Below linked piece From NPR…..
I tend to think this piece is NOT off base…..
Trump’s threats HAVE an effect….
You’ll notice the Donald Trump STILL gets the top headlines…..
Recent episodes involving major U.S. news organizations have stoked fears that outlets are preemptively self-censoring coverage that could offend former President Donald Trump, who remains neck-and-neck in the polls with Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of Election Day.
“One of the central media stories in the U.S. right now is the people who run big media companies making accommodations for a second Trump presidency and thinking about how to avoid antagonizing him,” Ben Smith, editor-in-chief and co-founder of the news site Semafor, tells NPR.
Los Angeles Times editor resigns after owner blocks endorsement of Harris
Semafor’s Max Tani first broke the news that the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Soon-Shiong, intervened to block the publication of an editorial endorsing Harris. The Trump campaign swiftly shared the Semafor story with supporters…
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Semafor Editor Smith noted that Soon-Shiong, like many media owners, has other business interests that can be directly affected by government actions. As a physician and medical inventor, Soon-Shiong has medical productssubject to review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and applies for patents to federal regulators as well….
Concerns at NBC over Trump documentary
On the campaign trail, Trump has repeatedly threatened to strip broadcast licenses from three big television networks — ABC, CBS and NBC – in retribution for moderators fact-checking him and running mate JD Vance during debates and for news coverage that Trump claims is unfair.
That’s not how such federal regulation works: the Federal Communications Commission licenses local television and radio stations. But the three broadcast networks own 80 local TV stations among them, making those licenses a pressure point…
Lingering uncertainty over Washington Post endorsement
The Washington Post’s investigative reporters have been in the vanguard of exposing wrongdoing by Trump and his associates while in power. Its editorial section, which is operated separately, has been sharply critical of the former president.
Yet less than two weeks before Election Day, the Post’s opinion-section staff does not know whether the paper will run an editorial endorsement for president, according to two people at the Post with knowledge. (They asked for anonymity to talk about internal matters at the paper.)
The last time The Post did not make an endorsement for president in the general election was 1988, according to a review of archives. The Post has been endorsing candidates for local office this fall. The New York Timesendorsed Harris on Sept. 30….
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Corporate spokespersons for the Washington Post did not respond to requests for comment.
“Outlets from the Los Angeles Times to perhaps even the Washington Postare engaging in what the historian Timothy Snyder has called anticipatory obedience — pulling back from their obligation to tell the truth in order to placate the tyrant so he doesn’t come after them,” Protect Democracy’s Bassin says…..
Note….
Harris has been leading the race since she entered it….
Few if any media headlines acknowledged this….
Trump IS a convicted felon and sexual predator….
NO mention of these things?
Hmmmmm?
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