The tributes and remembrances of Sen. John McCain continue to flow. His relationship with the media wasn’t always friendly, but it was one of cooperation and mutual respect. We’ll remember him on this week’s program.
Mary Papenfuss, Huffington Post: “NBC cuts to awkward ‘Talent’ scene after solemn McCain report”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “John McCain knew how to make journalists love him”
Pete Vernon, Columbia Journalism Review: “Remembering John McCain and his relationship with the press”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “President Trump really doesn’t want to talk about John McCain”
David Barden, HuffPost: “CNN panel descends into chaos after media accused of politicizing McCain’s death”
Scott Jones, FTVLive: “If the shoe fits”
Immunity agreements take us inside the Enquirer
Jim Rutenberg & Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times: “Anatomy of a crime: Sex, hush money and a Trump fixer’s plea”
Maxwell Strachan, Huffington Post: “David Pecker’s DARKEST TRUMP SECRETS: A National Enquirer insider tells all!”
Jeff Horowitz, Associated Press: “National Enquirer hid damaging Trump stories in a safe”
James Doubek, NPR: “David Pecker of ‘National Enquirer’ publisher said to have immunity in Cohen case”
Carol D. Leonnig, Devin Barrett & Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post: “Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg, who allegedly helped arrange hush-money reimbursement to Cohen, receives immunity”
Michael S. Schmidt & Steve Eder, New York Times: “Allen Weisselberg, top Trump Organization official, was granted immunity for testimony”
Jack Shafer, POLITICO: “Trump learns loyalty has limits”
Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair: “Holy S**t, I thought Pecker would be the last one to turn”: Trump’s National Enquirer allies are the latest to defect”
Davis, CNN source, comes clean
Peter Vernon, Columbia Journalism Review: “A source backtracks, raising questions about CNN’s scoop”
Steven Perlberg, BuzzFeed News: “Lanny Davis says he was a source for CNN’s Trump Tower story”
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept: “CNN, credibly accused of lying to its audience about a key claim in its blockbuster Cohen story, refuses to comment”
Jim Sciutto, Carl Bernstein & Marshall Cohen, CNN: “Cohen claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting”
Tom Hamburger, Washington Post: “Attorney for Michael Cohen backs away from confidence that Cohen has information about Trump’s knowledge on Russian efforts”
Lia Eustachewich, New York Post: “Cohen told Congress he doesn’t know if Donald knew about Trump Tower meeting”
Tucker Carlson & Donald Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EThwj4NtnvU
Lachlan Markay, Asawin Suebsaeng & Maxwell Tani, The Daily Beast: “Trump has found a voice to love in Tucker Carlson. That love isn’t always returned.”
David Bauder, Associated Press: “Fox’s Carlson stunned by reaction to stories on South Africa”
Joe Concha, The Hill: “Fox’s Carlson: ‘I’d be happy to talk to Trump every single day’”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Tucker Carlson easily snookers Trump on South Africa”
Jason Burke, The Guardian: “South Africa condemns Trump’s ‘polarising’ white farmers tweet”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Tucker Carlson walks back bogus South Africa scaremongering”
Tamar Auber, Mediaite: “Tucker Carlson stands by South Africa commentary after Trump tweet backlash”
Google’s search results… Rigged?
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Google gives Trump a look at reality. Trump doesn’t like it.”
Isaac Stanley-Becker, Brian Fung & Tony Romm, Washignton Post: “Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated’”
Tasneem Nashrulla & Charlie Warzel, BuzzFeed: “Trump might regulate Google for conservative bias based on a ‘not scientific’ web post”
James Vincent, The Verge: “Trump claims Google is suppressing positive news about him and ‘will be addressed’”
Ryan Browne, CNBC: “Trump accuses Google of rigging search results in favor of ‘bad’ coverage”
Getting out the vote
David Beard, Poynter: “Is getting out the vote journalism’s job? Auspicious timing greets a new ProPublica initiative.”
ProPublica: “Congress works for you. Here’s how to be a better boss.”
Removing bylines from the homepage
Ren Laforme, Poynter: “The New York Times homepage is far from dead. It’s growing.”
Matt Douglas, Kristen Dudish, Elena Gianni, Kellen Henry, Melissa Loder & Dan Sherman, New York Times: “A faster and more flexible homepage that delivers the news readers want”
Christine Schmidt, Nieman Lab: “Bylines on the homepage? Not the New York Times’ priority anymore in the latest homepage redesign”
What local audiences want… sports
Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star: “What you need to know about the Star’s new sports-only digital subscription”
Going out with a ‘Big Bang’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEnrhEfUv4I
John Koblin, New York Times: “’The Big Bang Theory,’ a durable hit for CBS, will end in 2019”
Devin Ivie, Vulture: “Kaley Cuoco is ‘drowning in tears’ thanks to The Big Bang Theory Ending”
Rachel Withers, Slate: “You can thank Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory coming to an end”
Sandra Gonzalez, CNN: “Next season of ‘Big Bang Theory’ will be its last”