UN just released its 2025 Global Climate Report, and, predictably, the outlook for our earth is incredibly dire.  . .”

“There is no shortage of urgent climate news right now. The scientific consensus that we need to phase out fossil fuels fast has not changed, despite President Donald Trump’s anti-climate policies rolling back environmental protections and clean energy growth. But data shows coverage about climate change in US news outlets has plunged. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/climate-coverage-plunges-though-crisis-more-dire-than-ever/

 

Another Legal Domino Falls?

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Article in The Guardian by Richard Luscombe, 4/13/26

Headline:  “Trump media company drops lawsuit against the Guardian”

Subhead: “TMTG drops defamation claim over report that prosecutors were investigating payments received as possible money laundering”

“Donald Trump’s media corporation has dropped a defamation claim against the Guardian and two other defendants over a report that federal prosecutors were investigating $8m in payments the company received from entities with ties to Vladimir Putin as possible money laundering. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/trump-media-guardian-lawsuit

No Defamation?

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Article in The New York Times by Katie Robertson, 4/13/26

Headline:  “Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal”

Subhead:  “The judge said President Trump had not “plausibly alleged” that The Journal published the article with actual malice.”

“A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal over its report of his lewd birthday greeting to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Judge Darrin Gayles in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida said in his decision that Mr. Trump had not ‘plausibly alleged’ that The Journal published the article with “actual malice,” a legal standard meaning that it knew what it was publishing was false or had acted with reckless disregard as to its accuracy. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/media/trump-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-dismissed-epstein.html

Reporters Ask For Facts!?

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Article in Mediaite by Sarah Rumpf, 4/6/26

Headline: “NYT Fires Back After Trump Berates Reporter: ‘Pattern of Answering Fair Questions with Inaccurate Attacks’ “

“The New York Times fired back at President Donald Trump after he berated one of their reporters during a press conference on Monday, calling it part of a “pattern of answering fair questions with inaccurate attacks.”

The incident in question occurred during a press briefing the president held to discuss the latest developments in Iran. Times Zolan Kanno-Youngs asked Trump about a Truth Social post he wrote early on Easter Sunday morning with a profanity-laced demand for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to strike Iran’s bridges and power plants if the strait stayed closed. . .”

Read the full article:

https://www.mediaite.com/media/nyt-fires-back-after-trump-berates-reporter-pattern-of-answering-fair-questions-with-inaccurate-attacks/