About 1 in 4 Americans think the April shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner was staged, according to a new survey. My latest wapo.st/4tYHkm5

Following the shooting that disrupted the WHCA dinner, critics of the event — and of Trump’s relationship with the press — have renewed calls to end the schmoozing between journalists and the administration. My latest with @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

The shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner has sparked conspiracy theories on the left and right that it was staged to drum up support for Trump and his ballroom, @liamjscott.bsky.social reports. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Pentagon fires ombudsman charged with defending independence of military paper Stars and Stripes Latest w @scottnover.bsky.social Gift link wapo.st/4cYry4x

BREAKING: The Pentagon has fired the Stars and Stripes ombudsman — the role Congress created to protect the military paper's editorial independence — after she publicly criticized the DOD's overhaul of the publication. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Breaking: Federal judge blocks $6 billion Nexstar-Tegna TV merger My latest www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Why one of America’s most revered newsrooms is striking against AI My latest on ProPublica and AI www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Also love NYT's McCraw taking the politics out of press rights: "This was not an attack on the left. This was an attack on independent journalism. It was an attack on people who believed journalists should ask hard questions. Independent journalism works for all of us."

All of this was from interview with @liamjscott.bsky.social in WaPo's Press Freedom Desk. Last question was if suing Pentagon could make NYT more of a target for Trump admin. McCraw quipped: "Oh, I don’t think we could be more of a target." Worth a free sub: s2.washingtonpost.com/4672080/69cd...

NYT lead newsroom lawyer, David McCraw, was asked about risk of losing Pentagon access case and setting precedent for Trump to restrict press further. Perfect quote about not chickening out: "What’s worse than losing is falling in line, because it simply encourages more of this to happen."

NEW: CNN is used to attacks from Donald Trump. But as staffers prepare for David Ellison's Paramount to take control of the company, those broadsides stir new anxieties. GIFT LINK: wapo.st/4tu9IvK

“While White House attacks are ‘the same old, same old,’ there’s ‘an added big asterisk,’ one CNN staff member said, referring to the uncertainty of Ellison’s approaching ownership.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump’s animosity toward CNN has taken on new meaning amid an imminent sale to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, fueling anxiety among journalists. New from @scottnover.bsky.social and me wapo.st/4tu9IvK

My latest with @scottnover.bsky.social

New: CBS News will end its nearly century-old radio service, CBS News Radio, and cut more jobs amid a rocky turnaround effort under its new top editor, former opinion journalist Bari Weiss. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social and @willoremus.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: CBS will eliminate its century-old CBS News Radio service and cut more newsroom jobs as new top editor Bari Weiss's rocky tenure gets rockier. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... (by @liamjscott.bsky.social, me & @scottnover.bsky.social)

We obtained an internal Pentagon memo showing the ways that it is tightening control over the military newspaper Stars and Stripes just months after blasting it as “woke.” @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

After blasting Stars and Stripes as "woke," the Pentagon issued an internal memo tightening its control of the newspaper — a publication known for its editorial independence. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Latest with @scottnover.bsky.social on what Stars and Stripes leaders are calling editorial interference at the military paper

NEW: The Pentagon outlined a sweeping “modernization” effort for Stars and Stripes, according to an internal memo reviewed by The Washington Post, following up on a promise to overhaul the newspaper and rid it of “woke distractions. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Since the Iran strike, President Donald Trump has taken calls from a long list of reporters — a deliberate media strategy during a consequential moment in his second term. My latest with @liamjscott.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Breaking>> Netflix is OUT on Warner Bros. Discovery, paving the way for Paramount Skydance to buy the entire company. It's a deal with massive implications for both Hollywood and the news industry. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A Uyghur-language news site is aiming to connect a scattered diaspora and preserve a culture at risk of disappearing. Read @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/uygh...

Four journalists, including AP freelancers, were detained in Cameroon on Tuesday while reporting on migrants deported there by the Trump administration. They were released, but their devices were confiscated. w/ @maeganvaz.bsky.social + @liamjscott.bsky.social

There are few constants in human history, but people have more or less always been horny. My latest, on the audio erotica boom, via @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

As Marjorie Taylor Greene contemplates her next move, her betrothed, a Trump-friendly broadcaster named Brian Glenn, is adjusting to life on the outside. Read @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/what...

As Marjorie Taylor Greene contemplates her next move, her betrothed, Trump-friendly reporter Brian Glenn, is adjusting to life on the outside. My latest @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature/what...

The Pentagon criticized Stars and Stripes as “woke.” Now the military newspaper — and some members of Congress — are trying to assert its independence. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

New: Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he will introduce legislation to further codify Stars and Stripes' editorial independence from the Pentagon to ensure that the military newspaper is "safeguarded from political influence and interference." @liamjscott.bsky.social

Bari Weiss personally tried to arrange an interview with a Trump official for the "Inside CECOT" segment, but was unable to, per @liamjscott.bsky.social's reporting in our latest story: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bari Weiss shelved a '60 Minutes' segment because it didn't have an interview with a Trump official. Tonight it aired without one. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The ‘60 Minutes’ story that Bari Weiss held last month for lacking an interview with a Trump official aired this evening without one, w @scottnover.bsky.social wapo.st/4b7jAWu

NEW >> The Defense Department said it plans to overhaul Stars and Stripes, the storied military newspaper that has long enjoyed editorial independence, to rid it of “woke distractions” and refocus coverage on “warfighting.” w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

People seeking jobs at military newspaper Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities. My latest in @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4aYF33D

Good scoop by @liamjscott.bsky.social: People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

People seeking jobs at military newspaper Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities. Reporting from @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

2025 was marked by the enhanced use of lawfare to target reporters, attacks on public media, and the erosion of press freedom in places where it was once guaranteed, like the U.S. Read the full @washingtonpost.com 2025 press freedom roundup here: s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

“She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply,” Tanya Simon, “60 Minutes” EP, told staff today. Updated w @scottnover.bsky.social

In 2025, press freedom came under direct attack. We must not respond to this existential crisis with silence and apathy. Read @aidaalami.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.

Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants

Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D

New from me and @scottnover.bsky.social

Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most. Read @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature/mili...

This was supposed to be a season for celebration at the New Yorker. Instead, some of the most famous writers in America are up in arms about parent company Condé Nast firing a fact-checker for “extreme misconduct." w/ @laurawags.bsky.social and @liamjscott.bsky.social

“‘Things happen.’ Just two words. That’s all it took for Donald Trump to effectively dismiss what is probably the most infamous journalist killing of the last decade.” — CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social writes in an op-ed for @theguardian.com. Read more👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"It is a chaotic and unstable and bad business, but if you have an owner who is really committed to the journalism and also really feels a personal need to keep the thing going, that changes the equation." @joshtpm.bsky.social to @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

A federal judge has ruled that LA County must face journalist Maya Lau’s lawsuit, which alleges that sheriff's deputies unlawfully investigated her in retaliation for her reporting about police misconduct. @rcfp.org attorneys are co-representing Lau in the case.

Writing in @thenation.com December issue, @liamjscott.bsky.social writes about our work to #FreeJimmyLai. A renowned publisher, pro-democracy advocate, a husband, a father, a grandfather. As he turns 78, the race is on to free him and save his life. www.thenation.com/article/worl...