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Jimmy Kimmel says Trump team forced Talarico interview off broadcast
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel says President Trump's administration forced him to cancel the live airing of an interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.
Hong Kong court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher of deterring reporter from taking union role
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found the publisher of The Wall Street Journal guilty of trying to prevent one of its reporters from taking a leadership role in a local press union, but acquitted the company of a charge that it fired her because of her union activities.
Associated Press journalists who witnessed Sept. 11 remember what they saw, 25 years later
Karen Matthews was getting her 3-year-old daughter ready for preschool in her Manhattan apartment on Sept. 11, 2001, when she heard a loud boom, unlike anything she'd ever heard before.
Bartiromo’s attorney says she wasn’t fired: ‘Unequivocally false’
Longtime Fox News host Maria Bartiromo's abrupt departure from the network Thursday was not a firing, her attorney said, dismissing reports that her exit was punishment for disclosing an internal memo to the Trump administration.
Ken Paxton turns down CNN debate offer in Senate race
In Texas' high-stakes Senate race, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has turned down an offer from CNN to debate his Democratic opponent, state Rep. James Talarico.
Trump says he’ll report NBC Sunday talk-show host to FCC over report on primary results
President Trump said Sunday that he will report "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker to the Federal Communications Commission "for rebuke or punishment."
CBC reverses course, will call 9/11 attacks terrorism without attribution
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is making an exception to a longstanding editorial rule that barred its journalists from independently labeling the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as terrorism, reversing itself Friday after a leaked internal memo touched off a political firestorm on both sides of the border.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation defends memo telling staff not to call 9/11 a ‘terrorist attack’
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is facing backlash after confirming it circulated internal guidance instructing reporters and editors not to describe the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as "terrorist attacks" ahead of the 25th anniversary of the atrocity. "It is the practice of the CBC to exercise extreme caution before using the words 'terrorist' and 'terrorism,'" a CBC rep said, adding that the broadcaster prefers those terms be attributed to outside sources rather than applied independently by CBC journalists.
Stars and Stripes publisher, editor and reporter sue Pentagon to challenge their firings
Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military news outlet are suing to challenge their recent firings by the Pentagon, accusing the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment free speech rights to speak out against government interference in their work.
Washington Post ordered to reinstate Black opinion writer fired after Charlie Kirk posts
An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate a Black opinion writer fired over social media posts about violent white men following last year's killing of Charlie Kirk.
Seattle Times sports columnist resigns after editors spiked column on men playing in women’s sports
A longtime sports columnist for the Seattle Times abruptly quit after editors killed a column he wrote positing that those who don't want biological men playing in women's sports aren't transphobic.
Rosie O’Donnell says Ellison-run CNN would be ‘tragic,’ invokes Nazi analogy
ROSIE uses Nazi analogy to describe CBS' Bari Weiss: "If you're in a room with 10 Nazis at a table, and you're the only one who's not, there's a pretty good chance you're a Nazi."
ABC sues FCC, calls agency’s action a ‘retaliatory’ license review
ABC is suing the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission over possible blockage of the network's broadcast station licenses.
Disney sues FCC over challenge to broadcast licenses, claims retaliation over ‘Jimmy Kimmel’
Disney filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission alleging a violation of its First Amendment rights.
Fox Sports will broadcast 35 women’s volleyball matches, including 8 on Fox
As women's college volleyball continues to see an increase in popularity on television, Fox Sports announced Monday that it will air 35 matches, including eight on Fox, this season.
CNN analysis says Patriot Games ‘overwhelmingly White’
CNN host criticizes Trump's Patriot Games: "The president promised the best of the best student-athletes. I'm not sure that's what we got ... Of the ones who were featured in the Freedom 250 Instagram page, many attend private Christian schools. They also appear to be overwhelmingly White, and the application for the games didn't specify race."
Forbes editor out; report says he took $6M from founder of firm that does business with magazine
The top editor of Forbes left his job last month after an "undisclosed conflict of interest" and was reportedly dismissed for accepting $6 million from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine.
5 questions about John Gotti grandson’s prison sentence
Carmine Agnello, grandson of the late Gambino boss John Gotti, has reported to federal prison after a judge ruled there was no evidence his promised kidney donation to his mother, Victoria Gotti, was actually imminent.
CBS Sports president says there’s no timeline for a decision on Romo’s future
CBS Sports president David Berson said Tuesday he does not have a timeline for a decision about Tony Romo's future.
Britain won’t intervene in Paramount’s $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
British regulators on Thursday gave Paramount the greenlight for its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, with some new assurances from the company - clearing another hurdle for the mega merger while it still faces challenges elsewhere.