Trump's FCC Chief Opens Investigation into NPR and PBS
NPR - Fri Jan 31, 2025
President Trump's new head of the Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye toward unraveling federal funding for all public broadcasting. More»
Fox News Director Jack Hanick Indicted for Helping Russia
Daily Beast - Thu Mar 3, 2022
As the United States increasingly goes after some of the Kremlin’s business tentacles, the latest person arrested for violating US sanctions against Russia is a former Fox News director who left to launch a Russian propaganda network. More»
AWS Outage: Several Sites Down, Amazon Delivery Operations Crippled
NBC New York - Tue Dec 7, 2021
Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. More»
North Korean Man Who Smuggled 'Squid Game' Into The Country is to be Executed by Firing Squad
Business Insider - Thu Nov 25, 2021
North Korea appears to have come down hard on people who distribute or watch Netflix's hit show "Squid Game. More»
Alex Jones Liable in All Sandy Hook Defamation Suits
New York Times - Mon Nov 15, 2021
WATERBURY, Connecticut - A superior court in Connecticut granted a sweeping victory to the families of eight people killed in a 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. More»
Trump adviser Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress
NBC News - Fri Nov 12, 2021
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday, charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions from the House Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot. More»
Sinclair Broadcast Group has been hit by a ransomware attack
Engadget - Mon Oct 18, 2021
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the second-largest TV station operator in the US, said a ransomware attack has locked up some servers, workstations and networks. More»
Stars Begin Phone-Hacking Claims Against Murdoch Empire
The Guardian - Mon Sep 27, 2021
A group of 1990s pop stars are among the latest individuals to launch phone-hacking cases against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, as the scandal that has dogged the company for more than 15 years continues to rumble on at the high court. More»
Your Amazon Devices to Automatically Share Your Wi-Fi With Neighbors
The Hacker News - Tue Jun 1, 2021
Starting June 8, Amazon will automatically enable a feature on its family of hardware devices, including Echo speakers, Ring Video Doorbells, Ring Floodlight Cams, and Ring Spotlight Cams, that will share a small part of your Internet bandwidth with nearby neighbors — unless you choose to opt-out. More»
Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
NPR - Sat May 15, 2021
Researchers have found just 12 people are responsible for the bulk of the misleading claims and outright lies about COVID-19 vaccines that proliferate on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. More»
Trump's DOJ secretly obtained phone records of Washington Post reporters
CNN - Sat May 8, 2021
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice secretly obtained phone records of multiple Washington Post reporters, the newspaper reported on Friday. More»
Rupert Murdoch abandons bid to launch TV news channel in UK
CNN - Sun May 2, 2021
Rupert Murdoch has officially scrapped plans to launch a TV news channel in the United Kingdom. More»
Jeanine Pirro’s ‘Farting Cow’ Meme Bewilders Critics
The Wrap - Tue Apr 27, 2021
Jeanine Pirro and the crack graphics team at Fox News are the butt of social media jokes thanks to the network’s reintroduction Saturday night of a bizarre meme of a “farting-cow” blowing up the Earth, prompting some pretty funny comments from their critics. More»
Fox host Larry Kudlow rages that Biden's climate plan will force Americans to drink 'plant-based beer'
The Insider - Tue Apr 27, 2021
Larry Kudlow, a Fox Business host and former Trump economic advisor, raged against the idea of "plant-based beer" on his Friday-night show and falsely claimed that President Joe Biden's climate plan would require Americans to give up meat. More»
Tucker Carlson tells viewers to call Child Protective Services if they see a child wearing a mask outside
Media Matters - Mon Apr 26, 2021
FOX News host Tucker Carlson: “What you're looking at is abuse, it's child abuse and you are morally obligated to attempt to prevent it”. More»
Pharrell Williams Wants Federal Probe Into Police Shooting of Cousin in Virginia Beach
NBC New York - Wed Apr 7, 2021
Grammy award-winning musician Pharrell Williams has called for a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting of his cousin along the Virginia coast. More»
Why did the Washington Post ban a sexual assault survivor from reporting on rape?
The Guardian - Tue Mar 30, 2021
Felicia Sonmez had to flee her home. More»
Lou Dobbs' Fox Network Show Is Canceled
Huffington Post - Fri Feb 5, 2021
Fox Business Network has canceled "Lou Dobbs Tonight", a show hosted by the staunch ally of former President Donald Trump. More»
Steve Bannon lawyers want off his criminal case after ex-Trump advisor discussed Fauci beheading
CNBC - Fri Nov 6, 2020
The criminal defense lawyers for former top Trump advisor Steve Bannon will seek to withdraw from the case, just a day after Bannon discussed having FBI Director Christopher Wray and federal infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci beheaded. More»
Puscifer announce livestream concert from"the edge of the world"
Louder Sound - Wed Oct 14, 2020
Maynard James Keenan wants to take you to "the end of the world" for a new Puscifer livestream gig. More»
Stevie Wonder Releases 2 New Songs, Says He Was "Blessed" With New Kidney
Associated Press - Wed Oct 14, 2020
NEW YORK, NY - Stevie Wonder released two new songs Tuesday reflecting the current times that he hopes inspires change. More»
Tribune Closing 5 Newsrooms Including NY Daily News
NBC NY - Thu Aug 13, 2020
Tribune Publishing Company, which owns some of the most storied newspapers in American journalism, said Wednesday that it is closing the newsrooms at five of them, including New York's Daily News and The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. More»
Minneapolis Cops Sued for Shooting, Beating, and Gassing Journalists
Gizmodo - Wed Jun 3, 2020
The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit against Minnesota authorities on behalf of journalists whom state and local police were filmed beating, shooting, gassing, and arresting during protests against the police killing of George Floyd. More»
More Journalists Injured Covering George Floyd Protests
WNBC-TV - Sun May 31, 2020
The first time officers shot rubber bullets at MSNBC host Ali Velshi and his crew Saturday night in Minneapolis, he was willing to believe that the officials didn't know they were press. More»
CNN crew released from police custody after they were arrested live on air in Minneapolis
CNN - Fri May 29, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - A CNN crew was arrested while giving a live television report Friday morning in Minneapolis - and then released about an hour later - as the crew covered ongoing protests over the death in police custody of George Floyd. More»
Trump Signs Social Media Executive Order
Huffington Post - Thu May 28, 2020
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could weaken legal protections for social media companies, days after Twitter labeled two of his misleading missives with a fact-check addendum. More»
Trump threatens to 'strongly regulate or close' social media
Daily Mail - Wed May 27, 2020
Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that social media platforms 'clean up your act' as he warned his administration will begin to regulate and even shutter such websites after Twitter, for the first time ever, fact-checked his tweets. More»
The conservative victimhood complex has made America impossible to govern
The Week - Sat May 16, 2020
The United States has had the worst national response to the coronavirus pandemic among rich nations largely because President Trump is an incompetent leader whose narcissism means he can focus on little beyond his own approval ratings. More»
Sinclair agrees to pay record $48M FCC fine
New York Post - Sun May 10, 2020
Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed on Wednesday to pay a record $48 million fine to resolve a series of allegations with the Federal Communications Communication. More»
Trump Campaign Threatens TV Stations That Air Ad Critical Of President
Huffington Post - Sat Mar 28, 2020
Not removing the ad about rising US coronavirus cases “could put your station’s license in jeopardy,” the Trump campaign warned. More»