Media

Context and perspective on abortion and gun rights after this week's SCOTUS decisions

4:28pm June 24, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson and Washington Post politics reporter Amber Phillips about the overturning of Roe and developments on gun laws.

The House Select Committee has used TV news techniques and documentary evidence to argue that then President Donald Trump knowingly pressured public officials to commit illegal acts. In this case, the panel displayed a transcript of his call to Georgia Se

Politics & Government

Jan. 6 hearings use TV tricks to great effect even as critics call them show biz

12:19pm June 23, 2022

by David Folkenflik

It's an extraordinary show of discipline for a congressional committee, with a minimum of showboating, yielding hearings that resemble Dateline NBC or investigative podcasts.

Encore: Rock 'n' roll's 'Creem Magazine' is back in print and online

4:32pm June 20, 2022

by Danny Hensel

Creem Magazine, which covered rock 'n' roll from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, is returning: first as a digital magazine with full archives, then in the fall as a quarterly print publication.

Mark Shields speaks during a taping of NBC's Meet the Press on Feb. 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The longtime PBS NewsHour commentator has died at age 85.

Politics & Government

PBS NewsHour commentator Mark Shields dies at age 85

6:42pm June 18, 2022

by Juliana Kim

Mark Shields, the longtime commentator known for his weekly political analysis and sense of humor, has died at the age of 85, PBS NewsHour confirmed.

World News

Missing men were killed trying to warn of illegal activity threatening the Amazon

4:43pm June 16, 2022

It appears journalist Dom Phillips and researcher Bruno Pereira were killed reporting in the Amazon. Guardian environmental editor John Watts reflects on their work and why the region is so perilous.

In new edition of classic Watergate expose, Woodward and Bernstein link Nixon, Trump

12:28pm June 16, 2022

by Ron Elving

50 years on, the authors profess amazement that another president came along willing to jettison whatever conscience he had, and whatever respect for the rule of law, in an effort to stay in office.

Mary Rich, shown with her husband, Joel, at their home in Omaha, Neb., says self-promoters they trusted to help solve the killing of their son took advantage of them. "You're a total sucker," Mary Rich says. "I think every day: Who's going to bug us? What

Politics & Government

Seth Rich's killing was exploited on Fox News and online. His parents are fed up

1:01pm June 15, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Seth Rich's killing brought incalculable loss to Joel and Mary Rich. Baseless conspiracy theories on Fox News made it even worse. They're speaking out for the first time since settling with Fox.

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Former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt spoke to NPR minutes after testifying Monday to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. "Television ... really damaged the capacity of Americans to be good citizens i

Politics & Government

Fired Fox News politics editor: Trump's ire at election night call led to 'panic'

9:39am June 14, 2022

by David Folkenflik

In an interview with NPR, former Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt says that network should have been proud of being first to project that Joe Biden would win Arizona.

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Conflict flared at Fox News after Biden's victory in 2020, former Fox editor says

7:29pm June 13, 2022

by David Folkenflik

A former Fox News political editor explains how the channel called Arizona for Biden during the 2020 election, and how that enraged former President Trump and controversy erupted within Fox.

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Checking in with 3 teens who challenged a waste management company with their podcast

5:12pm June 13, 2022

Three recent high school graduates — who were on the program in July 2019 — speak about their podcast set in their hometown of Gary, Ind.

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