by Chris Walker | May 7, 2026 | FBI, Kash Patel, News, press freedom, Sarah Fitzgerald, The Atlantic, weaponization of the DOJ
The FBI has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into sources that provided information regarding the agency’s director, Kash Patel, and his alcohol drinking habits to The Atlantic, which published details about them last month. The article in question, produced by staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick, relied on dozens of sources, including former and current FBI officials…
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by Mike Ludwig | Mar 26, 2026 | Brendan Carr, censorship, Corporate Media, Donald Trump, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, First Amendment, free speech, Larry Ellison, Mainstream Media, Media, media censorship, media consolidation, News, press freedom, Social Media, Trump Administration
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr made a social media post on March 15 that free speech advocates say will go down in history as a blatant attempt at wartime censorship. Instead of warning consumers about current efforts by billionaire oligarchs to consolidate cable news broadcasters under their control, the FCC chair threatened the broadcasters by suggesting they…
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by Jake Johnson | Mar 16, 2026 | AI, Brendan Carr, censorship, Donald Trump, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, free press, Iran, iran war, Media, News, press freedom, treason, War, war in Iran
US President Donald Trump late Sunday floated “treason” charges against media outlets that he accused of reporting false information about the Iran war as the human and economic costs of his illegal military assault continued to mount. In a tirade posted to his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote that media outlets he accused of circulating “fake news” should “be brought up on Charges for…
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by Amy Goodman | Feb 28, 2026 | Gaza, Interview, Israel, Journalism, Journalists, Media, press freedom
A record 129 press workers were killed worldwide in 2025, more in one year than in any of the previous three decades for which the Committee to Protect Journalists has collected data. The previous record was set in 2024. For both 2024 and 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings. “This shows the systematic pattern that Israel is using to silence the…
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by Ella Fassler | Feb 17, 2026 | Book Club, culture, Journalism, Media, Movement Building, Mutual Aid, News, Organizing, press freedom, Publishing, Racial Justice, Resistance
For years, PM Press operated out of Ramsey Kanaan’s cozy apartment, and Dan Fedorenko’s ramshackle garden shed. From these humble headquarters in Oakland, California, they packed and shipped books exploring anarchist, Marxist, and abolitionist ideas. Much like anarchist punks who distributed zines at shows throughout the ’90s, the publishers sold many copies through tabling, setting up at book…
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by Chris Walker | Feb 10, 2026 | First Amendment, freedom of the press, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Gordon Kromberg, Hannah Natanson, News, press freedom, Washington Post
The Freedom of the Press Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting press rights outlined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, has filed a formal complaint seeking disciplinary action against a federal prosecutor following a highly unusual raid of a journalist’s home last month. In mid-January, federal agents served a search warrant to Washington Post journalist Hannah…
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