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This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein? Yes, you can read it here www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...

Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion. WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out. Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why

About that BBC crisis - and Trump's threat of a lawsuit I'll break it all down with NPR's @ailsachang.bsky.social Tonight at 5.14/7.14p ET on All Things Considered

Trial set for Dec 1 over NPR's allegations that CPB unlawfully yielded to White House pressure as new evidence comes to light. CPB contends it reversed course in 48 hours on a $36M contract with NPR on the merits. My story: www.npr.org/2025/10/30/n...

HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

ICE and Border Patrol agents, while wearing face masks, randomly stop people on the street and demand they submit to facial-recognition technology for a citizenship check. Via @josephcox.bsky.social www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

The print version of @bostonmagazine.bsky.social, now owned by @bostonglobe.com Media, is expanding into another 350 retail locations. www.bostonglobemedia.com/boston-magaz...

“A handshake instead of a hammer.” Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests" Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

In October, 'Washington Post' editorials fail to disclose Bezos interests My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

"It would be a shame to throw the baby out with the bath water," a top WH budget official told CPB in April. CPB got the message and scrambled to cut ties with NPR, court filings show My story: Why public media giants NPR and CPB are fighting in court this week www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

How Trump silences his critics on.ft.com/4qoZJHn So critical to remember how much opposition we never see or hear because people fear reprisal

A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle. Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Pentagon press corps gets a right-wing makeover due to Hegseth's demands Among those accepting those terms: Gateway Pundit and Lindell TV (started by MyPillow guy). Another is National Pulse's Will Upton, who did PR for US Treasury in first Trump term. one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5583...

NEW for @washingtonpost.com: Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy. @nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

CJR welcomes Betsy Morais as our new Editor in Chief! journalism.columbia.edu/news/morais-...

WSJ restructures its health, science, and education teams, with the health group moving back under the business team, after separating during the pandemic (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/pent...

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Bari Weiss' biggest challenge at CBS News is the unprecedented dominance of David Muir at ABC, writes @michaelsocolow.bsky.social. And yes, as I tell my students, everything — everything — goes back to Richard Nixon. linttrapofhistory.substack.com/p/bari-weiss...

I talked to trust and safety professionals and former OpenAI employees about how Sora could change the internet forever "It's as if deepfakes got a publicist and a distribution deal” www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports. “Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

When @JBPritzker.bsky.social joked on Tuesday, "I'm asking any of you to come visit me in the gulag in El Salvador,” I thought back to when that was not yet a meme and more of a pure joke. Specifically back to the 2016 conversation Graydon Carter and I had with NPR about about Trump and Spy.

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Bari Weiss to be editor in chief of CBS News as Skydance set to annnouccne acquisition of Free Press What does it mean for CBS? My story and chat with Steve Inskeep on NPR's Morning Edition www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Law enforcement investigates fire at South Carolina judge's home

my colleague @gbrumfiel.bsky.social did a great story looking at how Sora’s AI slop machine can collapse our collective sense of reality and create wildly new disinfo problems www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

Apple bowing to Trump admin’s pressure on ICEBlock invites even more jawboning, says @gshans.bsky.social. "Compliance will only incentivize further government demands." www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

Public media charts new path after Congress cancels funding My report from South Dakota www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

"This is straight influence-peddling," said @ericgoldman.bsky.social "This YouTube settlement is not a sign of any legal merit." www.npr.org/2025/09/29/n...

New on MSNBC: According to the court transcript, only 14 of the 23 grand jurors voted in favor of indicting James Comey on the two counts that went forward.

A judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal. But he stopped short of ordering the government to reinstate them, predicting the Supreme Court would overturn it.

Page One in Indy: The tariff/trade war “consequences for US farmers could be catastrophic in the coming years.”

Sept. 4: Microsoft CEO says “We are so grateful to the president, first lady and the entire administration for making it a national priority to prepare the next generation to harness AI's power.” Sept. 26: ⤵️ www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/t...

Six hrs after advising Border Patrol chief to comply with a court order requiring "reasonable suspicion" for stops, acting US Atty in Sacramento is fired & escorted from office. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

As federal funds wane, NPR ruefully clashes with CPB My story for NPR: www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

NEW: The Trump admin asking TikTok investors for a multibillion-dollar payment to US is the latest extractive “fee for service” from WH. "These are shakedown schemes…I'd even call it extortion…Privately, CEOs are horrified." www.npr.org/2025/09/26/g... w/ @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

If you want to understand this Trump administration's rampant corruption ... you have to go back to Eric Adams, and how they made the case against him disappear. I got a bunch of new details on this deep dive for @nytimes.com ... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Trump’s TikTok deal terms called a ‘shakedown ’ by experts By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social and me for NPR www.npr.org/2025/09/26/g...

Excited to announce our Connecticut Law Review Symposium on Oct 17: The Fourth Estate in a Time of Crisis. Keynote speaker - David Folkenflik, NPR Media Correspondent @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social Panelists include many distinguished media law scholars events.uconn.edu/law-school/e...

🎧: NPR’s @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social joins Media Confidential with @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social to discuss Donald Trump’s $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times.

"How will we know what we don't hear?" David Folkenflik, NPR reporter, on a free press and the First Amendment.

Friends in Philly and beyond: Joining WHYY's Studio2 hosts this hour with Eugene Volokh of @volokhc.bsky.social to talk about the Disney, CBS, the FCC, and what free speech means right now.... tune in or stream! whyy.org or 90.9 FM in Philly

Pentagon chief and former Fox & Friends Weekend star Pete Hegseth says reporters have to sign pledges not to report or even gather any information not authorized for release - even if it's unclassified. My chat with NPR's Scott Detrow coming up on All Things Considered 5.06p

NPR to trim $5 million as some public radio stations struggle to pay bills My story for NPR NPR cuts $5 million as public radio stations struggle to pay bills www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...

DJT v NYT When the president takes on an examplar of the press My chat on NPR w Ari Shapiro at 4.35p/6.35p My earlier story: www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...

Trump files a $15B defamation suit against the NYT, expanding his full-court press against the press My story for NPR: www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...