“President Trump increasingly appears to be exercising direct control over CBS’s editorial decisions, destroying CBS’s ‘journalistic integrity’ while violating its right to be free from governmental coercion and manipulation,” Rep. Jamie Raskin wrote. tinyurl.com/yyepw3ha

“The policy is an attempt to exert control over reporting the government dislikes,” said Charles Stadtlander, spokesman for the New York Times. tinyurl.com/3p3hu6rd

Patsy Widakuswara, who led Voice of America’s White House coverage until March and has joined other employees in suing the administration, said the planned office closures were “another nail in the coffin” for the broadcaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

“Denying access to briefings to credible and nonpartisan news media that routinely cover the Pentagon is not conducive to transparency for the American public, who fund the department’s budget to the tune of many hundreds of billions of dollars per year,” said Marc Lavine. tinyurl.com/2n475d4j

“This ruling is a clear affirmation that AI cannot be deployed as a shortcut around union rights, ethical journalism, or human judgment,” said Ariel Wittenberg, unit chair of the PEN Guild. tinyurl.com/5n6suzh4

"Brendan Carr, President Donald Trump’s top TV regulator, has landed in the center of another media fight — this time between two powerful groups of Trump-friendly news executives, each pushing him to tilt the law in their favor." tinyurl.com/5n98u6h8

“If you use AI, you have to have a human in the loop,” said Jonathan Van Fleet, editor of the Concord Monitor. tinyurl.com/2s4z5mew

“Choosing not to collect and make public data about these identity groups doesn’t just inhibit our ability to analyze or produce knowledge about them — it effectively erases their existence in records,” wrote Nik Usher. “The known becomes unknown and uncounted.” tinyurl.com/jnabc4jk

“Letting the government control which journalists can cover the highest office in the land and setting rules about what those journalists can say or write is a direct attempt to undercut the First Amendment,” wrote Julie Pace, AP's executive editor. “It should worry all of us.” tinyurl.com/2av65k32

Today, Nov. 24, The Associated Press will be back in court to defend itself against the White House and standing up for the right to speak and report freely without government retaliation. AP Executive Editor Julie Pace has written an op-ed about why AP has taken this stand. tinyurl.com/mwkyupka

"Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in recent weeks, and one official has discussed potential programming changes at CNN with Larry Ellison, the largest shareholder of Paramount." tinyurl.com/mskpnjx

Trump’s conduct — when he lost the 2020 election but claimed he won, and attempted to stay in power — is “susceptible to multiple subjective interpretations, including CNN’s,” the judges wrote. Thus, it is “not readily capable of being proven true or false.” tinyurl.com/ysrcrfax

“President Trump has Jamal Khashoggi’s blood on his hands,” said Raed Jarrar, advocacy director for DAWN, a U.S.-based group advocating for democracy and human rights in the Arab world that was founded by Khashoggi. tinyurl.com/2s49jk6m

"The settlement is a victory for editorial independence and a step toward upholding the First Amendment rights of NPR and the public media system in our legal challenge to [Trump's] Executive Order," Katherine Maher, President and CEO of NPR, said in a statement. tinyurl.com/33htymrx

“I want to say that this wasn’t just an attack on me. It was an attack on the freedoms of ordinary Americans and citizens worldwide. It was an attack on their freedom to speak the truth in the face of hatred,” Hamdi said shortly after he returned back to the UK. tinyurl.com/bdeztwv6

“Wielding the news distortion policy, the FCC has already opened or threatened to open investigations against private broadcasters due to disagreements with editorial decisions or statements made in a comedic monologue,” the petition said. tinyurl.com/2s8a8s42

ProPublica's review found that Fox News repeatedly provided a misleading picture of what was happening in Portland. tinyurl.com/ma8fahm3

“They intentionally wanted to harass us for reporting the news, and you’re not supposed to do that in a democracy,” the newspaper's editor and publisher, Eric Meyer, said Nov. 11. tinyurl.com/3upcae6r

"British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who has been held by US federal immigration for over two weeks, is set to be released and allowed to return to the UK." tinyurl.com/3tea3vhz

“[AI] excels at analyzing large data sets, organizing notes, checking spelling and grammar, even pointing out possible flaws in a story,” said Stephen Adler, a former editor in chief of Reuters. “But, as with much of technology, it comes with significant risks.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...

Netflix is making a major push into podcasting and @brianlowry.bsky.social has the details for @status.news. www.status.news/p/netflix-po...

"The majority of teens view news media negatively. An overwhelming majority of teens (84%) express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days." tinyurl.com/wm9mnp9k

"Renaming a television network, particularly one with a fervent fan base like MSNBC, is a feat typically attempted only under duress." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...

Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College, said, “The statement that was made by the North Carolina GOP spokesperson is not the kind of statement that should be made in a democracy.” tinyurl.com/mvfxnvzf

“We are changing our name and rebranding to embrace our most notable masthead — which is committed to delivering fact-based news, unbiased coverage and essential content that meets audiences in the center,” Mike Reed, its chief executive officer, said in a statement. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...

"Laura Loomer, the far-right political activist and former congressional candidate in Florida, has been credentialed to cover the Defense Department, according to one person familiar with the matter." tinyurl.com/bdff9s7n

“The new restrictions hinder the press corps’ ability to question officials, ensure transparency, and hold the government accountable, to the detriment of the American public,” the White House Correspondents’ Association said. tinyurl.com/5erwt5hk

In a letter to The Indiana Daily Student that published Thursday night, David Reingold, the university’s chancellor, said he recognized the university had not handled recent decisions around the newspaper “as well as we should have.” tinyurl.com/2eu486fa

An NC Republican Party spokesman appeared to threaten ProPublica, citing party ties to Trump's administration, and tried to coerce the outlet to kill a story (Brianna Tucker/Washington Post) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

For people living in the Deep South, local news is what really matters. deepsouthtoday.org/2025/10/29/w...

“I’m kind of shocked because our country is built on a free press,” a city council member said. “If the press can’t access immigration hearings at a time like this, then the press isn’t free.” tinyurl.com/ye5avuc3

"It strikes me that the failure to do this [disclosure] is concerning – whether out of negligence or worse," said Ruth Marcus, the former deputy editorial page editor. tinyurl.com/3dxr9ehs

"Newspaper archives are at risk around the United States. Sometimes the threat is a natural disaster ... but archives are more commonly lost when newspapers shutter, move to smaller offices, or are purchased." tinyurl.com/2kvryasm

During an interview with Greg Floyd for Albany’s CBS6 news station, a local man confessed on camera to killing and burying both of his parents eight years prior. tinyurl.com/592ubt39

The big divide in American news consumption is less about “left vs. right” than “active vs. passive” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...

“It was an honor to be recognized by the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, an organization that relentlessly fights for the public’s right to know. Shining a light on increasingly secretive government is essential work,” Paulson said in remarks. tinyurl.com/2fze4e6n

The State of Local News 2025 from @localnewsini.bsky.social finds that promising developments are being swamped by deeper negative trends. We’re losing the race against time for local news. Read an analysis by @stevenwaldman.bsky.social: www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/were...

"Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent of CNN, is contemplating a sale." tinyurl.com/2xkzfwzr

Proximity to power is not the only way—or even the best way—to report on government, by @aidaalami.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Alumni, journalists and others are taking to social media to denounce Indiana University after administrators fired the student media director and ordered the Indiana Daily Student to cease printing its newspapers. tinyurl.com/yzmm2xcc

President Trump on Thursday refiled his defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and several of its reporters, again accusing the news organization of seeking to undermine his 2024 candidacy and disparage his reputation as a businessman. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/b...

“It’s sad, but I’m also really proud of the press corps that we stuck together,” said Nancy Youssef, a reporter for The Atlantic who had had a desk at the Pentagon since 2007. tinyurl.com/ymypktem

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon. tinyurl.com/5dr2b3zy

"Today, underground sleuths might be among the last bulwarks to abuses of power," Alex Volonte writes. tinyurl.com/5frfpnrh

Military officials are pushing forward with new restrictions on the Pentagon press corps despite objections from news organizations and watchdog groups. tinyurl.com/4m9m7fvd

"The question is whether we will support the local daily journalism that informs us, protects our communities, and yes, fuels AI," writes Ken Paulson, director of the Free Speech Center. tinyurl.com/4xtn3mf6

“Journalists reported being singled out for detention, being shot by rubber bullets, and being exposed to gas pellets, all because they were doing their jobs,” Craven wrote. “A minister, in clerical garb, was shot at and gassed, while praying in front of the facility.” tinyurl.com/pdyje2kn

“The court ruled in AP’s favor — in a strong opinion in support of free speech — and the government is appealing,” AP spokesman Patrick Maks said. “As we’ve said throughout, the press and the public have a fundamental right to speak freely without government retaliation.” tinyurl.com/4fz4zczr