David Folkenflik appears in the following:
Fox News' defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims
Monday, January 23, 2023
Disproven claims about Donald Trump's loss in 2020, many debunked in real time by Fox's own reporters, are part of Fox News' defense against a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.
Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News goes to trial
Sunday, January 22, 2023
With Rupert Murdoch being questioned under oath, Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News has hit a critical juncture: Both sides are gearing up for a trial.
The debate over C-SPAN's cameras in the House
Sunday, January 15, 2023
A new Congress was just sworn in — and a debate is emerging about expanding access to C-SPAN cameras on the House floor.
How the media is covering allegations that Biden mishandled classified documents
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
News outlets are sharply scrutinizing the disclosure that President Biden's private attorneys reported finding classified documents at an office he used while he was vice president.
Remembering Barbara Walters
Friday, January 06, 2023
We remember Barbara Walters, a titan of journalism.
Trailblazing journalist Barbara Walters has died at 93
Friday, December 30, 2022
Over more than a half century, the driven celebrity journalist built one of the most remarkable careers in TV news. She was 93.
She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative
Saturday, December 24, 2022
An ABC News freelance producer gathered dirt on critics of a consulting firm's powerful clients. A former network president says her actions confirm people's worst suspicions about the news media.
Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election
Thursday, December 22, 2022
"I did not believe it for one second," Hannity said under oath about former President Trump's false claims that Dominion Voting Systems cheated him of votes in 2020. Dominion is suing Fox News.
She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
An ABC News freelance producer confronted critics of a consulting firm's powerful clients. Her actions confirm people's worst suspicions about the news media, says a former network news president.
In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics
Monday, December 19, 2022
Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.
New York Times employees engaged in its largest newsroom work stoppage in decades
Friday, December 09, 2022
More than 1,000 New York Times newsroom union members went out on strike for a full day in the biggest work action at the paper in decades.
Rupert Murdoch's turn to face questions in $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News
Friday, December 09, 2022
Rupert Murdoch will be deposed on Monday in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which also alleges that Fox News destroyed messages from star Sean Hannity and others.
'New York Times' editors hustle to prepare stories for newsroom strike
Thursday, December 08, 2022
More than 1,100 of the newspaper's journalists say they'll strike Thursday over the paper's failure to meet the union's demand for pay raises.
Dominion to depose Fox boss Lachlan Murdoch as defamation suit heats up
Sunday, December 04, 2022
Lachlan Murdoch, head of Fox News' parent company, is scheduled to be deposed Monday in Dominion's $1.6 billion lawsuit against the company.
NPR to impose near-freeze on hiring but avoids layoffs as budget cuts loom
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
NPR is freezing hiring and tightening its belt in other ways in anticipation of a $20 million shortfall in financial sponsorships this fiscal year.
Alex G on his latest album, 'God Save the Animals'
Sunday, November 27, 2022
NPR's David Folkenflik talks with musician Alex Giannascoli, who records as Alex G, about his latest album, God Save The Animals.
'Winterland' explores the cost of perfection through the story of Soviet gymnasts
Sunday, November 27, 2022
What is the cost of perfection? NPR's David Folkenflik talks with Rae Meadows about her new novel, "Winterland." It tells the story of Soviet gymnasts and the system that made and often broke them.
What makes a wolf leader of the pack? New research says it's parasites in the brain
Sunday, November 27, 2022
A new study finds that wolves are much more likely to be pack leaders if they have been infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
The world is doing away with the leap second
Sunday, November 27, 2022
The world is doing away with the leap second, an extra second that gets inserted into the global timescale every few years due to earth's slowing rotation.
Oregon voters narrowly passed a gun control measure. Ahead of its rollout, some questions remain
Sunday, November 27, 2022
Voters in Oregon narrowly passed a ballot measure aimed at curbing gun violence this past election. Enforcement complications and questions loom ahead of a Dec. 8 rollout.
