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Media stories: April-May 2026
Blindspots in the media — from Ground News
Former leader of Hong Kong journalist group ordered to prison to serve 5-day sentence for obstructing police in September 2022 (LINK) — ground.news: 17 media reports (LINK) — 29 May 2026
— Reporting at MacPherson Stadium in Mong Kok, he allegedly acted "suspiciously" and remained "uncooperative" after refusing to show his identification card. Ground News: Hong Kong ranks 140th out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index, as authorities maintain the media landscape "remained vibrant" despite national security laws implemented since 2020.
Justice Department opens criminal perjury probe involving E. Jean Carroll testimony in Trump sexual abuse lawsuit (LINK) — 28 May 2026
Fox News: CBS News fires '60 Minutes' correspondents, top producer in sweeping shakeup of program (LINK) — 28 May 2026
Petition lodged in Switzerland against Starlink antennas (LINK) — 22 May 2026
— Opponents have submitted a petition with 14,550 signatures in Bern urging the Swiss government to stop the project to build 40 Starlink satellite antennas in Leuk, canton Valais.
CBS ends The Late Show after 33 years: 11 years host, Stephen Colbert weighs next move: Filmmaker Peter Jackson announced on March 25 that Colbert is co-writing a script for a new 'The Lord of the Rings' movie adapting six early chapters from J.R.R. Tolkien's first book (LINK) — ground.news: 15 media reports (LINK) — 21 May 2026
ZeroHedge: Colbert blames Trump, but massive profit losses killed his show: "from 2019 to 2025 The Late Show lost approximately 25% of its peak viewership" — (LINK)
Townhall: the numbers that ended The Late Show: $100m budget, $40m loss, 2.7m viewers — (LINK)
turi2 (German): Stephen Colbert reaches record rating with the final Late Show: 6.74m viewers — (LINK)
Ex-cop jailed for posting Charlie Kirk meme wins $835k settlement (LINK) — 21 May 2026
— Alongside a photo of the president, the meme included the quote "we have to get over it" and noted that Trump had made that remark "on the Perry High School mass shooting one day after." He wrote, "This seems relevant today." Two people were killed and six injured during the 2025 shooting in Perry, Iowa.
An entire "local newspaper" just shut down when all its reporters were busted as AI fakes (LINK) — 18 May 2026
Fox News has claimed for months that Iran's military had been destroyed. New reporting says US intelligence agencies have concluded otherwise (LINK) — 18 May 2026
Four financial journalists accused of being fake AI-generated puppets that shill crypto in Forbes, HuffPost, and more (LINK) — 13 May 2026
Gaza documentary dropped by the BBC wins BAFTA — (LINK) — ground.news: 14 media reports — 10 May 2026 (LINK)
Niger suspends 9 French media outlets, including AFP and RFI, over 'national security', citing content "likely to seriously endanger public order, national unity, social cohesion, and the stability of the institutions of the Republic" — (LINK) — ground.news: 23 media reports — 8 May 2026 (LINK)
Salvadoran news outlet El Faro says its assets frozen in retaliation for reporting on President Bukele — (LINK) — ground.news: 16 media reports — 7 May 2026 (LINK)
CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87: founded the United Nations Foundation — 6 May 2026 (LINK)
— On June 1, 1980, CNN — the first 24-hour news channel — went live and has been on the air ever since. Just over a month before his 80th birthday in 2018, Turner revealed that he had Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder. In early 2025, Turner was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia before recovering at a rehabilitation facility. Turner is survived by his five children, 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Burkina Faso junta secretly detained journalist, missing for nearly two years, and others, advocacy group says — (LINK) — ground.news: 13 media reports — 6 May 2026 (LINK)
World Radio Switzerland finds a new owner — 6 May 2026 (LINK)
US: Film Academy Board bans AI content at 99th Oscars, forcing human-only wins — 1 May 2026 (LINK)
— Some industry analysts speculate the stance may also be a reaction to the completion of a performance by Val Kilmer, who died in 2025, using AI technology.
Warner Bros Discovery shareholders approve sale to Paramount Skydance but cast an advisory vote against executive compensation plans tied to the deal. — 23 April 2026 (LINK)
— Al Jazeera: HBO Max, valuable titles like Harry Potter and even CNN could soon find themselves under the same roof with CBS, Top Gun and the Paramount+ streaming service. Attention now turns to regulatory authorities, with both Washington and London expected to examine the merger's impact on competition. Paramount triumphed over Netflix in a months-long bidding war. The merger has faced considerable opposition from actors, filmmakers and theatre groups that have raised concerns about the loss of a major studio and its impact on the creative community, theatre owners and moviegoers.
Judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor Frank Figliuzzi — 22 April 2026 (LINK)
— "Yeah, well, reportedly, he's been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building," Figliuzzi said on "Morning Joe" show last year. Figliuzzi's lawyers argued that "this comment was a sarcastic, hyperbolic remark that receives protection from defamation liability." "A person of reasonable intelligence and learning would not have taken his statement literally," the judge said.
Network tied to Russian intelligence, 'The Company', infiltrated Argentine media to target Argentina's Javier Milei in 2024: international media consortium report — (LINK) ground.news: 56 media reports — 3 April 2026 (LINK)
Using AI safely as a journalist: Stand-alone AI tools — 1 April 2026 (LINK)
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