David Folkenflik

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The NPR Politics Podcast · Trump vs. the media · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

all kinds of places, including those under such scrutiny and investigations where there could be ramifications. voice-verified

At the current moment, the Federal Communications Commission is seeing as initiated an early review process prematurely, essentially unprecedented, that could end up in voice-verified

They're moving to strip the broadcast licenses for the eight TV stations that ABC and its parent company, Disney, own. voice-verified

Like, that's a huge bottom line effect, if that were to take effect, that it contributes a lot of money to Disney's bottom line. voice-verified

And you have seen at once aggressive coverage from places like CBS, which voice-verified

whose parent company paid $16 million to settle a private lawsuit filed by Trump just ahead of its sale to the Ellison family. voice-verified

And yet you have these moments where also you're seeing certain kinds of press outlets voice-verified

Make accommodations. voice-verified

So, for example, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, owns The Washington Post and was resolute in having The Post continue to cover Trump as a president in the first term and in the second term. voice-verified

And I got to say, it's the coverage from the newsroom has been really good in the second term. voice-verified

And yet he's cut back the newsroom significantly and he completely rewired the opinion section. voice-verified

So instead of being a resolute and intense critic of the administration, it is much more sympathetic to the administration and its aims. voice-verified

You saw similar dynamic play out at the Los Angeles Times. voice-verified

where its owner, Patrick Soon-Shong, is a doctor and inventor. voice-verified

Both Bezos and Soon-Shong have major commercial interests in front of the government, in Bezos' case, for billions of dollars' worth of contracts. voice-verified

Soon-Shong, it's a question more of a question of granting patents for some of his medical innovations. voice-verified

And you've seen there to be a bit of a pullback in what they're capable of doing. voice-verified

CNN and CBS, as a result of recent events in terms of Paramount's efforts to take over Warner Brothers Discovery, CNN and CBS will be united under the same roof. voice-verified

There is some sort of deal that was worked out with Democratic attorneys general to let them drop an antitrust suit against Paramount for taking it over. voice-verified

And yet those are pretty modest protections over time. voice-verified

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