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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKatie f'n Phang!
She did what nobody else dared to do. She challenged Todd Blanche for illegally not following the Epstein Transparency Act. The Judge agreed with her in a 48-page ruling.
She is no Big Media name. She is an independent journalist. She argued that she had standing as a journalist and she could not do her job if the Epstein files, redacted and unredacted, were not released to the public.
She deserves our thanks and appreciation for a job very well done. The DOJ has until Tuesday to decide what they are going to do? They have been breaking the law since December of last year. The Court has ruled against them.
Katie Phang rules the day!
wcmagumba
(7,049 posts)QueerDuck
(2,273 posts)Has anyone spoken about a realistic timeline? Or will this be "appealed" multiple times to the USSC?
Lovie777
(24,602 posts)senseandsensibility
(26,069 posts)and kept Katy Tur.
Deuxcents
(28,335 posts)Would be great if other journalists would be inspired and start digging for info..lots of it out there
Starbeach
(400 posts)Katie has a YouTube channel and a Substack site. She's also part of the Meidas Network.
Please support her!!
JPK
(1,019 posts)And she will eat Todd's face.
Bev54
(13,564 posts)It is great to find good independent sites, including Katie's I don't watch any US news anymore just independents, Canadian News and BBC.
OhioTim
(400 posts)and kept some dopes!
Celerity
(55,412 posts)Charlie Kirk stuff, because I left MS as of May 1st. But it was linked to this idea of having corporate oligarchs and corporate overlords that were overly concerned about your tone and about your content.
And it really was a direct result of, after Trump taking office, the FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, as y'all will remember, he was sending threatening letters to NBC, ABC, CBS, the parent companies, Comcast, Paramount, et cetera, Disney, um, saying, 'Look, I need to know all of the details about your DEI policies. I need to know everything about your woke policies and programs.'
I mean, he made it very clear that he was going to do stuff like he just did in that CBS-Paramount settlement where, not only was it, you know, the $15-16 million dollars, but if you'll recall, for that merger between Skydance and Paramount, now there's a 'ombudsman,' a monitor, that looks at the programming to make sure that it's, quote, fair, and we all know what that means, right? ...
So, for me to be able to be in independent media, like we are here ... we have to be able to speak unabashedly and frame things in the truth. And part of that is saying the hard things out loud. Talking about these executive orders, and saying that it is in the pursuit of cleansing this country of minorities. I could not have gotten away with saying that if I was on mainstream media, Mike. I would have gotten in a lot of trouble. I was already getting into trouble with some of the things I was saying about convicted felon Donald Trump."
Popok said, "I'll say it, since you're not going to: Everybody that got canned from MSNBC was a person of color... Why is it only the Asian and Black people that end up being shown the door?" Phang said, "I think it's more about tone, about attitude, about forcefulness, urgency, exigency of messaging...and again that was the coincidence of who we were, our backgrounds, our races, et cetera."
Scott Alan Swaggerty
(369 posts)Uncle Joe
(66,063 posts)Thanks for the thread kentuck
Just Jerome
(612 posts)show promise of competent professional news media for the future.
Yknow journalism.
Escape
(555 posts)the Trump felons will try to file against her?
FakeNoose
(43,149 posts)That makes her one smart cookie!
Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Phang
kentuck
(116,133 posts)She's a sharp cookie!
H2O Man
(79,509 posts)I do not think it is accurate that she has 20 years with NBC/MSNBC, though. She was with Fox for some time, though that was not a good fit for her.
FakeNoose
(43,149 posts)But she has worked for others besides NBC and MSNBC.
H2O Man
(79,509 posts)me correctly -- which it does less frequently these days! -- she often appeared on Greta something or another's show. And she didn't strike me as a Fox-ite. I was glad to see her go to NBC/MSNBC, though these days I favor her podcast.
erronis
(25,046 posts)But I totally agree with the sentiment!
kentuck
(116,133 posts)erronis
(25,046 posts)And I'm glad you didn't mind my comment.
Having worked with a lot of ex-military, I'm pretty used to it also used as an interjection for just about anything.
Blue Owl
(60,158 posts)I think in this case, Kentuck meant the opposite of say, something like Ted Fucking Cruz ..
erronis
(25,046 posts)rampartd
(5,581 posts)translate to trumpian = "like nobody has ever seen"
mokeyz
(120 posts)as Mary Trump told us because I think its Katys favorite word. 😂
She's a terrier! (In a good way)
get 'em, girl
warmfeet
(3,335 posts)ashredux
(2,988 posts)Alice Kramden
(2,995 posts)Our country needs this kind of accountability
The Madcap
(2,190 posts)and dark rural roads until this is over. There is no need to give the fascists a way out.
malaise
(299,804 posts)surfered
(15,177 posts)niyad
(135,485 posts)Upthevibe
(10,288 posts)Thanks for posting......
She's great! I've watch her on YouTube.
swong19104
(682 posts)That was the claim for his assassination: his insistence in opening up Epstein files.
La Coliniere
(2,077 posts)Kudos to Katie Phang for showing us what true journalistic integrity looks like. A very brave professional.
SouthBayDem
(33,457 posts)did Blanche really agree to an interview with Phang?
Wild how right wingers accept interview invitations thinking they could outsmart Jon Stewart, Mehdi Hasan or an MSNOW host.
multigraincracker
(38,375 posts)She did what no man dared to do.
Faux pas
(16,624 posts)a Shero Warrior.
orthoclad
(5,259 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(184,210 posts)JPK
(1,019 posts)Because it is the most easily available liberal news channel on cable/streaming. I do wonder sometimes their decisions on their recent line up rearrangement but I still watch. I am also subscribed to the Midas Touch network. Ben gets a little carried away with his headlines but the content is still excellent. Many great people there, Legal AF, Adam Mockler, Katie, etc.
peggysue2
(12,648 posts)Not only is Katie Phang an independent journalist, she's considered a damn fine lawyer. You can bet every detail in Katie Phang's lawsuit was solid and double checked for accuracy, unlike the reportedly sloppy presentations and documents coming out of the current DOJ.
She killed it. Her arguments held the day, and now the ball is in DOJ's court.
rambler68
(10 posts)Please Sir release all the files so we all can see the thousands of references to your complete exoneration.
iluvtennis
(21,568 posts)Miss her on MSNBC.
spudspud
(680 posts)MS Now (n Later) were fools for firing her.