David Folkenflik

The president's tweets attacking MSNBC critics veered into unexpected terrain Friday as they accused the White House of trying to extort an apology to Trump to get him to quash a tabloid story about their personal lives.

Three investigative journalists have quit after the network retracted a story about a congressional inquiry into a link between Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci and a Russian investment fund.

Megyn Kelly's show carried a lengthy interview with right-wing Internet sensation Alex Jones, a figure who routinely circulates hateful conspiracy theories. Criticism rolled in ahead of the broadcast.

Huffington Post founder and editor Arianna Huffington has left the company after a corporate restructuring. Lydia Polgreen, the editor of the rebranded HuffPost, talks about her plans for the site.

A First Amendment law center at Columbia University is threatening to sue President Trump if he doesn't stop blocking people whose comments he doesn't like on Twitter. The group says Trump cannot lawfully block people from viewing what they contend are presidential statements.

As a federal contractor was arrested for allegedly leaking classified data about Russia's meddling, The Intercept is facing blowback from journalists who say it failed to protect her identity.

It's unclear how fully Pelley embraced the plan or its timing. His newscast lost 9 percent of its audience from a year ago, despite high interest in the news. CBS has not announced a replacement.

Fox News appears to be struggling without the marquee names that fueled its rise to the top of cable news. Analysts are debating whether the decline is temporary or something more permanent.

Fox News has responded mockingly to a lawsuit filed by the attorney representing former Fox host Andrea Tantaros in her sexual harassment allegations against the network.

Fox News retracted a story about the death of a Democratic National Committee staffer that was based on a groundless conspiracy theory. But host Sean Hannity, who pushed the theory, stood by it.

Roger Ailes, the founding visionary of Fox News who propelled it to great profits and ratings but resigned in disgrace last summer, has died at 77.

President Trump's careening public statements and tweets have damaged the credibility of those sent out to speak on his behalf — from press aides to senior officials with constitutional offices.

The Murdochs and 21st Century Fox have made a $14 billion bid for the 60 percent of the European broadcasting giant Sky that they do not already own. Some of their adversaries in the Fox News lawsuits are working to oppose them at Ofcom, the British regulator that has a big say in the decision.

Sinclair's holdings are already vast and the deal, which needs federal approval, would give it stations in seven of the top 10 markets. It would further propel consolidation in the industry.

The Forward is a small publication with a Jewish-American audience. Its reporting has done more than anyone to undermine the position of White House counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka.

Shine's departure is part of the aftershocks of the sexual harassment scandal that has gripped the network since last summer, leading to the exit of former Chairman Roger Ailes and host Bill O'Reilly.

Suspended Fox News host Andrea Tantaros says the executives tried to intimidate her by arranging to have her private communications spied on and fed to Twitter accounts acting on the network's behalf.

For the Murdochs, who control Fox News as part of a larger media empire, getting rid of Bill O'Reilly is a move to regain full control of the European broadcasting giant Sky in a $14.6 billion deal.

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly will no longer host his show after repeated allegations of sexual harassment. There are a few reasons why this happened now, when allegations date back years.

21st Century Fox announced Wednesday that Bill O'Reilly will not return to Fox News after a review of the sexual harassment allegations against him that provoked an advertiser boycott.