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Colbert Bombshell Cancellation Raises New Questions About Paramount Merger, Free Speech
The economics of late night TV have shifted, but the decision to drop Colbert looks like further capitulation to Trump to silence one of his loudest and most famous critics
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Trump’s $1.1 Billion Cuts to NPR, PBS Pass Republican-Controlled House
The budget-slashing bill will now go to the president’s desk for signing
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‘Gutfeld!’ Gangs Up on CBS Reporter for ‘PTSD’ Diagnosis From Trump Rally Shooting: ‘Main Character Syndrome’ | Video
The Fox News late-night panel howled at Scott MacFarlane saying “I got diagnosed with PTSD in 48 hours” after the Butler incident
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Trump Says He’ll Sue Rupert Murdoch, NewsCorp and WSJ ‘Shortly,’ Orders Release of Epstein Testimony
“The press has to learn to be truthful”, the president posts on Truth Social, adding, “This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!”
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Stephen Colbert Says CBS Told Him of ‘Late Show’ Cancellation Just Last Night in Emotional Monologue: ‘All Just Going Away’ | Video
The late night host looks ahead to the next 10 months, assuring his crew and studio audience, “It’s going to be fun”
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Trump Contributed to Suggestive Jeffrey Epstein 50th Birthday Gift, WSJ Reports: ‘We Have Certain Things in Common’
“May every day be another wonderful secret,” the entry states, though the president insists “this is a fake thing” and threatens to sue
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House Oversight Committee Democrat Accuses Fox News of ‘Deceptively’ Editing Trump Interview on Epstein
Rep. Robert Garcia says the network’s “selective omission” of the president’s full response was an effort to distance him from Epstein’s “horrific crimes”
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NBC News Sees 12% Web Traffic Boost as NYT, WaPo Visitors Decline | Exclusive
The network topped 79 million unique visitors per month in Q2 after scoring several exclusive interviews with President Donald Trump
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Jon Stewart on Potential ‘Daily Show’ Cancellation After Skydance Merger: ‘Been Kicked Out of S–ttier Establishments’
The comedian says “we will land on our feet” if the David Ellison-run company cancels his show following its pending acquisition of his parent company
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‘Defund PBS’ Realizes a Long-Held Conservative Dream Built on Lies and Half-Truths
The decades-old campaign against NPR and PBS doesn’t reflect reality, but it does fulfill a Trump promise
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Netflix’s Global Ads Measurement VP Julie DeTraglia Exits as Company Shifts Ad Leadership | Exclusive
The executive’s departure comes as Netflix aims to regionalize the streamer’s ad ranks
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Republicans Ripped on Social Media for Slashing PBS and NPR Funding: ‘We Live in Hell’
“Defunding PBS and NPR is such a disgraceful and pitiful attack on education, learning and truth,” one Bluesky user says
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‘Daily Show’ Slams Trump’s Social Media Breakup with Frustrated MAGA Supporters: ‘He Went Full Messy Bitch!’ | Video
“‘If you can’t handle me at my sex crimes cover-up, you don’t deserve me at my alligator concentration camps,’” host Jordan Klepper jokes
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Chuck Schumer, Ed Markey Urge FCC Chairman to ‘End Partisan Attacks’ on CBS
The lawmakers also asked Brendan Carr to “cease interfering with the judgment of independent news organizations”
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‘Morning Joe’: Trump Is ‘In Denial’ Over MAGA Epstein Revolt | Video
Former Senator Claire McCaskill says the president is “insulting his supporters that have microphones — that’s a dangerous thing for him to do”