Media

Joseph Azam says he left his senior post at News Corp. in late 2017 over the coverage of Muslims, immigrants and race by Fox News and other Murdoch news outlets.

Former Murdoch Executive Says He Quit Over Fox's Anti-Muslim Rhetoric

8:33pm March 21, 2019

by David Folkenflik

A former top executive for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. tells NPR he left his job because of relentlessly harsh depictions of Muslims and immigrants in Murdoch's media properties, especially Fox News.

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National

How To Talk About A Mass Shooting, Without Glorifying The Shooter

6:07pm March 20, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mark Follman of Mother Jones about the trend toward deemphasizing the gunman associated with a mass shooting, in the media or by public officials.

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In Newspaper Op-Ed, Donald Trump Jr. Scolds Theresa May Over Brexit

6:37am March 20, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Donald Trump Jr. wrote in The Telegraph that British Prime Minister Theresa May should have listened to his father, and ensured that the split from the EU happened at the end of the month.

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Politics & Government

C-SPAN Celebrates 40 Years Of Offering Americans An Unfiltered Look At Government

4:36pm March 19, 2019

On March 19, 1979, C-SPAN was born. For 40 years, the network has provided unbiased and unfiltered coverage of government proceedings.

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Supreme Court To Hear Curtis Flowers Case After Podcast Investigation

6:55am March 19, 2019

The court will hear the case of a black man on death row in Mississippi, who's been tried six times for the same crime. David Greene talks to Madeleine Baran, host of the podcast: In the Dark.

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'Seattle Times' Questions Certification Process Of Boeing's 737 Max

10:49am March 18, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times about his investigation which indicates a flawed safety-assessment process involving the flight control system of Boeing's 737 Max aircraft.

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An Exit Interview With 'New York Magazine' Editor-In-Chief Adam Moss

6:17pm March 13, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New York Magazine editor-in-chief Adam Moss about leaving the publication. He's the longest serving editor in the magazine's history, a job he's held for 15 years.

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Books
Arts

'Times' Deputy Counsel On Fighting For Press Freedom In The Trump Era

1:41pm March 12, 2019

by Terry Gross

David McCraw of The New York Times talks about legal issues he's faced on the job — from the president's lawyer threatening to sue for libel to the decision to publish WikiLeaks documents.

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Husband And Wife Comment On 'New York Times' Facebook Article

6:04am March 12, 2019

Stu Watson wrote he killed his Facebook account and doesn't miss it. His wife Kathy writes that he still benefits from the platform because she relays news from her account to him.

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Arts

All Hipsters Don't Look The Same, OK?

8:11am March 10, 2019

Gideon Lichfield of the MIT Technology Review talks about how a man blasted the publication for using a photo of him in a story about how all hipsters look the same, but it was someone else.