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Why are major media outlets protesting President Trump's attacks on journalists?
Live from MPR News in Washington, on Korva Coleman, several leading media organizations have joined together to protest President Trump's attacks on journalists. Trump has banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House. These organizations have sued. The T V pool networks, led by the Fox News Washington Bureau chief, have agreed not to provide video coverage of the President. NPR's Brian Mann says that is now widened to include NPR and some print organizations.
Other organizations, including the New York Times, NPR, and the Washington Post, announced they too were suspending use of shared pool photographs and audio. It's unclear how long this will last, but we did see it play out at one Trump event yesterday. There was a ribbon cutting for the new White House helipad, and you couldn't hear what the president was saying.
Paramount Sky Dance is one step closer to a deal to merge with Warner Brothers Discovery, and Pierre's Mandrill Del Barco reports on the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by a dozen state attorneys general.
What are the details and concerns surrounding the Paramount‑Warner Bros. merger?
Paramount CEO David Ellison agrees to operate Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers separately, at least for now, and to release at least thirty films a year. He also promised to create an independence board for their news operations, CNN and CBS. California Attorney General Rob Bontas says those concessions and more satisfy antitrust concerns. Even so
This settlement is not a vote of support for this merger. It is not a blessing.
Critics of the merger, like former Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, say the attorneys general caved to Paramount after it threatened to leave California.
The billionaires won here. These guys uh censored, bribed, and bullied their way to the top.
Why did a Mississippi grand jury decide not to indict in the death of Nolan Wells?
The mega merger could finalize within weeks. Mandalita del Barco, NPR
News. A Mississippi grand jury declined to issue any indictments in the death of Nolan Wells. The black teen was discovered dead off the Mississippi coast last July. In the Gulf States Newsroom and Mississippi public broadcasting, Elise Gregg has more.
Wells' cause of death over the fourth of July weekend, according to the report, was consistent with a drowning. twenty three jurors reviewed witness testimony, GPS data, cell phone extractions, and more. The grand jury declined to make any indictments in Wells' death, finding no credible evidence of criminal activity leading to his death. Jurors found that Wells chose to stay at the island instead of leaving with the friends he originally came with.
What happened to the Venezuelan immigrant shot by ICE agents in Texas?
Here's Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McElrath.
And while on the island, he connected with even more friends. There is absolutely no evidence to support the allegations that Nolan's disappearance and death were racially motivated.
Wells was the only black friend in the group to go out and the only one who didn't return. For NPR News, I'm Elise Gregg in Jackson, Mississippi.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A Venezuelan immigrant who was shot in the back by ICE agents and detained in Austin, Texas is supposed to be moved for more medical care. Supporters of Wilbur Rafael Garcis Perez say he was hospitalized after being shot Sunday, but a few hours later he was put in a detention center where he said a bullet was still in his back and he complained of terrible pain. The Trump administration is fast tracking logging in some areas recently burned by wildfires.
How is the U.S. Forest Service fast‑tracking post‑fire logging in Oregon?
Oregon Public Broadcasting's April
Ehrlich reports. The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to log about 5,000 acres in central Oregon, where a wildfire burned this summer. The agency gave local tribes, counties, and the public just one week to weigh in. The Trump administration is invoking a new policy that fast tracks post fire logging. Environmental groups say the Forest Service is rushing a sensitive process. Eric Fernandez is with Oregon Wild.
This project may be the first of many where we see excessive logging on public lands after a fire with near zero public process.
Researchers say wildlife needs some dead trees left behind for food and shelter.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why are major media outlets protesting President Trump's attacks on journalists?
0:00–1:04
2
What are the details and concerns surrounding the Paramount‑Warner Bros. merger?
1:04–1:48
3
Why did a Mississippi grand jury decide not to indict in the death of Nolan Wells?
1:48–2:33
4
What happened to the Venezuelan immigrant shot by ICE agents in Texas?
2:33–3:30
5
How is the U.S. Forest Service fast‑tracking post‑fire logging in Oregon?
3:30–4:12
6
What economic issues are highlighted in the Up First segment about diesel prices and the midterm election?
4:12–5:03