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Books
David Enrich: Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful.
News: 2025
January 30. David Folkenflik: Trump’s FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS.
February 6. David Folkenflik: Why CBS stands at the epicenter of Trump’s assault on the media.
February 12. Corky Siemaszko: Trump’s anti-media rhetoric turns to action: The president has prevented The Associated Press from entering the Oval Office while his FCC goes after other media outlets.
February 12. Benjamin Mullin: F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into Comcast’s D.E.I. Practices: The investigation follows inquiries by the agency into NPR, PBS and CBS News.
February 18. David Bauder: Trump says AP will be curtailed at the White House until it changes its style to Gulf of America.
February 24. David Folkenflik: Court ruling lets White House ban on the Associated Press continue, for now.
February 24. Adam Gabbatt: ‘A true free-speech emergency’: alarm over Trump’s ‘chilling’ attacks on media: Warning comes as FCC, chaired by Trump ally and Project 2025 author, orders investigations into US media groups.
March 15. Edward Helmore: Trump sharpens attacks on US media as Voice of America employees put on administrative leave.
April 8. David Bauder: AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists.
April 9. The Washington Post: Kari Lake to be detailed to State Department to dismantle VOA parent agency: The Arizona Republican will take on a new role aimed at shutting down the agency that oversees Voice of America, where she is a senior adviser.
April 9. NPR: How the powerful are using lawsuit threats to silence media and ‘Murder the Truth.’
April 14. The New York Times: White House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS.
April 30. Katherine Jacobsen: Alarm bells: Trump’s first 100 days ramp up fear for the press, democracy.
May 2. David Folkenflik: Trump says he’s ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can’t.
May 24. Kristin Wright: Defense Secretary Hegseth puts new limits on press access at the Pentagon.
June 3. David Folkenflik & Deirdre Walsh: Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting.
June 24. Leila Fadel: Salvadoran journalist’s arrest in Georgia sets ‘alarming precedent.’
July 2. David Folkenflik: CBS is the latest news giant to bend to Trump’s power.
July 2. Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Lawfare Against the Free Press. He suggests prosecuting CNN, while pressuring a settlement out of CBS.
July 5. Edward Helmore: Trump is waging war against the media – and winning.
July 10. Brian Stelter: There’s a ‘severe shortage’ of local news across the US, new report Reveals.
July 18. Elena Shao & Benjamin Mullin: Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR.
August 5. Josh Dickey: More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump for ‘Authoritarian Assault’ on Free Press in Open Letter.
August 8. Sean Rameswaram: The White House has a preferred alternative to PBS. It may already be in countless classrooms. How the right-wing network PragerU could fill the void left by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s defunding.
August 25. David Folkenflik: Trump again calls for FCC to revoke ABC and NBC licenses.
August 30. Maya Yang: More than 500 workers at Voice of America and other broadcasters to be laid off.
September 16. David Folkenflik: Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against ‘New York Times’.
September 18. PBS: Trump’s moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent.
September 18. Lili Loofbourow: Kimmel’s suspension confirms what many suspected after Colbert’s cancellation: Media companies must punish Trump critics if they want their mega-mergers approved.
September 18. The Guardian: Trump suggests punishing TV networks for ‘negative’ coverage amid outrage over Kimmel suspension.
September 19. Domenico Montanaro: Kimmel’s suspension for Kirk comments sparks furor over free speech and censorship.
September 19. Steve Inskeep: What FCC chair’s threats against ABC could mean for other media companies.
September 19. Tamara Keith & Leila Fadel: Trump suggests government could take licenses of networks that are critical of him.
September 20. Maya Yang: Pentagon demands journalists sign pledge not to gather certain information.
September 20. Ken Bensinger: Pentagon Expands Its Restrictions on Reporter Access.
September 20. Stephanie Kaloi: New York Times Rebukes Pentagon’s Reporter Restrictions: ‘At Stark Odds With the Constitutional Protections.’
September 20. Scott Nover: News outlets, lawmakers condemn new Pentagon restrictions on journalists.