■ Trump’s claim that flag burning is now illegal ignores that it is protected under the First Amendment.
■ The Associated Press has objected to false claims President Trump made about the ongoing legal dispute over proposed press restrictions to White House events.
■ A federal judge fired off a 161-page rebuke of President Trump over his administration’s attempts to bypass the First Amendment and deport pro-Palestinian academics.
The way it is. CBS News, once revered for fact-based reporting, appears to be embracing right-wing journalism, Popular Information has reported.
■ Paramount has bought Bari Weiss’ news and commentary website and named her the new editor-in-chief of CBS News.
■ After widespread pushback from news organizations, the Pentagon announced it had relaxed its press restrictions.
■ By trying to censor the press, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was orchestrating an attack on the First Amendment.
Acting up. Jane Fonda has resurrected the Committee for the First Amendment, a Hollywood organization that fought suppression and blacklists, reinvigorating the industry’s free-speech crusaders.
■ A Tennessee teacher who was fired over posts about Charlie Kirk has filed a lawsuit to get her job back.
■ Jimmy Kimmel showed media companies that late-night television was not irrelevant, NPR’s Eric Deggans explained.
■ American comics in Saudi Arabia used a global festival to skewer the free-speech debate raging in the United States.
■ Analyzing users’ own data, The Washington Post reported how TikTok keeps folks scrolling for hours every day.
Library bookings? As Arkansas works to save a book-censorship law that would allow jailing librarians and booksellers, the First Amendment prohibits it, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression explained.
■ A Florida district court rejected a First Amendment argument in a school library book-removal lawsuit.
The way it is. CBS News, once revered for fact-based reporting, appears to be embracing right-wing journalism, Popular Information has reported.
■ Paramount has bought Bari Weiss’ news and commentary website and named her the new editor-in-chief of CBS News.
■ After widespread pushback from news organizations, the Pentagon announced it had relaxed its press restrictions.
■ By trying to censor the press, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was orchestrating an attack on the First Amendment.
Acting up. Jane Fonda has resurrected the Committee for the First Amendment, a Hollywood organization that fought suppression and blacklists, reinvigorating the industry’s free-speech crusaders.
■ A Tennessee teacher who was fired over posts about Charlie Kirk has filed a lawsuit to get her job back.
■ Jimmy Kimmel showed media companies that late-night television was not irrelevant, NPR’s Eric Deggans explained.
■ American comics in Saudi Arabia used a global festival to skewer the free-speech debate raging in the United States.
■ Analyzing users’ own data, The Washington Post reported how TikTok keeps folks scrolling for hours every day.
Library bookings? As Arkansas works to save a book-censorship law that would allow jailing librarians and booksellers, the First Amendment prohibits it, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression explained.
■ A Florida district court rejected a First Amendment argument in a school library book-removal lawsuit.
■ A library director in Wyoming fired in books dispute will receive a $700,000 settlement.
■ The Knight Institute, a First Amendment legal organization at Columbia University, has taken on the Trump administration when the university will not.
■ Federal agents need to dial back on aggressive tactics against journalists and protesters in Chicago, a judge has ordered.
Pontificating. Pope Leo defended journalism in a speech where he said that reporting is “a right that must be protected.”
■ Public trust in media has reached a new low, results of a Gallup poll revealed.
■ Assaults on journalists have grown to more than 100 this year, according to data from U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
■ Belva Davis, the first black woman hired as a TV reporter on the West Coast who overcame hostility and career obstacles, has died at 92.
■ The Knight Institute, a First Amendment legal organization at Columbia University, has taken on the Trump administration when the university will not.
■ Federal agents need to dial back on aggressive tactics against journalists and protesters in Chicago, a judge has ordered.
Pontificating. Pope Leo defended journalism in a speech where he said that reporting is “a right that must be protected.”
■ Public trust in media has reached a new low, results of a Gallup poll revealed.
■ Assaults on journalists have grown to more than 100 this year, according to data from U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
■ Belva Davis, the first black woman hired as a TV reporter on the West Coast who overcame hostility and career obstacles, has died at 92.
