Investigation stalls into attack on journalists 3 years ago in Ingushetia
The investigation into a violent attack on a group of journalists and human rights defenders near the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya, in the Russian Caucasus, exactly three years ago, has stalled. Reporters More...
White House suspends CNN’s Jim Acosta’s press pass ‘placing his hands’ on female intern
The White House announced that CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass has been suspended “until further notice” Wednesday, hours after he engaged in a contentious More...
ABC’s Jon Karl conflates calling the press ‘fake news’ to Russia murdering journalists
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” host Jon Karl asked National Security Adviser John Bolton about the cancellation of his interview with CNN, making a shocking false equivalency between the “fake news” More...
Maryland’s ‘The Sentinel’ reporter Brian Karem meltsdown on Sarah Sanders over media bias and fake news
A Maryland journalist named Brian J. Karem had a fit, screaming at Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a briefing today, yelling back: “You’re inflaming everybody right here right More...
Obama to press corps: be skeptics not sycophants, ‘America needs you’
In his final press conference as president on Wednesday, Barack Obama congratulated the White House Press Corps for not being “sycophants” during his administration, but acting as “skeptics” whose reporting More...
Reddit, Mozilla and others to participate in day of activism against NSA mass surveillance in honor of Aaron Swartz
PRESS RELEASE A broad coalition of activist groups, companies, and online platforms will hold a worldwide day of activism in opposition to the NSA’s mass spying regime on February 11th. Dubbed “The Day More...
President Obama warns US press corp to ‘behave’ during Africa trip, calls them ‘my press’
One element of President Barack Obama’s Africa policy is to encourage a free press, although he offered repeated reminders for U.S. reporters traveling with him on the continent to be on their best behavior. President More...
National Conference for Media Reform focused on stopping Rupert Murdoch, Koch Brothers and ‘threats of media consolidation’
This weekend’s National Conference for Media Reform, the largest conference devoted to media, technology and democracy, dove into serious issues concerning the media delivery in America. Led by Craig Aaron, More...
