@froomkin.bsky.social
Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
Can’t believe nobody wanted to read the articles nobody bothered to write
Trump is posting this stuff from the plane en route to a weekend getaway at his private club btw
Just this morning, Hegseth called CNN “fake news” for reporting that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war's impact on the Strait of Hormuz. “Patently ridiculous, of course,” he said. “This is always what they do, hold the strait hostage. CNN doesn't think we thought of that.”
Everyone with a platform should be screaming that Trump is unfit to be commander-in-chief. www.wsj.com/politics/nat... gift link
I'm sorry ma'am, but your son perished on Kharg Island in a valiant effort to create Wii Bowling meme videos for the White House X account. In the face of danger, he was not cringe; he was based to his last breath. Please have this commemorative Epic Fury challenge coin. Yes that's Punisher, ma'am
STOP THE WAR! How hard is that for an editorial board to say?: presswatchers.org/2026/03/stop... New on Press Watch!
I had assumed the headline was a joke. But no.
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Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."
John Burns, a legendary colleague at the Times, a pal whom I deeply admired for his reporting from China, Bosnia, Yemen and more, is dead at 81. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w... I cited this piece in my last book as a masterpiece of war correspondence: www.nytimes.com/1992/06/08/w... RIP, John.
Watching Politico get told they're sanewashing shit by the guy they're sanewashing is just excellent. Media cooked. Getting dunked on by the people they're protecting. We are in the post-dignity era of the press.
JUST IN: With disclosures for a potential vindictive prosecution motion due to the defense on Monday, feds (Pirro) drop criminal case against Army vet who said he burned flag in park to protest Trump pledge to prosecute flagburners. No explanation. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
Hi @debpearlstein.bsky.social. Great NYT op-ed! Did they ask you before changing the original excellent headline to the lame and inaccurate one?
NYT has published only two editorials about the war. First day: “We lament that Mr. Trump is not treating war as the grave matter that it is.” Second day: “there are reasons to worry about what comes next.” Since then: nothing. Shameful. presswatchers.org/2026/03/stop...
The “racist hate speech” being used by Donald Trump and other US political leaders, along with the country’s intensified crackdowns on migration, has led to “grave human rights violations,” a UN watchdog has said.
I mean c’mon
Judge Boasberg's opinion quashing subpoenas to Fed Reserve chair Jerome Powell: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.
The new headline is, in fact, a lie. There is nothing in the story that suggests the at the purpose of the proposed new rule is to “humiliate lawyers”. The @nytimes.com simply buried the truth behind a lie. What a disgraceful way to operate.
This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.
STOP THE WAR! How hard is that for an editorial board to say?: presswatchers.org/2026/03/stop... New on Press Watch!
Full filing here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/ac/8f/e0d8d0...
Trump worried about the Deep State, so he created the Derp State in its place, a government run by morons who think they’re the smartest people.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
The original headline, "The Justice Department Wants to Make It Safe for Government Lawyers to Lie", was much better: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...
Servicemembers really need to stop following illegal orders.
Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."
No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.
Really hope both journalists and Senators ask Markwayne Mullin these @radleybalko.bsky.social questions.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/questions-...
HOLY SHIT.
A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election.
Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?
He is just making things up, and the whole world knows the truth. The United States has never looked weaker because of these lies and his complete lack of a plan or strategy. Wars cannot be won with gaslighting and Truth Social posts.
Two things here.
One, you don't sit there and whine about media coverage and headlines if things are going well.
Two, the administration is just outright saying that they fully expect Ellison to use CNN to be a Trumpist propaganda organ.
