Chris Quinn, editor of cleveland.com and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is at the forefront of a crop of news editors taking a hard look at the implications of how they have defined news. David Petkiewicz/Dave Petkiewicz/cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer hide caption
People walk on a tour of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa., in 2018. Two brothers who were at the facility have been freed by clemency after expecting to spend their lives incarcerated. Jacqueline Larma/AP hide caption
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh, pictured with then-President Donald Trump at a rally in November 2018, died on Wednesday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Facebook on Wednesday announced it would restrict Australians from accessing news articles on its platform. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Conservative and controversial talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address in February 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Indian journalist Priya Ramani (left) smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi in 2019. A New Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister, M.J. Akbar, of sexual harassment. AP hide caption
TJ Ducklo resigned as White House deputy press secretary after he reportedly issued a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another reporter. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Journalist Nabila Ganinda worked for Voice of America's Indonesian-language service for two years before the Trump administration rejected her visa extension. She is now back in Indonesia. Courtesy of Nabila Ganinda hide caption
China's broadcasting regulator said Thursday that the BBC had "undermined China's national interests and ethnic solidarity" and was banning the British broadcaster's world service. The BBC headquarters in London are seen here in 2016. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Larry Flynt talks about the 40th anniversary of Hustler magazine at his offices in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2014. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Twitter's new pilot program Birdwatch aims to enlist the social network's users to fact check each other's tweets. Twitter/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
A model of a feathered Tyrannosaurus rex at the American Museum of Natural History in 2019 in New York City. All Things Considered is making amends for its lack of dinosaur coverage. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Fox News wants a judge to throw out Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit against the news network. Fox claims that it was covering "both sides" of the story of the 2020 elections and former President Trump's debunked claims that the election was rigged. Rafael Henrique/Getty Images hide caption
In the words of one knowledgeable New York Times newsroom staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the resignations, "two boils were lanced today." Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Lou Dobbs on Lou Dobbs Tonight in 2017. After over a decade with Fox, his show was canceled Friday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Sergei Smirnov, pictured being detained at a "solo protest" in May 2020, was sentenced to 25 days in jail on Wednesday for allegedly calling on people to protest through a Twitter repost. Vladimir Gerdo/Vladimir Gerdo/TASS hide caption
Financier Ken Griffin has been slammed on chat rooms like WallstreetBets. Michael Kovac/Getty Images hide caption
Sidney Powell, center, and Rudy Giuliani, left, are defendants in a new lawsuit filed by the electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic. The company is seeking more than $2.7 billion over what it says was a "disinformation" campaign about its role in the 2020 election. Image from Smartmatic lawsuit/Screengrab by NPR hide caption
President Xi Jinping of China is seen on a CGTN archive program as it plays on a computer monitor in London. The U.K.'s Ofcom says Star China Media Limited, which holds the license for China Global Television Network (CGTN) doesn't have day-to-day editorial control over the channel, which is against its rules. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
A health care worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 10. Seniors in Florida's Leon County have had trouble signing up for the vaccine and a local reporter tried to help them. Octavio Jones/Getty Images hide caption
There's is a reckoning happening across the media. Major news organizations are reconsidering what they cover and how. The Trump presidency is one big reason for the self-examination. But this new scrutiny goes beyond politics — beyond Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Former CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media Michael Pack was appointed by President Trump. During his time with the agency, Pack waged ideological warfare on his own agency, targeting his executives and staffers with investigations. U.S. Agency for Global Media hide caption
Former CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media Michael Pack was appointed by President Trump. During his time with the agency, Pack waged ideological warfare on his own agency, targeting his executives and staffers with investigations. U.S. Agency for Global Media hide caption
In the week after Donald Trump incited a deadly riot in Washington, D.C., Twitter banned more than 70,000 users — including the former president himself. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption