Opinion | The media’s overall responsible plane crash coverage includes calling out Trump
Responsible media outlets are moving slowly and erring on the side of caution. The president is not. And they’re rightfully criticizing him for it.
Responsible media outlets are moving slowly and erring on the side of caution. The president is not. And they’re rightfully criticizing him for it.
Trump fired some top officials and ended DEI programs, but experts say it’s unlikely those actions affected the operations of the aircraft
CNN, as it always does during big stories, immediately called upon dozens of correspondents, contributors and experts to go over the grim news
The pause has potentially left the public in the dark about updates to scientific research and public health issues like flu outbreaks
Kennedy minimized and denied controversial things he had said in podcasts, conferences or TV interviews, even though the senators quoted him directly
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Karoline Leavitt took digs at the press, announced a seat for ‘new media’ and seemed to reestablish the combative dynamic of the last Trump presidency
In the latest episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ IFCN director Angie Drobnic Holan points to X’s fact-checking system as a cautionary tale
Legal observers saw the funding pause as the opening volley in a legal battle that centers on a concept called ‘impoundment’
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