Breaking the News

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Breaking the News is a weekly media roundtable with media critic Jeff Jarvis, and The Mayday Network cofounders Julie Roginsky, and Michelle Kinney. New episodes drop every Friday, breaking down the media’s biggest wins, misses, and blind spots — and how the stories we’re told shape power, politics, and what Americans believe is possible.

  1. 3d ago ·  Video

    25 Years Since September 11: Jeff Jarvis's Story From Under the Towers, Plus Where We Were That Day

    Recorded live on September 11, 2026 On the 25th anniversary of September 11th, Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis share where they were that day and how the last 25 years have changed the way they see it. Jeff was under the World Trade Center that morning, on the last PATH train in before the towers fell, and stayed to report through the day — his account anchors the conversation. Julie was working in the U.S. Senate in Washington; Michelle was a college sophomore in upstate New York. Together they talk about nostalgia as a "dangerous drug," the toxic air and cancers that followed, the 9/11 Memorial, and what it means to keep telling these stories 25 years later. Read Jeff's original reporting from that day, published in the Jersey Journal in 2001: https://www.nj.com/the_jersey_journal_remembers_911/2001/09/a_journey_through_hell.html Read Jeff's 2025 reflection on Medium: https://medium.com/whither-news/25-years-900e543b3e52 Chapters: 00:00 – Cold open 01:10 – Show intro: 25 years after 9/11 01:54 – Jeff Jarvis: under the towers 10:03 – Jeff's reflection, 25 years later 11:27 – Michelle: watching from upstate New York 19:45 – Julie: working in the U.S. Senate 25:19 – No partisanship that day, no hot takes 28:37 – Driving past the burning Pentagon 29:07 – The ferry into Manhattan 32:02 – What 9/11 did to the country 36:56 – Bush, Iraq, and "out of chaos comes opportunity" 40:16 – The NYT headline: "Trump personifies a nation moving on" 44:04 – Conservatism, nostalgia, and false narratives 47:37 – The tourist's selfie at Zuccotti Park 53:36 – The toxic air and the cancers that followed 59:59 – Mamdani's air-quality documents and Steve Witkoff 1:01:53 – The 9/11 Memorial 1:09:14 – On patriotism and disappointment 1:12:00 – Closing thoughts: why we keep telling these stories The Mayday Network: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-mayday-network/id6754000270 Substack: https://substack.com/@themaydaynetwork Website: https://www.themaydaynetwork.com

  2. Jul 18 ·  Video

    The Quiet Insurrection: How Fear Is Reshaping Washington and the Press | Breaking the News

    Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break down the media's split-screen response to Trump's primetime election speech, from ABC and NBC's blackout to CBS airing it with a disclaimer before getting grilled on air over the decision. They argue the real story isn't Trump's evidence, which collapsed on contact, but a president openly threatening ABC and NBC's broadcast licenses through FCC chair Brendan Carr, and the chilling effect spreading through both parties, from threatened poll workers to a Supreme Court justice describing a bulletproof vest. Plus, Pete Hegseth's testosterone policy, Gretchen Carlson's ten-years-later Me Too op-ed, and Julie's underreported column on the UAE-backed atrocities in Darfur. Breaking the News with Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis. Follow The Mayday Network for more reporting, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day. 🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-mayday-network/id6754000270 | 📰 Substack: https://substack.com/@themaydaynetwork | 🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaydayNetwork | 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheMaydayNetwork | 🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@TheMaydayNetwork | 🦋 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/themaydaynetwork.com | 🌐 Website: https://www.themaydaynetwork.com   Also streaming now: The Illegals — The Americans Rewatch Podcast. Watch with our expert panel here: 🎬 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkgsO7fbBme9Hjq7PBtjcdbI34Z9cbRU2

  3. Jun 5 ·  Video

    Scott Pelley Left CBS' 60 Minutes in a Blaze of Glory. Where Are the Rest of Them? Who's Left Standing?

    Scott Pelley cross-examined his own network on the way out the door — and he's not going to stop speaking out anytime soon.  This week on Breaking the News, Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break down what the demolition of Sixty Minutes actually means, why the Ellisons bought Paramount with nothing to lose, and what happens when CNN becomes the next test case.  Plus: Dylan Byers, the White House Correspondents' Dinner nobody asked for, and why the Graham Platner situation puts Democratic women in yet another impossible position.

  4. May 30 ·  Video

    The 60 Minutes Massacre | Breaking the News

    The takedown of 60 Minutes. Who ordered it, who carried it out, and what happens next — Breaking the News with Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis. Air Date: Friday May 29, 2026

  5. May 26

    Stephen Colbert Is The First Cultural Casualty of a Fascist America | Breaking the News

    [RECORDED LIVE FRIDAY MAY 22, 2026] Stephen Colbert's show is ending because the president of the United States can't take a joke. Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis are live with Breaking the News at 11AM ET every Friday on Youtube and Substack.

  6. May 16

    The New CBS Regime Faceplants - Again | Breaking the News

    CBS News sent its anchor to Taiwan instead of China. Then got him kicked out of his hotel. Then his cameraman collapsed on air. Meanwhile Paramount is cutting a podcast deal with Stephen Miller's wife (ofStephen) Trump called a New York Times reporter treasonous on Air Force One, there were zero women at the US-China summit, and the media still can't write a straight headline. Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break it all down — the collapse of legacy media, the rise of state media, and why independent press is the only thing left worth paying for.

  7. May 9

    Women Are Still the Story They Won't Tell | Breaking the News

    Julie K. Brown broke the Epstein story. A white male editor blocked her Pulitzer — twice. She just got it anyway. A decade late. Julie Roginsky, Jeff Jarvis, and Michelle Kinney on the misogyny that's no longer even trying to hide — in media, in politics, at the New York Times, and at CNN. The Me Too movement isn't dead. The people in power just need you to think it is. Jeff Jarvis is the ally we wish there were more of. This is what that sounds like.

  8. May 5

    The Scott Jennings Problem: CNN, the Supreme Court, and a Democracy in Freefall | Breaking the News

    [Recorded live May 1, 2026.]  Michelle is out this week, so Julie Roginsky and Jeff Jarvis take it from here. CNN is circling the drain. Scott Jennings is running the place -- why is no one covering the real story? The Supreme Court just handed democracy a gut punch. And Julie has changed her mind about expanding the Court — and she'll tell you exactly why. The Mayday Network is women-founded, women-led independent media covering politics, culture, media, and journalism.

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Breaking the News is a weekly media roundtable with media critic Jeff Jarvis, and The Mayday Network cofounders Julie Roginsky, and Michelle Kinney. New episodes drop every Friday, breaking down the media’s biggest wins, misses, and blind spots — and how the stories we’re told shape power, politics, and what Americans believe is possible.

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