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[@brianstelter](/creator/twitter/brianstelter)
"Bongino's anger has "continued to grow" in recent days @kaitlancollins is reporting on CNN"  
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"Trump is now effectively saying that many of MAGA media's trusted voices from talk radio hosts to TikTok stars have been lying to the base *for years* about Jeffrey Epstein and sex trafficking"  
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"All the legal experts I have consulted today say they can not recall any past instances of a sitting president suing a news outlet over a story. I think this is important context about Trump's libel lawsuit against the WSJ"  
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"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 🧵"  
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"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"  
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"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"  
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"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"  
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"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"  
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"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1967-2025 Congress has formally clawed back all the future funding for public TV and radio and now the bill is heading to Trump's desk"  
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""On their face conspiracy theories can seem stupid like vapid online chatter. But they dont go away and neither do the people who passionately believe in them. President Trump may be learning that the hard way." @Donie"  
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"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"  
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"Trump and Murdoch's relationship is often mutually beneficial but occasionally turns ugly as both men maneuver for power. As one exec who has worked closely with Murdoch remarked to me "Rupert loves to poke the president in the eye once in a while.""  
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"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.""  
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"From the outside the idea made no sense at all. Why would a broadcast network cancel one of its best-known shows that ranks number one in its time slot But on the inside at CBS there were several plausible answers to that question"  
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"The buzz about a potential bombshell story started not long after Trump dismissed the growing Epstein controversy as a "hoax" conjured up by Democrats to hurt him. The WSJ sought comment from Trump on Tuesday; his "hoax" comments came on Wednesday AM"  
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"Today's @ReliableSources lead: Trump's confusing comments about the Jeffrey Epstein controversy are provoking cognitive dissonance among some of his extremely online supporters highlighting the information silo that shapes politics and media on the right"  
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""The timing seems so obvious and keeping with Paramount's quid pro quo theme" a former CBS exec told @jaketapper. "If it were just financial why announce this now Why not let RedBird announce it post transaction and FCC blessing Seems like a further tribute to me. Shameful.""  
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"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"  
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"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"  
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""Paramount insists that it was 'purely a financial decision' and Colbert himself has offered similar assurances to staff and skeptical friends I'm told" @DylanByers reports"  
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"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"  
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"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"  
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"Speculation is already swirling about where Stephen Colbert could end up next. Will Netflix be calling him"  
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"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 $$$"  
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"At a time when other media outlets are hesitating and capitulating Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal just stood up to President Trump and scooped one of the biggest political stories of the summer"  
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"This battle between Trump and Murdoch is like Godzilla vs. King Kong"  
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"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"  
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"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"  
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"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.""  
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"A snapshot of how politics media and entertainment intersect in 2025: Democratic senators want to know why CBS is ending Stephen Colbert's show"  
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"🗞"@CapehartJ the Pulitzer Prize-winning opinion columnist has taken a buyout at The Washington Post after XX years with the paper" @sarafischer reports in Axios AM. Capehart will "continue to co-host 'The Weekend' on MSNBC.""  
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"A truly shocking news. I'm analyzing it with @OutFrontCNN now"  
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"I almost bought one of those life-size skeletons at @HomeGoods this morning ☠"  
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"The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House as expected the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967 back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white"  
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"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"  
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"Robert Reich to @Variety: "The worst aspect of all of this is we don't know the extent to which the media is being"  
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"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"  
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"Breaking on CNN right now: "Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and DOJ over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein memo several sources familiar with the matter told CNN.""  
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""I'm not sure Donald Trump has fully thought this one through" @eliehonig says on @TheLeadCNN. We're live right now covering this lawsuit news"  
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""People in the three counties Allegheny Mountain Radio covers voted for President Trump by a margin of nearly three to one last year. Cardwell says in an attempt to punish NPR Trump is only hurting some of those who have supported him.""  
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"Trump: I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam that he shouldnt print this Fake Story. But he did and now Im going to sue his ass off and that of his third rate newspaper. It's a new chapter in the operatic relationship between Trump and Murdoch"  
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"Trump thinks he has a legal superpower "I'm gonna sue The Wall Street Journal just like I sued everyone else" but no lawsuit will change what's already been published tonight"  
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"When you see important societal actors be it university presidents media outlets C.E.O.s mayors governors changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government thats a sign that weve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism"  
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"This is a long-sought victory for President Trump who has harshly accused PBS and NPR newscasts of being "biased" and a long-dreaded disruption for local stations that bank on taxpayer support. Here's my latest:"  
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""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.""  
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"I'm joining @andersoncooper on @AC360 with some fresh reporting about the shock CBS decision to cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" 🔌"  
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"Due to plunging ad revenue The Late Show is no longer profitable according to a source close to CBS. But"  
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"It's a done deal: House Republicans have passed Trump's "DOGE cuts" including a complete defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Trump will sign the bill into law"  
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"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.'""  
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"Late-night TV's unfortunate reality: The bottom has been falling out of the late-night TV business model for several years now. One insider described ad revenue as cratering at CBS"  
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"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"  
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""Coldplay frontman Chris Martin made sure to give concertgoers plenty of notice that they may appear on their video screens during the 'Jumbotron Song' at their show Saturday night""  
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"Stephen Colbert merger casualty Rupert Murdoch journalistic champion David Rhodes CBS News savior Here's our attempt to make sense of all the major media stories that are unfolding now:"  
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"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"  
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"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:"  
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"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"  
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"As @GlennBeck said "I don't know how you prove a negative. How do you prove there is no evidence" Here's my report on the Jeffrey Epstein fallout from tonight's @OutFrontCNN"  
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""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"  
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"According to a new report detailing "severe shortages" in local news the number of journalists working in the US has dropped by more than XX% since the start of the century from XX journalists for every 100000 residents to just XXX journalists"  
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"Talking about the impacts of public broadcasting $$ cuts: Bigger stations in metro areas will have an easier time making up the gaps than smaller stations. Some broadcasters in rural areas will go dark without the federal support officials warn"  
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"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"  
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"@neontaster do you not see all the observers who are expressing huge doubts from senators to columnists to late night veterans etc etc etc"  
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""For the U.S. government breaking up with Elon Musk is easier said than done.""  
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"@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.""  
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"The @MiamiHerald is also asking the public for help: "Do you know someone who is being detained at Alligator Alcatraz Wed like to hear from you.""  
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"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.""  
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"Full statement from NPR CEO Katherine Maher about the rescission package "In the early hours of the morning on July XX the Senate narrowly passed H.R. X the Rescissions Act of 2025 XX to XX. The bill now moves back to the House for another vote on the current amended version giving Congress one more opportunity to protect the local independent public radio stations by rejecting this rescission. Nearly 3-in-4 Americans say they rely on their public radio stations for alerts and news for their public safety. In fact while the Senate voted on the floor yesterday a XXX earthquake struck off the"  
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"Tapper: "Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins" The Agriculture Secretary dismissed the question with a "whatever.""  
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"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:"  
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"Rarely has President Trump sounded as out of touch with his own base as he did this week when he said of Jeffrey Epstein "Are people still talking about this guy" Trump knows why his base is energized by Epstein theories because he consumes the same conspiratorial content"  
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"Last night at the News Emmys the judges wanted to send a message of support to CBS News and "60 Minutes" amid Trump's ongoing legal battle with the news division. CBS took home five Emmys total the most of any network including three for "60 Minutes" reports"  
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"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"  
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"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"  
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""David Rhodes the onetime CBS News head and current executive at Sky in the U.K. is in talks to take over CBS News if/when the Skydance acquisition of Paramount closes per three sources familiar with the negotiations" @MattBelloni reports"  
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""Cancelations are part of the business but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society" the @WGAWest and @WGAEast say"  
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"If the Senate adopts the rescission bill some big-city PBS and NPR outlets will launch fundraising campaigns immediately. Smaller stations will have a much harder time doing that"  
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"The bottom line according to one person close to Colbert is that "The Late Show" is a "casualty of the merger." Here's what that means:"  
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"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"  
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""Tonight our network's service to the nation suffered a tremendous setback" NPR says. "Together and with support from listeners and readers in communities around the nation we will work to rebuild.""  
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"Today's fantastic WSJ A-hed is about the "Kpop Demon Hunters" phenomenon that continues to consume my house and maybe yours too: "The Biggest K-Pop Band to Top the Charts Isnt Even Real""  
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"David Ellison has been tight-lipped about his vision for CBS News so his interest in The Free Press is a significant signal about his plans to invest in reporting and analysis"  
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"The filing makes no mention of this week's surprise cancellation of "The Late Show." Execs at CBS say that the decision was made solely by the current management team with no input from Skydance in accordance with merger norms"  
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"Trump seems empowered by his settlements with Paramount and other media companies. but the WSJ was not deterred by his threats and today staffers are expressing pride in the publication for running the story despite the president's aggressive attempts to squash it"  
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"This just in from Patricia Harrison CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting re: the rescission: Todays vote by the U.S. Senate to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a decision with profound lasting negative consequences for every American. The American public trusts and values public media whose exceptional content and essential services are a public good that strengthens local communities. For nearly six decades public media has served families in every corner of America especially rural and tribal communities providing extraordinary vital content"  
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"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""  
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""THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end in May 2026 at the close of the 2025-26 broadcast season" CBS says"  
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"It will likely take months or years to know the outcome of the WSJ lawsuit. There's more in our weekend edition of @ReliableSources:"  
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