REALISTIC APPROACH; Radio Should Do Things That Video Cannot (Published 1952)

"The key to radio's future does not lie, as so many broadcasters seem to think, in doing more cheaply what television can do...Rather the key to radio's future lies in another direction: doing the things that television cannot do." File under: unheeded advice, 1952. www.nytimes.com/1952/06/01/a...

The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.

NEW: Emails obtained by @wired.com show how a small conservative group was instrumental in FCC chair Brendan Carr's actions against Jimmy Kimmel. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA: www.wired.com/story/the-fc...

The Man With a Plan to Reshape Broadcast TV | On the Media | WNYC Studios Late night host Stephen Colbert has accused CBS of spiking an interview for fear of backlash from the Federal Communications Commission. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the MA...

Listen to the full interview here: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.

Excellent reporting from @dell.bsky.social on how CAR, a small conservative legal group, has a fast track for filing complaints at the FCC. Appreciate the couple quotes from our @onthemedia.bsky.social interview with the president of CAR.

www.wired.com/story/the-fc...

On the Media The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

Hungary's elections are this weekend, and longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is at serious risk of losing. Listen to our midweek podcast with Ivan L. Nagy about what it will take to rebuild a robust independent press in Hungary, whether Orbán wins or loses:
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds regular Pentagon prayer meetings, which infuse worship with the furor of Christian nationalism. "Hegseth is trying to evangelize the military leadership with his version of Christianity,” says @briankaylor.bsky.social of @wordandway.bsky.social.

Hall of fame FT correction

I found producing this series, and especially this episode, pretty cathartic in this regard! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

The President Who Thrives on Decay and Collapse Greetings and welcome to Bro Bibles, a series in which I ruin my summer by reading the books your worst ex-boyfriend holds dear to his...

my 2018 read of Trump's "The Art of the Deal," a book that to this day explains everything about him!

Nat Geo’s ‘Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller,’ PBS’ ‘Frontline’ Lead News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2026 Nominations (FULL LIST) Nat Geo's 'Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller' and PBS' 'Frontline' led the 47th News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2026 nominations list.

6 News & Documentary Emmy nominations for Bellingcat this year, across 5 categories. Proud of the work, grateful to our partners at Frontline/PBS, Washington Post, Evident Media, Passion Pictures, Impact Partners, Channel 4, M4 Studios & CalMatters.

Congress still in recess, btw

Trump’s Media-Bashing Is Coming Back to Bite Him in Court

"Trump’s Media-Bashing Is Coming Back to Bite Him in Court"

Been meaning to write a story about this, and NYT's Erik Wemple beat me to it:

"Judges have cited attacks on the press by the president and his appointees when ruling against the government in at least three court cases."

For context, check out latest episode (we cover Hegseth's monthly Pentagon prayer meetings and the ultraconservative Christian denomination he's a member of): lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

A devastating cascade of legal actions is stripping away trans rights. @brookegladstone.bsky.social speaks with @esqueer.net about why she's been looking toward a legal framework invented in the wake of Nazi Germany called "the dual state" to better understand this moment.

VOA journalists sue, accusing US government of forcing censorship, propaganda A handful of journalists have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for allegedly seeking to use the Voice of America (VOA) to promote propaganda and censor news coming out of the White …

"A handful of journalists have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for allegedly seeking to use the Voice of America (VOA) to promote propaganda and censor news coming out of the White House. " thehill.com/homenews/med...

It's not quite true there is no law against it -- there's a statue from the 1860s -- but this is just one more thing we never thought we'd have to prevent because we couldn't imagine anybody wanting to do it.

FDA backs off stricter tanning bed rules with RFK Jr.'s support Health officials with the Trump administration have backed away from an effort to more heavily regulate indoor tanning — despite protests from medical groups that warn of the dangers of skin cancer.

Health officials with the Trump administration have backed away from an effort to more heavily regulate indoor tanning — despite protests from medical groups that warn of the dangers of skin cancer. n.pr/4bYwyoj

Highlight from my interview with @npr.org’s On the Media for an in-depth discussion on the Pentagon's slashing of its program to protect civilians in war, the retaliation I faced as a Pentagon whistleblower, and the dangerous consequences…

Video proves Delta flew Liam Ramos and his dad to ICE detention center Three plainclothes federal agents can be seen boarding a Delta flight while guarding the 5-year-old boy and his father, right under unsuspecting passengers’ noses.

EXCLUSIVE: Surveillance video obtained by an activist shows Liam Conejo Ramos and his father being taken to a detention center in Texas via a Delta Airlines flight, the morning after ICE allegedly used the boy as bait.
gillianbrockell.com/video-proves...

Really rude playoff re: that Golden win.

On the Media The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

Former Pentagon senior advisor @wesjbryant.bsky.social was working on a mission to lessen harms to civilians in warfare. Then Secretary Hegseth scrapped the program. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

War Is Pushing Iran’s Water Supply to the Brink of Collapse Climate-fueled drought and mismanagement have left the country with a severe water shortage, and war only adds to the strain.

NEW: War is pushing Iran deeper into a water crisis, compounding the effects of climate change and decades of mismanagement

My latest on the intersection of war and climate with @eroston.bsky.social via @bloomberglp.bsky.social

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I replayed him saying "blue-skee" like 10 times and laughed every time

Really appreciated the opportunity to talk to @brookegladstone.bsky.social @onthemedia.bsky.social about the Anthropic-OpenAI-Pentagon mess. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

This week on @onthemedia.bsky.social you can hear me discuss horrible things being horrible. Have a great weekend!

As the Ellison empire expands and corporate media consolidation accelerates, what’s going to be the next Minot?

Donald Trump’s FCC has been coming after the broadcast networks for their so-called political biases. @brookegladstone.bsky.social spoke with the conservative lawyer behind it all.

The Man With a Plan to Reshape Broadcast TV | On the Media | WNYC Studios Late night host Stephen Colbert has accused CBS of spiking an interview for fear of backlash from the Federal Communications Commission. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the MA...

Take a listen to this one: it’s one you WON’T want to miss! 🔥🔥🔥 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

The Man With a Plan to Reshape Broadcast TV | On the Media | WNYC Studios Late night host Stephen Colbert has accused CBS of spiking an interview for fear of backlash from the Federal Communications Commission. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the MA...

I had nothing to do with the latest episode of @onthemedia.bsky.social so I can honestly say the team crushed it this week. Listen to Brooke heroically take on the right-wing lawyer helping the FCC target ABC, CBS, et al. His vision for the future of American media is quite frightening. Listen:

Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.

NEW: SSA has been told to tell ICE the "date and time" when certain people have appointments, likely subjecting those people to ICE enforcement actions when they come in. @zoeschiffer.bsky.social, @telliotter.bsky.social, & @leahfeiger.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/social...