Washington Post report: Subscriber loss after non-endorsement reaches a quarter million
The Washington Post has lost at least 250,000 subscribers since announcing last Friday that it would not endorse a candidate...
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CNN bans conservative writer after 'beeper' comment to Muslim commentator
NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN has banned conservative writer Ryan Gidursky from the network following a contentious on-air exchange where...
Newspaper non-endorsements at Washington Post, LA Times fit a trend, but their readers aren't happy
The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry's financial troubles the past two decades...
Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision not to endorse as the right, 'principled' one
NEW YORK (AP) -- Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper's decision not to endorse a...
Brian Williams and Amazon are asking election night news-seekers to take a leap of faith with them
Let no one accuse Brian Williams of trying to lower expectations a week before his election night special coverage on...
To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories
NEW YORK (AP) -- As news outlets get ready for election night, they're not only focusing on what happens. They're...
By moving to podcasts, Harris and Trump are turning away from legacy media to spread their messages
NEW YORK (AP) -- Among the legacy news outlets that have come up empty in their efforts to interview Kamala...
Fox's Bret Baier acknowledges 'mistake' in Harris interview over airing of Trump clip
Fox News anchor Bret Baier says he "made a mistake" during his interview with Kamala Harris in not airing video...
Former NBC anchor Brian Williams is returning to election night and hosting an Amazon special
Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams will be working again on election night, anchoring a live special with results and...
Harris interview with Fox News showcases a change in strategy for Democrats with network
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kamala Harris ' interview with Fox News Channel's Bret Baier on Wednesday is the latest indication...
'The View' abortion ad signals wider effort to use an FCC regulation to spread a message
An anti-abortion ad that aired during " The View " this past week and criticized the show's personalities was the...
Trump's complaints about '60 Minutes' put a spotlight on editing at the nation's top newsmagazine
Donald Trump skipped a "60 Minutes" interview this past week, but he's attacking CBS for how it handled its session...
Sanewashing? The banality of crazy? A decade into the Trump era, media hasn't figured him out
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly a decade into the Trump Era of politics, less than a month from his third...
Sanewashing? The banality of crazy? A decade into the Trump era, media hasn't figure him out
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly a decade into the Trump Era of politics, less than a month from his third...
CBS News says Trump campaign had 'shifting explanations' for why he snubbed '60 Minutes'
NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS News said the Trump campaign offered "shifting explanations" for why it backed out of a...
When is an interview too tough? CBS News grappling with question after Dokoupil interview
NEW YORK (AP) -- Television morning show interviews often don't stray beyond dinner recipes or celebrity hijinks. Yet a week...
Fact-check fight: CBS News cuts candidates' mics after JD Vance objects to a moderator's correction
CBS News briefly cut off the microphones of vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz during an exchange in...
Trump won't participate in interview for '60 Minutes' election special
NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS News said Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has declined to participate in an...
CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate
NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS News, hosting vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz for the general election campaign's...
CBS News says it will be up to Harris and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate
NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS News, hosting vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz for the general election campaign's...
New York magazine says its star political reporter is on leave after a relationship was disclosed
New York magazine says that its highly regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after disclosing that she had...
A news site that covers Haitian Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio
NEW YORK (AP) -- Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they've...
A news site that covers Haitian-Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio
NEW YORK (AP) -- Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they've...
Radio Nikki: Haley launching a weekly SiriusXM radio talk show at least through January
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is launching her own radio talk show next week on...
CBS' '60 Minutes' plans its presidential candidate showcase. But will Trump and Harris show?
NEW YORK (AP) -- "60 Minutes" is scheduling its quadrennial interview special with the presidential candidates to air in less...
More than 67 million people watched Donald Trump and Kamala Harris debate. That's way up from June
An estimated 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a sharp increase from the...
As Trump and Harris spar, ABC's moderators grapple with conducting a debate in a polarized country
The ABC News moderators were great. No, actually they were a "disgraceful failure," They cut off Kamala Harris too much...
It's not just Harris and Trump who have a lot at stake in next week's debate. ABC News does, too
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hours after ABC News released the rules for next Tuesday's presidential debate, resolving a final dispute...
The interview: Kamala Harris' inaugural sit-down was most notable for seeming ... ordinary
After avoiding a probing interview by a journalist for the first month of her sudden presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala...
Going local: A new streaming service peeks into news in 2024 election swing states
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans of politics have another way to keep track of what's happening in the most competitive...
Are convention viewing numbers a hint about who will win the election? Don't bet on it
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a close election campaign with both sides looking for an edge, the party with more...
Kamala Harris with Beyonce? Yes, but the star singer was only heard through loudspeakers
Kamala Harris introduced herself to the country she hopes to lead in the climactic moment of the Democratic national convention...
Your audience is filled with Republicans. The Democratic convention is underway. How to cover it?
The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge: how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its...
Your audience is filled with Republicans. The Democratic convention is under way. How to cover it?
The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge: how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its...
They look like - and link to - real news articles. But they're actually ads from the Harris campaign
If you're not looking too closely, some recent Kamala Harris ads may give the false impression that some leading news...
News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it
At least three news outlets were leaked confidential material from inside the Donald Trump campaign, including its report vetting JD...
Game on: ABC News says Harris, Trump have agreed to presidential debate on Sept. 10
ABC News says that both Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart, Kamala Harris, have agreed to meet...
Trump's appearance before Black journalists leads to memorable confrontation with ABC's Rachel Scott
Primarily due to sharp questioning by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, former President Donald Trump's appearance before a gathering of...
Trumps appearance before Black journalists leads to memorable confrontation with ABC's Rachel Scott
Primarily due to sharp questioning by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, former President Donald Trump's appearance before a gathering of...
After an extraordinary run of political news, interest in the presidential election is perking up
After a desultory start to the campaign season, news outlets are starting to see interest in political news perk up...
Even on quiet summer weekends, huge news stories spread to millions more swiftly than ever before
James Peeler's phone blew up with messages as he drove home from church in Texas. Reading a book on her...
On a summer Sunday, Biden withdrew with a text statement. News outlets struggled for visuals
In an intensely visual news world, a seismic week of politics was transformed again in an instant on Sunday by...
The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here's how its newspaper met the moment
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur...
From a media perspective, it was a tale of two Trump speeches - and long enough for both
From a media perspective, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing at the Republican convention that nominated him as its...
15 months after his firing, Tucker Carlson returns to Fox News airwaves with a GOP convention speech
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tucker Carlson returned to Fox News' airwaves 15 months after being unceremoniously fired, seen Thursday in...
In a media world that loves sharp lines, discussions of the Trump shooting follow a predictable path
There aren't a lot of facts. There are, however, an avalanche of conclusions.
MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' host says he was surprised and disappointed the show was pulled from the air
MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough said Tuesday he was "surprised and disappointed" the news show was pulled off the...
On an unusually busy news day, did the assassination attempt's aftermath change the media tone?
If this were a typical presidential campaign, Donald Trump's selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate on the Republican...
In a world of moving pictures, photographs capture indelible moments in Trump assassination attempt
The photograph of a bloodied Donald Trump with his fist in the air and an American flag looming in the...
At a Trump rally, shocking images fill TV screens. Then reporters rush to find out what it means
The images filled television screens across a rattled country on a hot Saturday evening -- former President Donald Trump reaching...
Late-night comics have long been relentless in skewering Donald Trump. Now it's Joe Biden's turn
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stephen Colbert took a slug from his drink glass before his first monologue after President Joe...
Biden's challenge: Will he ever satisfy the media's appetite for questions about his ability?
NEW YORK (AP) -- Toward the end of his closely watched news conference Thursday night on the sidelines of the...
Some smaller news outlets in swing states can't afford election coverage. AP is helping them
NEW YORK (AP) -- Many of the swing states in this fall's election contain small, independent news organizations that can't...
Why was it a surprise? Biden's debate problems leave some wondering if the press missed the story
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Joe Biden's fitness to serve a second term in office has been a top story...
A media 'nervous breakdown'? Calls for Biden's withdrawal produce some extraordinary moments
NEW YORK (AP) -- If President Joe Biden successfully resists some extraordinary calls in the media to abandon his reelection...
Fact checks were prevalent during and after the Biden-Trump debate - but not for real-time viewers
NEW YORK (AP) -- There were some exhaustive, independent fact checks of claims made during the CNN debate between Joe...
How did CNN's moderators do in the Biden-Trump debate? It almost didn't matter that they were there
NEW YORK (AP) -- To a large extent, it almost didn't matter that Dana Bash and Jake Tapper were on...
CNN moderators in Biden-Trump debate: It almost didn't matter that they were on stage
NEW YORK (AP) -- To a large extent, it almost didn't matter that Dana Bash and Jake Tapper were on...
This week's televised debate is crucial for Biden and Trump - and for CNN as well
NEW YORK (AP) -- Joe Biden and Donald Trump won't be alone at Thursday's debate. Moderators Dana Bash and Jake...
After editor's departure, Washington Post's publisher faces questions about phone hacking stories
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Washington Post's new publisher is facing questions about whether he made efforts to conceal --...