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[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

Actually, public funding is one of the reasons Americans say they trust PBS, according to this study.
https://t.co/Swctwx6WDK

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

About to join NPR's Morning Edition NOW to talk about NPR suit against Trump White House

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

Here's my take on the lingering controversy over PBS' recent decision to do away with its DEI unit. My aim is to add useful context and analysis to this debate:
https://t.co/rz7tnusoHN

[PBS News @NewsHour]

There are now more than 120 confirmed measles cases linked to an outbreak in western Texas, raising questions about vaccine hesitancy in some communities and the growing challenge of these periodic outbreaks.

It’s the largest measles outbreak Texas has seen in more than 30 years with unvaccinated people accounting for almost all the cases and children among the most affected.

The Texas Department of State and Health Services announced Wednesday that an unvaccinated “school-aged child” in West Texas had died from measles. It’s the first death in the outbreak that started last month and the first measles death in the United States since 2015.

PBS News Hours’ @WmBrangham spoke Tuesday with Caitlin Rivers, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, about the outbreak and the role of vaccine hesitancy.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

The WH says it is barring The AP from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely:

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

AP Executive Editor Julie Pace says reporters blocked for a third straight day - this time, from Trump/Modi press conference.

Pace calls it "a deeply troubling escalation... [and] a plain violation of the First Amendment." She cites the disservice to the news agency's readers.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Reminder: Jeff Bezos brought in WaPo CEO Will Lewis in part for ability to handle conservative power bases (Murdoch, Telegraph, Boris Johnson).

Lewis boasted of 4k net new subscribers this summer.
Cancellations at 200K and rising.

My updated story: https://t.co/nCJhJrlNAs

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

UPDATE: Robert Kagan confirms to NPR that he has resigned from WaPost editorial board after disclosure it would not make an announcement.

Kagan has been a persistent conservative critic of Trump, tying him to an autocratic tradition.

Uniformly outraged response from staff.

[Judy Woodruff @JudyWoodruff]

sad to see another legacy news organization disappear: WCBS 880 radio in NYC. Thanks to Tom Jones @Poynter for sharing anchor Wayne Cabot's final words: "With each closing newspaper, radio newsroom, TV newsroom, magazine, now even digital news operations, the country we love is diminished. So as we leave the news eco-system after 57 years of all news and 100 years of service on New York radio, we implore you to find that next trusted source. Use it. Support it. In word and in deed. It is the most patriotic thing you can do."

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

Evanston, Ill. is gearing up for a legal fight over the nation’s first reparations program. To understand, I talked to 87-year-old Delores Holmes and her family about the generational wealth they believe was stolen from their family through segregation and redlining as well as the Tom Fitton, who heads Judicial Watch, a conservative group representing non-Black families who are suing.

[Dan Macy @danmacyDC]

NPR's Steve Inskeep and PBS News' Judy Woodruff will discuss America's political divide at AU in Washington DC Aug. 28. Join us! @NPRInskeep will be signing copies of his book "Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America"
@brusselg @PBSPubEd

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

Why are we politically hostile to each other? Are we really more divided than ever? (Remember the Civil War? Even the Whiskey Rebellion.)
@JudyWoodruff
and
@NPRinskeep
on what's dividing us, and how we bridge the chasm... Register here: https://t.co/YsV0z2zkcr

[Judy Woodruff @JudyWoodruff]

my interview with Jamie Dimon who says the US economy is the best the world has ever seen, and who worries about our polarized electorate

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

@JudyWoodruff Hi Judy, please feel free to repost this to promote your upcoming conversation with Steve at AU. Looking forward to seeing you! -- Ricardo and Dan

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

NPR's Steve Inskeep and PBS News' Judy Woodruff will discuss America's political divide live on Aug. 28 at AU in Washington, DC. https://t.co/c6GaFaaumx

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

For your consideration and RSVP: Just 10 weeks before a landmark presidential vote, two of public media's brightest lights will focus on what's dividing us, and how we might bridge the chasm...

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

NPR's Steve Inskeep and PBS News' Judy Woodruff will discuss America's political divide live on Aug. 28 at AU in Washington, DC. https://t.co/c6GaFaaumx

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

NPR's Steve Inskeep and PBS News' Judy Woodruff will discuss America's political divide live on Aug. 28 at AU in Washington, DC. https://t.co/c6GaFaaumx

[Dan Macy @danmacyDC]

NPR's Steve Inskeep and PBS News' Judy Woodruff will discuss the political divide in America at a live event August 28 at AU in Washington DC. https://t.co/Mn4IOCoX6k

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

Agreed. No photo perfectly captures a single moment in history. If its emotional appeal gives you the feeling that it does, that's your own POV. It's not the job of
@NYT to reproduce the drama you first saw in it. What's more, the photo is ubiquitous. Nothing's being suppressed.

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

Please stop with the you-cropped-out-the-flag nonsense. This (great) lede photo was snapped by ⁦@jabinbotsford⁩ with the angle afforded him in the moments of crisis. Breaking-news photography isn’t a perfect painting.

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

@farhip @jabinbotsford Agreed. No photo perfectly captures a single moment in history. If its emotional appeal gives you the feeling that it does, that's your own POV. It's not the job of @NYT to reproduce the drama you first saw in it. What's more, the photo is ubiquitous. Nothing's being suppressed.

[PBS Public Editor @PBSPubEd]

Great discussion with U.S. journalists who've faced attempted repression, doxing and intimidation by politicians. These are the now-common threats to local journalists, right here at home...

[Alfredo Corchado @ajcorchado]

Once a beacon for journalists all over world, no more, said Eric Meyer of Marion County Recorder. Beacon has been extinguished. Compelling panel on rising number of threats against local investigative reporters. @PBSPubEd @brittny_mejia. @intothetussle @TrackerKK