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Journalism historians may someday conclude that the White House Correspondents Association's statements were an insufficient response to Trump's ban on the AP.

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White House announces press pool for tomorrow, after booting newswires Out: Reuters, Bloomberg Still out: AP In: The Daily Signal (as secondary print), the Christian Broadcasting Network (as new media), EWTN (as secondary TV)

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NEW: The Associated Press denounces the Trump White House’s decision to end the dedicated seat for wire services in the reporting pool, calling it a “grave disservice to the American people.” More in tonight’s @status.news www.status.news/p/cnn-execut...

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Everyone desperate for their own distribution (and training data) www.theverge.com/openai/64813...

submitted 21 hours ago • 16 comments

Here we go. Support your local public radio station www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

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American minds and sense of reality are warped by Murdoch’s Fox News. The American people should have access to documents from Smartmatic v. Fox @status.news 💪 filed a notice in NY SC asking it to not seal documents set to be filed in Smartmatic’s $2.7B lawsuit 1/ www.status.news/p/fox-news-s...

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Father of Daisy, the second girl to die from measles in Texas, tells Kennedy-founded anti-vaccine group, Children's Health Defense, that he doesn't regret not getting her vaccinated, and won't vaccinate any future children. CHD turns it into propaganda.

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"The Handmaid's Tale" showrunners chatted with @status.news about the series' final season, how the dystopian Gilead increasingly mirrors reality, and why the show represents a cautionary tale of democratic backsliding we're already witnessing www.status.news/p/handmaids-...

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“.. On Friday, Status filed a notice in the New York Supreme Court asking the court not to seal a trove of documents set to be filed in election technology company Smartmatic’s closely watched lawsuit against Fox News.” @passantino.bsky.social @status.news www.status.news/p/fox-news-s...

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Some news: This week, @status.news filed a notice in the New York Supreme Court asking it not to seal a trove of documents set to be filed in Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News. @passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday column: www.status.news/p/fox-news-s...

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Fox News hosts Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld claim to stand behind American workers and hailed Trump’s tariffs. So we bought their apparel from the official Fox store. It was made in Guatemala and Nicaragua, via @status.news www.status.news/p/fox-news-s...

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Elon Musk's xAI is accused of worsening air pollution in Memphis -- and of running more than double the number of natural gas-burning turbines it secured permits for there... story @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/e...

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Scoop: Fox News has been all in on Trump’s trade tariffs, hailing them as bold, America-first measures to resurrect domestic manufacturing. But as it turns out, the network is itself manufacturing its merchandise abroad. Details in Status: www.status.news/p/fox-news-s...

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Fox News propagandists have relentlessly promoted Trump’s tariffs while claiming to support American workers. So we bought some of Fox’s official merch and, well, you can guess where it’s made, via @status.news www.status.news/p/fox-news-s...

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So this is just some nice curious timing. On the same day that a judge ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, setting them up for a massive loss in jury trial (or huge settlement), Trump targeted the law firm that is representing Dominion. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Tomorrow's daily guidance from the WH includes the tidbit that ZERO HEDGE is in the press pool as "new media"

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White House officials appear to be withholding pool reporters' dispatches when the reports include information -- eg that a Netanyahu press conference was canceled, or that AP was barred -- that they don't like. Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...

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Big story from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social — the White House has been suppressing and censoring pool reports. www.status.news/p/white-hous...

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News: The Trump White House has censored pool reports on at least two occasions recently, blocking their distribution to news outlets, via @status.news www.status.news/p/white-hous...

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Uh oh: "Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems by falsely reporting that the company was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election, a Delaware judge ruled" www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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1) Do something autocratic 2) Wait to see how people react 3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on 4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it 5) Illegally consolidate more power 6) Repeat

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Gasparino: Let's be clear what happened, who capitulated here and why? You know, I don't want to say this because I am a patriot, I am an American, but it is The White House who capitulated based on everything I hear and all my sources

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New: The president of LA Times Studios directed staffers to use ChatGPT to write its scripts and hired a beauty influencer and actor to read the AI-written reports on camera, triggering serious ethical concerns internally, via @status.news www.status.news/p/rob-schnei...

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Judge’s order to reinstate AP in White House press pool shows the importance of fighting lawless orders. It’s not just the rights of one that are at stake, it’s the rights of all.

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Trump-nominated federal judge sides with The Associated Press

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Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

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darkly funny that every big tech CEO prostrated themselves in front of Trump admin and he still sent their companies through a cheese grater

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In 3 sessions, S&P 500 futures have plunged about 15%. Legit market crash

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New in @status.news: We caught up with John Oliver this week for a rare—and wide-ranging—interview in which he spoke about the tightrope walk between comedy and seriousness, how the show decides what’s worth covering, and so much more. www.status.news/p/john-olive...

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“Imagine if I had done any of this.” — former president Obama, at Hamilton College this week

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As Trump tanks the stock market and hikes consumer prices with a tariff war, his MAGA media allies are in overdrive trying to spin the disaster and rewrite reality in Orwellian fashion. My column for @status.news www.status.news/p/maga-media...

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“.. as the devastating effects of Trump’s tariffs set in, .. MAGA adherents and the public at large will undoubtedly be faced with economic pain .. a profound test of Trump’s influence .. and of the limits of propaganda itself.” @passantino.bsky.social @status.news www.status.news/p/maga-media...

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Trump's tariffs mark a big test for his propaganda arm. As @passantino.bsky.social points out, "Unlike a political narrative spun inside the Beltway or an FBI indictment reinterpreted through culture-war talking points, the economic fallout from tariffs is tangible." www.status.news/p/maga-media...

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Now that’s a split-screen. ⛳️ @wsj.com

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Several sources tell me a passel of high profile tech and also finance leaders is making a trip to Mar-a-Lago to read Trump the riot act — um talk common sense — to him on the tariffs. Their million dollar donations to the inauguration is turning into billions in losses.

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> @status.news Exclusive: Bob Iger delivered a blunt assessment of Trump’s tariffs to ABC News troops today, warning it will likely drive up Disney’s costs and cautioning against the idea companies can simply shift manufacturing to the US overnight www.status.news/p/bob-iger-t...

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Of course. www.theverge.com/news/642620/...

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New: HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. said he wouldn’t take away childhood vaccines. Then he cut $2 billion from state health programs that helps get them to kids. Clinics canceled. Nurses fired. Immunizations stalled—all amid a measles outbreak. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Spot the difference!

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"We came into work today and saw that satellite services that reach into Russia had been turned off" by the Trump administration, RFE/RL's chief executive said www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/03/r...

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News: Radhika Jones is stepping down from her role as editor in chief of Vanity Fair, I'm told. Both she and Anna Wintour are gathered with staffers, delivering the news.

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Imagine how Fox and right-wing media would treat this story under a Harris administration

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