Trump’s second term could further destabilize a wobbly era for press freedom In the latest episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ two media experts grade the press’s election coverage and forecast a bumpy road ahead November 20, 2024 Poynter Staff
‘Morning Joe’s’ visit with Donald Trump draws criticism — and some praise But was there more to Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s meeting than restarting communications and doing the right thing journalistically? November 20, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | Donald Trump praises a ‘free, fair and open’ press — as long as it falls in line Trump is a fan of a free and open press as long as he agrees with the coverage. Which, of course, really isn’t a free and open press. November 19, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | How could Donald Trump actually go after the media? His attacks are for real. Here are at least 3 things Trump could do to threaten the news media once he becomes president. November 18, 2024 Tom Jones
Fact-checking social media posts claiming instant policy victories for Donald Trump When we investigated some of the claims cited in the posts, we found that some were accurate, some were wrong and most of the rest omitted context November 18, 2024 Jeff Cercone
What are Donald Trump’s second-term plans for the economy, immigration, abortion? After Trump won the 2024 election, PolitiFact asked its readers to send us their questions about his campaign promises November 15, 2024 Louis Jacobson
Who is Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s ‘border czar’? And what has he said about mass deportations? Homan spent more than 30 years working in immigration enforcement and recommended Trump’s contentious zero-tolerance policy November 14, 2024 Maria Ramirez Uribe
No, Elon Musk’s Starlink wasn’t used to rig the 2024 presidential election for Donald Trump Federal and state election officials rebutted claims of widespread fraud. They said there are longstanding systems to ensure voting integrity. November 13, 2024 Madison Czopek
Opinion | Are Donald Trump and Elon Musk BFFs or headed for a split? A prominent biographer and a leading tech journalist have both warned that Musk should not expect the bromance to last November 12, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | Press freedom groups share grim warnings about a second Donald Trump administration The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders and Freedom of the Press Foundation have all raised concerns about the next 4 years November 11, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | Donald Trump and the media: a look back and a look ahead to the next four years Four media experts and analysts discuss how the press covered Trump in this election cycle and what to expect going forward November 8, 2024 Tom Jones
After the first ‘podcast election,’ the medium is likely to continue playing a role in future campaign cycles ‘It would be a mistake for future campaigns to ignore or neglect podcasting as a vehicle for their candidates’ November 7, 2024 Angela Fu
Opinion | A doomsday media reaction following Donald Trump’s presidential victory After winning a second term, Trump now seems emboldened to continue his assault on the media November 7, 2024 Tom Jones
How was Trump’s victory over Harris called so fast? In the end, it didn’t take all that long to declare that Donald Trump was returning to the White House November 7, 2024 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Who won the 2024 presidential election coverage? CNN’s John King and MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki, who showed viewers where the results were headed well before official numbers came in November 6, 2024 Tom Jones