journalism
ESPN has cut ties with national baseball reporter Marly Rivera after she used obscene language during a tense exchange with a female colleague. According to the New York Post, the incident took place on April 18 ahead of the New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels game in the Bronx. Rivera told the outlet she had scheduled some time to […]
A Dallas journalist was reportedly fired last month after referring to the city’s mayor as “bruh” in a tweet. According to HuffPost, Meghan Mangrum was working as an education reporter for the Dallas Morning News’ Education Lab when she decided to respond to a tweet from Mayor Eric Johnson in which he called out the local media for having “no […]
A reporter was filmed being arrested on Wednesday while covering the devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. ABC 6 writes that the incident took place inside an elementary school gymnasium, where Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, conducted a press conference. The briefing was reportedly scheduled to take place at 3 p.m. local time, but DeWine didn’t […]
Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters has died at the age of 93 in NYC, ABC confirmed on Friday. “We were all influenced by Barbara Walters,” David Muir of ABC News said while paying tribute to the legendary figure, who was the first woman that co-hosted both a morning and evening newscast. “She broke barriers behind the scenes and she […]
O’Shea Jackson Jr. took to Twitter to share his thoughts on being the famous child of a famous entertainer—or, as highlighted by this week’s New York magazine-inspired discourse, one of Hollywood’s “nepo babies.” In a series of tweets, O’Shea defended his father, Ice Cube, whom he credits with giving him the work ethic needed to be successful in the […]
Twitter has taken aim at prominent journalists. According to CNN, the social media platform has suspended the accounts of well-known reporters who have provided critical coverage of the company and its new CEO Elon Musk. The removals reportedly took place on Thursday afternoon, shortly after Twitter banned the account of Jack Sweeney, a Florida college student who used publicly available […]
A U.S. soccer journalist died after collapsing during a World Cup match, and days later a second journalist has lost his life while covering the global event. The Doha-based Gulf Times reports Khalid al-Misslam, a photojournalist for local sports outlet Al Kass TV, passed away on Saturday. “Al-Misslam, a Qatari, died suddenly while covering the FIFA World Cup […]
Grant Wahl, a U.S. soccer journalist who’s written for CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated, died in Qatar on Friday after collapsing during a World Cup match, CBS News reports. Wahl was 48. The U.S. Soccer Federation confirmed the news in a statement on Twitter. “The entire U.S. soccer family is heartbroken to learn that we […]
Megan Thee Stallion is squashing misinformation. The Grammy-winning rapper took to Twitter on Thursday to address a report about her legal battle with 1501 Certified Entertainment, the Houston-based record label that signed her in 2018. Megan sued the company for $1 million earlier this year, claiming her most recent releases—Something for Thee Hotties and August’s Traumazine—fulfilled her contractual […]
Donald Trump is seeking $375 million in punitive damages in his defamation lawsuit against CNN, Deadline reports that Trump claims CNN used its “massive influence” to “defame the Plaintiff in the minds of its viewers and readers for the purpose of defeating him politically.” The 76-year-old’s attorneys accuse the media outlet of using “Big Lie” on several instances to reference […]
