Media Spotlight
FCC chairman says the agency is investigating ABC’s ‘The View’ over equal time rule
The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC's "The View" over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air, according to the head of the agency that oversees U.S. broadcast airwaves.
Tucker Carlson claims detention at Israeli airport; officials deny it
Tucker Carlson claimed Wednesday that Israeli airport security detained him and members of his team at Ben Gurion International Airport following an interview with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee -- a claim flatly denied by Israeli authorities, the U.S. Embassy and Huckabee himself.
Karoline Leavitt claps back with evidence at reporter doubting political foes call Trump ‘racist’
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was stunned Wednesday when a reporter challenged President Trump's assertion that he has been falsely called a racist.
Texas’ Talarico raises $2.5 million after canned late-night interview
Texas state Rep. James Talarico announced that his campaign raised $2.5 million in the 24 hours following his canceled Tuesday appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," marking the Senate hopeful's largest single-day fundraising period of his campaign.
What to know about the ‘equal time’ rule Stephen Colbert says led CBS to pull his Talarico interview
Stephen Colbert's comments that network executives pulled his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico over fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration has prompted a conversation about the rules governing how media outlets treat political coverage.
Democratic Senate candidate caught in FCC clash after CBS pulls his interview on Colbert show
The Trump administration's crackdown on political bias in broadcast television has spilled into the Texas Senate race.
Colbert defies CBS, airs banned James Talarico interview on YouTube
Late-night host Stephen Colbert openly defied his own network Monday evening, revealing that CBS lawyers barred him from interviewing Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico due to concerns over new federal communications guidance.
Anderson Cooper says goodbye to CBS, staying with CNN; will leave ‘60 Minutes’ after two decades
Anderson Cooper, who has reported for CBS' "60 Minutes" for the past two decades in addition to hosting a weeknight news program on CNN, said Monday that he's leaving the CBS broadcast to spend more time with his family.
The $31 million question: Are Trump’s settlements actually changing journalism?
Two major media outlets have paid President Trump tens of millions to settle defamation lawsuits, but the expensive capitulations have produced only minimal changes to newsroom practices--raising questions about whether the legal pressure is reforming journalism or merely forcing corporate surrender.
2 Washington Post writers at the Olympics despite being laid off, say it was important to be there
Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga was reporting from his first Winter Olympics when Lindsey Vonn left her hospital bed after a crash and returned to compete days later at the 2006 Turin Games.
Don Lemon pleads not guilty to charges in Minnesota church protest
Journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges related to an anti-immigration enforcement protest inside a Minnesota church.
‘Media tribalism and media bias’: Trump’s flurry of lawsuits changes the game for news outlets
President Trump has buried media outlets in an unprecedented avalanche of lawsuits alleging they defamed him and sullied his reputation, a move legal scholars say could strike the largest blow against media bias ever seen.
Journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned in Minnesota church protest case
Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon and four other people are set to be arraigned on federal civil rights charges Friday, accused in a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor.
Search for Nancy Guthrie now seeks nearby security videos from the month before she vanished
Investigators in Arizona want residents near Nancy Guthrie 's home to share surveillance camera footage of suspicious cars or people they may have noticed in the month before she disappeared.
FTC calls out Apple for slanting its news app to the left
A federal regulator has warned Apple Inc. to stop suppressing conservative outlets from its popular News app.
Investigators searching a location in Arizona in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
A person was detained for questioning Tuesday in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, hours after the FBI released surveillance videos of a masked person wearing a handgun holster outside Guthrie's front door the night she vanished from her Arizona home.
The Washington Post and the consequences of biased reporting
I don't like taking issue with other columnists, especially someone such as Peggy Noonan, a seasoned pro who once wrote speeches for Ronald Reagan.
See the video: FBI releases first surveillance images of masked person on Nancy Guthrie’s porch
Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing a masked person on her porch the night she went missing, as law enforcement and her family intensified calls for public help more than a week into the search.
New video released by Savannah Guthrie pleads for help from the public in finding missing mother
Savannah Guthrie 's family is "at an hour of desperation" in the search her missing mother, the "Today" show host said in a video released Monday, just hours before a purported ransom deadline apparently set by Nancy Guthrie 's abductors.
Armchair detectives flood social media as search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom continues
Moments after the news broke about the apparent abduction of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, the floodgates opened on social media.
