Denver Post Rebels Against Hedge-Fund Owners

The Denver Post is in open revolt against its owner. Angry and frustrated journalists at the 125-year-old newspaper took the extraordinary step this weekend of publicly blasting its New York-based hedge-fund owner and making the case for its own survival in several articles that went online Friday and are scheduled to run in The Post's Sunday opinion section.

How an anti-illegal immigration YouTuber turned a $280 fine into a federal criminal trial

An attorney for the anti-illegal immigration activist and prolific YouTuber told a judge Friday that the four-hour trial over the fine was really about preventing government abuse of power, protecting the rights of journalists and ensuring that citizens can hold public officials accountable. "If he is convicted a it'll chill speech, it'll chill journalism, it'll say the federal government has a superpower to do whatever it wants," attorney William Becker said.

Before phony polls, Egypt arrests, expels Times reporter Bel Trew

Egypt has deported a British journalist working for The Times, the newspaper said on Saturday, describing an "increasingly oppressive environment" for media in the country ahead of next week's presidential election. The Times said its correspondent, 33-year-old Bel Trew who had been based in Cairo for several years, was arrested while reporting and "forced to leave Egypt."

Official Washington, Press Trade Humorous Jabs at Gridiron

Long the subject of barbed tweets from President Donald Trump, members of the Washington press corps sharpened their wits for musical and rhetorical takedowns of the president, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and others Saturday night at the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club and Foundation. Trump accepted an invitation to the 133rd anniversary dinner, his first given that he declined to attend last year.

CALmatters Commentary: 3 legislators down, how many to go?

Tony Mendoza on Thursday became the third state legislator and the first senator to resign after being accused of sexual harassment in the scandal that has enveloped the Capitol. As his fellow senators were meeting in closed "caucuses," mulling whether to expel or suspend him, an aide to the Artesia Democrat walked up to the Senate's front desk and submitted a vitriol-filled resignation letter.

Threats, arrests as Myanmar backtracks on press freedom: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists yesterday in a report blamed Myanmar for backtracking on press freedom and says it has threatened, arrested and denied access to journalists in the country. Photo courtesy: AFP/CPJ The Committee to Protect Journalists yesterday in a report blamed Myanmar for backtracking on press freedom and said it has threatened, arrested and denied access to journalists in the country.

Congressman says his Journalist Protection Act is needed now

Speaking on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday, Representative Eric Swalwell said his bill, which was introduced last week, aims to protect "journalists in every corner of our country if they are attacked physically while doing their job." The bill, which is called the Journalist Protection Act, would make it a federal crime to cause "bodily harm" to reporters.

A Message to the Wall Street Journal: ‘Give Voice to Accuracy, Instead of Partisanship’

The "one-sided" Republican memorandum known as the "Nunes Memorandum" after the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes , was released by the White House on Feb. 2, 2018. Responsible journalism is journalism responsible, in the last analysis, to the editor's own conviction of what, whether interesting or only important, is in the public interest.