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David Folkenflik

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FCC's Brendan Carr says the agency is just enforcing "public interest" rules. Disney/ABC say he's taking aim at coverage Trump doesn't like. "There's not even a question as to what Carr is doing. What Carr is doing is unconstitutional." My preview of today's hearing www.npr.org/2026/10/06/n...
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Disney, ABC battle Trump's FCC in court over free speech protections
President Trump has repeatedly called for Disney's ABC to fire late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, for mocking him. Trump has also routinely denounced ABC's The View, accusing it of being unfair.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 05/10/2026
New at Media Nation: How Rob Curley's plan to take The Spokesman-Review nonprofit ended in a newsroom revolt. By InvestigateWest and RANGE. dankennedy.net/2026/10/05/h...
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How Rob Curley’s plan to take The Spokesman-Review nonprofit ended in a newsroom revolt
By Wilson Criscione and Daisy Zavala Magaña This report was produced in a collaboration between InvestigateWest and RANGE and republished by permission. When The Spokesman-Review announced plans to…
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I take great umbrage at that, Shirley @johnmoe.bsky.social I'll have you know my name IS overly unusual!
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame a Fox News star. So do two former Fox high risk security consultants. My story: www.npr.org/2026/10/04/n...
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She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter
The family members of two Fox News journalists killed while covering the war in Ukraine are suing the network, saying it put getting the story ahead of its people.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame a Fox News star. So do two former Fox high risk security consultants. My story: www.npr.org/2026/10/04/n...
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She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter
The family members of two Fox News journalists killed while covering the war in Ukraine are suing the network, saying it put getting the story ahead of its people.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2026
NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.
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“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding
On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go ...
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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What do Papa Johns, Putin & a Dutch ship company have in common? One man: Tom Dans, chair of the US Arctic Research Commission. The role is typically held by science/public policy experts. That’s not Dans. We dug into how he could be leveraging the role for his own interests 🧵
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Via @maddylauria.bsky.social Judge: Murdoch must turn over documents on how he handled major scandals at his media properties Lawsuit focuses on ties to ex-Ford CEO Nasser, ostensibly independent ex-director paid well to serve on Murdoch board for 20 years www.npr.org/2026/09/20/n...
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Judge orders Fox to hand over hundreds of documents in shareholders' case
Fox Corp. must turn over hundreds of documents that could shed light on how founder Rupert Murdoch handled some of his media companies' biggest scandals.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Rose was a gem We miss her already www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
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Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38
Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Valid to report on the rhetoric and tactics the party in power deploys to retain that power, I would think. We did not turn our broadcasts over to it, as far as I know as a reporter here and listener
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A shaky anonymous source; a jab about a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” lawyer; a flub that allowed a skeptical editor’s email to become public; an internal text exchange raising doubts about the story: I looked into how the NYT lost its first US libel case in >50 years. www.cjr.org/news/how-the...
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How the New York Times lost a defamation trial.
An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom’s first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The A.I. risk conversation is now 'companies need to slow down because Terminator is around the corner.' But there is another way of looking at it, which is that they built unpredictable & insecure software which first hacked people's minds & now online infrastructure www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/t...
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Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown (Gift Article)
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@davidfolkenflik.bsky.social joined @ms.now panel this morning to discuss the Maria Bartiromo news: her California entertainment lawyer, Bryan Freedman just issued a statement saying it's untrue, that she hasn’t left the network — but….
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fox cut Bartiromo loose when she conveyed internal text to Trump associate showing Fox Biz Network wouldn't carry Trump speech live But it only did so after her tight embrace of Trump kept landing Fox in the soup My story for NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/03/n...
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Fox News abruptly parts ways with scandal-tarred star Maria Bartiromo
Fox News abruptly announced it had cut ties with anchor Maria Bartiromo after more than a dozen years.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/09/2026
Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had written extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles in Malta. She was killed by a car bomb in 2017, at age 53. n.pr/4h4XVR4
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A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had written extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles in Malta. She was killed by a car bomb in 2017, at age 53.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 02/09/2026
The NBA has come down hard on the LA Clippers as it finally announced the results of its investigation into the organization and its star, Kawhi Leonard. The Clippers will lose five first-round picks and are being fined $30 million. More details: nyti.ms/4dbic51
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Friends! I'm hosting NPR's All Things Considered this evening with the brilliant Ms. @JSummers.bsky.social We have a newsy feast on offer - tune in or stream wherever you listen. First bite at the apple is 4p ET. Join us
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Fwiw Pete I posted it as a reply to the post that you're responding to bsky.app/profile/davi...
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
fair but what can one do?
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My full written story from yesterday www.npr.org/2026/08/18/n...
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ABC and Disney sue FCC, alleging First Amendment violations
The ABC network has sued the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that the Trump administration is violating its First Amendment rights by challenging ABC broadcast licenses and investigating t...
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Here's the lone Democrat on the FCC, Anna Gomez, praising Disney for finding its "courage." She says earlier $16M settlement of Trump lawsuit "doesn't buy you peace. Instead it just buys you time." From interview with NPR's Leila Fadel on Morning Edition one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5936...
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
FCC Chair Brendan Carr tells me Disney and ABC seem concerned about what his investigations are finding - and dismissed the First Amendment concerns raised in their lawsuit against the agency. My interview with Carr from NPR's Morning Edition one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5936...
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🔊 Listen Now: ABC, Disney sue FCC over First Amendment violations
Morning Edition on NPR One | 4:00
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“My first day on the job, I fucked up.” That’s the lede to this CJR account of my 4 months in Utah, where I worked as a junior editor. I wanted to see what’s changed since i left local journalism a few decades ago. A lot of things are different. But not everything. www.cjr.org/first_person...
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The 69-year-old rookie.
I was a fifty-year newspaper veteran and a journalism professor. Then I joined the Salt Lake Tribune as a junior editor.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“The only thing any of us can do is stand up and just say no, even if it tosses us into expensive turmoil for years to come,” Meyer said. “That’s the price of living in a democracy when there are others who try to abuse their power.” kansasreflector.com/2026/08/11/t...
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Three years after police raid on Kansas newspaper, reporter settles lawsuit for $850K • Kansas Reflector
Phyllis Zorn, the reporter whose acts of journalism served as an excuse for the August 2023 police raid of the Marion County Record, will get $850,000 from the city of Marion to settle her federal law...
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
News: UK Regulator approves Paramount/WBD deal with significant concessions. Delrahim commits combined company to protect its separate UK news, drama, children's programming and brands through end of 2034. Full memo: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7464...
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Ah, no, I'm afraid I'm not.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I covered it insofar as we took it as an opportunity to talk about the state of relationship of press and Trump administration.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The White House Correspondents Association dinner utterly fails to grasp the reality of our time. My analysis on today's Up First, from NPR pca.st/episode/575e...
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Ukraine hits Russian Retailer, India Protests
A recap of President Trump’s hour-long speech at the rescheduled White House Correpondents’ Dinner. Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia’s airfields and oil refineries and are now going after…
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The White House Correspondents Association dinner utterly fails to grasp the reality of our time. My analysis on today's Up First, from NPR pca.st/episode/575e...
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Ukraine hits Russian Retailer, India Protests
A recap of President Trump’s hour-long speech at the rescheduled White House Correpondents’ Dinner. Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia’s airfields and oil refineries and are now going after…
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Justice Dept drops subpoenas of NYT repoorters after judge's withering questioning My story for NPR www.npr.org/2026/07/23/n...
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Justice Dept. drops 'New York Times' subpoenas under pressure from judge
The Justice Department is dropping the subpoenas it filed demanding grand jury testimony and phone records from New York Times journalists after sharp questioning Thursday from a federal judge.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The NYT says DOJ is not just demanding testimony and phone records from its journalists. It has subpoenaed phone records for relatives, too. "To me, this felt really un-American," says the novelist Katherine Marsh, who is married to NYT's Julian Barnes My story for NPR www.npr.org/2026/07/23/n...
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'New York Times' alleges White House abuses legal system to intimidate reporters
The New York Times will argue in court Thursday that the White House is abusing the justice system to intimidate reporters over a story that angered President Trump.
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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
OK I'm looking through the categories of Canadian products being tariffed. I noticed all the numbers in a lot of lists are kind of lumped together in categories, and then this 9906 number is off on its own. I looked and it's hockey sticks. OK so ... 1/
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Black Intellect Media @blackintellect.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now. Reporting by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/07/20/n...
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Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now
Paramount's owners were hoping they'd be firmly in control of rival Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of this week. Monday's temporary restraining order puts that plan on hold.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What's the rumpus, Mike?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wow. John Ratcliffe says Ukraine’s AI drones are so effective that the average Russian soldier is now dying within 30 minutes of reaching the battlefield. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Dr. Jami Rogers @publicradionerd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@davidfolkenflik.bsky.social I remember emailing you at least a decade ago in the midst of the phone hacking scandal. About Hillsborough and Murdoch's role in the cover up. I just want to mark this today, David. I can't believe they still haven't had justice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hillsborough Law shows 'true power belongs to ordinary people'
The Hillsborough families celebrate the landmark Hillsborough Law finally clearing the Commons.
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Taj Mahal @tajmahalblues.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Listen to Taj's full interview with @npr.org about his new album 'Time' at the link below. 🕰️ www.npr.org/2026/06/14/n...
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Blues musician Taj Mahal discusses his new album 'Time'
NPR's David Folkenflik talks to blues musician Taj Mahal about his new album, "Time."
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Netherlands confirms it will host Nuremberg-style tribunal for Russia kyivindependent.com/netherlands-...
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Netherlands confirms it will host Nuremberg-style tribunal for Russia
"The decision will make it possible to hold Russia's senior political and military leadership to account specifically for the crime of aggression, not merely for its consequences," Zelensky said.
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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
MAGA? The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15% from the previous year, according to data from over 50 top research universities, raising fears that the nation’s capacity to produce new science could be diminished. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...
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Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Full statement by NPR Editor in Chief Tommy Evans on retracted Alito story
Due to a misunderstanding, NPR’s Supreme Court and Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito had retired. Neither Justice Alito nor the Supreme Court Public Information Office has announced his retirement. As soon as the error was realized, the story was retracted and removed from NPR’s website and an on-air correction was broadcast. We regret the error and any confusion this may have caused. This afternoon, Mrs. Totenberg will appear on All Things Considered to explain what happened. She has reached out to Justice Alito to apologize.
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Pop-Pop @dcdiversity1.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Steve Grove, CEO and publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune, about the future of newspapers and if going non-profit will strengthen them.”
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Is going non-profit the future of local newspapers?
NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Steve Grove, CEO and publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune, about the future of newspapers and if going non-profit will strengthen them.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D) released Tina Peters, saying she was remorseful despite obvious evidence to the contrary. “I do show remorse,” Peters said today. “The remorse is that people that should be in prison are not. That's my remorse.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/06/2026
NEW: @opb.org and ProPublica found that water from one of Oregon’s most iconic rivers, the Deschutes, is largely given away to wealthy landowners who are turning the high desert green with lush pastures and landscaping.
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An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price.
In the high desert of Central Oregon, the Deschutes River is a lifeline for farmers and landowners — but a century-old water law entitles just a few thousand people to more than half of its volume.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🎉🎂🎊🥳 apnews.com/article/mel-...
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Happy birthday, 2000 Year Old Man. Mel Brooks is turning 100
The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100. Mel Brooks on Sunday will celebrate his centennial birthday. The comedian and filmmaker has been awaiting the milestone.
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 26/06/2026
MS Now will fill its weekend evening schedule largely with taped video podcasts, expanding its use of Crooked Media content, starting June 28 (Brian Steinberg/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 18/06/2026
Alden Global Capital’s Denver Post agrees to $13.5 million settlement with city over unpaid rent, will remove sign | The Colorado Sun coloradosun.com/2026/06/16/d...
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Owner of Denver Post agrees to $13.5 million settlement with city over unpaid rent, will remove sign
The newspaper's lease was supposed to go through 2029, but it will now end June 30
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
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Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 17/06/2026
How rural weeklies in Missouri are covering arts and culture. rjionline.org/news/how-rur...
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How rural weeklies in Missouri are covering arts and culture
Newspapers see arts as community builders.
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