Musk's Twitter tries to recapture the political spotlight post Trump with DeSantis 2024 run
With the announcement that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will declare his presidential campaign in a live, unscripted conversation with Elon Musk, the billionaire Twitter owner launched a campaign of his...
CNN faces backlash over chaotic Trump town hall event
CNN is facing a backlash over its town hall featuring former President Donald Trump, an event that swiftly turned chaotic in a stark display of the tightrope facing journalists covering a leading...
Five elite news outfits win two-fifths of all Pulitzer Prizes
Five elite news outlets now win two-fifths of all Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, dominating a contest that once favored extraordinary reporting in provincial newspapers across the country.
Trump forum a big test for CNN, moderator Kaitlan Collins
Donald Trump’s town hall forum on CNN on May 10th was the first major television event of the 2024 presidential campaign — and a gigantic test for the chosen moderator, Kaitlan Collins.
A Vision for Regulatory Harmonization to Spur International Research
On May 1, Reps. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) and Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) sent a letter asking the Biden administration to “initiate a multilateral negotiation to establish an international research center...
Majority of Americans think media polarizes
Media freedom is supposed to be a cornerstone of democracy - by holding the powerful to account, and keeping voters informed. But on this World Press Freedom Day, a new poll shows that many Americans...
Witness Who Was Set to Testify at Fox Trial Reacts to Carlson Ouster
Frank Sesno, former CNN Washington Bureau Chief and professor at George Washington University, was set to be an expert witness in the Fox News-Dominion trial. He joins CNN’s Michael Smerconish to...
VERIFY: Will the National Weather Service lose the ability to auto-publish some tweets?
Several NWS accounts have tweeted that its urgent posts may not reach Twitter users because of a new policy related to automation on the social media platform.
Writer, Adviser, Poet, Bot: How ChatGPT Could Transform Politics
The AI bot ChatGPT has passed exams, written poetry, and deployed in newsrooms, and now politicians are seeking it out — but experts are warning against rapid uptake of a tool also famous for...
Iraq 20 years later – what was the media’s role?
Babak Bahador has analyzed American news coverage of armed conflicts from World War II through the 2003 Iraq War, and he’s noticed a pattern in the way politics, public opinion, and the media impact...
