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Media stories: May-July 2026
Blindspots in the media — from Ground News
July 2026
Judge says Trump must hand over financial records to BBC: detailed financial information in connection with his defamation lawsuit against the BBC (LINK) — 21 July 2026
Trump demands E. Jean Carroll refund $5.6M he's finally paid her (LINK) — 21 July 2026
Politico: Trump's threats to revoke TV licenses get serious (LINK) — 17 July 2026
E. Jean Carroll receives $5 million payment from Trump for civil suit (LINK) — 14 July 2026
Judge orders $5 million Trump judgment be released to E. Jean Carroll (LINK) — 8 July 2026
South Korean law targeting 'fake news' takes effect as journalists' groups raise concerns: platforms with more than 1 million daily users must remove content or suspend accounts upon reports of false information (ground news LINK) — 7 July 2026
Prince Harry's 'crushing' court loss: he and six other high-profile claimants had lost their $63 million privacy claim against the Daily Mail: could devastate his and Meghan Markle's finances (LINK) — 7 July 2026
— The judge dismissed every one of the 97 allegations of illegal news gathering made by Harry and the other claimants, including Sir Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley. Mr. Justice Nicklin ruled that Harry and the other claimants had often relied on "inference" to prove claims of phone hacking and blagged private medical records, adding that "suspicion, even where understandable, was not enough".
Far Out: 10 directors who made a movie so bad they quit cinema for good (LINK) — 2 July 2026
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Alan Dershowitz appeal in defamation case (LINK) — 29 June 2026
— The choice leaves intact the landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling, which recognized protections for news media covering public figures.
Uganda's military chief orders shutdown of two major media outlets (LINK) — 28 June 2026
UK considers requiring social media to prioritize trusted news (LINK) — 22 June 2026
Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah, 25, killed in Israeli airstrike on Bureij refugee camp in Gaza: two months after a separate Israeli attack killed his brother, fellow al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah (LINK) — 21 June 2026
"Worldwide, people in all age groups are ditching news sites and publishers' apps in favor of social media and video networks. In fact, 18-34-year-olds are abandoning content on publishers' platforms even more quickly than they're dropping TV news" — 2026 Digital News Report from Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) (LINK) — 15 June 2026
— Nieman Lab: Almost all online news growth is coming from third-party sources, and publishers' own sites and apps are being left behind. "Social media and video networks are now more popular as a source of news than owned and operated online news websites and apps in 30 of [...] 48 markets."
US Justice Department approves Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros: deal opposed by many in the entertainment industry who fear it could lead to mass layoffs, among other concerns (LINK) — 12 June 2026
Futurism: Trump moves could deeply censor the entire Internet (LINK) — 10 June 2026
Israel denies entry to French reporter Alice Froussard accused of supporting Palestinian militant group Hamas.FRANCE 24 journalists' association condemnss ban, Radio France Internationale slams 'obstacle to press freedom'. (LINK) — 11 June 2026
Futurism: Trump moves could deeply censor the entire Internet (LINK) — 10 June 2026
'60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley fired after confrontation with new boss (LINK) — 3 June 2026
— Nick Bilton, the show's new top producer, said Pelley "hijacked" a staff meeting to disparage him.
Scott Pelley on CBS after '60 Minutes' firing: show has "lost its DNA" and the "new owner of our network is casting this legend aside" due to politics (LINK) — 3 June 2026
Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space' (LINK) — 2 June 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend sues MS NOW: alleges that a report falsely asserted that she demanded, and Patel ordered, agents to escort an intoxicated friend home (LINK) — 29 May 2026
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