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The Quiet Insurrection: How Fear Is Reshaping Washington and the Press | Breaking the News

Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break down the media's split-screen response to Trump's primetime election speech, from ABC and NBC's blackout to CBS airing it with a disclaimer before getting grilled on air over the decision. They argue the real story isn't Trump's evidence, which collapsed on contact, but a president openly threatening ABC and NBC's broadcast licenses through FCC chair Brendan Carr, and the chilling effect spreading through both parties, from threatened poll workers to a Supreme Court justice describing a bulletproof vest. Plus, Pete Hegseth's testosterone policy, Gretchen Carlson's ten-years-later Me Too op-ed, and Julie's underreported column on the UAE-backed atrocities in Darfur.
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Scott Pelley Left CBS' 60 Minutes in a Blaze of Glory. Where Are the Rest of Them? Who's Left Standing?

Scott Pelley cross-examined his own network on the way out the door — and he's not going to stop speaking out anytime soon. 
This week on Breaking the News, Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break down what the demolition of Sixty Minutes actually means, why the Ellisons bought Paramount with nothing to lose, and what happens when CNN becomes the next test case. 
Plus: Dylan Byers, the White House Correspondents' Dinner nobody asked for, and why the Graham Platner situation puts Democratic women in yet another impossible position.

The 60 Minutes Massacre | Breaking the News

The takedown of 60 Minutes. Who ordered it, who carried it out, and what happens next — Breaking the News with Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis.Air Date: Friday May 29, 2026

Stephen Colbert Is The First Cultural Casualty of a Fascist America | Breaking the News

[RECORDED LIVE FRIDAY MAY 22, 2026] Stephen Colbert's show is ending because the president of the United States can't take a joke. Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis are live with Breaking the News at 11AM ET every Friday on Youtube and Substack.
 

The New CBS Regime Faceplants - Again | Breaking the News

CBS News sent its anchor to Taiwan instead of China. Then got him kicked out of his hotel. Then his cameraman collapsed on air. Meanwhile Paramount is cutting a podcast deal with Stephen Miller's wife (ofStephen) Trump called a New York Times reporter treasonous on Air Force One, there were zero women at the US-China summit, and the media still can't write a straight headline. Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break it all down — the collapse of legacy media, the rise of state media, and why independent press is the only thing left worth paying for.

Women Are Still the Story They Won't Tell | Breaking the News

Julie K. Brown broke the Epstein story. A white male editor blocked her Pulitzer — twice. She just got it anyway. A decade late. Julie Roginsky, Jeff Jarvis, and Michelle Kinney on the misogyny that's no longer even trying to hide — in media, in politics, at the New York Times, and at CNN. The Me Too movement isn't dead. The people in power just need you to think it is. Jeff Jarvis is the ally we wish there were more of. This is what that sounds like.
 
 

The Scott Jennings Problem: CNN, the Supreme Court, and a Democracy in Freefall | Breaking the News

[Recorded live May 1, 2026.]  Michelle is out this week, so Julie Roginsky and Jeff Jarvis take it from here. CNN is circling the drain. Scott Jennings is running the place -- why is no one covering the real story?
The Supreme Court just handed democracy a gut punch. And Julie has changed her mind about expanding the Court — and she'll tell you exactly why.
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Breaking the News: Why The White House Correspondents' Dinner Is the Worst Night in Washington

Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis tear apart the WHCD — access journalism, the (15!!!) CBS tables, Pete Hegseth's drink order, and why there is no amount of money that will ever buy you talent, taste, or class.
Also: the death of Condé Nast, the Met Gala goes full billionaire, and where the hell are the artists like Taylor Swift in this perilous moment for America? 

White House Correspondents' Dinner 2026: Bari Weiss, Pete Hegseth, and the Media's Surrender | Breaking the News

The White House Correspondents' Dinner is a conflict of interest wearing a tuxedo — and this year, it's worse. Bari Weiss invited Pete Hegseth. CBS is losing Stephen Colbert and replacing him with Byron Allen. The Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swann Iran war chapter drops — and the sources make themselves look very good. Jared Kushner is negotiating with Iran in Pakistan. Melania's past is about to catch up with her. And someone in the comments coined the term "Epstein visa."
Just another Friday.
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The New York Times Has a Women Problem and We're Not Letting It Go | Breaking the News

Julie's back from Japan and she's got things to say. The New York Times ran two op-eds declaring Me Too dead and the future no longer female — on the same day it buried a story about a church trying to strip women of the right to vote. Meanwhile, Iran dropped an AI-generated Lego hit on Pete Hegseth that honestly out-trolled the entire Democratic Party. Plus: an American fighter jet downed over Iran, the slow death of bold storytelling in Hollywood, and King Charles as NATO's secret weapon.Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, and Jeff Jarvis.The Daily Dispatch with Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney is brought to you by The Mayday Network — a women-founded, women-led independent media — built for a country in crisis.
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