The Media Today

As MAGA media splinters over Trump’s foreign wars, the Murdoch empire has stayed loyal—but what happens when Lachlan succeeds Rupert?

A federal court says Kari Lake didn’t have legal standing to gut federally funded broadcasters such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.

When the Trump administration launched a major attack on Iran, news organizations had to navigate a shaky environment for communications—and moral clarity.

On climate policy, the Trump administration is willfully burying its head in the sand. It’s crucial newsrooms don’t follow. 

Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, staffers of color have been frustrated by supervisors’ lack of enthusiasm—and the paper’s diminishing resources—for their work. 

‘There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred.’

How MAGA media outlets are fueling Trump’s crackdown on the press.

From Minneapolis to Gaza, how does the press responsibly report killings when officials act in obvious bad faith? By looking out the window. 

At CBS News, the suppression of critical reporting and the promotion of appeasement reveal Bari Weiss’s true colors.

Trump’s military attack on Venezuela was a social media spectacle. What made the Times and the Post bury the scoop?

We must not respond to this existential crisis with silence and apathy.

A new report documents a hostile environment for US journalists this year, with 32 arrests and 170 assaults.

In Netflix’s plan to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN is left out—to the reported relief of its staffers.

The purge of the Pentagon press means that the recent military action on Caribbean and Pacific boats remains underexamined. 

Journalists expecting a clash at Trump and Mamdani’s first meeting were taken by surprise. The reasons why have more to do with policy than personality.