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

Will Media Owner Cut Critical Film?

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Article in The Wrap by A.J. Katz, 10/26/26

Headline:  “What Elon Musk’s Skydance Bet Really Means”

Subhead:  “In this week’s The Media Front, we unpack Musk’s $1 billion investment into the media company”

“. . .The bigger question is what Musk gets out of the investment — and what it means for a company that now controls CBS News, CNN, Warner Bros., HBO and Paramount.

“There’s already one particularly awkward example: Alex Gibney’s documentary ‘Musk,’ a critical examination of the billionaire’s business and political influence, is expected to stream on HBO in early 2027. HBO is now part of Skydance, the company Musk has reportedly invested in. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/elon-musk-skydance-investment-impact/

Empty Office or Reduced Media Staff?

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Article in Status by Oliver Darcy 10/26/26

Headline: “Ellison’s CBS-CNN Split-Screen”

Subhead: “As Skydance looks to eventually marry CNN and CBS News, the company is taking very different approaches to return-to-office mandates and employee buyouts, Status has learned—which may offer hints about their futures.”

“. . .delivered two significant pieces of news to the workforce. First, Ellison and Kreiz championed ‘in-person collaboration,’ declaring it ‘vital to our culture and to the success of our business,’ and thus mandating that employees report to the office five days a week. Of course, such return-to-office mandates are really just thinly veiled efforts to thin the ranks, and it was then predictably followed by a second announcement: buyouts. . .”

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https://www.status.news/p/david-ellison-skydance-cnn-cbs-news-buyouts-return-office

CBS Slowly Sinking?

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Article in Huffpost by Ben Blanchet, 10/26/26

Headline:  “Dan Rather Spent Much Of His Iconic Career At CBS News — Now, He Says, It’s A ‘Disaster'”

Subhead: “The 94-year-old former news anchor delivered a brutal assessment of how the network is looking under Bari Weiss.”

“. . . Rather — in an interview with Variety published on Monday — said it’s been “in many ways a disaster” since Skydance acquired CBS News as part of its merger with Paramount Global in 2025. Skydance CEO David Ellison then handpicked Bari Weiss to serve as CBS News’ editor-in-chief, ushering in a rightward shift at the network along with major shakeups at its ’60 Minutes’ news magazine. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dan-rather-cbs-news-bari-weiss-trump_n_6adf9267e4b059999c6128a6?origin=home-latest-news-unit

Citizens Fight Media Supression

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Article in AP by Jocelyn Noveck, 10/26/26

Headline:  “6 citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders”

“In the increasingly bitter legal standoff between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting he dislikes, a new and crucial third party has emerged: citizens who watch and read the news and need it to do their jobs.

“A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of six such citizens — essentially representing the wider public audience — argues that it’s not only the rights of news organizations that are violated when Trump bans them from White House premises. Even more fundamentally, the lawsuit argues, such bans violate the public’s right to independent reporting about its president and government. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-ban-citizens-lawsuit-f5a70baaa97dba1bdd4cda365b5f635d

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

FCC Member Warns on Tactics

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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. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/23/fcc-democrat-warns-broadcasters-to-resist-trumps-media-pressure-tactics

MAGA Media Like the Ad?

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Article in Media Matters by Zachary Pleat, 10/21/26

Headline: “Here are the right-wing media figures endorsing ‘despicable’ ad from Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy”

Subhead:  “The ad features Democratic nominee Amy Acton’s estranged mother, who defended her husband’s reported sexual assault of Acton when she was a child”

“Multiple right-wing media figures are promoting an ad released this week by Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign targeting his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, featuring her mother calling her a liar. However, Acton has been estranged from her parent since the age of 12 in 1978, when her mother defended the candidate’s stepfather against accusations he had sexually assaulted Acton . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/here-are-right-wing-media-figures-endorsing-despicable-ad-ohio-republican-gubernatorial

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Article in The Hill by Mallory Wilson, 10/23/26

Headline:  “Trump spars with NBC reporter over Ramaswamy attack ad”

“President Trump engaged in a vigorous back-and-forth Friday with NBC reporter Monica Alba. . .”

“Reporters asked Trump about fellow Republicans denouncing the ad that was created by Vivek Ramaswamy, the GOP candidate for Ohio governor. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6168553-donald-trump-vivek-ramaswamy-ad-nbc-reporter/

Musk Buys into Media Control

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Article in The Guardian by Maya Yang, 10/22/26

Headline:  “Elon Musk reportedly invests $1bn in David Ellison’s Skydance“

Subhead:  “Musk’s investment into the new media empire comes after Paramount’s $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery”

“. . .The investment follows Paramount’s recent $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery, a huge acquisition that brought the media companies together under the Skydance name. At the head of the new media empire is David Ellison, the son of billionaire Oracle co-founder and Donald Trump ally Larry Ellison. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/22/elon-musk-david-ellison-skydance-investment

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis 10/22/26

Headline:  “Musk’s $1B stake in Skydance fuels bigoted quest to dominate media”

“. . .Access to Skydance puts Musk, the richest man in the world, in the position of having even more influence over the media than he already has at X. A dizzying array of major media properties are under the Skydance umbrella, including the Warner and Paramount movie studios, CBS, HBO Max, CNN, TNT Sports, and others. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/10/22/800116213/media/musks-1b-stake-in-skydance-fuels-bigoted-quest-to-dominate-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