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Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s Sunday morning political talk show, Meet the Press, told The New York Times he will no longer allow Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to call in to the show in lieu of appearing on camera, taking away a media advantage that has been solely granted to Trump thus far this campaign season. Trump has dominated the Sunday morning political…
“Tulane Students Demand Hoda Kotb Be Dropped As Commencement Speaker, Claim They ‘Deserve Better’” –John Binder, The Hayride Dear Tulane “Elitist” Petitioners, Congratulations. You’re about to graduate from one of the most respected universities in the United States. You’re following in the footsteps of many proud alumni who hold their alma mater in…
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paging_filter On Friday afternoon, a Florida jury returned a verdict in favor of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan in his suit against Gawker Media, finding that Gawker had invaded his privacy when it published a brief excerpt of a 30-minute sex tape featuring Hogan that it had anonymously received. Hogan had asked for $100 million in…
Breitbart, a.k.a. Donald Trump’s Xanga, recently saw an exodus of staffers, after the publication refused to defend Michelle Fields’ report that Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski grabbed and pulled her to the ground. Staffers resigned, calling the publication “Trump’s Pravda,” and an “unaffiliated media super PAC for the Trump campaign.” Now, Breitbart has reportedly sent…
Bernie Sanders supporters have been unhappy with The Times in recent months, but it looked as if they were beginning to have their moment in the sun on Monday morning. An article by Jennifer Steinhauer, published online, carried the headline “Bernie Sanders Scored Victories for Years via Legislative Side Doors.” It described the way the…
Still: PBS Last night, PBS NewsHour ran a story on the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Tillys do not have a history of being active in politics, but various members of the family—both old and young—are being motivated to vote or work for a campaign for the first time by Donald Trump. If…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks to reporters on his campaign plane on Feb. 2. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) NewsDiffs.org, a media reporter’s dream site, tracks changes made to stories published by major media organizations. Its tracking system sure had its hands full with a story published yesterday by the New York Times on the legislative record…
The New York Times ran a piece about Bernie Sanders Monday, a sort of left-handed compliment of a legislative profile. It was called “Bernie Sanders Scored Victories for Years Via Legislative Side Doors.” Sidebar Four Amendments and a Funeral » I took notice of the piece by Jennifer Steinhauer because I wrote essentially the…
From ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images. Apple will now let individuals and independent publishers deliver content through its native news platform. Apple News’s 40 million users are about to have a lot more articles to read. The iPhone maker announced Tuesday the launch of a new Web-based editing tool that will open its native iOS news platform…