Category: News and News Media

William Cran, Documentarian of Global Issues, Dies at 79

He had a hand in more than 50 films, many for PBS’s “Frontline,” including a series on the English language and an exploration of J. Edgar Hoover’s secret life.
Trump and Tucker Carlson Are Divided Over Israel-Iran Conflict

As President Trump edges toward involvement in the Israel-Iran war, some of his longtime supporters in right-wing media are questioning his judgment.
Terry Moran Says He Doesn’t Regret Posts Criticizing Trump Administration

In his first interview since losing his job at ABC News, the longtime TV correspondent, newly popular on Substack, says he does not regret his social media post criticizing the Trump administration.
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?

Either way, let’s not be in denial about it.
Fox News Hosts Gushed Over the Parade, With No Protests in Sight

Cable networks covered President Trump’s Army parade on a busy day of protests, a political assassination and Middle East strikes. ABC, CBS and NBC aired other programming on their affiliates.
Trump’s Military Parade Is Designed for TV, but It Won’t Be on Every Channel

A minor-league football championship game will air on ABC. Fox News, CNN and C-SPAN will carry the four-hour festivities live.
Washington Post Names Adam O’Neal as Opinion Editor

Mr. O’Neal, a correspondent for The Economist, will be in charge of championing “personal liberties and free markets,” the section’s new direction laid out by Jeff Bezos.
ABC Says Terry Moran, Suspended for Social Media Posts, Will Not Return

ABC News suspended Mr. Moran on Sunday after he wrote on X that Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, was “a world-class hater.”
Warner Bros. Discovery to Split Into Two Companies

The film and television giant will turn its cable networks, including CNN and TNT, into one company and its streaming and studios business into another.
ABC News Suspends Terry Moran After He Calls Trump a ‘World-Class Hater’

In a late-night post on social media, Mr. Moran also derided Stephen Miller, a top presidential aide, and drew a rebuke from Vice President JD Vance.
Shari Redstone Says She Has Thyroid Cancer

Ms. Redstone was diagnosed this spring while trying to close the sale of her family’s media empire to Skydance, a Hollywood studio backed by Larry Ellison.
Philippe Labro Dies at 88; Restless Chronicler of the French Condition

As an author (often blurring the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction), a film director, a lyricist and a host of TV and radio shows, he sought to capture his epoch.