Brian Stelter
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Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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The people who are sincerely in favor of freedom of expression will speak out now for the reporters.
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🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.
The protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the federal government’s violent
attempts to silence the protesters became a story of great interest to the local Chicago media and
was also covered in the national press. Much of the coverage described the federal officers’
abusive tactics. Defendants sought and are seeking to quash this coverage by attacking and
intimidating members of the Press on the ground there.
85. Federal immigration officers at the Broadview ICE facility have repeatedly and
intentionally singled out persons whom they know to be members of the Press for violence,
assault, and intimidation. These assaults are not incidental or unintentional. They are undertaken
by design to intimidate journalists on scene and to frustrate and suppress coverage of the federal
officers’ actions toward protesters and immigration detainees
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Today in Reliable Sources:

How TikTok hooks you; Ted Cruz's anti-censorship fight; creative public TV fundraiser; and much more: cnn.it/4nMYIr0
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Today's Reliable Sources lead: Portland is not burning. Trump's rhetoric is totally divorced from reality. One way to prove it is by pairing Trump's words with the pictures... cnn.it/4q0hlJs
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“For a brief moment in history, video was evidence of reality. Now it's a tool for unreality.” — @brianstelter.bsky.social

That is my fear. With every kind of social media, Sora will degenerate into more deepfakes, conspiracies and disinformation. Slop.

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If you work in the media industry or care about the quality of the information ecosystem we all inhabit, you need to pay attention to Sora 2.
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Today's Reliable Sources lead:

When seeing stops believing

Thinking through what Sora, Vibes and the AI-generated-everything era means for media and society: cnn.it/46Mi204
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"Arrested while covering a protest. Shot in the face with a pepper ball. Shoved to the ground and taken away on a stretcher.

Journalists have repeatedly been injured & impeded while reporting on action by masked ICE officials" view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175... by @brianstelter.bsky.social
Welcome to October. Here's the latest on Sora, Jane Fonda, Jimmy Kimmel, Amazon, Bari Weiss, YouTube TV, "SNL," Hunter S. Thompson, and much more...
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Scoop: @ashleyallison.bsky.social is acquiring The Root and returning it to Black ownership. She plans to invest in video content, strike new partnerships with experts, and launch in-person experiences. "This isn't about making more content but rather about making meaning of this moment," she says
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This morning's Reliable Sources:

New low for media trust; Elon targets Netflix; The Root goes back to its roots. ➕ much more here 🔗 cnn.it/4nAMul8
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A new report from Bright Line Watch finds experts now rate the U.S. as a "mixed" or "illiberal" democracy. The rating is dragged down by Trump's attacks on institutions, a weak legislature, political violence, and partisan gerrymandering www.gelliottmorris.com/p/experts-no...
Experts now rate the U.S. as a "mixed" or "illiberal" democracy
Experts say political violence, Trump's attacks against non-partisan agencies and institutions, and partisan gerrymandering are their top concerns
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has cited the treatment of reporters as part of a broader pattern. "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters when unprovoked, what would we call it?" He answered: Authoritarianism. cnn.it/4pK7hUF
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In one recent instance, Unraveled Press co-founder Raven Geary said she was struck in the cheek by a pepper ball while covering a protest in Broadview, Illinois. "To me it felt like a direct attack on reporters," she told the @pressfreedomtracker.us.
Journalist shot in the face with pepper ball at Illinois ICE facility protest
Journalist Raven Geary was shot in the face with a pepper ball by federal officers while reporting on protests outside …
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Arrested while covering a protest.

Shot in the face with a pepper ball.

Shoved to the ground and taken away on a stretcher. 

Journalists have repeatedly been injured and impeded while reporting on action by masked ICE agents in recent days.
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🔌 Today's Reliable Sources, featuring Sora, Jane Fonda, Jimmy Kimmel, Amazon, Bari Weiss, YouTube TV, "SNL," Hunter S. Thompson, and more... cnn.it/4pK7hUF
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“South Dakota Focus” (on PBS affiliates across South Dakota), “Almanac North” (on WSDE in Duluth, Minnesota) and “Headline Humboldt” (on KEET in Eureka, California) have all been cancelled in recent weeks. Broadcasters will fill some of the local holes with national programming. Ironic?
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Trump and his allies argued in favor of the rescission by railing against the perceived political bias of national NPR and PBS programs.

But those programs aren’t going away. However, some LOCAL public affairs shows and newsmagazines are...
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Just as a government shutdown feels distant and "political" until it affects you personally, the defunding of public media is more tangible now that stations are cutting back on programming.

The impacts are "just beginning to sink in" among the public at large, CPB CEO Patricia Harrison says.
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This is the day NPR and PBS hoped would never come: The day federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting dries up.

CPB is winding down its operations and local stations are making big changes to cope with budget shortfalls. Here's a thread about what stands out to me the most...
PBS and NPR funding cuts are hitting home as government shutdown looms | CNN Business
Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out.
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61% of Americans say Trump has gone "too far" in "pressuring media organizations" that treat Trump unfavorably. Even more notably, a mere 7% of Americans say he hasn't gone far enough, per this new NYT/Siena poll:
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BTW, the appeals court did side with the Trump admin earlier this year, but The AP's case is still being litigated in the DC court of appeals. The newswire said yesterday that oral arguments are set for Nov. 24.