October 19, 2022

Top stories

 FBI raids star ABC News producer's home (Rolling Stone)


 Reporter who moved to Red Lake Co. after calling it ugliest in the nation says he has cancer (WCCO) 


 Reporter faints during press conference on murder trial (The Desk)


 Alleged DWI arsonist uses balled-up newspapers to start nearly 20 fires (Ozark County Times) 


 Local ex-reporter draws ire for turn to political pitchman (Axios)


 'Reporters were held in a room at Arizona’s largest journalism school Tuesday and prevented from questioning gubernatorial candidate @katiehobbss, who left in a freight elevator @Cronkite_ASU’ (Robert Anglen) 


 Ohio newspaper accused of racism for political cartoon mocking JD Vance, his Indian American wife (Fox News) 


 Trump dominated politics on L.A. TV news. A 'sobering' City Hall scandal changed that (Los Angeles Times) 


 NEW POLL: Most Americans see media as bigger threat to democracy than electoral college, Supreme Court, Biden or even Trump (Mediaite) 


 As midterm campaign norms erode, even debates are under debate (New York Times) 


 Don Lemon defends CNN boss Chris Licht from ‘unfair’ criticisms: ‘People should give him a chance’ (The Wrap) / Even Don Lemon got sick of Don Lemon (Semafor) / Conservatives praise CNN for hiring gun expert Stephen Gutowski as contributor: 'One of the best media hiring decisions in years' (Mediaite)


 Liz Truss or lettuce: Who will wilt first? Inspired by a columnist’s turn of phrase, a British newspaper is tracking whether the embattled prime minister can outlast off-the-shelf produce (New York Times) 


 How inflation has zapped newspaper finances (Poynter) 


 What happens when a newspaper dies? (The Daily Yonder) 


Press freedom


 The World According to Fox’: A CEO’s vision gets tested in court (New York Times) 


 India stops Pulitzer-winning journalist from traveling to US (Reuters) / Why a botched story about Facebook is a huge blow to Indian journalism (Slate)


 Turkey’s new media law is bad news – but don’t report it (Brookings)

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