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Reporter fired by Nexstar’s The Hill had prior performance issues
The journalist, Olafimihan Oshin, faced internal scrutiny for factual inaccuracies in articles well before a company owned by President Trump sued The Hill over one of his stories.
DOJ launches probe into Fubo-Disney pay TV merger
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Fubo and Disney's plan to merge their pay TV businesess violate antitrust rules.
Group linked to law firm challenges sale of Sinclair TV stations
A group called Frequency Forward has filed a petition with the FCC challenging Sinclair's planned divestiture of certain local TV assets to a former Bally Sports executive.
Dish asks FCC to allow distant feeds during local TV carriage disputes
Present rules prevent Dish Network and DirecTV from importing distant local signals during programming related blackouts. Echostar says that should change.
Delaware judge says Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems
A judge in Delaware said election-related conspiracies aired on Newsmax four years ago amounted to defamation, though a jury may still have to weigh other elements of the case.
FCC’s Anna Gomez: Trump, Carr engaging in “harassment” against broadcasters
The Democratic regulator said the FCC's probes into CBS and Disney amounted to "harassment" at the direction of the Trump administration.
Reuters publishes false report on Trump tariffs
A false report on social media that was widely picked up by legitimate financial news outlets caused a brief buying frenzy on Wall Street early Monday morning.
Grant Napear loses lawsuit against Bonneville over firing
Napear sued Bonneville International after he was terminated for tweeting "All Lives Matter" during protests over George Floyd's murder.
Court: Wikipedia must delete comments about Reuters-backed news business
A court in New Delhi says the operator of Wikipedia must remove "defamatory" comments made about Reuters-affiliated news agency ANI.
NAB renews call for FCC to eliminate broadcast ownership cap
The NAB has sent a letter to the FCC urging the agency to eliminate federal ownership caps for radio and TV station owners.
FAA grants Sinclair broad authority to fly drones over people, vehicles
The FAA has granted local TV broadcaster Sinclair approval to fly drones over cars and people without a separate waiver.
Viewpoint: Is the Signal app really that secure?
Signal is in the news because of a security failure; whether or not the app is "secure" depends mostly on how you use it, and why.
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Dr. Frederick Scholl