Media

$A Dominion Voting logo appears on a voting machine as it is tested while Clark County Election Department workers set up a polling place in Las Vegas last year.$

Politics & Government

The math behind Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News

12:25pm April 14, 2023

by Bente Birkeland

If Dominion prevails in its massive defamation suit against Fox News, a big challenge for the voting tech company will be to demonstrate that it deserves more than $1 billion in damages.

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Politics & Government

Will Fox News pay for spreading lies about voter fraud?

1:35pm April 13, 2023

by Terry Gross

New York Times journalist Jeremy Peters explains Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network. "Legal experts tell me that rarely have they seen a case this strong," he says.

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The Fox News studios and headquarters in New York on March 21.

Politics & Government

Judge rebukes Fox attorneys ahead of defamation trial: 'Omission is a lie'

6:07pm April 12, 2023

by Karl Baker

Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis says he will appoint an outside attorney to investigate whether Fox News attorneys withheld key evidence in weeks leading up to defamation trial.

National

NPR to stop using Twitter after being falsely labeled

5:22pm April 12, 2023

by David Folkenflik

NPR will stop using its 52 official Twitter accounts after being falsely labeled by the social media platform. The public radio network's leader says he has no faith in Twitter's decision-making.

NPR announced it would cease posting to Twitter after the social media platform labeled the nonprofit "Government-funded Media."

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

5:10pm April 12, 2023

by David Folkenflik

NPR's official Twitter feeds have gone silent. The news organization cites the social media platform's decision to question NPR's editorial independence through a series of inaccurate labels.

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Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors to the magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011, in Savannah, Ga. Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102.

Arts

Al Jaffee, longtime 'Mad Magazine' cartoonist, dies at 102

7:25pm April 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.

National

Musk asks basic facts about NPR after labeling it 'state-affiliated media' on Twitter

5:34pm April 07, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Elon Musk said Twitter's recent labeling of NPR as "state-affiliated media" may not have been accurate during a series of email exchanges that offered a glimpse into the billionaire's thought process.

National

The fate of local news: America's largest newspaper company is creating news deserts

4:37pm April 06, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Joshua Benton, senior writer at the Neiman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, about Gannett newspaper sales and how news deserts weaken democracy.

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk acknowledged a change in NPR's status on the social media platform he owns that now designates the news outlet as "state-affiliated media."

National

Twitter labels NPR's account as 'state-affiliated media,' which is untrue

3:42pm April 05, 2023

by Bill Chappell

NPR operates independently of the U.S. government. NPR has asked Twitter to remove the label, calling it "unacceptable." But Twitter CEO Elon Musk says it "seems accurate."

A poster from a social media campaign started by Wall Street Journal journalists for Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia during a reporting trip.

Some Jews keep a place empty at Seder tables for a jailed journalist in Russia

2:09pm April 05, 2023

by Nina Kravinsky

As Jewish people around the world celebrate Passover, some plan to leave a seat open at their Seders for a Wall Street Journal reporter recently jailed in Russia.

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