Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Palantir Goes Mask-Off For Fascism. It Won’t End Well.

2026-04-20 Earlier this month, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that “Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment. Just ask our enemies!!!” — notably including the stock ticker, because why not ju …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Court To Bondi: Demanding Platforms Censor Speech And Bragging About It On Fox News Is, In Fact, A First Amendment Violation

2026-04-20 For the better part of five years, we’ve been treated to an elaborate performance about the unprecedented constitutional horror of “jawboning.” Jim Jordan held hearings. Missouri’s AG sued. The Supreme Court heard Murthy v. Miss …›

Pew Research Center→ What types of news do Americans seek out or happen to come across?

2026-04-20 About half of U.S. adults (49%) say they mostly get news because they happen to come across it today, up from 39% in 2019. …›

Current→ Comings and goings: ‘1A’ hires EP, Ari Shapiro joins CNN as contributor …

2026-04-20 Former NPR exec Christopher Turpin joined WAMU. The post Comings and goings: ‘1A’ hires EP, Ari Shapiro joins CNN as contributor … appeared first on Current. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Wonday

2026-04-20 em… As a lifelong over-user of em dashes and F bombs—hey, I'm from New Jersey—it's fun for me to learn that AI slop generators follow my style and F bombs are a way around detection. I'd say more, but would rather point to Tom Fis …›

Poynter→ After an explosive report on his conduct, FBI Director Kash Patel threatens to sue The Atlantic

2026-04-20 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Last week, The Atlantic’s Sarah Fitzpatrick dropped a […] The post After an explosive report on his conduct, FBI Director Kash …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Lawfare

2026-04-20 A string of court decisions have gone against Donald Trump and his administration, blocking efforts to shut down critical reporting. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ For broadcasters, digital tech isn’t a lifesaver. It’s a new land for fish with legs and lungs.

2026-04-20 Not that crawling ashore is easy or smooth. Eric Nuzum says public radio isn’t interested in saving itself. He’s actually quoting somebody else, but saying there’s a case. Specifically, When I hear public media leaders talk ab …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Runday

2026-04-19 Did he die in his sleep? "The Gambler" may be the best country song ever written.  Or performed (Kenny Rogers' version is the definitive one). Alas, its author, the great Don Schlitz, has passed on. Not many details on that: Nashville ho …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ The Biggest Thing

2026-04-18 In his latest blog, Dave says, “If I were running WordPress, my first priority would be to get something exciting out that even non-WordPress users would talk about. Then do it again.” He follows with a good suggestion. I have one t …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Staturday

2026-04-18 Kind of a Christo thing Mission TARONI put a silk-wrapped mannequin in space. From The Dorothy Project. It has implications. Close your invisible robot eyes This is good news, but not yet enough. Spying on people going about their ordinary lives is wro …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Trump Is Literally Negotiating With Himself Over How Much Taxpayer Money He Gets Because His Taxes Were Leaked

2026-04-17 Back in January, we covered Trump’s audacious lawsuit demanding $10 billion from his own IRS over the 2019-2020 leak of his tax returns by IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn (who is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for the leak, meani …›

Current→ Some Republicans want to reverse GOP cuts to rural and tribal radio stations

2026-04-17 Sens. Mike Rounds and Dan Sullivan are pushing to keep federal funds flowing to Native stations. The post Some Republicans want to reverse GOP cuts to rural and tribal radio stations appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ A First Amendment Legend Eviscerates Brendan Carr With Substance And Style

2026-04-17 We’ve been covering Brendan Carr’s censorial ambitions for a long time now. When Trump first picked him to chair the FCC, we warned people that the “free speech warrior” branding was a total sham. We later dug into the letter fr …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Niceday

2026-04-17 Which it is, here in Southern Indiana. Was yesterday too. Getting strait A visual of marine traffic piling up on the two sides of the Strait of Hormuz. Also this story on transponder spoofing in Wired. Transponders are how one can see what ships are wh …›

Current→ Jody Hamblett steps down as WUOT GM

2026-04-17 She is moving to South Carolina to be closer to family. The post Jody Hamblett steps down as WUOT GM appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ Pete Hegseth uses the Bible to demonize the press

2026-04-17 So, do you still think CBS News is feeling good about inviting Pete Hegseth to sit at their table at the upcoming White House Correspondents Association? The decision to invite […] The post Pete Hegseth uses the Bible to demonize the press appear …›

Poynter→ News organizations reconsider ties to AI company Nota after plagiarism findings

2026-04-17 In the week after Poynter published its investigation into extensive plagiarism found on a network of local news sites, the artificial intelligence company behind those sites lost a major client […] The post News organizations reconsider ties to …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The Silence Of The LLMs

2026-04-16 Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice …›

Current→ Opinion: ‘You just have to accept that public radio really isn’t interested in saving itself’

2026-04-16 There are a few reasons why Eric Nuzum doesn’t write about public radio so much anymore. The notion that it’s beyond saving isn't one of them. The post Opinion: ‘You just have to accept that public radio really isn’t interested in saving i …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Oh Look, The MAGA FTC Built The Censorship Industrial Complex It Was Screaming About

2026-04-16 We’ve been covering the Trump administration’s escalating campaign against NewsGuard for a while now. It started with the House Oversight Committee’s absurd investigation of the company for the crime of expressing opinions about news …›

Current→ NPR lands “remarkable” $113M in gifts from two donors

2026-04-16 The gifts include the largest ever to NPR from a living donor. The post NPR lands “remarkable” $113M in gifts from two donors appeared first on Current. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Everwhen

2026-04-16 Good deal This is cool: IU opens its free generative AI course to anyone worldwide. As always Jamie Smith nails it with No one is listening to Steve Jobs’s advice about the EU Digital ID Wallet.  Still the only way Interesting how old posts get ne …›

Pew Research Center→ Americans have become more likely to say Trump is not too or not at all religious

2026-04-16 Among Trump's strongest supporters, relatively few people say they think he is very religious. Just 8% of Republicans and 5% of White evangelicals say this is the case. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Trust This Signal

2026-04-16 Next Tuesday, 21 April, at 4 pm Eastern, Judith Donath will speak here at Indiana University and online on The Alchemy of Confidence, addressing the most pressing question in our still-new digital age: Why do we trust some signals—and fall fo …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Thrustday

2026-04-16 A hopeful sign My News Commons site and series are getting action lately. …›

Poynter→ How Poynter reported the AI plagiarism story that rattled journalism

2026-04-16 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Earlier this month, my Poynter colleague Angela Fu […] The post How Poynter reported the AI plagiarism story that rattled journa …›

Poynter→ The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has always been a cringefest. Trump just makes it obvious.

2026-04-16 The certain awkwardness of President Donald Trump gloating about his presidency in front of a silent press corps at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner — a gala intended to […] The post The White House Correspondents’ Dinner ha …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Odds and Ends

2026-04-16 TV news is partnering with prediction markets. What does that mean for its disproportionately old viewership? …›

Current→ Kevin Klose, former NPR president, dies at 85

2026-04-15 Klose was “unrepentantly idealistic about the role of public media in a democracy,” said NPR CEO Katherine Maher. The post Kevin Klose, former NPR president, dies at 85 appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Judge Tosses Trump’s Ridiculous $10 Billion Defamation Suit Against Rupert Murdoch

2026-04-15 Back in January of last year, the Wall Street Journal published a story about a leather-bound birthday book that Ghislaine Maxwell had assembled for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. The book included letters from various associates, and o …›

RJI→ Put the stories of people with intellectual disabilities on stage

2026-04-15 Using public storytelling to connect with the IDD community Plain-language version RJI and WORDSLAW are partnering to help newsrooms try a different method of connecting with their under-covered communities — public storytelling. Public storytelling …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Nowsday

2026-04-15 Has Atlas shrugged? The post in my archive that has had the most visits lately is this one about ChatGPT Atlas. I haven't heard Atlas talked about much lately. According to Google Trends, interest has trailed off and kinda flatlined. Meanwhile, G …›

Poynter→ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette saved from closure

2026-04-15 Good morning. The sports media controversy involving The Athletic’s Dianna Russini came to a stunning conclusion on Tuesday. But first, major news involving The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which was moments away […] The post Pittsburgh Post-Gazett …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ 438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway.

2026-04-14 In early March, 438 security and privacy researchers from 32 countries signed a massive open letter warning that age verification mandates for the internet are technically impossible to get right, easy to circumvent, a serious threat to privacy and sec …›

Radio Survivor→ Radio Station Visit #199: WAMH-FM at Amherst College

2026-04-14 “This semester is our last semester in our current radio station, so we would love the opportunity to show off our wacky and wonderful space,” emailed WAMH-FM station manager Finley Liu in response to my request for a tour. With th …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Section 230 Is Dying By A Thousand Workarounds, And Massachusetts Just Added Another One

2026-04-13 We’ve been warning for a while now that Section 230 is dying by a thousand legal workarounds rather than a straightforward repeal, and the hits just keep coming. A few weeks ago, I wrote about how two jury verdicts against Meta in New Mexico and …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Heroes and Villains

2026-04-13 Press coverage of the “daring,” “dramatic” mission to rescue a downed US airman followed the logic of a Hollywood movie. …›

RJI→ How to partner with a local business to grow your newsletter subscribers

2026-04-10 We made coffee punch cards to incentivize customers to subscribe to a newsletter The Missourian — Columbia, Missouri’s local newspaper based at The University of Missouri — serves a large variety of audiences but is currently focused on gaining s …›