Melissa in the Morning: Mainstream Media Targets

The latest mainstream media outlets that have been targeted by the Trump Administration include PBS and NPR. Earlier this year, we saw the Associated Press was temporarily blocked from White House press conferences. But it’s not just during this administration we see mainstream media targeted. In 2023, Fox News had to settle a defamation lawsuit during the Biden Administration. We spoke with Susan Campbell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, about the challenges of teaching the next generation of journalists but also what we are seeing with standards and punishment for mainstream media. and whether any of these actions are justified.

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