American Media

White House creates media 'hall of shame' in fresh attack on news outlets

President Donald Trump's White House is taking on the role of media critic and asking for help from everyday Americans." The White House launched a web portal it says will spotlight bias on the part of news outlets, targeting the Boston Globe, CBS News, The Independent and The Washington Post in its first two media offenders of the week. It's the latest wrinkle in the fight against what Trump, back in his first term, labelled fake news. The Republican president has taken outlets like CBS News and The Wall Street Journal to court over their coverage, is fighting The Associated Press in court over media access and has moved to dismantle government-run outlets like Voice of America. Trump has also engaged in personal attacks, last month alone saying quiet, piggy, to a female reporter who was questioning him on Air Force One, calling a reporter from The New York Times ugly, both inside and out and publicly telling an ABC News journalist she was "a terrible reporter. It's honestly ...

Jimmy Kimmel's return to ABC draws record 6.26 million late-night viewers

The total is significantly higher than the 1.55 million viewers Jimmy Kimmel Live! has averaged this year, according to Nielsen data

Trump admin imposes stricter rules on journalists covering Pentagon

Pentagon said it would forbid reporters from gathering any information that had not been authorised for release, and would revoke press passes from any journalists who did not obey

With calls for retribution over Kirk, some see rise of 'woke right' in US

Conservatives have pressed for consequences for those who make negative comments about Charlie Kirk. But a few on the right say they worry about limits on speech

Trump's war on media expands with suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show

'Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person,' Trump said. 'He had very bad ratings, and they should have fired him a long time ago'

Trump pressures broadcasters over coverage, escalating attack on speech

The president's suggestion that broadcasters should lose their licenses because of criticism of him indicated that his assault on critics' language is driven in part by personal animus

Disney pulled Jimmy Kimmel show as pressure built on multiple fronts

The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration

Air India junior pilot asked captain why he turned off fuel switches: WSJ

according to the Wall Street Journal report, the first officer expressed surprise that the fuel switches were off and then panicked, while the captain seemed to remain calm

Young Americans losing trust in US institutions as political divide grows

Political polirisation, questioning media credibility, together with economic anxieties are fuelling distrust in US institutions

Trump orders deep cuts to Voice of America, other US-funded media outlets

President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming, with the organisation's director saying all VOA employees have been put on leave. On Friday night, shortly after Congress passed its latest funding bill, Trump directed his administration to reduce the functions of several agencies to the minimum required by law. That included the US Agency for Global Media, which houses Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Asia and Radio Marti, which beams Spanish-language news into Cuba. On Saturday morning, Kari Lake, the failed Arizona gubernatorial and US Senate candidate whom Trump named a senior adviser to the agency, posted on X that employees should check their email. That coincided with notices going out placing Voice of America staff on paid administrative leave. For the first time in 83 years, the storied Voice of America is being silenced, Michael Abramowitz, the organisation's director,

White House to decide which media cover Trump, rotating traditional outlets

The White House said Tuesday that its officials will determine which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organisations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf of regular Americans. The move, coupled with the government's arguments this week in a federal lawsuit over access filed by The Associated Press, represented an unprecedented seizing of control over coverage of the American presidency by any administration. Free speech advocates expressed alarm over what it could mean for democracy. And three wire services that reach billions of people around the world said Wednesday that the change would harm the dissemination of reliable information about the nation's chief executive. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the changes would rotate traditional outlets from the group and include some streaming services. Leavitt cast the .

White House says it 'will decide' which news outlets will cover Trump

The White House said Tuesday that its officials will decide which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close - a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organisations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf of regular Americans. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the changes would rotate traditional outlets from the group and include some streaming services. She cast the change as a modernisation of the press pool, saying the move would be more inclusive and restore access back to the American people who elected Trump. Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team," Leavitt said at a daily briefing. A select group of DC-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly of press access at the White House. She spoke a day after a federal judge refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press' access to

Associated Press sues three White House officials, seeks to restore access

In a suit filed in Washington federal court, the AP asked for an emergency hearing and a court order that would declare the prohibition unconstitutional and allow its journalists to regain access

Trump's Pentagon says it will 'rotate' out some media from offices

Each year going forward, one outlet from print, online, television and radio will rotate out of the Pentagon to allow a new outlet from the same medium that has not had unique opportunity to report

Twin Peaks' maker David Lynch passes away at 78: tributes pour in

American filmmaker David Lynch passed away from complications related to emphysema, a chronic lung condition he attributed to years of heavy smoking

Trump built a new coalition that won more Latino & African American voters

US Presidential Election 2024 challenged the nothing of people of colour forming a monolithic voting bloc that only cared for social issues

New York Times' subscriber growth slows on tight spending, shares fall

The slower subscriber growth came in the months ahead of the Nov. 5 US presidential election, an event that typically boosts engagement for media companies

Paris Olympics: US media displays incorrect medal tally to appear winners

The US has so far won nine gold medals, 16 silver and 13 bronze medals. This makes it the number two country on the medal tally chart, after China which has won 25 medals including 11 gold

Kamala Harris' birth certificate shared online after Trump questions race

US Presidential candidate Kamala Harris' ethnicity was questioned by Donald Trump, leading up to the polls on November 5

Vice Media to stop publishing on its website, lay off 'several' hundreds

Vice Media's CEO, Bruce Dixon, said that it was no longer cost-effective for Vice to distribute digital content, including news