DARE: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of ‘Extortion and Blackmail’
Jeff Bezos accuses American Media Inc., the company behind The National Enquirer, of extortion and blackmail, setting off speculation of ties between... More
DARE: New Report on Russian Disinformation Shows the Operation’s Scale and Sweep
Advance copies of report prepared for the Senate finds that Russia’s disinformation campaign used every social media platform to deliver content of all... More
DARE: How a Trump Tariff is Strangling American Newspapers
Trump Administration's tariff on the price of Canadian-produced paper drives up the cost of newsprint. More
DARE: Trump Reverses Course, Signs Order Ending His Policy of Separating Families at the Border
Protests spanning Congress, civil society, Hollywood, the tech industry, airlines, and others prod Trump to reverse stance on separating migrant families and issue new Executive Order halting future separations.… More
DARE: Cohen Drops Libel Suits Against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS
Amid other legal travails, Trump lawyer Michael Cohen drops defamation suit against Buzzfeed over publication of Steele Dossier. Harper's editor accuses magazine of firing him over a dispute about… More
DARE: How a Trump ‘love child’ rumor roiled the media
More emerges on National Enquirer's owner buying and spiking potentially damaging stories about Donald Trump. The odd spectacle of news organizations acknowledging their restraint in reporting a story, but… More
DARE: U.S. Officials Say Yassmin Abdel-Magied Deported for Not Having Correct Visa
PEN World Voices Festival participant Yassmin Abdel-Magied is turned back from the U.S. by Customs and Border Protection, preventing her from participating in the upcoming Festival (see PEN America… More
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Shame. This is brutal suppression of #pressfreedom Journalism is NOT a crime. We are with you both till the end. It’s an appeal to Myanmar to do the right thing 🙏🏼#FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo @ReutersPR https://t.co/NdfvD7HbPI