■ Trump continued to slam news outlets on social media as they struggle with lawsuits and layoffs.
■ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised Elon Musk’s X platform while defending his decision to remove third-party fact-checkers on his sites.
■ Through litigation and retaliation, the nation’s rich and powerful are waging a vicious campaign against First Amendment freedoms, declared Andy Craig in an MSNBC commentary.
■ OpenAI has released a tool that can gather information from across the internet and create thumbnail reports.
Side effect. Any pathway for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to ban drug advertising on television has a big roadblock: The First Amendment.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review an Oklahoma decision to allow the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school.
■ A new Tennessee bill would keep records of state immigration enforcement largely confidential and hidden from the public.
Side effect. Any pathway for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to ban drug advertising on television has a big roadblock: The First Amendment.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review an Oklahoma decision to allow the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school.
■ A new Tennessee bill would keep records of state immigration enforcement largely confidential and hidden from the public.
■ An environmental activist in Louisiana did not have her free-speech rights violated during a public meeting, a civil jury has ruled.
■ Pro-Palestinian protesters may have their education visas canceled after President Trump signed an executive order to deport non-citizen college students who took part.
Censor or savor? Old debates about obscenity have been revived after photographs by renowned artist Sally Mann were pulled from a Texas museum exhibit.
■ Free-speech organizations were up in arms over a Department of Education announcement declaring book bans a “hoax.”
■ Local-news mapping being done by researchers, academics, and journalists, shows where outlets are thriving and where information gaps persist, The Conversation reported.
■ New FCC chairman Brendan Carr has opened an investigation concerning the federal funding of NPR and the Public Broadcasting System.
■ A University of Tennessee graduate, once threatened with expulsion, was awarded a $250,000 settlement in her First Amendment lawsuit over racy posts on social media that she argued were protected speech.
Indie power. From her Brooklyn apartment, an independent journalist scooped major news outlets with the Trump federal spending-freeze story, hinting at what future news gathering might look like.
■ Chuck Todd, longtime fixture on NBC and former host of “Meet the Press,” has quit the network.
■ CBS News has agreed to turn over unedited Kamala Harris interview transcripts to the Federal Communication Commission.
■ Journalist Dan Rather, on his Substack page “Steady,” shared his heartbreak for CBS News while he urged readers to take back a free press and return its public trust.
■ One conservative media outlet, the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, notably has been critical of Donald Trump on its editorial pages.
■ Pro-Palestinian protesters may have their education visas canceled after President Trump signed an executive order to deport non-citizen college students who took part.
Censor or savor? Old debates about obscenity have been revived after photographs by renowned artist Sally Mann were pulled from a Texas museum exhibit.
■ Free-speech organizations were up in arms over a Department of Education announcement declaring book bans a “hoax.”
■ Local-news mapping being done by researchers, academics, and journalists, shows where outlets are thriving and where information gaps persist, The Conversation reported.
■ New FCC chairman Brendan Carr has opened an investigation concerning the federal funding of NPR and the Public Broadcasting System.
■ A University of Tennessee graduate, once threatened with expulsion, was awarded a $250,000 settlement in her First Amendment lawsuit over racy posts on social media that she argued were protected speech.
Indie power. From her Brooklyn apartment, an independent journalist scooped major news outlets with the Trump federal spending-freeze story, hinting at what future news gathering might look like.
■ Chuck Todd, longtime fixture on NBC and former host of “Meet the Press,” has quit the network.
■ CBS News has agreed to turn over unedited Kamala Harris interview transcripts to the Federal Communication Commission.
■ Journalist Dan Rather, on his Substack page “Steady,” shared his heartbreak for CBS News while he urged readers to take back a free press and return its public trust.
■ One conservative media outlet, the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, notably has been critical of Donald Trump on its editorial pages.