Discovery execs flex their muscles as Stelter, Toobin shown the door at CNN
Discovery's purchase of CNN earlier this year promised changes at the struggling network, and now those changes appear to be coming to fruition. The big, albeit not surprising, media news earlier this week entails CNN media critic Brian Stelter leaving the network not long af
Read MoreRepublicans wage war on environmental investing rules
A groundswell of Republicans in states across the U.S. are waging a war against environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, framing the fight against the economic strategy as a stance against what they call liberal policies interfering in the free market. Prominent GOP figures including former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, both potential 2024 contenders, have latched onto the issue. But so have state-level Republicans, who are implementing restrictions that blacklist certain firms from doing business with their state, usually be
Read MoreMidterm elections to put misinformation policies to the test
Social media platforms’ plans to tackle election-related misinformation will be put to the test as congressional candidates ramp up online activity in the final months of midterm campaigns. Since the 2020 election, mainstream platforms like Twitter and Facebook have been more liberal in applying measures to block, label and remove politicians — including their watershed decisions to suspend former President Trump’s accounts last year. But as more politicians test the boundaries of the platforms’ rules with incendiary posts, especially after an uptick in viole
Read MoreLet’s talk about the next CHIPS Act
President Biden and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle gathered recently in the Rose Garden to sign the CHIPS and Science Act into law. Heralded by supporters as a significant investment in U.S. competitiveness and innovation, this legislation has been the cause for recent bipartisan praise — and
Read MoreTrump pushes for un-redacted affidavit’s release, despite the risks
Former President Trump is pushing for the full, unredacted release of the affidavit that led to the search warrant for his Mar-a-Lago estate, a move that carries risks for both Trump and the Justice Department. “Pres. Trump has made his view clear that the American people should be permitted to see the unredacted affidavit related to the raid and break-in of his home,” Taylor Budowich, a spokesperson for the former president, said Thursday after Federal Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said he may be willing to unseal portions of the document. Reinhart ordered Justice Dep
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