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Standards at MS NOW. Previously: Senior Editor at CJR; Senior Producer and Correspondent at Vice News. www.joshuahersh.com

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Become a CJR member today—our work depends on you.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
On the Kicker, @franciagarciah.bsky.social and @slulay2.bsky.social of @blockclubchi.bsky.social on ICE’s Chicago surge and the attacks on journalists. Listen in with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I spoke to Block Club Chicago's @slulay2.bsky.social and @franciagarciah.bsky.social about the paper's lawsuit against ICE, and what it's been like covering a city under siege. www.cjr.org/kicker/block...
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Chicago’s Block Club Is Ready for ICE
The independent digital startup has been on the ground covering ICE’s surge and the attacks on journalists.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Chicago’s @blockclubchi.bsky.social Is Ready for ICE: The independent digital startup has been on the ground covering ICE’s surge and the attacks on journalists. Listen in with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I spoke to Block Club Chicago's @slulay2.bsky.social and @franciagarciah.bsky.social about the paper's lawsuit against ICE, and what it's been like covering a city under siege. www.cjr.org/kicker/block...
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Chicago’s Block Club Is Ready for ICE
The independent digital startup has been on the ground covering ICE’s surge and the attacks on journalists.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
In light of yet another shooter seemingly enveloped by his own very-online brand of irony, give a listen to the conversation Elle and I had last week inspired by her post below. www.cjr.org/kicker/elle-...
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Elle Reeve on the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect’s inscrutable memes.
The CNN correspondent, who specializes in fringe and internet subcultures, on how to make sense of the killing.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Great piece by @davelevinthal.com on how ICE and CBP is stonewalling journalists on FOIA requests -- and more. www.cjr.org/analysis/ice...
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ICE might be breaking the law to stonewall reporters.
Nearly two dozen reporters and other Freedom of Information Act requesters say they are getting the brush-off.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
On a new Kicker, @ellereeve.bsky.social on the Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect’s Inscrutable Memes. The CNN correspondent, who specializes in fringe and internet subcultures, on how to make sense of the killing. With host @joshuahersh.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Nobody wants to hear this, but liberals wondering where the "left's Joe Rogan" is, the answer might be he or she only emerges when the hulking totems of (network) liberal media establishment are torn down.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
When you talk about motive and ideology for people in fringe or extreme movements, you have to start by recognizing how murky it can get. I spoke to @ellereeve.bsky.social about Kirk, the man who shot him, and covering dark corners of the internet for The Kicker www.cjr.org/kicker/elle-...
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Elle Reeve on the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect’s inscrutable memes.
The CNN correspondent, who specializes in fringe and internet subcultures, on how to make sense of the killing.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A good moment to revisit my conversation with the journalist Andras Petho about, among other things, how corporate media owners in Hungary caved to Orban, and what came next. www.cjr.org/kicker/hunga...
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A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’
András Pethő has watched American media head down a familiar path.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
For those still trying to make sense of the media world of Charlie Kirk, I've been re-reading this great @jakelahut.writes.news piece from the spring about what Trump found in the right-wing influencer-sphere www.cjr.org/feature/alex...
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Inside Trump's influencer media tour.
Alex Bruesewitz was already immersed in the online world of politically disengaged young men. He saw the untapped potential.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Read my interview with the last reporter to profile Charlie Kirk, a thoughtful conversation on the legacy Kirk aspired to have, and the more complicated nature of his actual approach. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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The last reporter to profile Charlie Kirk.
Millions of young conservatives got their news, and political inspiration, from Kirk’s media operation.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Millions of young conservatives got their news, and political inspiration, from Charlie Kirk’s media operation. Brigham Tomco spoke with @joshuahersh.bsky.social about the profile of Kirk he wrote this summer and published Wednesday morning. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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The last reporter to profile Charlie Kirk.
Millions of young conservatives got their news, and political inspiration, from Kirk’s media operation.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Lovely piece by Sophie Watson about a frontline newspaper in Ukraine, trying to preserve the memories, and spirit, of its community. www.cjr.org/analysis/izi...
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The Memory Keepers
A frontline Ukrainian newspaper draws from its own history.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A campaign of harassment and delegitimization against Voice of America—from seventy years ago. Dan Golden digs up Joseph McCarthy's other, forgotten crusade for @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/jos...
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Joseph McCarthy’s War on Voice of America
A largely forgotten campaign of harassment and persecution from the 1950s that still echoes today.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
For @columjournreview.bsky.social, Andrew Mercein spoke to numerous public radio station managers about their despair, and scrambles to plot out a bleak future www.cjr.org/news/public-...
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Inside the Radio Stations Devastated by Public Funding Cuts
“If we have to make cuts, there’s no easy choice,” one station manager said.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Alan Rusbridger Wants the BBC to Find its Nerve, by @joshuahersh.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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Alan Rusbridger Wants the BBC to Find Its Nerve
The former Guardian editor has been keeping tabs on the challenges at the venerable broadcaster.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
What’s the Matter with the BBC? Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger on the challenges facing the venerable British institution, with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
In case you're wondering, no, the Times is not backing down because of the online outrage over its Mamdani article. ‪@liamjscott.bsky.social‬ breaks it all down for @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/news/times-m...
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Times Mamdani Article Using Hacked Documents from White Supremacist Draws Outcry
“What matters most here is whether the information was true and factual,” the Times’ Patrick Healy told CJR.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
On The Kicker Live: Arwa Damon on Leaving CNN and Telling Stories from Gaza, with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
On this week's Kicker, I got to ask @fahrenthold.bsky.social a question that's been bugging me for a while: Why bother investigating Trump anymore? (He has a good answer!) www.cjr.org/kicker/inves...
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What’s the Point of Investigating Trump?
The Times’ David Fahrenthold on the value of investigations in a time of shamelessness.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"The threat is very real." Thanks to Katherine Maher for joining @CJR's The Kicker this week to talk about NPR, funding for public media, and the challenge of neutral journalism in a time that's anything but. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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‘The Threat Is Very Real’: NPR’s Katherine Maher on the Fight to Save Public Media
Podcast Episode · The Kicker · 05/09/2025 · 32m
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 29/05/2025
Such a great conversation with @joshuahersh.bsky.social! I had not previously discovered the Kicker, but it is so thoughtful! Highly recommend!
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Local journalists are uniquely positioned to cover hate and extremism. I think the world of @philinvestigates.com and love that CJR’s @joshuahersh.bsky.social zeroes in on Williams’ approach to asking white supremacists: Why are you here in MY city? www.cjr.org/kicker/nashv...
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‘I Try to Find the Question That People Cannot Squirm Out Of’
Nashville’s Phil Williams on local investigative reporting.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
These stories are about the victims not the reporters, but I spent months watching Betsy Morais report this, and I can only marvel at how many obstacles she had to overcome, how much trauma she absorbed, and how unwavering she remained in telling this the right way. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...
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Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery
Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
‘The Threat Is Very Real.’ NPR’s Katherine Maher on the fight to save public media, on The Kicker with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/kicker/npr-p...
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‘The Threat Is Very Real’
NPR’s Katherine Maher on the fight to save public media.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"The threat is very real." Thanks to Katherine Maher for joining @CJR's The Kicker this week to talk about NPR, funding for public media, and the challenge of neutral journalism in a time that's anything but. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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‘The Threat Is Very Real’: NPR’s Katherine Maher on the Fight to Save Public Media
Podcast Episode · The Kicker · 05/09/2025 · 32m
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
On The Kicker, Inside El Salvador's Dystopian Prison Network. Neil Brandvold, a reporter and filmmaker who covered the gang crackdown in El Salvador, tells host @joshuahersh.bsky.social why budding authoritarians like what they see. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
If you're looking for a little Marketplace bts... www.cjr.org/kicker/kai-r... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Alt headline for this week's Kicker: Kai Ryssdal Is Not Angry, Just Disappointed @kairyssdal.bsky.social www.cjr.org?p=112705&pre...
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Kai Ryssdal Was America’s Economic Voice of Reason This Week
The Marketplace host on Trump's economic policies, and telling it like it is.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Alt headline for this week's Kicker: Kai Ryssdal Is Not Angry, Just Disappointed @kairyssdal.bsky.social www.cjr.org?p=112705&pre...
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Kai Ryssdal Was America’s Economic Voice of Reason This Week
The Marketplace host on Trump's economic policies, and telling it like it is.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Latest episode of the Kicker: A frank (and informative!) conversation with @kairyssdal.bsky.social, who was America's voice of reason on the economy this past week podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Kai Ryssdal Was America’s Economic Voice of Reason This Week
Podcast Episode · The Kicker · 04/11/2025 · 25m
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
On a new Kicker, Carlos Watson Goes Free: Prosecutors weren’t notified in advance, witnesses are in shock—and Watson’s family celebrates his freedom. @banikarim.bsky.social with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
If you haven't already, now's a good time to listen to the three-part podcast @banikarim.bsky.social and I made for @columjournreview.bsky.social about the trial of Carlos Watson www.cjr.org/kicker/the-u...
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The Unraveling of Ozy Media
The trial of Carlos Watson and the excesses of the digital media age.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
On this week’s Kicker, @molly.wiki explains one of DC’s must-know topics: Crypto. Here's what you need to know about meme coins (dogecoin, $TRUMP), crypto’s grifty culture, and what recent policy changes mean, with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Trump said CNN and MSNBC were politics operations that should be “illegal” on Friday. Listen to my conversation from last week with media lawyer Lynn Oberlander about his ongoing legal war on the press: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trump’s tariffs are causing chaos for newspapers. Roughly 80 percent of American newsprint is imported from Canada. The on-again, off-again announcements are causing prices of Canadian newsprint to rise. By Sacha Biazzo. www.cjr.org/analysis/tar...
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Causing Chaos for Newspapers
The on-again, off-again announcements are causing prices of Canadian newsprint to rise.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The Legal War on Journalism: How Trump’s attacks on the press are already affecting publishers, on a new Kicker with longtime media lawyer Lynn Oberlander and host @joshuahersh.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
We covered Jena/LaSalle last year for this Bloomberg investigation into Louisiana’s booming role in the immigration detention system youtu.be/LKSSJdWZgUg
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Life Inside a U.S. Asylum Detention Center
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
One local immigration judge rejected all but a single asylum case over a twelve year period on the bench.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
How Louisiana became the immigration detention center of America. youtu.be/LKSSJdWZgUg?...
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Life Inside a U.S. Asylum Detention Center
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
András Pethő has watched American media head down a familiar path. On the Kicker, a warning from the Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace yourself for the worst,’ with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’
Podcast Episode · The Kicker · 02/13/2025 · 27m
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New episode of the Kicker: Hungarian journalist @andraspetho.bsky.social on where American journalism is heading—and how to keep doing the work www.cjr.org/kicker/hunga...
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A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’
András Pethő has watched American media head down a familiar path.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New episode of the Kicker: Hungarian journalist @andraspetho.bsky.social on where American journalism is heading—and how to keep doing the work www.cjr.org/kicker/hunga...
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A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’
András Pethő has watched American media head down a familiar path.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Hungarian investigative journalist Andras Petho has a warning for American reporters who think it can't happen here: "The biggest mistake that I made was the failure of imagination." New episode of @CJR's the Kicker: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’
Podcast Episode · The Kicker · 02/13/2025 · 27m
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Q&A: Borgen’s Angunnguaq Larsen on Trump’s Stranger-than-Fiction Push for Greenland, with Jon Allsop. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Q&A: Borgen’s Angunnguaq Larsen on Trump’s Stranger-than-Fiction Push for Greenland
A fictional prime minister of Greenland on the territory's real-life crisis.
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Pay attention to how journalists are getting attacked for covering ICE raids from outside the embed/ride-along bubble www.cjr.org/local_news/w...
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When ICE Raids Go Awry, Reporting Gets Blamed
Officials are condemning coverage as “leaks.”
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Écos Garcia @ecosgarcia.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“The worst-kept secret in the world is when you put a bunch of vehicles and personnel dressed in fatigues in shopping-center parking lots.”
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Josh Hersh @joshuahersh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Journalists are catching flack—and legal threats—over "leaks" about ICE raids. www.cjr.org/local_news/w...
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When ICE Raids Go Awry, Reporting Gets Blamed
Officials are condemning coverage as “leaks.”
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