journalism
FBI goes after whistleblower who helped unmask the ‘Fort Bragg Cartel’
Courtney Williams never made her gripes with the military a secret. In the mid-2010s, she filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) about her time as a civilian staffer at Fort…
A lawsuit settlement highlights Trump’s hypocrisy on government meddling with social media
On Tuesday, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) announced that it had reached a settlement in Missouri v. Biden, a First Amendment lawsuit challenging the federal government's attempts to suppress…
Adam Carolla: Why No One Under 30 Trusts Legacy Media
In a recent interview with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a likely contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, veteran news anchor Katie Couric asked him whether he "had a Zoolander" problem,…
Arresting a reporter for asking questions was a First Amendment violation, Sotomayor says
The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a petition from Priscilla Villarreal, the independent Texas journalist who was arrested on felony charges in 2017 for asking a Laredo police officer to confirm information about a fatal…
Cesar Chavez’s corruption was known long before sex abuse allegations came out
Cesar Chavez (1927–1993), the California-based labor icon who helped create the United Farm Workers of America (UFM) and led high-profile boycotts against table grapes and iceberg lettuce, has been accused of rape and sexual…
Brendan Carr’s unconstitutional crusade to reshape TV journalism
On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump criticized a Wall Street Journal article about an Iranian attack on U.S. refueling planes in Saudi Arabia. Three hours later, Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chairman of the…
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…
FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens media outlets that don’t report good Iran war news
Amid a war in the Middle East that is, despite his assurances, still very much unresolved, President Donald Trump spent a substantial portion of the weekend posting on social media, including complaints about the news…
Trump wants to cover up bad news about the Iran war
President Donald Trump believes that journalists "should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information." In a social media rant about his war on Iran, the president claimed that…
Remembering Brian Doherty, chronicler of and participant in wild and wonderful subcultures
Jesus, how do you write an obit of someone you hired? It is with a heavy heart but many, many fond memories and intense gratitude that I write about my colleague Brian Doherty, found dead unexpectedly on Friday at the age of…
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