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Stephen Colbert Is The First Cultural Casualty of a Fascist America | Breaking the News

[RECORDED LIVE FRIDAY MAY 22, 2026] Stephen Colbert's show is ending because the president of the United States can't take a joke. Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis are live with Breaking the News at 11AM ET every Friday on Youtube and Substack.

The New CBS Regime Faceplants - Again | Breaking the News

CBS News sent its anchor to Taiwan instead of China. Then got him kicked out of his hotel. Then his cameraman collapsed on air. Meanwhile Paramount is cutting a podcast deal with Stephen Miller's wife (ofStephen) Trump called a New York Times reporter treasonous on Air Force One, there were zero women at the US-China summit, and the media still can't write a straight headline. Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break it all down — the collapse of legacy media, the rise of state media, and why independent press is the only thing left worth paying for.

Women Are Still the Story They Won't Tell | Breaking the News

Julie K. Brown broke the Epstein story. A white male editor blocked her Pulitzer — twice. She just got it anyway. A decade late. Julie Roginsky, Jeff Jarvis, and Michelle Kinney on the misogyny that's no longer even trying to hide — in media, in politics, at the New York Times, and at CNN. The Me Too movement isn't dead. The people in power just need you to think it is. Jeff Jarvis is the ally we wish there were more of. This is what that sounds like.

The Scott Jennings Problem: CNN, the Supreme Court, and a Democracy in Freefall | Breaking the News

[Recorded live May 1, 2026.]  Michelle is out this week, so Julie Roginsky and Jeff Jarvis take it from here. CNN is circling the drain. Scott Jennings is running the place -- why is no one covering the real story? The Supreme Court just handed democracy a gut punch. And Julie has changed her mind about expanding the Court — and she'll tell you exactly why. The Mayday Network is women-founded, women-led independent media covering politics, culture, media, and journalism.

Breaking the News: Why The White House Correspondents' Dinner Is the Worst Night in Washington

Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis tear apart the WHCD — access journalism, the (15!!!) CBS tables, Pete Hegseth's drink order, and why there is no amount of money that will ever buy you talent, taste, or class. Also: the death of Condé Nast, the Met Gala goes full billionaire, and where the hell are the artists like Taylor Swift in this perilous moment for America?