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Posted inLaw and Justice
Democratic States Seek to Block Massive TV Station Merger
The team-up of Nexstar and Tegna would cover 80 percent of U.S. households. It’s the first of several cases where states are at odds with pay-to-play federal antitrust enforcement.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Ol’ Donny Trump Has Really Stepped in It This Time
In Iran, he finally created a jam for himself it will not be easy to wriggle out of.
Posted inPolitics
Competition for Jeff Bezos’s Shabby Washington Post
Robert Allbritton, who founded and then sold Politico, is launching a kind of rival to the Post.
Posted inPolitics
Antisemitism, Israel, and Jewish Identity
A tangled tale of Wikipedia and the perversion of the mission of the Anti-Defamation League
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Newspapers Did Not Kill Themselves
New docs say Jeffrey Epstein collaborated with the Russian mob to loot the New York Daily News, then tried to help Mort Zuckerman discard it when reporting became inconvenient.
Posted inEducation in America
It’s a Dreary Day in the Neighborhood
PBS Kids is feeling the effects of funding cuts—and so will the rest of the children’s media landscape.
Posted inTAP
After The Washington Post
What will it take to preserve a great newspaper in the nation’s capital, and to sustain independent daily journalism generally?
Posted inTAP
Trump Demands $10 Billion in Taxpayers’ Money
The president is suing his own administration for a private payday. Which of his appointees will oppose this outrageous cash grab?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Attacking Black Journalists Is an American Tradition
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort reflect an American legacy of targeting the Black press.