Press Freedom

Trump a Media Predator?

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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. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://rsf.org/en/2026-press-freedom-predators-list

The Shredding of Political Journalism

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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.” . . .”

Rad the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/lets-get-rid-of-her-trump-midterms-voters-norms-shattered-neely-tully-kean-johnson.php

New WH Press-Pool-Room Use?

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 10/20/26

Headline:  “Opinion | Buried in Trump’s 1,300-word Bill Maher rant was some news about the press”

Subhead:  “In his record-long post, the president said he isn’t bringing back the White House pool. Moving the press, however, is apparently on the table.”

“. . .There were rumors recently that Trump was thinking of turning the White House briefing room into an indoor swimming pool.

“Trump wrote in his Truth Social post, “I am not building a swimming pool in the White House Briefing Room, and never had any intention of doing so.”

“But then Trump added, “I am thinking about moving the Press, and putting them in a different location, but I will use that location for very badly needed space. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/trump-bill-maher-truth-social-post/

White House Media Attacks

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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. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/trump-battle-with-media

Media Storm Continues

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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. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/trump-battle-with-media

Can’t Hide from BBC

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Article in The Guardian by Emma Brokes, 10/15/26

Headline: “Trump should fear the BBC. Instead he’s picked a fight – and he seems to be losing”

Subhead:  “The president is used to bullying his media targets. The quagmire that is his libel actions shows the broadcaster is working to a different script”

“. . .This week, as news broke that the BBC has been cleared by a judge to serve legal papers on Trump’s children, while still seeking judicial intervention to force him to show up to his own deposition, the president must be wondering what’s going on. In August, Trump applied to the court to block the BBC from deposing Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump, and yet … the corporation simply ignored him and ploughed on with its mission. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/15/donald-trump-bbc-lawsuit-public-broadcaster-truth-power-noels-house-party

 

Trump in Court Over BBC?

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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. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal/trump-bbc-defamation-lawsuit-december-deposition-discovery/

One State Advances Local Journalism

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Article in Free Press by Staff 10/21/26

Headline:  “Pennsylvania House Advances Vital Legislative Package to Support Local Journalism and Civic Information”

Subhead:  “The two bills are part of a growing national push for state-level action to address America’s local-journalism crisis”

“HARRISBURG — On Wednesday, Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives passed two important journalism and civic-information bills (HB 2047 and HB 2048). The legislation is designed to support independent public-interest news that meets the most pressing information needs of communities across the Commonwealth. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.freepress.net/news/pennsylvania-house-advances-vital-legislative-package-support-local-journalism-civic-information

Picking Them Off One-by-One

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Article in The Hill by Sarah Davis, 10/21/26

Headline:  “WHCA condemns removal of journalist from White House pool”

“White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich on Wednesday condemned the White House’s decision to restrict a journalist’s access to cover President Trump after the president lashed out at him in the Oval Office earlier this week.”

“Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for The Independent, was scheduled to serve as the print pool reporter on Thursday. The White House pulled him from this duty, which included traveling with the president, according to Feinberg. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/media/6164506-whca-condemns-trump-retaliation/

No Reporters Need Apply

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Article in The Washington Post by Scott Nover and Miriam Waldvogel

Headline: “White House takes new swipes at press, blocking a reporter and threatening an outlet”

Subhead:  “The moves mark the latest attempt by the White House to push back on coverage it dislikes by revoking access normally granted to members of the media.”

“The White House this week launched new broadsides against the news media, blocking a reporter from serving in the pool covering the president and sending a letter threatening Politico over its coverage of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/10/21/white-house-takes-new-swipes-press-blocking-reporter-threatening-an-outlet/