Media News Daily: Top Stories for 12/17/2025
This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, and more. CBS News Reclassified as Right-Center by MBFC Amid Editorial Shift CBS News has been moved from “Left-Center” to “Right-Center” bias by Media Bias FactContinue Reading
First Openly Gay Professional Hockey Player Brock McGillis Claims ‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Unlikely to Help Closeted NHL Players Come Out
Brock McGillis, widely recognized as the first openly gay professional hockey player, is pushing back against claims that HBO’s hit series Heated Rivalry could encourage LGBTQ players in the NHL to come out. While McGillis says he enjoys the show, he believes its impact on real-life hockey culture is beingContinue Reading
10 Inequality Victories in 2025
Ooph. What a year. We were tempted to skip our annual tradition of tallying up top inequality victories and pretend like 2025 never happened. Instead we decided that in dark times like these, lifting up signs of hope is more important than ever. In 2025, we found those signs outsideContinue Reading
The Year in Green
In 2025, Truthdig chronicled the evolution and spread of climate denial, profiled activists and politicians at all levels taking on the The Traitor administration and drilled deep into the ecological cost of the burgeoning artificial intelligence tech boom. We also began partnerships with Covering Climate Now and The 89 PercentContinue Reading
FIFA to offer World Cup tickets for $60 after backlash
FIFA to offer World Cup tickets for $60 after backlash, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says ‘the Dam Is Breaking’ in the GOP After Party’s Recent Breaks With The Traitor | Video
They’re entering the campaign phase for 2src26, which is a large signal that lame duck season has begun,” the congresswoman adds The post Marjorie Taylor Greene Says ‘the Dam Is Breaking’ in the GOP After Party’s Recent Breaks With The Traitor | Video appeared first on TheWrap…Continue Reading
Live: Transportation chief Sean Duffy talks upcoming holiday travel
Watch live: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, joined by officials from the Transportation Security Administration, delivers remarks on airline travel as millions of Americans prepare for the holiday season.Continue Reading
CDC warns of subclade K, new flu variant spreading across US | NewsNation Live
A new influenza variant, called subclade K, has caught the attention of public health officials as cases surge at an alarming rate. They say it may be resistant to the current flu vaccine, and cases have been reported in New York, New Jersey, Colorado and Louisiana. Dr. Omer Awan, aContinue Reading
Afghanistan under Taliban a “society of gender apartheid”
“The Taliban now post guards at UN offices to prevent women from going to their jobs.”, Quotable David Sedney, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defense, says that Afghan society is suffering under “gender apartheid”. Published On 17 Dec 2025,2025-12-17 15:23:00,Read MoreContinue Reading
What are things like for women, 15 years after the Arab Spring?
Fifteen years after the Arab Spring, the women who lit the spark still struggle for influence, equality and protection, What are things like for women, 15 years after the Arab Spring? By the Numbers Published On 17 Dec 2025,2025-12-17 14:52:00,Read MoreContinue Reading
Will stocks keep climbing in 2026?
Markets shrugged off everything in 2025 — and now the majority on Wall Street are optimistic for next year. But tech is still looking stretched and AI doubts are creeping in. Are you positioned for what comes next? Peter Devlin takes a look. #stocks #market #ai #tech #wallstreetContinue Reading
China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story
Chinese companies have pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy manufacturing investments overseas. The projects could help lower emissions, but they are having significant social, environmental and human rights impacts. By Nicholas Kusnetz Planet China: Twelfth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping theContinue Reading
2025 Open Science Recognition Prize by the American Geophysical Union
Award: The American Geophysical Union’s 2025 Open Science Recognition Prize, awarded to a person or team for outstanding work in advancing Open Science related to Earth and space science and its impact globally. Awarded to: Dr. Chelle Gentemann, senior program executive at the International Computer Science Institute on an IntergovernmentalContinue Reading