‘60 Minutes’ finally aired the story that stirred up a storm inside CBS News

To defend recent changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Trump administration compared shots for American babies with babies in an unspecified “European Country.” The Jan. 5 White House graphic showed two […] The…

When news spread Wednesday that FBI agents had searched a Washington Post reporter’s home, many journalists were shocked. Coverage of the incident was quick to highlight the extreme nature of […] The post The FBI’s search of a…

Before we get started today, a quick note: we will not publish a newsletter on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Poynter Report will return to […] The post Perilous times call for the participation of all…

With the Trump administration auditing Minnesota’s Medicaid program for fraud, Dr. Mehmet Oz said Medicaid confers voting rights on its enrollees. “By federal law, if you sign someone up for […] The post Dr. Oz is wrong:…

This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Just when you think you’ve seen it all. […] The post Why the FBI’s raid on a Washington Post reporter crosses a…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The International Fact-Checking Network at the nonprofit Poynter Institute has awarded $750,000 grants to 25 fact-checking organizations, providing flexible support to help fact-checking newsrooms keep publishing…

When unmarked, masked federal agents grabbed an international student and forced her into an SUV on a public street in the spring of 2025, the United States entered into a […] The post This moment will be defined by what we choose to…