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Trump ally Brendan Carr threatens TV licenses over media coverage
For nearly a decade, President Donald Trump has been threatening to revoke the broadcast licenses of TV stations that fail to cover him the way he thinks they should. Ajit Pai, who chaired the Federal Communications…
Don Lemon may be a hack, but that does not make him a felon
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor who was arrested on federal civil rights charges last week, portrays his conduct during the January 18 protest that disrupted services at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, as purely…
Don Lemon’s arrest looks like an assault on freedom of the press
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, two journalists who covered a protest that disrupted services at a St. Paul church on January 18, were arrested last week on federal charges punishable by up to a decade in prison. While the…
Embarrassed by leaks, feds raid ‘Washington Post’ journalist’s home
On January 14, FBI agents, apparently seeking a shortcut in their investigation of a government contractor accused of illegally possessing classified materials, raided the home of a Washington Post reporter. Agents seized…
Texas case asks SCOTUS if police can jail journalists for reporting
Priscilla Villarreal was not arrested for "merely asking questions," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton insists in a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the Laredo news vlogger's petition for review of her…
A reporter’s unwelcome questions provoke yet another Trump threat to yank broadcast licenses
"I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and it's so wrong," President Donald Trump told Mary Bruce, the network's chief White House correspondent, on Tuesday. That…
Judge dismisses suit alleging fraud over Iowa newspaper’s Trump-Harris poll
Last January, Dennis Donnelly, a longtime Des Moines Register subscriber, sued the newspaper and pollster Ann Selzer, alleging that they had committed multiple torts by conducting and publicizing a poll suggesting that the…
Jake Tapper on censorship, media failings, and presidential power
The Reason Interview goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers who are making the world a more libertarian—or at least more interesting—place by challenging worn-out orthodoxies and ideas.…
Pete Hegseth’s foolish Pentagon press policy might encourage tougher journalism
In a letter written before the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should…
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