David Folkenflik
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Stories
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Jan. 6 hearings use TV tricks to great effect even as critics call them show biz
It's an extraordinary show of discipline for a congressional committee, with a minimum of showboating, yielding hearings that resemble Dateline NBC or investigative podcasts.
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Only one major cable news channel did not carry the Jan. 6 hearing live: Fox News
Airing the hearing would have required Fox to broadcast flat contradictions of what its personalities have told their audience in the past year and a half: that the riot was a mere legal protest.
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How the media can cover mass shootings while respecting space for grief
With tragic events like mass shootings, how do journalists balance the need to hold those in power accountable and to tell the stories of those directly impacted, while respecting space for grief?
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The 'Roe v. Wade' leak has drawn attention to how journalists cover the Supreme Court
The leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade throws into sharp relief the cloistered existence of the U.S. Supreme Court — and tensions with journalists who seek to pierce that veil.
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More details emerge in federal investigation into Hunter Biden
In 2020, much of the mainstream media dismissed a story about Hunter Biden's business dealings. Now emails supporting the story have been authenticated. Was the media too deferential to the Bidens?
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Reporters at CBS and NBC are divided over new political pundits
At CBS and NBC, journalists are vexed over moves to hire senior aides to President Biden and former President Trump, even though such hires are part of a tradition stretching back at least 50 years.
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Jen Psaki leaving the White House for MSNBC this spring
The White House press secretary is expected to serve as a pundit and host a show on the network's streaming platform. She's the second Biden administration official jumping to MSNBC recently.
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2 members of the Fox News team in Ukraine were killed in an attack
A veteran video journalist for Fox News, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed outside Kyiv, Fox News said. Another member of the team, Oleksandra Kuvshinova, also died in the attack, a Fox producer said.
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How the brain is greatly changed by COVID-19
David Folkenflik speaks to University of Oxford's Professor Tom Nichols about a new study that shows how brain structure changes when a person has COVID-19.
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Palin's defamation case is part of a conservative strategy to take on the media
As Sarah Palin weighs an appeal of the jury verdict in her defamation case against The New York Times, lawyers say her lawsuit is part of a wave of litigation against media outlets.
