Today on TAP: Making jokes has never been this dangerous, except in authoritarian states.
Television
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This Proposed Media Empire Runs on AI
Oracle scion David Ellison wants to combine two of the largest movie studios and streaming networks, along with dozens of cable stations.
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Canceling Colbert Begins the End of Television
Did Paramount suck up to Trump by ending its late-night show? Sure. Will there be any television networks to throw people off in ten years? Probably not.
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How Public Media Cuts Hurt Kids
Essential education programming for children in underserved communities is threatened by the proposed elimination of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.
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Beating the Press
In a time of eroding journalistic freedoms, a new book chronicles the deliberate effort to use libel law to bankrupt the independent media we have left.
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Trump’s Weakness Shows Through
Today on TAP: The executive order purporting to cut NPR and PBS funding was supposed to go through Congress, but Trump had to go it alone.
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Cold War Kids
Apple’s hit show ‘Severance’ was originally about the class struggle; Season 2 stifles that in favor of corporate crisis management.
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Producer of Luigi Mangione Documentary Had Previous Show Canceled After Police Killing
Dan Abrams’s documentary on the UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying takes the police perspective. That’s common for the longtime journalist and legal analyst.
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Pulled in All Directions
Chris Hayes’s new book argues that the demand for attention has taken over every facet of our lives.
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Disney’s Catch and Kill
Disney wanted to corner the market on sports streaming. A rival blocked them. So Disney bought the rival.