It’s a good thing that Donald Trump’s plan to loosen existing legal protections for those who badmouth public figures hasn’t yet taken effect. Because the presumptive Republican presidential nominee took advantage of those protections today in a legal filing in a defamation suit filed against Trump and his former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, by a […]
A CNN staff revolt over Lewandowski hiring? Ha!
The New York Post has a low threshold for determining when upheavals are afoot in corporate corridors. “CNN staff revolts over Corey Lewandowski hire,” reads the headline of a Friday story regarding CNN’s decision to bring on the fired campaign manager of Donald Trump as a political commentator. Upon whom did the New York Post […]
Pro-Trump CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord on pro-Trump CNN commentator Corey Lewandowski: ‘A terrific asset’
Jeffrey Lord is approaching his one-year anniversary as a designated pro-Donald Trump commentator on CNN’s airwaves, and now he’s got another colleague to assist with the mountainous task of apologizing for the frequent outrages of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Yesterday CNN announced that it had hired fired Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to do […]
Univision exclusive on Omar Mateen’s secret gay life comes under fire
Univision on Tuesday published quite an exclusive on Orlando gunman Omar Mateen. “Orlando massacre was ‘revenge,’ not terrorism, says man who claims he was gunman’s lover,” reads the headline of the story, in which Univision’s Maria Elena Salinas interviews a man who labeled Mateen “100 percent” gay. Mateen’s rampage at the Pulse nightclub in the […]
Another conflict of interest for CNN’s Corey Lewandowski?
In his first appearance as a CNN contributor, former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski showed an unsurprising reverence for his ex-boss. Appearing last night with host Erin Burnett, Lewandowski was careful to refer to “Mr. Trump,” the proper honorific for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. He leveled no criticisms of the candidate. And he […]
Beltway flacks dish about messaging via the New York Times
PR types at prominent media outlets are commonly the folks to deliver messages of opacity. No comment. No, so-and-so executive isn’t available. Story speaks for itself. [No reply.] Today, however, brings an example of much-needed transparency from this critical industry sector: Brad Dayspring, the vice president of communications for Politico, has just finished a chat […]
Four questions about CNN’s deal with Corey Lewandowski
Now we know how to view Corey Lewandowski’s interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Monday after he was fired from the campaign of Donald Trump: As an audition. Pressed by Bash on a number of key issues and details, Lewandowski was cool and poised, never once showing a flash of the angry and difficult personality […]
NPR issues large correction about stay-at-home mom/gun-control activist
On June 17, NPR’s Chris Arnold turned in a seven-minute feature story on the evolution of a “powerful new gun control group,” Everytown for Gun Safety. The organization is the result of a merger between Mayors Against Illegal Guns — founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, among other mayors — and Moms […]
True: Fact-checking a single Donald Trump speech required 10 AP writers
There’s a straightforward case to be made for media outlets broadcasting a Donald Trump speech as it proceeds. That’s the way TV networks have traditionally done things; people deserve an unfiltered look at their presidential candidates; any distortions or lies or misrepresentations made by the candidate can be corrected by journalists after the event. That […]
Covering sit-in by House Democrats, C-SPAN makes history via Periscope
C-SPAN spokesman Howard Mortman hesitates not one bit to declare that broadcasting history is afoot: “This is the first time we’ve ever shown video from the House floor picked up by a Periscope account,” he told the Erik Wemple Blog. Huh? Why would C-SPAN, which has a direct feed to House proceedings, need to rely […]
Donald Trump serves up hyper-awkward moment for Brian Williams
Last year at this time, former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was serving a six-month suspension for having uttered a disturbing number of falsehoods about his journalistic record — falsehoods about reporting in war zones and for seeing the fall of the Berlin Wall, plus embellishments about other topics. Following that suspension, Williams returned […]
‘Awaiting Trump Speech’: The cable news mantra of campaign 2016
Cable news outlets know the value of a speech by Donald Trump. Such an event carries the prospect of offensive, ridiculous, hilarious and often extemporaneous outbursts that can drive a news cycle or two. And so: The live shot of an empty and soon-to-be-occupied Trump podium has become one of the iconic images of campaign […]
Hahaha! Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly chuckles it up with buddy Donald Trump.
Bill O’Reilly had a ball with Donald Trump, his good friend of three decades, on his cable-news-leading Fox News program last night. It was a good night to have the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on camera, considering that there’s a delegate revolt afoot; his poll numbers are awful; he’s still reeling from ridiculous remarks he […]
Poll: Trump’s media bans unpopular
On June 13, Donald Trump caused a wave of news stories when he announced that he was denying campaign press credentials to reporters with The Washington Post. A few days later, a CNN/ORC poll asked folks what they thought of such decisions by the Trump campaign: That’s a pretty sharp divide — 71 percent termed […]
Can Politico replace Mike Allen at ‘Playbook’?
When big-time journalists talk about their shiniest journalistic products, they tend to speak in grandiose language about accountability, investigation and shoe leather. Politico’s Jim VandeHei used different code words back in 2010, when he was asked by the New York Times Magazine about “Playbook,” the morning newsletter authored by Politico’s workaholic Chief White House Correspondent […]
Tronc releases mission video: ‘From pixels to Pulitzers’
Tribune Publishing recently announced a rebranding effort that included a name change: “tronc,” that is. It’s an acronym for “tribune online content,” complete with obligatory lowercase Web emphasis. Perhaps more alarming than the awkward new name was the description of the company, “a content curation and monetization company focused on creating and distributing premium, verified […]
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