Wow wow wow. Extremely grateful to @icahdq.bsky.social & @polcomm.bsky.social for shortlisting 'The New Censorship' for The International Journal of Press/Politics Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award 2026!
Kudos to the Award Committee & good luck everyone - I'd be honoured to lose to any of you :)
Enjoyed talking to @theguardian.com's @michaelsavage.bsky.social about the "special relationship" between far-right media in the US & the UK. Unlike other special relationships, this one seems to be blooming! Not least thanks to unregulated tech giants 👉👉 www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
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"She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."
@status.news got a tape of the first meeting for '60 Minutes' staff with the new executive producer of the program, Nick Bilton, who lacks both broadcast news and managerial experience.
Scott Pelley simply would not would not accept it.
Redeverbote, Boykotte und „Anti-Medien-Medien“: Damit geht Benjamin Netanjahu gegen kritische Medien vor. Davon erzählten @panievsky.bsky.social und @noalandau.bsky.social auf dem Journalismus-Festival in Perugia. Den ganzen Artikel im Standard gibts hier:
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Barring the press from the press office.
It was a political hire.
We know that because Bari Weiss had almost no experience in brodcast news when hired.
Thus: "When the season finale of '60 Minutes' airs Sunday night, it may very well mark the end of the program as it has long been known inside CBS News."
www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
"Trump’s initial post about removing US troops from Germany came just hours after he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long sought to reduce the number of NATO troops in Europe...
"The Pentagon 'was not expecting it'...
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
Der israelische Regierungschef geht gegen Medienunternehmen in seinem Land vor. Die Journalistin Noa Landau und die Forscherin Ayala Panievsky über die aktuelle Lage der Pressefreiheit in Israel
Bari Weiss’ decision to hand another high-profile “60 Minutes” interview to Major Garrett—who is not a correspondent on the show—prompted backlash inside the newsmagazine, Status has learned.
www.status.news
The Defense Department "was not expecting it," a congressional aide said.
The Pentagon says its press office is a SCIF now.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The change creates a new barrier compared with previous administrations, under which the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of military public affairs officials without es...
