Liam Scott
@liamjscott
Award-winning reporter covering media, democracy, politics @cjr @washingtonpost | former @VOANews @GCR2P @ForeignPolicy | views my own, retweets ≠ endorsements
As the Trump administration works to dismantle VOA, RFE/RL and RFA, I'm thinking about our 10 journalists who are imprisoned around the world for doing their jobs. Journalism is not a crime. Here’s a thread on their cases.
New Paramount will capitulate to grant this FCC never-before-seen controls over newsroom decisions and editorial content. They are also happy to undermine efforts to combat discrimination and expand equal opportunity. How easy it is to sell out principle for profit.
Skydance Promises FCC It Will Eliminate DEI at Paramount, Appoint CBS News Ombudsman to Review 'Complaints of Bias' variety.com/2025/tv/news/s…
As always, @ScottNover has the latest on what’s happening at USAGM
Kari Lake has taken steps to consolidate power at U.S. Agency for Global Media, locking acting CEO Victor Morales out of his email, and attempting to dispatch Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, who is suing her, to a new job in Greenville, NC. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
In May, Bondi and her deputy informed Trump at a meeting in the White House that his name was in the Epstein files via @sgurman @AnnieLinskey @jdawsey1 @learyreports wsj.com/politics/justi…
The White House said it would ban Wall Street Journal reporters from the press pool covering President Trump’s upcoming trip to Scotland, its latest attack on the media outlet for its recent report tying the president to Jeffrey Epstein. wapo.st/44Zli7A
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
Statement by @weijia on behalf of the @whca on Trump excluding the @WSJ from the White House press pool as punishment for its coverage:
When the White House took control of the “press pool” that accompanies the president, journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to explicitly punish news outlets. And now it's happening. cnn.com/2025/07/21/med…
Lawsuits. Executive action. A compliant Congress and regulatory bureaucracy. Trump’s campaign to crush the media is succeeding. Latest by me for @TheAtlantic. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
White House removes Wall Street Journal from Scotland press pool over Epstein bombshell ow.ly/tthR106gt2H
Robert Reich to @Variety: "The worst aspect of all of this is, we don't know the extent to which the media is being intimidated."variety.com/2025/biz/news/…
This just in from @WSJ parent Dow Jones: "We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit."
President Trump's lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward and his publishing house Simon & Schuster was dismissed by a federal judge today. "We're very pleased the Court agreed with us and dismissed the case," S&S said in a statement.
Trump makes good on promise to sue Murdoch, Dow Jones over WSJ story on Epstein birthday letter cnbc.com/2025/07/18/tru…
Breaking: President Trump IS filing a libel lawsuit against the WSJ, according to the docket filed in federal court in South Florida. Trump is suing for libel, assault and slander, the docket indicates. A copy of the lawsuit was not attached to the docket.
Sen. Ed Markey sent a letter to Shari Redstone probing about the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show. "If the Trump administration is using its regulatory authority to influence or otherwise pressure your company’s editorial decisions, the public deserves to know," he writes.
New: The Writers Guild of America, which represents writers on “The Late Show,” says it is concerned the cancellation was a “bribe” to curry favor with the Trump admin. The guild wants the @newyorkstateag to launch an investigation.
NPR/PBS are not government funded (like the BBC) they were federally supported (as many things worth having were). Listen, this has happened. But this is not only about PBS/NPR. It’s about a press that is independent and adversarial. That’s what a free press is. We degrade it at…
The way it was set up was to not have it be able to be influenced by the government. Hence why funding was 2 years in advance and the CPB is independent. Americans have the right to FREE and Independent quality information. It’s not just political news, it’s international news…
New: I teamed up with @elenalingshao and @nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: nytimes.com/interactive/20… This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.