Donald Trump has unleashed massive attacks against a free press, attacking the news media, in an attempt to control the news of what he is perpetrating daily, abuses of the Consitution and the rule of law!
He has worked to undermine cable media, wanting to see CNN sold to a “friendly” billionaire who would distort reality to flatter him.
He has worked to destroy the legacy of CBS, and its heroic figures of the past, including Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and Dan Rather.
He has also undermined ABC News, and is constantly on the attack against NBC News and the newly organized MS NOW, formerly MSNBC.
But he has also succeeded in influencing the Washington Post, owmed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, turning the editorial policy toward right wing propaganda points, and leading to many long term and famed journalists at that newspaper being forced out or resigning and retiring on their own.
The New York Times is resisting and fighting Trump’s attempt to damage “the newspaper of record”, a battle that is essential.
Trump has gone on the attack against women journalists in a very misogynistic manner.
Local news media are also being influenced in a deleterious manner by Trump threats.
The battle for a free press cannot be lost, as doing so would make clear that American democracy is in danger of failing!
Mainstream news coverage almost totally ignored Bannon’s extensive ties to Epstein.
“Bannon and Epstein exchanged hundreds of emails and texts. Most leading newspaper articles didn’t mention their history, and broadcast news ignored it entirely.”
https://www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon/mainstream-news-coverage-almost-totally-ignored-bannons-extensive-ties-epstein
The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
https://ballsandstrikes.org/legal-culture/washington-post-editorial-board-medicaid/
The New York Times Spread Dangerous Health Disinformation, Erased It, Hopes You Don’t Notice
“This November, the New York Times published an article with a frame that strongly implied COVID-19 vaccines kill children. The next day the piece was rewritten with an entirely different, more responsible frame, but readers were given no indication of the change. “
https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-york-times-spread-dangerous
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/advertisers-wary-cbs-news-bari-weiss-town-hall-1236608265/
MAGA, the Broligarchs and the Media
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/maga-the-broligarchs-and-the-media
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways.
“The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media”
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-has-tragically-changed-but
100% insane.
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president’s Jan. 6 speech.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-bbc-lawsuit-defamation-a9fd196c4f242decd8f28e8d0ce74442
Jared Kushner’s firm backs out of Paramount’s Warner Bros. bid
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/16/kushner-warner-bros-paramount
This is good to hear.
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bari-weiss-erika-kirk-cbs-news-ratings-b2885768.html
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say.
https://cnn.com/2025/12/21/media/60-minutes-cecot-bari-weiss-cbs-sharyn-alfonsi
Bari Weiss, not surprisingly, is destroying CBS News.