Jim Rutenberg
@jimrutenberg.bsky.social
Writer At Large, NYT/NYT Mag * Na+ (aq) + Cl- (aq) *Flyers
To understand the methods that Trump’s FCC is using to put pressure on television networks, we have to go back to the 1920s. A history lesson on how we got here, with @jimrutenberg.bsky.social: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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.@jimrutenberg.bsky.social on how the FCC is using a century-old rule to crack down on late-night talk shows: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Stephen Colbert has accused his network, CBS, of spiking an interview with politician James Talarico for fear of backlash from the FCC. The full story on how late-night shows are being targeted by the government, with @jimrutenberg.bsky.social: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Tune into this week’s show, featuring: @jimrutenberg.bsky.social and Daniel Suhr lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
NEW: Round Two —-> Federal Regulators Take New Aim at Late-Night TV www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/b...
Federal Regulators Take New Aim at Late-Night TV
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Often overlooked in the story about Bari Weiss and CBS is how the network’s new look stems from Trump’s move to control TV. It's the direct result of conditions the FCC placed on Skydance in return for approving its deal to buy CBS. My new NYTMag piece delves in (1/7) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/m...
The MAGA Plan to Take Over TV Is Just Beginning
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