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May 4, 2025
Trump Orders Halt to Federal Funding for NPR and PBS
Trump Executive Order directs Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Stop Federal Funding for NPR and PBS
White House issues list of top media hoaxes in Trump’s first 100 days, e.g. claiming Trump wrong in asserting Biden spent millions on transgender mice experiments
Federal appeals court blocks lower court ruling that had ordered Voice of America employees back to work - statute takes away jurisdiction over firings and grant terminations from federal judges
’60 Minutes’ objects to its owners examining its work
Advocacy 'Journalism': ABC, CBS, and NBC negative on Trump 92 percent of the time.
Big Media dinosaurs get the icks as MAGA outlets allowed into White House Briefing Room
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues for defamation after Meta AI chatbot falsely labels him a white nationalist and Holocaust denier
Trump Orders Halt to Federal Funding for NPR and PBS
Trump Executive Order directs Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Stop Federal Funding for NPR and PBS
- NPR and PBS hiding the ball on how much federal funding they receive, but PBS top exec rakes in more than a million, NPR chief half a million
White House issues list of top media hoaxes in Trump’s first 100 days, e.g. claiming Trump wrong in asserting Biden spent millions on transgender mice experiments
Federal appeals court blocks lower court ruling that had ordered Voice of America employees back to work - statute takes away jurisdiction over firings and grant terminations from federal judges
’60 Minutes’ objects to its owners examining its work
- This is a burlesque - ’60 Minutes’ wins Emmy nomination for infamous doctored Kamala Harris interview
Advocacy 'Journalism': ABC, CBS, and NBC negative on Trump 92 percent of the time.
Big Media dinosaurs get the icks as MAGA outlets allowed into White House Briefing Room
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues for defamation after Meta AI chatbot falsely labels him a white nationalist and Holocaust denier
April 27, 2025
Legacy Media Feeling the Sting of Trump Administration Snubs
Conservative outlets called upon frequently in Trump press briefings; mainstream media apologists pout
Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Rehire Voice of America and Affiliated News Services Staff
Attorney General Pam Bondi will subpoena journalists in leak investigations, returning to the policy of the first Trump administration
Manhattan jury rules against Sarah Palin, finding New York Times did not libel her by claiming her PAC incited Gabby Gifford shooting
Mercurial Chuck Todd says media made a mistake in trying to cancel Trump; it backfired because Trump formed his own media ecosystem
Legacy Media Feeling the Sting of Trump Administration Snubs
Conservative outlets called upon frequently in Trump press briefings; mainstream media apologists pout
Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Rehire Voice of America and Affiliated News Services Staff
Attorney General Pam Bondi will subpoena journalists in leak investigations, returning to the policy of the first Trump administration
Manhattan jury rules against Sarah Palin, finding New York Times did not libel her by claiming her PAC incited Gabby Gifford shooting
Mercurial Chuck Todd says media made a mistake in trying to cancel Trump; it backfired because Trump formed his own media ecosystem
April 20, 2025
AP Back in the White House? Not So Fast
Trump White House finesses court order to return Associated Press to White House by eliminating wire service spot in the press pool altogether
Defund NPR and PBS: Will It Really Happen This Time? OMB asks Congress to codify DOGE cuts
Trump calls for CBS to lose its license over 60 Minutes Ukraine and Greenland stories
TikTok joins X and Meta in crowdsourcing fact-checks
ICYMI: Daily Caller writers start conservative newsletter offering solutions to the sorry ‘state of the American male’
AP Back in the White House? Not So Fast
Trump White House finesses court order to return Associated Press to White House by eliminating wire service spot in the press pool altogether
Defund NPR and PBS: Will It Really Happen This Time? OMB asks Congress to codify DOGE cuts
- Conservative coalition asks legislators to compel audits of NPR and PBS, make results public
Trump calls for CBS to lose its license over 60 Minutes Ukraine and Greenland stories
TikTok joins X and Meta in crowdsourcing fact-checks
ICYMI: Daily Caller writers start conservative newsletter offering solutions to the sorry ‘state of the American male’
April 13, 2025
Associated Press Is Back In the White House
Associated Press is back in the White House after court rules on 1st Amendment grounds journalists can’t be barred for their viewpoints (AP had refused to use the term ‘Gulf of America’)
American victims of Oct. 7th Hamas attack sue Qatar-backed Al Jazeera and American affiliate in U.S. court for providing substantial assistance to terrorists - suit alleges Al Jazeera employees double as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives
Qatar-compromised Newsmax reaches $30 billion market cap during its opening week on the New York Stock Exchange
New Books on Biden's Decline Expose Shameful Failure of Old Media
Judge rules in defamation case in favor of journalist Liz Collin whose documentary exposed the Minneapolis police for blatantly lying under oath about Derek Chauvin in the George Floyd case
Left-leaning Pro Publica-led media consortium extends reach in Texas
Michelle Obama’s podcast is a big flop
SPJ ‘sin’ contest encourages college papers to win prize money for violating ethics rules
Associated Press Is Back In the White House
Associated Press is back in the White House after court rules on 1st Amendment grounds journalists can’t be barred for their viewpoints (AP had refused to use the term ‘Gulf of America’)
American victims of Oct. 7th Hamas attack sue Qatar-backed Al Jazeera and American affiliate in U.S. court for providing substantial assistance to terrorists - suit alleges Al Jazeera employees double as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives
Qatar-compromised Newsmax reaches $30 billion market cap during its opening week on the New York Stock Exchange
New Books on Biden's Decline Expose Shameful Failure of Old Media
Judge rules in defamation case in favor of journalist Liz Collin whose documentary exposed the Minneapolis police for blatantly lying under oath about Derek Chauvin in the George Floyd case
Left-leaning Pro Publica-led media consortium extends reach in Texas
Michelle Obama’s podcast is a big flop
SPJ ‘sin’ contest encourages college papers to win prize money for violating ethics rules
- the winners get jobs at the Washington Post and New York Times - just kidding!
April 6, 2025
White House Not Done Snubbing Leftist Legacy Media
White House inaugurates ‘Podcast Row’ event, noting podcasters have more viewers than CNN and legacy media
White House to Take Over Seating in Press Briefing Room in Another Blow to Far-Left White House Correspondents’ Association
Study shows Washington Week with the Atlantic is a “highly reinforced bubble of liberal media spin, with no conservative rebuttals”
Eugene Robinson follows David Shipley and Ruth Marcus out the door after Jeff Bezos redirects Washington Post opinion section to to champion free markets and civil liberties
MSNBC loses elections data analyst in run-up to spin-off from NBC
Qatar-backed NewsMax loses 80 percent of its value after post-IPO rally
White House Not Done Snubbing Leftist Legacy Media
White House inaugurates ‘Podcast Row’ event, noting podcasters have more viewers than CNN and legacy media
White House to Take Over Seating in Press Briefing Room in Another Blow to Far-Left White House Correspondents’ Association
Study shows Washington Week with the Atlantic is a “highly reinforced bubble of liberal media spin, with no conservative rebuttals”
Eugene Robinson follows David Shipley and Ruth Marcus out the door after Jeff Bezos redirects Washington Post opinion section to to champion free markets and civil liberties
MSNBC loses elections data analyst in run-up to spin-off from NBC
Qatar-backed NewsMax loses 80 percent of its value after post-IPO rally
March 30, 2025
NPR and PBS Squirm in Congressional Testimony
NPR and PBS chiefs called out in congressional hearing for anti-Trump venom and left-wing advocacy
Federal judge blocks Trump’s termination of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) pending further litigation - ‘cannot be shut down without explanation’
NPR and PBS Squirm in Congressional Testimony
NPR and PBS chiefs called out in congressional hearing for anti-Trump venom and left-wing advocacy
- Watch the NPR chief get absolutely shredded in congressional testimony: count how many times she ‘cannot recall’ and ‘I didn’t do what my tweet said I did’ in 3 minutes. Bizarre, and not worth a penny of taxpayer funding.
- PBS chief claims in her testimony drag show for 3-year-olds appeared on PBS’ website by “mistake” - from the show: “We're going to start with our hips," he says before singing, "the hips on the drag queen, go, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish." This stayed up for two months and you paid for it.
- Trump calls for defunding NPR and PBS as a ‘waste of money’
Federal judge blocks Trump’s termination of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) pending further litigation - ‘cannot be shut down without explanation’
- critics argue its modern-day mission has strayed far from championing freedom. Instead, they say, the network pushes narratives aligned with internationalist agendas, undermining nationalist movements and conservative policies in sovereign nations.
March 23, 2025
Kristi Noem Warns: ‘We Will Track Down the Cowards Attacking Conservative Media’
Left’s assault on conservative journalists continues with swatting of InfoWars host
After settling with Smartmatic for $40 million, Newsmax is looking at trial next month with Dominion Voting System involving defamation claims similar to those Dominion made against Fox (which settled with Dominion for $787.5 million)
Radio Free Europe sues Trump administration over funding cut
Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network
Kristi Noem Warns: ‘We Will Track Down the Cowards Attacking Conservative Media’
Left’s assault on conservative journalists continues with swatting of InfoWars host
- DHS Secretary Kristi Noem condemned the attacks, posting: “Under President Trump’s leadership, we will not sit idly by as conservative new media and their families are being targeted by false swatting. @DHSgov has the ability to trace phone numbers and track location information. We will use it to hunt these cowards down.
After settling with Smartmatic for $40 million, Newsmax is looking at trial next month with Dominion Voting System involving defamation claims similar to those Dominion made against Fox (which settled with Dominion for $787.5 million)
Radio Free Europe sues Trump administration over funding cut
Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network
- per Grok: The administration’s stated rationale, as articulated in a White House statement, was to stop funding what it described as "radical propaganda" and ensure taxpayers were no longer supporting content it viewed as contrary to American interests. The White House specifically criticized VOA for being "anti-Trump" and "radical," pointing to its coverage as evidence of a leftist bias. Trump allies, including Kari Lake, a senior adviser to USAGM appointed by Trump, echoed this sentiment, calling the agency "a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer" and "not salvageable."
- VoA refused to call HAMAS “terrorists”. VoA reporters posted anti-Trump content on social media. Lots more particulars from the White House here.
March 16, 2025
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Free Speech
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Free Speech - Conservative media figures targeted - one murdered, others swatted
Slumping New York Times shrinks its editorial operations, publishing fewer op-eds and offering editorial board members buy-outs
Trump places journalists at Voice of America (VoA) on administrative leave, signs executive order eliminating VoA’s parent agency US Agency for Global Media (USAGM)
ICYMI - Newsmax may be in the ascendancy among conservatives these days, but did you know Newsmax took $50 million from Qatar on the condition it not criticize Qatar?
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Free Speech
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Free Speech - Conservative media figures targeted - one murdered, others swatted
Slumping New York Times shrinks its editorial operations, publishing fewer op-eds and offering editorial board members buy-outs
Trump places journalists at Voice of America (VoA) on administrative leave, signs executive order eliminating VoA’s parent agency US Agency for Global Media (USAGM)
ICYMI - Newsmax may be in the ascendancy among conservatives these days, but did you know Newsmax took $50 million from Qatar on the condition it not criticize Qatar?
March 9, 2025
Bloodbath at ABC News
ABC News Laying Off Staff and Completely Cutting Polling Outfit 538
CNN retracts ‘fact-check’ which had falsely claimed Trump was wrong about $8 million being spent on transgender mice experiments
Trump’s VOA Pick Kari Lake also named senior advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the VOA
Louisville Public Media enlists audience to lobby for continued federal funding
Bloodbath at ABC News
ABC News Laying Off Staff and Completely Cutting Polling Outfit 538
CNN retracts ‘fact-check’ which had falsely claimed Trump was wrong about $8 million being spent on transgender mice experiments
Trump’s VOA Pick Kari Lake also named senior advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the VOA
Louisville Public Media enlists audience to lobby for continued federal funding
Legacy media White House Correspondents Association stripped of monopoly power over which reporters have access to the Oval Office and who gets to ask the president questions
Associated Press loses emergency motion to get back into White House press pool
Sweet! MSNBC fires Joy Reid, lets go most of Rachel Maddow’s staff
Leftists go berserk when Jeff Bezos says he wants pieces about free markets and civil liberties on the op-ed pages of his Washington Post
Advocacy ‘Journalism’
Republicans introduce companion House and Senate bills to defund NPR
Associated Press loses emergency motion to get back into White House press pool
Sweet! MSNBC fires Joy Reid, lets go most of Rachel Maddow’s staff
Leftists go berserk when Jeff Bezos says he wants pieces about free markets and civil liberties on the op-ed pages of his Washington Post
Advocacy ‘Journalism’
- New York Times doxxes dozens of DOGE employees
- DOGE protests - reported by the press as spontaneous protests - were organized by left-wing groups
Republicans introduce companion House and Senate bills to defund NPR
- this has been attempted many times and has never succeeded.... so far