Today in News History

On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1911, Bob Steele, American radio personality (died 2002) was born. In 1913, Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality (died 1982) was born. In 1922, Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (born 1870) passed away. In 1948, Tony Kornheiser, American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter was born. In 1964, Charlie Hides, American drag queen and comedian was born. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1977, New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. In 1996, Pandro S. Berman, American director, producer, and production manager (born 1905) passed away. In 2013, Leonard Garment, American lawyer and public servant, 14th White House Counsel (born 1924) passed away. In 2013, Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (born 1924) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

ABC has no business on public airwaves because it operates 'like a partisan cable network,’ watchdog tells FCC

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ABC has no business on public airwaves because it operates 'like a partisan cable network,’ watchdog tells FCC

The Media Research Center filed a petition urging the FCC to deny ABC's license renewals, calling the network a partisan operation that peddles falsehoods.

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Off The Press

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· Jun 22, 2026

ABC calls on viewers to back network in Trump battles

ABC is asking for its viewers to support the network as it faces scrutiny from the Trump administration challenging whether its daytime table talk program “The View” is a bona fide news program. The network this week rolled out an on-air campaign promoting the show and blasting the Federal Communications Commission, (FCC) which it says []...Click to read more

Investopedia

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· Jun 29, 2026

Comcast Says It's Splitting Its Media and Tech Businesses. The Stock Is Soaring

Comcast Says It's Splitting Its Media and Tech Businesses. The Stock Is Soaring

Fox News

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· Jun 23, 2026

Conservative watchdog tells FCC that 'The View' is a Democratic Party operation, not a news program

The View's FCC battle intensifies as a conservative watchdog argues ABC's daytime show operates for political purposes and should not be exempt from equal time rules.

Watchdog Report

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· Jun 24, 2026

FCC Puts The View On Trial

ABC is now asking fans to help shield “The View” from a federal investigation that was triggered when the show gave prime airtime to a Democrat, raising sharp questions about bias, free speech, and who really controls the public airwaves. Story Snapshot The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is probing whether “The View” broke equal-time rules []

The Daily Wire

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· Jul 8, 2026

FCC Chief Blasts ‘The View’ As Rabid Partisan Rants Pile Up

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr isn’t buying what ABC is selling. The agency head fired back at the network’s insistence that “The View” deserves protection as a legitimate news program, pointing out that co-hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin have brushed aside sexual assault allegations against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. ABC is arguing to the ...

Liberty Nation

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· Jul 12, 2026

The Trust in Media Boondoggle – LN Radio

From dominant narratives to false philanthropy.

Drudge Report

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· Jun 22, 2026

ABC Escalates Battle With FCC, Launches On-Air Campaign Urging Public Support...

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The Hollywood Reporter

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· Jul 7, 2026

ABC Makes Its Case to the FCC In Support of ‘The View’: “The First Amendment Does Not Permit the Government to Sit In An Editor’s Chair”

As the FCC attempts to brand the ABC panel show as not a bona fide news program, the network argues in a new filing that what has changed is not the program but the political climate around it.

KLIF – 570AM – Dallas

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· Jun 25, 2026

DFW’s Morning News-Communities Foundation of Texas

https://omny.fm/shows/klif-news-information-in-the-morning/dfws-morning-news-communities-foundation-of-texas DFW's Morning News speaks with the Commun...

Investing.com

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· Jun 29, 2026

Comcast to split cable business from media through NBCUniversal, Sky spinoff

Comcast to split cable business from media through NBCUniversal, Sky spinoff

The Daily Beast

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· Jul 8, 2026

Trump Nemeses Will Duke It Out in Fierce Emmy Competition

ABC/CBS/Comedy Central/NBCDonald Trump’s fiercest TV critics will compete against one another in a new combined Emmys category, with some facing off for the very first time. The Television Academy announced it will merge its talk and scripted variety categories in January. The resulting nods for this year’s Emmy Awards pit Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Saturday Night Live, and the freshly axed Late Show with Stephen Colbert against each other in the new “Outstanding Variety Series” category.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Twitchy

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· Jun 23, 2026

Radical NYC Cafe Owner Taunts Democrat Congressman Dan Goldman on Social Media, Goes Viral

Radical NYC Cafe Owner Taunts Democrat Congressman Dan Goldman on Social Media, Goes Viral

Awful Announcing

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· Jul 1, 2026

Sale of NBC Sports RSNs likely complicated by team ownership stakes, per report

It seemed inevitable whether Comcast opted to spin out NBCUniversal or not, but it appears as if the NBC Sports-branded regional sports networks are destined to unwind from the media company currently operating them. As was initially reported by Matt Gelb in The Athletic on Monday, the remaining NBC Sports Regional Networks are in flux

Inc.com

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· Jul 10, 2026

Prediction Markets Are Exploding—but the Corporate Crackdown Has Already Begun

Goldman Sachs just drew its line. Now, campaigns, tech companies, and newsrooms face the same question.

Texas Public Policy Foundation

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· Jun 26, 2026

Big Loser: Socialism in New York and Texas

Even though I’ve taken off from my Winners Losers newsletter this summer, I still join the Cardle Woolley Show on Talk 1370 Radio in Austin Friday mornings at 8:30 a.m. to announce the week’s list. You can listen live here every week or download the broadcast anytime by clicking here. This week I... The post Big Loser: Socialism in New York and Texas first appeared on Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Variety

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· Jul 7, 2026

Disney’s ABC Asserts ‘The View’ Qualifies for News Exemption in New Filing

Joy Behar looks and acts nothing like David Muir or Robin Roberts, but ABC asserts her program, “The View” is entitled to the same protections as program such as “World News Tonight” or “Good Morning America.” More than 76,000 comments have been filed by the public with the Federal Communications Commission after Disney’s ABC in []

Nieman Lab

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· Jul 6, 2026

A quiet shift in how Americans perceive local news

Local news has long been an exception to a troubling trend. Even as trust in national news organizations eroded over the past decade and partisan divides over the media widened, local news largely held its ground — majorities of both Republicans and Democrats continued to rate their local news media favorably. Despite facing major financial...

Bloomberg

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· Jul 1, 2026

Meta Platforms Getting Into Cloud Infrastructure Business | Closing Bell

Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Katie Greifeld, Bailey Lipschultz, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)

profootballtalk

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· Jul 2, 2026

NFL Network-Comcast standoff enters its third month

Xfinity cable viewers still can't watch NFL Network, and won't have NFL RedZone if a deal isn't reached by Week One.

Punching Bag Post

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· Jun 23, 2026

MRC: ‘The View’ is a Mouthpiece for the Democrat Party

How MRC Wants the FCC to Strip ‘The View’ of Its News Status For years, critics of ABC’s The View have argued that calling the daytime talk show a “news interview program” requires a straight face, crossed fingers, and perhaps a very active imagination. Now that debate has moved beyond social media arguments and into [] The post MRC: ‘The View’ is a Mouthpiece for the Democrat Party appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

ArcaMax

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· Jul 8, 2026

Late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel score Emmy nominations

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, whose late-night shows were repeatedly attacked by President Donald Trump and conservative politicians, have scored top Emmy nominations in the variety series category. CBS' The Late Show With ...

Irish Mirror

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· Jun 29, 2026

Newstalk presenter joins RTÉ to host new daily sports podcast

Ger Gilroy has previosuly worked for Newstalk and Off the Ball.

Vanity Fair

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· Jun 25, 2026

Ben Shapiro Has No Regrets. Except Hiring Candace Owens

The Daily Wire is losing audience, Shapiro’s former friends are on the attack, and even he’s started to notice creeping antisemitism on the right. But the pundit tells VF he’s sticking to his guns.

MeidasTouch

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· Jun 26, 2026

Corporate media just blew it again…

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Sky News Australia

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· Jul 8, 2026

‘It’s sleazy’: FBI investigates Gavin Newsom and his wife

‘The Megyn Kelly Show’ host Megyn Kelly questions whether the alleged charity dealings of California Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife crossed the line into criminal conduct. “This woman who’s high up in his administration wearing a wire for the FBI,” Ms Kelly told Sky News host Paul Murray. “It was Joe Biden’s FBI that unleashed this against him; it wasn’t a Trump op; it carried over, but it began under a Democratic President. “They had a lot of good faith reasons in order to target him. “The wife has got these charities that seem pretty sketchy. “It’s sleezy; did it cross over in some way to be illegal?”

Townhall

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· Jul 10, 2026

The FCC Chair Casts Doubt on ABC's Claim That 'The View' Is a 'Bona Fide News Program'

The FCC Chair Casts Doubt on ABC's Claim That 'The View' Is a 'Bona Fide News Program'

The Wall Street Journal - Business

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· Jun 22, 2026

ABC Launches On-Air Campaign Against FCC Investigations

The Disney-owned network is encouraging viewers to tell the FCC to drop probes into “The View” and ABC broadcast licenses.

Issues & Insights

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· Jul 10, 2026

What We’re Reading: Britain’s Net Zero Trap, U.S. Oil Dominance, Pity Poor Platner … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye. California’s top politicians’ secret Yelp reviews revealed — and Katie Porter’s are as unhinged as ever — New York Post Iran’s hardliners are about to expose the cost of Europe’s failure to back Trump — London Telegraph Conservatives are blowing the easiest political win in America — Blaze Media []

Wall Street Journal

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· Jun 23, 2026

What I Saw at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Monday Afternoon

Plus, how President Trump’s Iran war aims shifted, and ABC launches ads attacking the FCC.

Knewz

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· Jul 8, 2026

NBCUniversal is eyeing opportunities in digital gaming after Comcast split: source

Speculation about the future of entertainment and tech is running rampant in the wake of the split between Comcast and NBCUniversal. Comcast denies rumors of post-split deals Smart TV with lots of media options in the background by: Pexels Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said the split was not driven by any anticipated merger or acquisition....

GB News

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· Jun 28, 2026

The Weekend - Sunday 28th June 2026

A lively look at all the latest live and breaking news for the weekend from around the UK with our network of GB News reporters, plus views and debate from a wide range of perspectives.

That Park Place

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· Jul 9, 2026

Disney’s ABC Claims The View Deserves News Exemption Protections as FCC Reviews Daytime Talk Show’s Status

Disney’s ABC is defending The View as a legitimate news program as the network fights to maintain the daytime talk show’s special exemption from federal equal-time requirements. The network filed a new response with the Federal Communications Commission arguing that The View qualifies as a “bona fide news interview program” and should continue receiving the [] The post Disney’s ABC Claims The View Deserves News Exemption Protections as FCC Reviews Daytime Talk Show’s Status appeared first on That Park Place.

Salon

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· Jul 10, 2026

Trump’s FCC pressure on “The View” could backfire

Leaning on liberal media sets a precedent conservative media can’t abide

Slate Magazine

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· Jul 4, 2026

It’s Not You, It’s NBC: the Great Media Breakup

Comcast splits from NBCUniversal as media companies realize bigger isn’t better.

The Next Web

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· Jul 7, 2026

TechnologyWire launches PR distribution platform engineered to secure brand visibility in AI search

MediaFuse.org, a newswire network dominant across finance, cybersecurity, blockchain, and gaming, today announced a major disruption to tech PR with the launch of TechnologyWire. TechnologyWire marks the latest expansion for MediaFuse, which scaled the targeted newswire model successfully across several verticals. After capturing a significant footprint in the blockchain and financial sectors through platforms like Chainwire [] This story continues at The Next Web

9 News Australia

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· Jul 7, 2026

NRL inks historic deal with Nine | 9 News Australia

The NRL has announced a record-breaking $5.3 billion TV rights deal with Channel Nine and Foxtel.| *Subscribe and 🔔: http://9Soci.al/KM6e50GjSK9* *Get more breaking news at 9News.com.au: http://9Soci.al/iyCO50GjSK6* FOLLOW 9News Australia ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/9News/ ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9news/ Join 9News for the latest in news and events that affect you in your local city, as well as news from across Australia and the world. #9News #BreakingNews #NineNewsAustralia #9NewsAU

Washington Examiner

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· Jun 22, 2026

ABC airs anti-FCC ad campaign on The View as agency investigates talk show

ABC began an ad campaign on Monday asking The View audience to declare their support for the broadcast network and the daily talk show as they continue facing scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission. The agency, led by Trump-appointed Chairman Brendan Carr, is investigating The View for possible violations of the federal equal time rule []

The New Zealand Herald

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· Jun 29, 2026

Media Insider: Can Ryan Bridge and former TV3 boss help lift Sky TV’s free-to-air audiences - and revenue?

Media Insider: Can Ryan Bridge and former TV3 boss help lift Sky TV’s free-to-air audiences - and revenue?

RTÉ News

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· Jun 23, 2026

What is your good news during the sunny weather?

Keeping up with the 24-hour news cycle can be overwhelming - from conflict to political tensions, the headlines can feel relentless.

NBC News

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· Jun 29, 2026

Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal into a separate company

Comcast said it plans to spin off the NBCUniversal media empire into a separate publicly traded company, separating it from the corporation’s broadcast and wireless businesses. NBC News' Brian Cheung has the latest details surrounding the planned spinoffs.

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