hard to argue with much of this https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/26/whca-cared-more-about-protecting-biden-than-defending-the-first-amendment/ WHCA Cared More About Protecting Biden Than Defending The First Amendment When freedom of the press was actually under attack, the WHCA stood by silent and indifferent. BY: BRIANNA LYMAN FEBRUARY 26, 2025 On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the White House Press Office will now decide which reporters will get to cover the president daily, ending the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) exclusive role in selecting journalists for the job. Leavitt clarified that corporate media outlets would still be included, but the WHCA’s power to handpick the press pool is over. Unsurprisingly, the WHCA and its members quickly cried foul and feigned outrage about “free press.” WHCA President Eugene Daniels said the change “tears at the independence of a free press in the United States.” Peter Baker of The New York Times went so far as to compare the change — expanding access for independent media — to the Kremlin taking “over its own press pool.” “None of this will stop professional news outlets from covering this president in the same full, fair, tough and unflinching way that we always have,” Baker said in a post on X. “Government efforts to punish disfavored organizations will not stop independent journalism.” But their so-called concern for “free press” rings hollow. When freedom of the press was actually under attack, the WHCA stood by silent and indifferent because the press was more concerned about protecting then-President Joe Biden and Democratic interests. When the Biden White House revoked 442 reporters’ press credentials, the WHCA took “an officially noncommittal stance.” The WHCA selectively defended outlets and reporters, filing amici briefs on behalf of CNN’s Jim Acosta and Brian Karem after their hard passes were revoked. The WHCA also released a statement in defense of CNN’s Kaitlin Collins when she was barred from an event. But, as the Daily Caller’s Amber Athey wrote in these pages, “the WHCA voted to remove conservative One America News Network (OANN) from the briefing room rotation for not abiding by its contrived social distancing guidelines, even though OANN’s correspondent had been personally invited to be in the briefing room by the Trump administration.” The WHCA was notably silent when The Federalist, along with The Daily Wire, sued the State Department for blacklisting conservative media outlets. And as The Federalist co-founder and CEO Sean Davis pointed out, “When the Biden White House demanded that big tech companies like Facebook and Google censor conservative media outlets for the crime of critically reporting on the Biden White House, the WHCA didn’t object.” more at the link
Fired CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge reveals photos of files on Hunter Biden, COVID origins seized by network: ‘Attack on investigative journalism’ https://nypost.com/2025/02/26/media...hunter-biden-covid-origins-seized-by-network/
ABC News suspends Terry Moran after Trump administration condemns ‘hater’ post By Brian Stelter, CNN Updated 11:48 AM EDT, Sun June 8, 2025 Veteran ABC News correspondent Terry Moran was suspended Sunday after he posted a highly critical assessment of President Donald Trump and Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on the social media platform X. In the missive, which was posted shortly after midnight, Moran said both Trump and Miller are “world-class haters.” For Trump, he said, hatred is “only a means to an end, and that end is his own glorification. That’s his spiritual nourishment.” For Miller, on the other hand, “hatreds are his spiritual nourishment,” Moran charged. “He eats his hate.” Moran — who landed a rare Oval Office interview with Trump in April — later deleted the tweet and didn’t post anything further. As for ABC, “they have said they will be taking action,” she added, apparently referring to a private conversation. About one hour later, the news division said Moran, its senior national correspondent and former “Nightline” anchor, had been suspended. Continued...
Moran was wrong. It's understandable, but he was wrong. He did pull down the posts. But this is pretty far down on the list of things to be concerned about right now.
It was stupid of him to comment (especially for him, considering he's been fired now). The WH demanding he be suspended or terminated is what I found utterly... wrong, for lack of a better word right now. You didn't hear the Biden administration publicly calling on journalists that crossed them to be disciplined or fired.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough defends Trump’s bombs on Iran: ‘Hillary Clinton, any president’ would have ‘felt compelled to take that strike’ https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/business/msnbcs-joe-scarborough-defends-trumps-strikes-on-iran/
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit President Trump had sued over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. The company needs federal approval for a multibillion-dollar sale. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/media/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit.html excerpt: The deal is the clearest sign yet that Mr. Trump’s ability to intimidate major American institutions extends to the media industry. that's some quality news reporting from the Gray Lady more at the link
So he saying Trump is just like Hillary . . . . interesting . . . . and the grift goes on Rocket River How much money does he need at 80+ yrs old?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-wont...5?st=5y32x8&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink We Won’t Miss Government Media At NPR and PBS, bias has long been the biggest problem. Let 1,000 podcasts bloom. By Andy Kessler July 27, 2025 4:24 pm ET I’m going to miss the sweet and soothing dulcet-toned voices, but not much else. As part of the Trump administration’s rescission bill, $1.1 billion in federal funding has been cut for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, perhaps sending National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting Service and member stations to that great test pattern in the sky. Those jumping to the defense of public-funded media cite both its need during emergencies and for rural areas. Nonsense. I’d bet more people use smartphones than radios these days. But the “Mr. Snuffleupagus in the room” has always been bias. A year ago, NPR had 87 Democrats and zero Republicans on its editorial staff in Washington, according to a senior editor there. How did we let that happen? Answering claims of bias, NPR CEO Katherine Maher recently told CNN, “please show me a story that concerns you.” Within hours, Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.) gave many examples on the Senate floor, including the claim that interstate highways are racist. Twitter users found boatloads more—including a managing editor saying, “we don’t want to waste the listeners’ ” time on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Ms. Maher has famously said, “Truth might be a distraction that’s getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.” All things considered, that’s a $1.1 billion mistake. I’ve been a guest on NPR over the years to discuss technology or markets. Inevitably, my wife would get a call from an old friend, saying, “I was just pulling into Whole Foods and heard Andy on NPR.” It was a perfect indicator of who our crunchy friends were. Now that’s a public service! When promoting a new book, publishers would set up a radio tour. Starting at 4 a.m. on the West Coast, I’d chug coffee and every 5 or 10 minutes be connected to seemingly identical-sounding drive-time radio jockeys, “Hey, we got author Andy Kessler comin’ atcha after theeeese short messages.” They rarely knew what my book was about. Often that included WNYC, New York City’s NPR affiliate. They were different: longer interviews, deep soothing voices, until I was hawking my book “Eat People.” The book was partially about technology eating jobs—operators, tellers, secretaries—but consistently generating more, and often better, ones. The host suddenly raised his voice, saying something like, “I hate that you and Silicon Valley techno-capitalists purposely destroy careers with technology. What you’re doing is awful.” OK then—ignoring history and better jobs. Ideology, on top of technology, may kill that host’s job. Let a million podcasts bloom. Turns out, I wrote my first opinion piece as a college senior making fun of college-run radio stations. I used a line from Elvis Costello’s 1978 song “Radio Radio”: “And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools, trying to anesthetize the way that you feel.” Still works. As for TV, PBS and its affiliates were once important—maybe 50 years ago, as a counter to the big (and only) three TV networks. That was especially true on Sunday nights at 10 when they ran “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” Sure, they’d run “Sesame Street”—“Today’s show is brought to you by the letter T” for taxpayers—and other interesting documentaries. Still, Channel 13 in New York was always begging for money in exchange for PBS tote bags that identified you as cultured—or something. Our family did enjoy PBS’s “Sesame Street” New Year’s Eve at 9 p.m., so we could put our kids to bed with them thinking it was already next year. Another public service! But do we need PBS in an era of YouTube and streaming, even for “intellectual” programming? Not a chance. Fittingly, support for PBS now mimics “Monty Python’s” dead parrot sketch: “If you hadn’t nailed ’im to the perch, ’e’d be pushing up the daisies!” Freedom of the press should mean freedom from government control that comes via funding. Spectrum license renewal still overhangs over-the-air TV network owners. The Fairness Doctrine, adopted in 1949, forced media to run opposing views. Its repeal in 1987 allowed media to pick sides and flourish, from Rush Limbaugh to MSNBC. Government-funded media—politicized and with raw momentum of swamp support—was always asking for trouble and should have also ended in 1987. Video killed the radio star, and now social media has been killing broadcasters. Ask Stephen Colbert and his $40 million-losing “Late Show.” Artificial intelligence will stir the pot in new and not yet imagined ways. Such is progress. Of course, digital media inherits many old problems. Social media censored posts about Covid vaccines, often goaded by the Biden administration. Republicans and the Trump administration want to break up Big Tech for stifling conservative voices. The First Amendment’s press freedoms should be absolute, including freedom from government-funded outlets. Freedom of thought and expression and freedom from government interference are critical to a functioning society. Even Oscar the Grouch would agree. Appeared in the July 28, 2025, print edition as 'We Won’t Miss Government Media'.
"Government media" lol while trump is forcing CBS to install a watchdog to ensure they dont say mean things about him Every day you expose yourself as a bigger and bigger dumbass @Os Trigonum
Control the media. Censor the government, and all government agencies. Retaliate and sue all reporters of media who don't portray Trump in the way he wants. Threaten networks by withholding funding. Remove reporters from press conferences who don't ask the questions Trump wants asked. Threaten to deport those who call out Trump. This is Hitler type Fascism. The wannabe Dictator who thinks he is King of the World, telling everyone how to run their countries is out of control. I just wish foreign leaders would tell him to kiss their ass instead of kissing it.
