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June 15, 2025
House Votes to Cut a Billion from NPR, PBS
House passes rescissions package cutting $1.1 billion in NPR and PBS funding
ABC’s Terry Moran fired for tweeting Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are ‘world-class haters’. ABC News said Moran breached the network’s standards of objectivity.
Kash Patel Sues MSNBC Hack Frank Figliuzzi for Spreading Wild, Unverified Claim That FBI Director Spent More Time in Nightclubs Than His Office
CNN trying to reinvent itself beyond cable with streaming packages and a la carte offerings
Small-Town Newspapers Are Dying Because No One Wants to Run Them, but When Local Newspapers Die, Corruption Festers
House Votes to Cut a Billion from NPR, PBS
House passes rescissions package cutting $1.1 billion in NPR and PBS funding
- FIVE Reasons to Defund 'Public' Broadcasting
- not needed, arm of the Democrats, etc.
ABC’s Terry Moran fired for tweeting Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are ‘world-class haters’. ABC News said Moran breached the network’s standards of objectivity.
Kash Patel Sues MSNBC Hack Frank Figliuzzi for Spreading Wild, Unverified Claim That FBI Director Spent More Time in Nightclubs Than His Office
CNN trying to reinvent itself beyond cable with streaming packages and a la carte offerings
Small-Town Newspapers Are Dying Because No One Wants to Run Them, but When Local Newspapers Die, Corruption Festers
June 8, 2025
First Rescissions Package Hits NPR, PBS
First rescissions package hits NPR, PBS - $1.1 billion in cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to NPR and PBS. PBS received $325 million in CPB funding this year.
AP out again - federal appeals court allows Trump to ban the Associated Press from the Oval Office, Air Force One, and Mar-a-Lago over Gulf of America flap
Klobuchar/Grassley resolution calls on streaming services to carry C-SPAN
Top CNN Reporter OUT After Outlet Pays Navy Vet Millions of Dollars in Defamation Settlement
Karine Jean-Pierre switches affiliation to independent, releasing new book about 'broken' Biden White House
First Rescissions Package Hits NPR, PBS
First rescissions package hits NPR, PBS - $1.1 billion in cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to NPR and PBS. PBS received $325 million in CPB funding this year.
- PBS sues over loss of federal funding
AP out again - federal appeals court allows Trump to ban the Associated Press from the Oval Office, Air Force One, and Mar-a-Lago over Gulf of America flap
Klobuchar/Grassley resolution calls on streaming services to carry C-SPAN
Top CNN Reporter OUT After Outlet Pays Navy Vet Millions of Dollars in Defamation Settlement
- court had found actual malice and outrageous conduct justifying suit for damages. Vet was accused of running a ‘black market’ scheme in assisting Afghans in getting out of the country during Biden’s botched withdrawal.
Karine Jean-Pierre switches affiliation to independent, releasing new book about 'broken' Biden White House
June 1, 2025
Entitled NPR Sues Trump to Restore Government Funding
Entitled NPR sues Trump to restore government funding
Florida appellate court rejects attempt to dismiss Trump’s defamation suit against the Pulitzer board for awarding prizes to the New York Times and the Washington Post for their Trump/Russia collusion hoax coverage
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms
Disney boss Iger tells ‘The View’ to cool its heated anti-Trump rhetoric
Federal appeals court allows Trump administration overhaul of Voice of America to continue while litigation proceeds
One America News Network (OAN) to provide newsfeed services to Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), Radio Martí, and Voice of America (VOA)
FTC Opens Investigation into Far Left Media Matters and Its Coordinated Attacks on X and Its Advertisers
AI company (‘Every’) advises media outlets on how to use AI to increase writer productivity, automate social media posts, etc.
The clock is ticking for Bill Kristol’s single-focus anti-Trump ‘Bulwark’
Entitled NPR Sues Trump to Restore Government Funding
Entitled NPR sues Trump to restore government funding
Florida appellate court rejects attempt to dismiss Trump’s defamation suit against the Pulitzer board for awarding prizes to the New York Times and the Washington Post for their Trump/Russia collusion hoax coverage
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms
- the suit involves how ’60 Minutes’ doctored its interview with Kamala Harris
Disney boss Iger tells ‘The View’ to cool its heated anti-Trump rhetoric
Federal appeals court allows Trump administration overhaul of Voice of America to continue while litigation proceeds
One America News Network (OAN) to provide newsfeed services to Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), Radio Martí, and Voice of America (VOA)
FTC Opens Investigation into Far Left Media Matters and Its Coordinated Attacks on X and Its Advertisers
AI company (‘Every’) advises media outlets on how to use AI to increase writer productivity, automate social media posts, etc.
The clock is ticking for Bill Kristol’s single-focus anti-Trump ‘Bulwark’
- Reported in February: Pseudo-Conservative Bill Kristol Gets Government Dough to Slam Trump
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’