| 2026-07-16 | Paramount-WBD Antitrust Hearing Scheduled July 16 in Faust Subscriber Suit; Bonta-Led State-AG Coalition Complaint Drafting Concurrent
7 src Rob Bonta · David Ellison · Paramount Skydance · Warner Bros. Discovery | | reported |
| 2026-06-25 | Vance Calls Watergate 'a 12-Hour News Story' from the Nixon Library, Casts Nixon as a Deep-State Victim
3 src J.D. Vance · Richard Nixon · Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-08 | CNN Investigation Links Bari Weiss CBS Firings Directly to Paramount-WBD Merger Timeline; Bonta Investigation Active
3 src Bari Weiss · David Ellison · Rob Bonta · Scott Pelley · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-03 | 60 Minutes Phase 5: Pelley Fired for Insubordination; Cooper Gone; CBS Capture Complete
2 src Scott Pelley · Bari Weiss · Nick Bilton · Anderson Cooper · +7 | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-01 | 60 Minutes 'Black Thursday': Weiss Fires Alfonsi, Vega, Simon; Pelley Says She's 'Murdering' the Show; Dan Rather Letter
3 src Bari Weiss · Sharyn Alfonsi · Cecilia Vega · Tanya Simon · +5 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-27 | CBS News Declines to Renew Sharyn Alfonsi's Contract After CECOT Segment Conflict with Bari Weiss
6 src Sharyn Alfonsi · Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | Washington Post Data Analysis: ICE Still Arresting Immigrants Without Criminal Records at 70%+ Rate Despite Administration Pledge to Target Criminals
2 src ICE · Department of Homeland Security · Washington Post | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-10 | U.S. Records Sharpest Press Freedom Drop in Americas, Falls from 4th to 11th Place
3 src Donald Trump · Voice of America |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-21 | CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast
5 src Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-08 | CBS Appoints Trump Ally Kenneth Weinstein as Network Ombudsman Following Merger Pressure
3 src Donald Trump · CBS News · Paramount |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-07 | Ghana Launches Democracy Capture Index Revealing Widespread Institutional Capture in Africa
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-10 | Amazon pays $40 million for Melania documentary in apparent quid pro quo arrangement
3 src Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Melania Trump · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2024-11-04 | Joe Rogan Endorses Trump on Election Eve, Marking Major Podcast Influence on Political Discourse
4 src Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Kamala Harris · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2024-10-25 | Joe Rogan Gives Trump Unchallenged 3-Hour Platform 11 Days Before Election, Interview Reaches 50M+ Views and Cited as 'Deciding Factor' by Voters
4 src Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · J.D. Vance |
| confirmed |
| 2024-10-01 | Musk Coordinates Political Operations Through America PAC and X Platform Information Warfare
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · America PAC · Twitter |
| confirmed |
| 2024-07-13 | X Algorithm Modified to Amplify Musk and Right-Wing Content Following Trump Endorsement
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2023-12-07 | Washington Post Workers Strike Against Bezos—First Walkout in Nearly 50 Years Over Job Cuts and Stalled Negotiations
3 src Jeff Bezos · Washington Post |
| confirmed |
| 2023-07-23 | Twitter Transformed to X with Systematic Content Moderation Rollback and Political Weaponization
3 src Elon Musk · Twitter · X |
| confirmed |
| 2022-10-27 | Elon Musk Completes Twitter Acquisition with Substantial Saudi and Qatari Investment
3 src Elon Musk · Qatar Investment Authority · Larry Ellison |
| confirmed |
| 2018-11-28 | KESMA: Orbán Issues Decree Creating Single Foundation Absorbing 476 Hungarian Media Outlets by Sovereign Exemption from Competition Review
13 src Viktor Orbán |
| confirmed |
| 2018-05-14 | Seattle Passes Head Tax on Large Employers—Amazon Threatens Expansion Halt, Washington Post Editorial Aligns with Owner's Interests
3 src Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Washington Post |
| confirmed |
| 2017-08-01 | Intelligence-Media Pipeline Matures: Six Former Intelligence Directors Simultaneously Hold Cable News Analyst Positions
2 src James Clapper · John Brennan · Michael Hayden · Leon Panetta |
| confirmed |
| 2017-02-22 | Washington Post Launches "Democracy Dies in Darkness" Slogan Under Bezos Ownership
3 src Jeff Bezos · Washington Post |
| confirmed |
| 2015-09-21 | Daily Wire launches; multiple outlets report seed funding from Farris Wilks
3 src Ben Shapiro | | reported |
| 2013-08-05 | Jeff Bezos Purchases Washington Post for $250 Million
3 src Jeff Bezos |
| confirmed |
| 1977-10-20 | Carl Bernstein Exposes CIA Media Network in Rolling Stone: 400+ Journalists Secretly Served Intelligence Agency
3 src CIA · William Colby · George H.W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 1970-01-01 | "A Plan For Putting the GOP on TV News" — the Nixon-era blueprint for Fox News
4 src Roger Ailes · H.R. Haldeman · Richard Nixon · Nixon Administration · +1 | | confirmed |
| 1968-08-01 | Robert Maxwell's Secret KGB Meeting Coincides with Czechoslovakia Invasion Planning
3 src Robert Maxwell |
| confirmed |
| 1953-01-01 | Operation Mockingbird: CIA Cultivates Hundreds of Journalists at Major American Outlets
3 src CIA · Allen Dulles |
| confirmed |