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Major newspaper company to stop endorsing political candidates

This sto­ry, plus the Twit­ter-Musk tri­al stalls as pro­posed deal looms, a look at research on alter­na­tive social media sites, how news orga­ni­za­tions are grap­pling with cov­er­ing demon­stra­tions in Iran and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Oct 6, 2022Major news­pa­per com­pa­ny will stop endors­ing nation­al and statewide can­di­datesKatie Robert­son / The New […] The…

Europe’s American president: The paradox of Ursula von der Leyen

Europe’s Amer­i­can pres­i­dent: The para­dox of Ursu­la von der Leyen Euro­pean Com­mis­sion chief’s top-down approach has endeared her to Wash­ing­ton but alien­at­ed col­leagues in Brus­sels. By Suzanne Lynch and Ilya Grid­neff Illus­tra­tion by Lucas Pev­er­ill for POLITICO Ursu­la von der Leyen’s whirl­wind tour of the Unit­ed States start­ed in New York at the Unit­ed Nations General…