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Podcast Host
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel after a joke about the response from the right to the assassination of Charlie Kirk and after a threat from the FCC chair. This week on Consider this what it says about free speech and about the business of network television. Listen to Consider this on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Jeanine Herbst
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. The secretary of defense has announced a new rule that would require members of the press to sign a pledge in order to get access to the Pentagon. That move's been sharply criticized by the media. NPR's Ilana Weiss has more.
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Ilana Weiss
The new rule would have the media vow not to gather any information, including unclassified documents that haven't been explicitly cleared for release. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a statement on social media that reporters could, quote, follow the rules or go home. Earlier this year, Hegseth announced that reporters would no longer be allowed to walk the halls of the Pentagon without an approved escort. These changes mark an unprecedented shift from years of a free press, even among administrations that were notoriously hostile to media. Journalists and free speech proponents quickly denounced the new Pentagon rule as an attack on the First Amendment. Heath is falling in line with a broader Trump administration practice to limit reporter access from traditional spaces, including the White House. Alana Wise, NPR News, Washington.
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Jeanine Herbst
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted this week to no longer recommend a combination shot for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox for children under the age of four. This concerns some public health officials, including those who dealt with the measles outbreak in Texas this year. Samantha Larnett of member Station KTTZ reports.
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Samantha Larnett
Dr. Catherine Wells is the director of Lubbock Public Health, a major coordinator during the West Texas measles outbreak, two thirds of the more than 700 confirmed cases or in children. She says that while the MMR and chickenpox vaccines remain as separate recommendations for children, parents will have fewer choices.
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Interviewee/Local Resident
We saw the impact of what happens when we have large, unvaccinated populations. And in Texas, you know, vaccine's very much a choice, but we want to make sure that we have all those tools available so that parents can make those choices.
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Samantha Larnett
The committee's recommendations will affect what health providers carry, what insurance will cover and what's available through the federal Vaccines for Texas Children program. For NPR News, I'm Samantha Larned in Lubbock.
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Jeanine Herbst
Authorities are investigating a major cyber attack on airports in Europe, leaving thousands of travelers stranded. That includes London, Brussels and Berlin, where check in is being done manually. Brussels Airport says the attack hit a third party provider whose systems control check in and boarding at London's Heathrow Airport. Sam Auld says he and his girlfriend have been stranded for hours with no updates, no organization.
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Interviewee/Local Resident
Nobody's told us anything whatsoever going on. We've had to literally cherry pick it ourselves and get as much information as we can, which has been little or nothing.
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Jeanine Herbst
The European Commission, which helps manage airspace across Europe, says it's closely monitoring the attack, which started last night. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The White House says an emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that US companies control the algorithm that powers the popular app's video feed and that Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations. That word comes from press Secretary Caroline Levitt in a FOX News interview today. Controlling the algorithm has been a central question. In a possible divestment from Chinese parent company ByteDance, Congress passed legislation calling for tic Tac ban to go into effect in January. President Trump has allowed TikTok to keep operating in the US as his administration tries to reach an agreement for ByteDance to sell its US operations. Thousands of people are flocking to a small town in West Virginia to celebrate the mythical creature called Mothman. NPR's Bill Chappell is there.
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Bill Chappell
In the 1960s, two young couples saw an eerie sight on a dirt road in Point Pleasant. Here's Steve Ward, a local historian.
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Interviewee/Local Resident
Now, this thing was roughly humanoid, six seven foot tall, red glowing eyes and about a ten foot wingspan.
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Bill Chappell
Newspapers called it the Mothman, and a legend was born. It spawned a movie and this annual festival which is helping the local economy fly. Denny Bellamy is the county tourism director.
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Interviewee/Local Resident
Our Main street was a ghost town, but it is filled with gift shops now and a waiting list to get on Main Street.
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Bill Chappell
He expects more than 20,000 visitors over the weekend. Bill Chappell, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
Wall street closed higher on Friday with both the Dow and the S&P 500 hitting fresh records. You're listening to NPR News.
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