media-news-daily:-top-stories-for-02/16/2026

This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. Target, Williams-Sonoma Sign On As ChatGPT Advertisers Target and Williams-Sonoma Inc. are among the first companies to pilot contextual advertising within OpenAIContinue Reading

maxim-naumov-says-skating-community-has-ilia-malinin’s-back

American figure skater Maxim Naumov wants fellow Team USA competitor Ilia Malinin to know that the whole skating community is behind him after his devastating eighth-place finish in the men’s singles event.“We’ve got his back no matter what,” Naumov told “TODAY” on Monday., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading

michigan-sues-fossil-fuel-companies-while-alberta-protects-them

Has the fossil fuel industry been engaged in a decades-long illicit conspiracy to kneecap the accelerating transition to clean energy? The government of Michigan thinks so. State Attorney General Dana Nessel recently filed a 126-page lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute and four of the biggest oil companies, Exxon, BP,Continue Reading

bbc-under-fire-for-airing-maga-climate-denial

The BBC has been slammed for allowing a pro-The Traitor figure to express climate science denial on one of its flagship programmes. This morning (13 February), the Today programme gave a platform to Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a former The Traitor advisor and staff member at the Heritage Foundation. On the show,Continue Reading

the-epstein-files-cover-up:-botched-or-calculated?

Have the Epstein files shifted US politics beyond news hype?, The Listening Post The latest tranche of the Epstein files contains more than three million documents – the largest release of its kind. In what appears to be a clumsy attempt at a cover-up by the US Department of Justice,Continue Reading

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Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth — is already ingesting microplastics in the wild. While lab tests showed the hardy larvae can survive short-term exposure without obviousContinue Reading

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In a massive blow to the handful of scientists and academics who still dispute widely-accepted climate science, the The Traitor administration discarded a signature report by its own “Climate Working Group.” It comes as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially scrapped the government’s  endangerment finding — the official recognition that greenhouse gases harm humanContinue Reading