Journalism

'You Ask a Lot of Stupid Questions': Trump Threatens to Strip Credentials of Journalists Who Don't Show 'Respect'

330,000+ Sign Petition Calling on White House Press Corps to 'Stand Up and Fight Back' After Acosta Blacklisted

Jon Queally, staff writer

"The rest of the White House Press Corps will line up in solidarity—and either refuse to participate in White House press events or only ask questions on behalf of the banned reporter/outlet until the ban is lifted."

"Clear Attack on the First Amendment": Authoritarian Trump Denounced for Stripping Press Credentials From CNN's Jim Acosta

Jon Queally, staff writer

U.S. President Donald Trump gets into an exchange with CNN reporter Jim Acosta during a news conference a day after the midterm elections on November 7, 2018 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Republicans kept the Senate majority but lost control of the House to the Democrats.

"This unprecedented decision is a threat to our democracy and the country...

Watch: Jon Stewart Explains Why Journalists Too Eager to Take Trump's Bait Is Undermining Coverage of Disastrous Policies

Julia Conley, staff writer

"He is able to tune out everything else and just get people focused on the...

Fresh Lies From Huckabee Sanders: Claims Trump Not "Placing Blame" on Press for Divisive Politics After President Explicitly Blames Press for Divisive Politics

In New Video Honoring Jamal Khashoggi, Global Journalists Demand Justice for Slain Colleague

No Thanks: Fiancée of Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Rejects Insincere Trump Invite to White House

For Violating Oath to Defend Constitution, 200+ Veteran Journalists Condemn Trump for "Utterly Unlawful" Attacks on Free Press

As Trump Gaslights Entire Nation About Package Bombs, This 'Will Go Down in History' as Clear Moment 'American Democracy Truly at Risk'

Demanding to Know Location of Khashoggi's Body, Erdogan Accuses Saudis of 'Ferocious' Pre-Planned Murder

'We Call BS': As Saudi Arabia Claims Khashoggi Killed in 'Fistfight,' Trump White House Issues 'Laughably Weak' Response

As World Mourns Khashoggi, Trump Declares 'Open Season on All Journalists'

While President Continues to Play Dumb on Murder, 2016 Reporting Shows Saudis Only Blacklisted Khashoggi After Journalist Criticized... Trump

As Trump Accused of Conspiring With Saudis Over Khashoggi Murder, Dems Demand Full Disclosure of Financial Ties

UPDATED: In Latest Fit of Censorship, Facebook Deletes Video Detailing Brutal Legacy of Christopher Columbus

Accusing Trump of Crossing Constitutional Line, PEN America Sues Over Threats and Reprisals Against Free Press

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To Tolerate Is To Encourage: Egypt's 'Judiciary' Redefines Farce, But Gets U.S. Weapons Anyway Because Sure

Egypt's grotesque sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists to years in prison for doing their job is sparking well-earned outrage, with their boss declaring the decision "defies logic, sense and any semblance of justice.” Hopefully, outrage will likewise greet the news that, the day before, John Kerry was in Egypt assuring al-Sisi the U.S. will be sending Apache helicopters "very, very soon" to add to the $600 million of weaponry we've already sent, now that our two freedom-loving countries...