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How Nexstar dodged a Trump lawsuit
Over the last 30 years, Nexstar has become a major player in broadcast by purchasing local television stations from often distressed media companies looking to offload them. Nexstar owns the country’s largest local broadcasting group, with more than 200 owned or partner stations.
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State of Play
Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.
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Related Knowledge Center: Media and the law
State of Play
Toxic politics and vast shifts in the technology landscape have created a plethora of thorny issues — both legal and ethical — for newsrooms, courts, and regulators.
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