Erik Ugland
@erikugland.bsky.social
U. prof writing about media law, ethics, and policy.
Trump calling for ABC license revocation (he doesn't understand that the network itself is not a licensee) for rude questioning, a day after calling a reporter a pig. 👌
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump calling for ABC license revocation (he doesn't understand that the network itself is not a licensee) for rude questioning, a day after calling a reporter a pig. 👌
In any other administration, the "piggy" insult is a weeks-long scandal with unanimous, bipartisan demands for a public apology.
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In any other administration, the "piggy" insult is a weeks-long scandal with unanimous, bipartisan demands for a public apology.
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I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
CNN falling for it
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
CNN falling for it
Your assignment is poorly argued, sloppily written, and nearly indecipherable. But you didn't use AI.
a man with a beard is smiling and the word appreciate is on the screen behind him
ALT: a man with a beard is smiling and the word appreciate is on the screen behind him
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Your assignment is poorly argued, sloppily written, and nearly indecipherable. But you didn't use AI.
We'll never see the Epstein files while Trump is in office.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We'll never see the Epstein files while Trump is in office.
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It took science a century to eliminate measles and misinformation less than five years to bring it back.
Decades of progress erased by conspiracy theories and political cowardice.
Congratulations, anti-vax movement: you’ve successfully reinvented the 19th century.👇
Decades of progress erased by conspiracy theories and political cowardice.
Congratulations, anti-vax movement: you’ve successfully reinvented the 19th century.👇
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It took science a century to eliminate measles and misinformation less than five years to bring it back.
Decades of progress erased by conspiracy theories and political cowardice.
Congratulations, anti-vax movement: you’ve successfully reinvented the 19th century.👇
Decades of progress erased by conspiracy theories and political cowardice.
Congratulations, anti-vax movement: you’ve successfully reinvented the 19th century.👇
Show me a billionaire and I’ll show you a failure. Show me a trillionaire and I’ll show the face of evil.
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Show me a billionaire and I’ll show you a failure. Show me a trillionaire and I’ll show the face of evil.
Gleefully racist, white nationalist Islamophobe Laura Loomer just got a Pentagon press credential. Sounds about right.
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Gleefully racist, white nationalist Islamophobe Laura Loomer just got a Pentagon press credential. Sounds about right.
Interesting that Trump is only threatening war against countries with massive oil and gas reserves.
November 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Interesting that Trump is only threatening war against countries with massive oil and gas reserves.
Re-write history or lose your job.
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Re-write history or lose your job.
Kim Jong-un has to be jealous
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Kim Jong-un has to be jealous
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Pentagon Press Association: "Make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom"
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Pentagon Press Association: "Make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom"
Latest censorship alert from the SPLC. Anyone have updates?
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS
Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.
www.idsnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Latest censorship alert from the SPLC. Anyone have updates?
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Solidarity is the only way
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Solidarity is the only way
Feel the patriotism 😜
The Trump administration is attempting to undermine elections. Efforts have included rewriting election rules to burden voters, threatening to prosecute election officials, and supporting election deniers. Keep track and learn more with our new interactive timeline: bit.ly/3IZMSdG
Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Undermine Elections
Together, these actions form a concerted strategy to interfere with elections.
www.brennancenter.org
October 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Feel the patriotism 😜
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Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm
Pete Hegseth's attempt to root out Charlie Kirk critics from the military should be challenged on First Amendment grounds. Should be easy to show dissimilar punishments of similar speech = plain evidence of viewpoint-based motivation.
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Pete Hegseth's attempt to root out Charlie Kirk critics from the military should be challenged on First Amendment grounds. Should be easy to show dissimilar punishments of similar speech = plain evidence of viewpoint-based motivation.
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Excellent recap an analysis
Google’s letter to Jim Jordan said Biden pressured them to moderate, but they acted independently.
Jordan’s reaction? Cry “censorship” & claim victory.
Except there’s receipts showing Jordan knew this was BS all along…
Breaking down the censorship hoax ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/spee...
Jordan’s reaction? Cry “censorship” & claim victory.
Except there’s receipts showing Jordan knew this was BS all along…
Breaking down the censorship hoax ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/spee...
October 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Excellent recap an analysis
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The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.
Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech
The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.
n.pr
October 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.
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Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
Plainly unconstitutional for now. But Texas v. Johnson (1993) is not safe in the hands of the current SCOTUS.
October 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Plainly unconstitutional for now. But Texas v. Johnson (1993) is not safe in the hands of the current SCOTUS.
Latest First Amendment attack. #NSPM-7
New triggers for fed anti-TERRORIISM scrutiny: "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity ... extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."
New triggers for fed anti-TERRORIISM scrutiny: "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity ... extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."
October 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Latest First Amendment attack. #NSPM-7
New triggers for fed anti-TERRORIISM scrutiny: "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity ... extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."
New triggers for fed anti-TERRORIISM scrutiny: "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity ... extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."