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Donald Trump

Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he’d do to the media if elected

Trump says he'll jail reporters who won't give up the sources of leaks and strip networks of broadcast licenses for fact-checking him.
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Chevron owns a city’s news site. Many stories aren’t told.

Chevron operates a major refinery in Richmond, Calif. It also owns the city's dominant news site, putting its own spin on events.
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Fox News reaches blockbuster $787.5M defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems

Fox News has struck a deal averting a trial in Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit over spurious claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.
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NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’

NPR cited Twitter's decision to first label the network's account with the same term it uses for propaganda outlets in Russia and China.
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Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled

Fox News stars, including Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, privately derided then-President Donald Trump's assertion he'd been cheated of victory in 2020, even as the network amplified such claims.
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Sarah Palin loses defamation case against ‘The New York Times’

It was a one-two punch for Sarah Palin: The verdict came a day after the presiding judge said he would dismiss the case because Palin's lawyers failed to meet the legal standard of actual malice.
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Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against ‘New York Times’

A federal judge will dismiss Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times even as the jury continues to deliberate.
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Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID, delaying defamation suit against The New York Times

The Republican’s positive test was announced in court just as jury selection was set to begin at a federal courthouse in New York City.