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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Cornell Daily Sun is doing what journalism at its best can and should do. Reporters are asking difficult questions, challenging institutional silence and refusing to let a serious allegation disappear into bureaucracy and delay. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.

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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Media scholars like @margotsusca.bsky.social and @victorpickard.bsky.social have been warning us for decades this would happen. Meanwhile the FCC and FTC have kept their heads in the sand while private equity and other parasites have sucked local news dry.

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New: The White House on Monday leveled a sharply personal attack against CNN reporter Kristen Holmes, invoking her children in the process. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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White House attacks CNN reporter after Trump clash, and targets her children

The president shushed CNN’s Kristen Holmes in the Oval Office, and later an official White House account said her children would be “embarrassed” by her.

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It is journalistic malpractice for the New York Times to allow David Ellison to write this. ‘I believe this fight is not really about market share. If it were, it wouldn’t have been reviewed or approved by regulators reflecting 65 countries, including the United States…’

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

David Ellison asks New York Times readers to judge “us by the year we just had.” So let’s look at a few figures he failed to include about the year since his family took over Paramount…. U.S. Layoffs: 1,000 Int’l Layoffs: 1,600 Fired: Scott Pelley & Cecilia Vega www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN

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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This is, of course, absurd for any democratic society worthy of the name. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/b...

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Justice Dept. Clears Way for Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.

A powerful narrative portrait of Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald investigative journalist celebrated for her "Perversion of Justice" series, which exposed the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and led to her 2026 Pulitzer Prize special citation. Brown sits in the heart of a newsroom, leaning forward with her hands clasped over the back of a vibrant lime-green chair. Her expression is steady and resolute, a faint, knowing smile playing on her lips. She has shoulder-length, strawberry-blonde hair and wears a crisp, white short-sleeved linen top. Her look is punctuated by bold, artistic accessories: a long necklace featuring large, multi-colored geometric beads and matching statement earrings. The background is filled with the tools of her trade: Dell computer monitors and large wall-mounted screens displaying blurred news segments, including one featuring her own likeness. The composition is balanced and centered, capturing a mood of quiet authority and tireless determination. This image stands as a tribute to Brown’s historical significance in journalism, marking her as a champion for victims whose reporting forced a global reckoning on power and systemic failure.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Just hours after Warner Bros shareholders approved Paramount's takeover, Trump was the guest of honor at David Ellison's pre-Correspondents Dinner event. Trump must also approve the deal. The irony of honoring someone who attacks the media would be rich — if the whole situation weren't so corrupt.

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Ann Telnaes on this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

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Corey Hutchins @coreyhutchins.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

More than a decade ago, when the United States was a much different place, The Denver Post got attention in some circles for not having anything about Easter on the front page and instead dedicating it to coverage of cannabis 4/20 rally. That's what was "controversial" on this holiday in 2014.

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 26/03/2026

"I found out about the death of Renée Good and Alex Pretti from Signal chats before it was posted on any other published source." Our first installment in News Diaries, a new series on people's habits for finding and consuming news. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/news...

niemanlab.org

News Diaries: How a Minnesota mom and minister “blew past” her screen time limits when ICE came to her city

How Instagram, public radio, Signal, WhatsApp, the local paper of record, and local TV do — and don't — fit into one Minneapolis resident's daily news habits.

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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 26/03/2026

Today at 3pm ET: @transjournalists.org is hosting an interactive workshop — led by @rcfp.org's @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social — that will guide journalists through the FOIA request process, how to find stories in records, and more. Info: members.transjournalists.org/event-…

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Trans Journalists Association - Finding the FOIA Freeway: A Workshop for Filing Successful Requests

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

nytimes.com

Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Exactly as the Ellisons intended, more bad news for the storied national broadcaster CBS.

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Expect more layoffs and even less local news now that the FCC has approved the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna deal. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

nytimes.com

F.C.C. Approves Nexstar’s Acquisition of a Local TV Rival

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

@aramsinn.bsky.social hosting former Washington Post editor and foreign correspondent Alisa Tang for a talk on journalism and resurrection after being fired by a billionaire.

Aram Sinnreich and Alisa Tang talk journalism.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors. My report:

thehandbasket.co

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid

Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Kristi Noem...welcome to Dancing with the Stars!

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner

Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Mullin’s real national debut was challenging Teamsters president Sean O’Brien to a back alley brawl. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaRV...

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U.S. Senator challenges Teamsters president to fight during committee hearing

YouTube video by 11Alive

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

C’mon NYT! We all could use a break. 🐝

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Enjoyed being a guest on @wbai.org’s Frontline Voices show discussing the sweeping democratic implications and cultural impacts of the $110 billion Paramount / Warner Bros. merger. Two of the country’s most important news channels—CBS and CNN—will become tools of the billionaire Ellison family.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

At some point you wonder not just if insiders using information to place bets, but maybe also reshaping their advice to make those bets profitable.

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A list of news outlets and social media sites whose billionaire owners, investors or parent companies also have U.S. government defense contracts: Axios CBS NBC The Washington Post TikTok YouTube X Soon: CNN

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Mia Valentina Paz Faria
A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas
Detained for 70 days

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by
@micarosenberg
et al for ProPublica:

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):

All - after two years of transformation at The Washington Post, now is the right time for me to step aside. I want to thank Jeff Bezos for his support and leadership throughout my tenure as CEO and Publisher. The institution could not have a better owner.

During my tenure, difficult decisions have been taken in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post so it can for many years ahead publish high-quality nonpartisan news to millions of customers each day.

With gratitude, Will

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand. Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Washington Post laid off its reporter covering Amazon. From @columjournreview.bsky.social

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Framing Washington Post layoffs as anything other than a billionaire owner killing journalism to curry favor with the government he does business with is journalistic malpractice. You think the guy who owns Amazon hasn’t figured out digital?

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Democracy dies in the bright light of billionaire ownership.

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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I mean, it's a really weird time to have written a book about all of this but also feel like you just scratched the surface of the terribleness.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

In a crushing blow to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss, Kid Rock's alternative Super Bowl halftime show will air on Rumble and OAN, not CBS.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

W.H.A.T. A. B.U.R.N.! The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

This is America

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

If this is the same Peter Attia MD who was just revealed as one of Bari Weiss's big new additions to CBS News, he can just tell the stories about the "outrageous" life Jeffrey Epstein led on the Evening News. Think of the ratings!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/01/2026

here is the video version of this post, with a few other thoughts as well. youtu.be/wBS13rx-M7s

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Why Trump Arresting Journalists is a Sign of Weakness

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

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