Journalism

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: Tim Burke, a journalist and husband of Tampa city council member Lynn Hurtak, was arrested Thursday in a case connected to alleged computer hacks at Fox News. He was indicted on several federal charges alleging he participated in a conspiracy to hack multiple computer systems and steal information. Burke, who owns of the media company, Burke …

Florida Politics reports: Members of the House Civil Justice Subcommittee voted 12-4 for a measure (HB 757) that would lower the legal bar in defamation lawsuits by shifting the burden of proof from the plaintiff to the defendant. That’s appropriate given how little faith there is today in media to get the story right, argued Pensacola Republican Rep. Alex Andrade, …

Axios reports: Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan have signed a deal for the definitive book about Donald Trump’s final act in public life — whatever that final act is. The two have owned the Trump beat for years, with deep, wide sources in his orbit and throughout the Republican Party he has transformed. Simon and Schuster won a furious competition …

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos writes on his personal site: Due to the strong criticisms after Univision aired an interview with Donald Trump on Nov. 9 -that put in doubt the independence of our news department, and created discomfort and uncertainty within the newsroom- it is necessary to take a step back from what was broadcast that day and explain, as …

The Washington Post reports: Charissa Thompson of Fox Sports and Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” garnered criticism Thursday when a clip went viral in which she admitted to inventing quotes from coaches while working as a sideline reporter. “I’ve said this before, so I haven’t been fired for saying it, but I’ll say it again. I would make up the …

The Los Angeles Times reports: León Krauze [photo], a veteran news anchor for Univision and its Los Angeles TV station, has resigned in the aftermath the Spanish-language network’s recent interview with former President Trump. Univision news personnel have reportedly been concerned in recent days over the network’s hour-long broadcast with Trump, where the contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination …

The Associated Press reports: People younger than 18 have been barred from visiting this year’s World Press Photo exhibition in Budapest, after Hungary’s right-wing populist government determined that some of its photos violate a contentious law restricting LGBTQ content. The prestigious global photo exhibition, on display in Hungary’s National Museum in Budapest, receives more than 4 million visitors from around …

The New York Times reports: The county board meeting in Wausau, Wis., on Aug. 12, 2021, got contentious fast. Nobody disputes that. Acting on a tip from a reader, The Wausau Pilot & Review reported that during the meeting, the owner of a shredding and recycling company, Cory Tomczyk, called a 13-year-old boy a “fag.” Mr. Tomczyk, who is now …