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06/10/2026

-President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement again make rigged election claims, The New York Times warns this will be the Trump blueprint in Novemeber
-CBS searches for a business-side Bari Weiss counterpart, Axios reports

Read these media stories and more in today’s Poynter Report, our Monday-Friday industry newsletter:

Trump's claims about California lack evidence, but a New York Times report suggests they offer an early look at his midterm strategy

06/10/2026

President Donald Trump said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that California’s pace of ballot counting is proof of cheating. PolitiFact rated that claim Pants on Fire.

Here’s why:

The state routinely takes weeks to count every ballot. Election experts say that's a feature of the system, not proof it's rigged.

06/09/2026

Poynter's Tom Jones is going LIVE tomorrow with Dave Jorgenson. They'll talk about everything: local news, social media, journalism, and maybe even Kara Swisher?

You won't want to miss this! Tune in tomorrow on Poynter's Instagram at 1 p.m. eastern: https://www.instagram.com/poynter_institute

06/09/2026

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman didn’t concede the race as of June 7, despite viral claims by social media users. Raman is still in the mayoral race as one of the possible top two contenders for the November runoff.

Read the full PolitiFact fact-check:

As vote totals shifted in the Los Angeles mayoral race, a mislabeled video helped turn a routine counting process into a false fraud narrative

06/09/2026

In a recent interview with “Meet the Press,” President Donald Trump cut the interview short and stormed off after being challenged by moderator Kristen Welker.

His walk off was the headline, writes senior media writer Tom Jones, but the parts that need to be reexamined are all the things that he said in the interview that weren’t true. Specifically, Welker asked Trump about his campaign promises of “no new wars.”

Read the full Poynter Report:

After another week of headlines about firings and feuds, some staffers are simply tired of being the story

06/09/2026

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06/08/2026

The World Cup starts this week. That's 48 teams, 104 matches, three countries, 16 host cities and a journalism challenge unlike anything else in sports.

“And it’s not just about soccer,” writes senior media writer Tom Jones. “The World Cup is a social, cultural and political phenomenon.”

On today's episode of "The Poynter Report Podcast,” Jones sits down with The Athletic’s Laura Williamson to talk about the planning, logistics and sheer scale of covering the world's biggest sporting event.

"I do believe in sport's ability to unite people,” Williamson said.

🔗Link in bio to watch the full episode.

06/08/2026

In Minneapolis, no community or person was left untouched by the scale and force of Operation Metro Surge.

For the journalists, Operation Metro Surge wasn’t just a story. It was something unfolding in their own neighborhoods, among their friends, families and neighbors.

During a recent Poynter community conversation, two journalists reflected on what it was like to cover the operation as local journalists and, in one case, as an immigrant.

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Covering the immigration crackdown meant documenting a story that was unfolding in their own neighborhoods and lives

06/08/2026

In his first interview since his controversial firing last week, former “60 Minutes” correspondent and veteran journalist Scott Pelley told The New York Times that “CBS News is on fire” and said he felt it was his responsibility to speak out following all the changes editor-in-chief Bari Weiss made at “60 Minutes.”

“I looked at my friends and colleagues in the room and realized I was the senior person. … I felt that somebody had to stand up not just for the broadcast but for the people.”

Read more:

In his first interview since being fired from CBS News, the former ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent also blasted leaders he says don’t understand TV news

06/08/2026

World Cup coverage is a daunting undertaking for a newsroom as 48 teams from across the globe compete in 104 games across 16 host cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

“And it’s not just about soccer,” writes senior media writer Tom Jones. “The World Cup is a social, cultural and political phenomenon.”

For today’s episode of The Poynter Report Podcast, Jones spoke with Laura Williamson, The Athletic’s editor-in-chief for the U.K. and Europe, about their coverage plans for each day of the 2026 World Cup, how sports fans are consuming news and how sports coverage has changed.

Watch now:

The 2026 World Cup will stretch across three countries, 16 cities, ...