Politico: “The dispute — which has been seized on by figures on the British political right as well as Trump and his allies — comes as BBC bosses prepare to embark on a fraught round of negotiations with ministers over the rules it must abide by and, crucially, how it is funded.”
“The outcome will determine whether the storied British broadcaster, once the voice of an empire, survives in anything like its current form.”
President Trump on Monday threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion for a documentary that his lawyer claimed included “malicious, disparaging” edits to a speech Mr. Trump delivered on Jan. 6, 2021, the New York Times reports.
“The chairman of the BBC apologized Monday for how the U.K. state broadcaster edited a speech by President Trump, in an effort to draw a line under a scandal that has prompted both its director general and head of news to resign following criticism by the White House,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The apology came a day after BBC Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News Chief Executive Deborah Turness said they were leaving the organization.”
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Sen. Ted Cruz blasted fellow Republicans for failing to criticize Tucker Carlson, saying the conservative pundit has “spread a poison that is profoundly dangerous,” Politico reports.
Said Cruz: “My colleagues, almost to a person, think what is happening is horrible, but a great many of them are frightened because he has one hell of a big megaphone.”
Steve Bannon told a conservative group he will be “going to prison” if Democrats win the midterms and 2028 elections, Mediaite reports.
Chris Cuomo, reporting on the New York City mayoral election for NewsNation, disclosed: “And of course, I wanted my brother to win.”
“Laura Loomer, the far-right political activist and former congressional candidate in Florida, has been credentialed to cover the Defense Department, joining a new cohort of right-wing media that have agreed to the Pentagon’s new press policy,” the Washington Post reports.
Paramount didn’t want to keep Stephen Colbert at CBS, but the company has signed Jon Stewart for another year of hosting “The Daily Show” once per week on Comedy Central, Variety reports.
Donald Trump lashed out at Seth Meyers, saying that he watched the late-night NBC show for “the first time in years” and that Meyers’ criticism of him is “probably illegal,” the Daily Beast reports.
“Fox News fell for a series of AI-generated videos this weekend in which fake SNAP beneficiaries bitterly complain and threaten to ‘ransack’ grocery stores, then rewrote the post and acknowledged the error,” The Wrap reports.
“The White House said Friday that reporters could no longer access an area in the West Wing known as ‘Upper Press’ that houses the offices of key communications staff members, triggering pushback from White House correspondents, who said the move would hurt the press’s ability to cover the president,” the Washington Post reports.
President Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an exclusive interview airing Sunday on 60 Minutes, CBS News reports.
Columbia Journalism Review: “If Isaac Chotiner comes calling for an interview, is it best to just hang up? His Q&As for The New Yorker have been known to spark their own media-news cycles, often for reasons that aren’t flattering to the interview subject.”
“That was the case on Monday, when Chotiner’s latest Q&A dropped—a lengthy interview with Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary under President Joe Biden, about her new book, Independent. The interview shows Chotiner at the height of his powers, relentlessly pressing Jean-Pierre on inconsistencies such as why she didn’t think Kamala Harris could win the 2024 election but was also mad at Democrats who called for an open convention.”
Semafor has the backstory of how the Times of London misquoted Bill de Blasio: A reporter got the wrong email address for the former New York City mayor, and instead emailed Long Island wine importer Bill DeBlasio.
Said the man: “I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor. So I just gave him my opinion.”
Radio host Mark Levin slammed Donald Trump’s allies who re calling for a third term, The Independent reports.
Said Levin: “Nobody gets to run for a third term. Nobody.”
He took specific aim at Steve Bannon: ‘The guy pled guilty to a felony, ripping off little old ladies raising money for a wall that was never built. He’s telling us Trump’s gonna run for a third term.”
“Former Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York has been an enthusiastic supporter of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and front-runner in the mayor’s race. So it seemed odd on Tuesday when an article appeared in The Times of London in which he was quoted saying he had concerns about Mr. Mamdani’s policy proposals,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. de Blasio told The New York Times on Tuesday evening that the comments attributed to him were invented and that he had not spoken with the British newspaper.”
Said De Blasio: “I’m astounded. It’s a complete fabrication.”
“Jon Stewart says he’s not ready to leave ‘The Daily Show’ after his contract expires in December, and is actively working on an extension with Comedy Central – which now falls under David Ellison’s Skydance Media,” The Wrap reports.
CNBC: “Why let a $10 billion lawsuit get in the way of old friends having some chicken and gravy for dinner?”
“President Donald Trump last week dined at the White House with Rupert Murdoch and that media baron’s key lieutenants, despite Trump’s ongoing defamation lawsuit over Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal reporting that he sent a ‘bawdy’ 50th birthday letter to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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