"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...

NEWS: President Trump files latest defamation suit against NYT I'll join NPR's Michel Martin live to break it down - 7.38a ET on Morning Edition

New CBS owner Ellison takes steps to appease Trump and WH regulators as he eyes bid for Warner Bros. Discovery - including CNN My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...

News: NPR appoints new editor in chief: NPR's newsroom will be led by Tommy Evans, a new managing editor for the network who's a veteran CNN foreign news executive My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...

News: Officials at Utah Valley University confirm "a visiting speaker" was shot at during event featuring conservative activist Charlie Kirk, NPR reports A video shows him holding a microphone, sitting under a tent. After shot rings out, Kirk grabbed his neck and appears to fall out of his chair.

About to join MSNBC's Kay Tur to talk about the Lachlan era for the Murdoch media empire - and what's ahead for Fox, the WSJ and more. Tune in - also with @mckaycoppins.bsky.social

I'll weigh in on the Murdoch battle royale and the settlement that resolved the future of Fox, the WSJ and all the rest-- w @sarahmccammon.bsky.social Coming up at 12.52p ET on NPR's Here and Now wbur.org or wherever you listen

Rupert Murdoch settles family succession battle with payout My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...

Great Rupert's Ghost! Media titan Rupert Murdoch buys out three of his dissident children to settle suit over the family trust Lachlan consolidates corporate power for future. And keeps Fox News on a rightward keel. I'll be on NPR's All Things Considered at approx 5.39/7.39 to break it all down.

Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. A @washingtonpost.com probe into these mass retractions found key links between the bogus writer “Margaux Blanchard” and another individual, suggesting a broader scheme. Here’s what I found: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Sesame Street is brought to You(Tube) by the letter U: as perhaps a sign that quality preschool content can thrive there after all, Sesame Workshop has signed a deal that will make YouTube the largest digital library of Sesame Street content online: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

PBS cuts 15% of jobs in wake of federal funding cut My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/09/04/n...

Fox News execs called Jeanine Pirro 'reckless maniac' and more when she was a network star My NPR story www.npr.org/2025/09/04/n...

For no particular reason, a reminder of how bare-knuckles competition can play out in Murdoch's World This piece, from 2017, involved a News Corp. division that played rough: "This was like a faucet that was spewing dollar bills." www.npr.org/2017/04/24/5...

I'll talk about this at 4.35/6.35p with Mary Louise Kelly on NPR's All Things Considered.

A right-on-right legal brawl royale... "Fox is using its monopoly power on the center-right news market to stop Newsmax from getting distribution and becoming a top competitor to them," Newsmax founder & CEO Chris Ruddy tells NPR. My updated story: www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...

MSNBC aired several hours of Nicolle Wallace’s podcast on TV last night, thus completing the media singularity. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

nine former cdc employees pen op-ed for the new york times, saying rfk jr’s leadership “should alarm every american, regardless of political leanings.” after replacing “experts on federal health advisory committees with unqualified individuals who share his dangerous and unscientific views.”

Chloe Malle, the 39-year-old editor of Vogue’s website and co-host of its podcast, will succeed Anna Wintour as the magazine's editor. nyti.ms/461LQW2

Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site. This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

Fox embraces horse racing, broadcasting 900+ hours of New York racing on Fox Sports, and invests in betting platform NYRA Bets to capitalize on a betting boom (Joe Drape/New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

“.. a scene .. almost certainly intended for an audience on the other side of the world: The leaders of China, Russia and India .. smiling and laughing like good friends ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...

Bluesky discover is serving explicitly false, twitter-style bullshit accounts. There's no such Colbert deal, no explanation why this person would know this information, no real reason to claim this besides content farming.

Nick Davies - who broke UK tabloid hacking scandal wide open - puts Wash Post's Will Lewis once more under a spotlight He asks: was Lewis involved in cover up for Murdoch & executives rather than cleaning up? via Air Mail airmail.news/issues/2025-...

Earlier this week, Judge Royce Lamberth ordered ⁦‪Kari Lake‬⁩ to answer Qs under oath about her plans for Voice of America and said she was "verging on contempt of court." Now, he has ruled her effort to fire the VOA's director was unlawful. My story: www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.

By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social A federal judge has ruled that Trump administration official Kari Lake can't unilaterally fire the director of Voice of America.

Judge: Kari Lake can't fire VOA director My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

US Judge: Kari Lake must be deposed under oath in Voice of America suit My story for NPR: www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

U.S Judge Lamberth orders Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath in litigation over her plans for Voice of America. Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, says she's "verging on contempt" and failed to comply with his orders for months. Lake tells NPR the judge is overreaching... (con't) 1/2

President Trump lashed out on social media late Sunday against ABC and NBC, putting the nation's top broadcast regulator once more at the center of his culture wars. From @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

UPDATE: Hours after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in Tennessee, Fox News reports that the Trump administration may deport him to Uganda as early as next week.

Newsmax to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting over 2020 election coverage By @maddylauria.bsky.social for NPR News www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...