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@brianstelter "CNN's @alaynatreene confirms the WSJ's report: During a briefing about the DOJ's Jeffrey Epstein document review in May AG Pam Bondi told Trump "that his name appeared several times in the files sources familiar with the discussion told CNN.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 21:13:33 UTC 743.9K followers, 27.1K engagements

"The Paramount-Skydance saga "reeks of Orbanism." That's the assessment of @GScheiring who experienced Viktor Orbn's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:04:15 UTC 743.9K followers, 36.6K engagements

"The fellow comedians didn't speak and they didn't have to: Being there was the point"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 13:32:48 UTC 743.9K followers, 7737 engagements

"Out with the oldspeak. In with President Trump's newspeak or else. The AP being barred from Trump's events is part of a much larger weaponization of language to advance the MAGA agenda 🧵"
@brianstelter on X 2025-02-12 15:44:12 UTC 743.9K followers, 440.2K engagements

"Paramount-Skydance may be a politically fraught new playbook for corporate America. And that's why "Orbanism" should be a part of the public conversation in the US. Here's what Scheiring told me about Hungary's recent history"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:04:17 UTC 743.9K followers, 1355 engagements

"A sudden resurgence of interest in Jeffrey Epstein and unanswered questions about his crimes has been measurable this month in book sales Netflix streams and YouTube searches. Here are some of the examples"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 02:19:16 UTC 743.9K followers, 29.5K engagements

"Breaking: President Trump IS filing a libel lawsuit against the WSJ according to the docket filed in federal court in South Florida. Trump is suing for libel assault and slander the docket indicates. A copy of the lawsuit was not attached to the docket"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 21:10:37 UTC 744K followers, 24.3K engagements

""Trump has bought into the lines on AI & copyright that hes been fed by his big tech advisers" @fairlytrained CEO @ednewtonrex said on here arguing that "Big Tech is using fear of China to scare policy makers into changing the law to favor them. It is working.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:29 UTC 743.9K followers, XXX engagements

"FCC chair Brendan Carr says the commitments Skydance made to win admin approval of its Paramount takeover "would enable CBS to operate in the public interest and focus on fair unbiased and fact-based coverage. Doing so would begin the process of earning back Americans' trust.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 03:09:16 UTC 743.9K followers, 21.2K engagements

"The last part of Trump's post is the most telling: "These are people with absolutely NO TALENT who were paid Millions of Dollars for in all cases destroying what used to be GREAT Television. Its really good to see them go and I hope I played a major part in it""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:37:16 UTC 743.9K followers, 6201 engagements

"New statement from The AP: The decision by the White House to block an AP reporter from an open press conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Modi is a deeply troubling escalation of the administrations continued efforts to punish The Associated Press for its editorial decisions. It is a plain violation of the First Amendment and we urge the Trump administration in the strongest terms to stop this practice. This is now the third day AP reporters have been barred from covering the president first as a member of the pool and now from a formal press conference an incredible disservice"
@brianstelter on X 2025-02-13 22:39:34 UTC 743.9K followers, 1.2M engagements

"This usually lengthy merger review process has been pockmarked by allegations of political interference stemming from President Trump's scathing criticism of Paramount's CBS News division"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 22:04:22 UTC 743.9K followers, 7981 engagements

"Likely new CBS owner David Ellison the CEO of Skydance was in DC to meet with FCC chair Brendan Carr and other FCC officials on Tuesday according to a new government filing"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 19:42:07 UTC 743.9K followers, 11.4K engagements

"Here's the full statement from CBS: THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season. We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire THE LATE SHOW franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television. Thisis purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the shows performance content or other matters happening at Paramount. Our admiration affection and"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 23:18:55 UTC 743.9K followers, 118.4K engagements

"Another busy day on the media beat: Patrick Soon-Shiong is taking the LA Times public the top editor of NPR is leaving two more big names are exiting The Washington Post and more. Our Reliable Sources digest has all the latest:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:09:00 UTC 743.9K followers, 5581 engagements

"This just in from @WSJ parent Dow Jones: "We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting and will vigorously defendagainst any lawsuit.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 01:02:11 UTC 743.9K followers, 688.3K engagements

"Stephen Colbert has been a masterful host of "The Late Show" but the broadcast TV world has been crumbling beneath his feet. Here's my look at how the late-night biz is turning unprofitable for network owners"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 03:01:23 UTC 743.9K followers, 563.1K engagements

"Trump's anti-WSJ statements helpfully confirmed rumors that had been swirling in political and media circles for two days: namely that the White House tried hard behind the scenes to prevent the Journal from publishing its story involving Trump and Epstein"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 04:56:27 UTC 743.9K followers, 36.1K engagements

"@charliekirk11 @MarcACaputo The administrations "just trust us" approach has offended many on the right. As a caller to @GlennBeck's radio show said Monday "I feel really betrayed and I feel really really angry.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 19:26:21 UTC 743.9K followers, 8022 engagements

"Stephen Colbert's reaction to his crowd's huge cheers last night: "Everyone wants to go to the zoo to see the endangered animal.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 12:45:52 UTC 743.9K followers, 7498 engagements

"When I spoke with @BrendanCarrFCC this evening he highlighted X of the commitments made by Paramount's owners-in-waiting: To hire ombudsman at CBS; invest in local news; and forgo any DEI policies"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 23:28:04 UTC 743.9K followers, 12.8K engagements

"Fox News has taken Trump's plea for his allies to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein almost literally. But many other conservative media influencers and outlets are still heavily scrutinizing the Trump admin. Here's our latest look:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 19:23:29 UTC 743.9K followers, 11.4K engagements

"Confirming NYT's story: Paramount's owner-in-waiting David Ellison met with journalist entrepreneur Bari Weiss today about a possible tie-up between CBS News and her startup The Free Press"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-11 20:21:08 UTC 743.9K followers, 826.8K engagements

""It's an open question whether the Trump administrations approval of this merger was the result of a bribe" @SenWarren says"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 13:09:24 UTC 743.9K followers, 6345 engagements

"New: The Writers Guild of America which represents writers on The Late Show says it is concerned the cancellation was a bribe to curry favor with the Trump admin. The guild wants the @newyorkstateag to launch an investigation"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 19:00:29 UTC 743.9K followers, 217.4K engagements

"BREAKING: The pending merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media has been formally approved by the Trump administration concluding months of regulatory uncertainty"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 21:56:48 UTC 743.9K followers, 41.3K engagements

"Trump: "It's time to go after people." He pivots from a question about Epstein to a tirade about Obama"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:55:54 UTC 743.9K followers, 32.9K engagements

"In a seven minute long tirade Trump fully embraced Tulsi Gabbard's claims about Obama manufacturing a "Russia hoax" against him. Trump talked of "severe consequences" for the "ringleader." All of this is untethered from reality as CNN reported here:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 16:01:49 UTC 743.9K followers, 7763 engagements

"When the FCC approved Skydance's takeover I wanted to hear Scheiring's take. Last fall in an essay for Politico Mag he described how Orbn "consolidated media control through centralized propaganda market pressure and loyal billionaires:""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:04:15 UTC 743.9K followers, 1124 engagements

"Here's the latest on MAGA media's arrest-Obama push Stephen Colbert's ratings bounce and Pew's "Google Zero" study. Plus: Marvel's "Fantastic" outlook and "is that really Rachel" 🔗"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 13:52:40 UTC 744K followers, 8332 engagements

"PBS and NPR stations are on the verge of losing the federal funding that has helped keep them on the air for decades. Here's what will happen if lawmakers zero out the $$$"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 12:10:57 UTC 743.9K followers, 951.4K engagements

"The same headline construction could apply to CBS today:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 13:26:19 UTC 743.9K followers, 10.5K engagements

"Read this NYT guest essay by @AmbPressman the most recent U.S. ambassador to Viktor Orbans Hungary"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 01:54:53 UTC 743.9K followers, 13.9K engagements

"As journalists pursue more info about Trump's long-ago friendship with Jeffrey Epstein his libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal reads like a warning to others. The $XX billion damages claim is a notice that "I will try to ruin you." But truth is always the best defense"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 22:19:04 UTC 743.9K followers, 127.4K engagements

"President Trump's lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward and his publishing house Simon & Schuster was dismissed by a federal judge today. "We're very pleased the Court agreed with us and dismissed the case" S&S said in a statement"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 02:02:09 UTC 743.9K followers, 157.7K engagements

"John Oliver's reaction to Stephen Colbert's show ending: "I love Stephen I love his staff. I love that show. Its incredibly sad. I am partly excited to see what theyre going to do for the next XX months. Its terrible terrible news for the world of comedy.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 18:07:14 UTC 743.9K followers, 24.5K engagements

"For decades US TV networks have given comics space to poke presidents and even network execs in the eye despite the potential ramifications. Fans feel that tradition is under threat now amid broader fears about institutions caving to Trump and removing room for dissent"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:22:44 UTC 743.9K followers, 5011 engagements

"A snapshot of how politics media and entertainment intersect in 2025: Democratic senators want to know why CBS is ending Stephen Colbert's show"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 05:45:39 UTC 743.9K followers, 40.6K engagements

""After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isnt his tactics; its how others especially those with power justify their acquiescence.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 01:53:07 UTC 743.9K followers, 23.1K engagements

"I almost bought one of those life-size skeletons at @HomeGoods this morning ☠"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 17:55:02 UTC 743.9K followers, 17K engagements

"All of Trump's past lawsuits against media outlets were filed BEFORE he became president again. Thus his action against the Wall Street Journal looks to be unprecedented"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 00:01:23 UTC 743.9K followers, 44.7K engagements

"Suing the WSJ defunding PBS winning a payout from Paramount: Bit by bit Trump's attacks "undermine the First Amendment by making the media and others more cautious in covering Trump his administration and other federal and state politicians" @URichmond prof Carl Tobias says"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 14:39:50 UTC 743.9K followers, 36.7K engagements

"Colbert cracked several jokes last night about CBS saying his show was ending for "purely financial" reasons. And he alluded to the changing nature of "late night" too:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 17:13:14 UTC 743.9K followers, 12.4K engagements

"After "GOOD LUCK" Anderson Cooper is convening a live discussion with a group of journalism students and professors plus Abby Phillip Connie Chung Jorge Ramos Walter Isaacson Bret Stephens and Kara Swisher. Cooper will also interview Marvin Kalb and Scott Pelley 👀"
@brianstelter on X 2025-06-08 00:02:13 UTC 743.9K followers, 42.1K engagements

"Stephen Colbert gained a little help from his friends and late-night rivals last night. NBC's Jimmy Fallon HBO's John Oliver and Comedy Central's Jon Stewart were among the faces in the crowd during a spoof of the now-famous "Coldplay cam.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 13:32:47 UTC 743.9K followers, 32.6K engagements

"🔌 for the Apple News Today podcast: "Trump sued the WSJ over its report that he wrote a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein. Its an unprecedented move for a sitting president and CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter explains why its a warning to all media outlets.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 19:46:46 UTC 743.9K followers, 8733 engagements

"As Trump flies to Scotland let's not forget who is missing from the trip: The WSJ reporter who was slated to be in the press pool. @tparti was planning to be part of the trip until the WH decided to punish the Journal for its scoop about Trump's old friendship with Epstein"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 16:04:25 UTC 743.9K followers, 161.7K engagements

""Local. Trusted. Defunded." That's what the big digital sign outside GBH's building in Boston says now. Like other PBS/NPR stations GBH is starting a new fund-raising push: "We're not backing down" despite the federal funding loss "but we can't do it without you.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 19:52:14 UTC 743.9K followers, 18.4K engagements

"I'm joining @andersoncooper on @AC360 with some fresh reporting about the shock CBS decision to cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" 🔌"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 00:39:45 UTC 743.9K followers, 16.3K engagements

"US District Judge Paul Gardephe is giving Trump's legal team a month to file another amended complaint. But he dismissed the current iteration: "It appears unlikely" that Trump "can adequately plead a plausible copyright interest in 'The Trump Tapes.'""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 02:02:09 UTC 743.9K followers, 40.9K engagements

"Due to plunging ad revenue The Late Show is no longer profitable according to a source close to CBS. But"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 01:08:09 UTC 743.9K followers, 138K engagements

""The rapid sequence of events raises the prospect of yet another confrontation between the Trump administration and the federal judiciary.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 23:31:03 UTC 743.9K followers, 16.3K engagements

"@gscheiring In Hungary he said Orbn weakened public broadcasting muzzled independent media through "autocratic carrots and sticks" and incentivized owners to fall in line"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:04:54 UTC 743.9K followers, 7320 engagements

""Most of Orban's tactical weapons to take over the media resemble the moves that led to Colbert's cancellation" @gscheiring said. "The legal warfare the lawsuit against CBS the regulatory capture and threats the financial pressures the sale of the parent company and the new owner's apparent friendliness to Trump.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:04:43 UTC 743.9K followers, 2456 engagements

"Republican lawmakers are taking a victory lap knowing that the defunding of PBS and NPR has been a goal of conservative activists for DECADES. "The American people will no longer be forced to fund politically biased media" @SpeakerJohnson says"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 05:07:22 UTC 743.9K followers, 6935 engagements

"A country where you can't lampoon the president is not a free country. Of course we're not there not even close in the US but there's a bit of a chill in the air today"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 22:32:24 UTC 743.9K followers, 706.9K engagements

"Important bit of news out of the AI summit in DC yesterday: Trump is siding with big tech companies over publishers and authors who say AI models are stealing their livelihoods and futures. 🧵"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:27 UTC 743.9K followers, 15.2K engagements

"The daily dramas consuming Paramount are also about something bigger: Whether big US TV networks will continue to make room for investigative reporting comedy and criticism of people in power a/k/a President Trump"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 21:40:49 UTC 743.9K followers, 15K engagements

"For now copyright uncertainty persists and blockbuster lawsuits like New York Times v. OpenAI and v. Microsoft continue to progress through the courts. And there may be more to come"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:29 UTC 743.9K followers, 7717 engagements

"President Trump and Rupert Murdoch "are constrained by the thing that has kept them linked for a decade: their shared reliance on Fox News die-hards" @jimrutenberg observes"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 00:35:45 UTC 743.9K followers, 9224 engagements

"This busy media news cycle calls for a special Saturday edition of RS. Here's the latest on Rupert Murdoch Bob Woodward Radio Free Europe David Ellison Joe Rogan and much more:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 16:57:51 UTC 743.9K followers, 11.3K engagements

"Trump 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honor to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell." Trump today: "He's a terrible Fed chair. I was surprised he was appointed. I was surprised frankly that Biden put him in and extended him." Every news story will include both clips right"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 17:20:25 UTC 743.9K followers, 284.2K engagements

"Heading into NYC for a live shot and this is the sign on one of the overpasses"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 22:01:38 UTC 743.9K followers, 370.7K engagements

""Let's face it even if CBS says Trump had nothing to do with it Trump thinks he did He's already come out and celebrated." @wjcarter"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 20:28:03 UTC 743.9K followers, 26.7K engagements

"A politically fraught new playbook for corporate America Execs watched the Paramount merger tug-of-war with trepidation wondering if this is the new normal"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 12:06:36 UTC 743.9K followers, 13.2K engagements

"Taking a step back: It's incredibly abnormal for an American president to be threatening a lawsuit against a news outlet. Most of Trump's suits against ABC CBS the Pulitzer Board etc were filed before he returned to the White House"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 19:56:49 UTC 743.9K followers, 21.1K engagements

"@neontaster do you not see all the observers who are expressing huge doubts from senators to columnists to late night veterans etc etc etc"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 14:31:11 UTC 743.9K followers, 185.9K engagements

"@mehdirhasan after doing Jubilee's Surrounded: "I thought it would be an interesting exercise in trying to understand what genuine far-right conservative folks think. And it was kind of disturbing to see that they think what I thought they think.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 20:33:01 UTC 743.9K followers, 56K engagements

"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget has been zeroed out Skydance's takeover of Paramount has been approved and James Carville has a "new hero" named Rupert Murdoch. Today's edition of @ReliableSources covers it all:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 14:16:43 UTC 743.9K followers, 6631 engagements

"CBS claims that "thisis purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the shows performance content or other matters happening at Paramount.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 23:18:31 UTC 743.9K followers, 358.1K engagements

""With federal policy noncommittal on training data licenses copyright owners and AI platforms may face years of legal uncertainty" Moses Singer attorney Rob Rosenberg told @claresduffy:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:29 UTC 743.9K followers, 7983 engagements

"The partisan arguments about Stephen Colbert he's funny no he's pompous no he's popular no he's overpaid might be fun but they're a distraction from this broader issue about dissent"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:22:44 UTC 743.9K followers, 5010 engagements

""A key underlying story" @gscheiring said "is that media owners both foreign and domestic largely capitulated individually rather than mounting collective resistance which enabled Orbn's systematic capture strategy." Read the rest in today's RS 📬:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:06:31 UTC 743.9K followers, 6721 engagements

"Tapper: "Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins" The Agriculture Secretary dismissed the question with a "whatever.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-04-06 13:34:01 UTC 743.9K followers, 236.1K engagements

""For Stephen I love this because he gets to be a martyr" Letterman says/jokes"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-26 01:51:21 UTC 743.9K followers, 20.4K engagements

""The TikTok saga is in many ways a microcosm of our erratic and unprincipled approach to the varied challenges presented by Chinese technology.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 21:14:03 UTC 743.9K followers, 8802 engagements

"What a week. I've been reporting on media mergers for XX years and have never seen one like this"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-26 00:24:30 UTC 743.9K followers, 11.3K engagements

"And yet. Murdoch's Fox News has not mentioned the story once.So let me take a stab at answering all the questions I'm getting about the media mogul and his role:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 14:00:12 UTC 743.9K followers, 7064 engagements

""In the dumpster fire of alternately tragic and terrifying global events thankfully there are still comedians trying to offer a little relief.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-26 01:35:48 UTC 743.9K followers, 9937 engagements

"BREAKING: Terry Moran is out at ABC News. "We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post which was a clear violation of ABC News policies we have made the decision to not renew" an ABC spokesperson says"
@brianstelter on X 2025-06-10 21:00:38 UTC 743.9K followers, 1.6M engagements

"As a plugged-in CBS News staffer said this morning reflecting what I've heard from numerous others "this is a very sad moment for '60 Minutes' CBS News and journalism." Special edition of the @ReliableSources newsletter is hitting inboxes now"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-02 13:37:32 UTC 743.9K followers, 75.9K engagements

"The future owners of Paramount are promising to hire a CBS ombudsman and pledging not to implement any DEI policies. FCC chair Brendan Carr did not respond to my text about whether he is closer to approving the merger now. Here's my recap from @TheLeadCNN"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 22:46:04 UTC 743.9K followers, 263.4K engagements

"The big question looming over late-night TV following the "financial" decision to cancel "The Late Show:" Are TV networks going to keep supporting political satire and free speech at a time when President Trump's campaign of retribution is rattling corporate America"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:22:43 UTC 743.9K followers, 51.6K engagements

""As defamation suits go this one isnt particularly strong. If it gets past early hurdles however it could lead to sustained sworn scrutiny of his relationship with the convicted sex offender who traveled in the same Upper East Side and Palm Beach circles""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 00:55:54 UTC 743.9K followers, 28.6K engagements

"Scoop: A top oversight Democrat has sent a letter to Fox Corp chair Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott demanding answers about Foxs editing of this Trump interview from June 2024 re: Jeffrey Epstein"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 18:17:27 UTC 744K followers, 175K engagements

"Trump not only wants all his late-night critics off the air he wants credit if they're ousted. In a new post he says "the word is and it's a strong word at that Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and shortly thereafter Fallon will be gone.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:36:59 UTC 743.9K followers, 6351 engagements

"Democratic senators weighing in on Paramount-Skydance: @SenMarkey and @SenatorLujan: "The FCC's approval of the Paramount-Skydance merger reeks of the worst form of corruption." @SenWarren: "This merger must be investigated for any criminal behavior.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 23:11:40 UTC 743.9K followers, 13.9K engagements

"When the White House took control of the press pool that accompanies the president journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to explicitly punish news outlets. And now it's happening"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 22:28:46 UTC 744K followers, 30.9K engagements

"In tonight's season XX premiere of "South Park" Trey Parker and Matt Stone "literally put Donald Trump in the White House and in bed with the Devil.""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 03:23:18 UTC 743.9K followers, 82.4K engagements

""This attempt by the White House to punish a media outlet whose coverage it does not like is deeply troubling and it defies the First Amendment" the @WHCA says after the Trump admin nixes the WSJ from an upcoming trip"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 20:46:11 UTC 744K followers, 14K engagements

"Trump certainly wants more control over the press in the US. Is he getting it As I noted on @kaitlancollins' show America is a very different country than Hungary but the democratic backsliding in Hungary was partly achieved through media capture and control of culture"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:04:16 UTC 743.9K followers, 1443 engagements

"As @jaketapper said "they're certainly getting a lot from Skydance CBS and Paramount""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 22:48:52 UTC 743.9K followers, 10.9K engagements

""The numbers are encouraging" for the stations "but far from enough to make up for the federal cuts""
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 20:04:45 UTC 743.9K followers, 24.8K engagements

"Those commitments were evidently crucial for Carr who has reshaped the historically independent FCC in Trump's media-bashing image. Here's our full story:"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 23:28:05 UTC 743.9K followers, 81K engagements

"Today's @ReliableSources lead: The freelance journalists who serve as vital eyes and ears on the ground in Gaza are struggling to obtain even the most basic supplies especially food"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 14:30:18 UTC 744K followers, 7330 engagements

"CNN says "we stand XXX% behind Natasha Bertrand's journalism and specifically her and her colleagues' reporting of the early intelligence assessment of the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities""
@brianstelter on X 2025-06-25 19:23:07 UTC 743.9K followers, 310K engagements

"Tech lobbyists welcomed this statement of course and it left some media execs wondering if Trump appreciated that his pro-AI position doubled as another blow to besieged news outlets book publishers and entertainers"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:28 UTC 744K followers, XXX engagements

""THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end in May 2026 at the close of the 2025-26 broadcast season" CBS says"
@brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 23:16:39 UTC 743.9K followers, 1.5M engagements