"Over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for '60 Minutes," Owens stated in his memo.
Our top priority at Axios is to provide readers with clinical, fact-based reporting, the outlet wrote. Our standard is to use Gulf of America (renamed by U.S. from Gulf of Mexico) in our reporting because our audience is mostly U.S.-based compared to other publishers with international audiences.
Dale Vince, the renewable energy entrepreneur and founder of Ecotricity, has stated that he is interested in buying The Observer. He aims to protect its editorial independence.
Ben Smith, editor-in-chief at Semafor, argues that media companies are increasingly censoring themselves to avoid offending Trump, especially in light of the partisan climate as the election nears.