Attorney identifies witnesses in upcoming Daybell hearing
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Chad and Lori Daybell decline to speak to EastIdahoNews.com reporter Nate Eaton in January 2020 in Hawaii. | EastIdahoNews.com file photo
IDAHO FALLS New court documents filed in the Chad and Lori Daybell case identify witnesses whom Chad’s attorney, John Prior, plans to call in an upcoming hearing.
EastIdahoNews.com reporter Nate Eaton appears on that list as a “lay witness.” He was subpoenaed late Tuesday afternoon while at work and ordered to be present at the hearing on June 9. A subpoena is a court-ordered command for a person to appear in court as a witness or for someone to provide evidence that will be used in a legal case.
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A Federal Communications Commission commissioner is out with a stern condemnation of Baltimore s State s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s complaints about the coverage she gets from a Baltimore TV station.
Last week, the office of Baltimore City State s Attorney filed a formal FCC complaint against local news station WBFF, requesting an investigation into the network s broadcasting and media practices. The complaint said that WBFF’s coverage of the office “could reasonably be categorized as blatantly slanted, dishonest, misleading, racist, and extremely dangerous.”
On Monday, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr blasted that complaint.
In a tweet, Carr called Mosby’s complaint “a chilling & direct attack on free speech & journalist freedom.”
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Brendan Carr, the top Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, condemned Baltimore City State Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s request for an investigation into a local Fox affiliate. Pictured: Carr testifies before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Capitol Hill Dec. 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Photo:
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The senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission criticized the Democratic Baltimore City state attorney’s recent request for an investigation into a local Fox affiliate as an attack on free speech.
Brendan Carr, the top Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, condemned Baltimore City State Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s request, saying it was part of a broader effort by Democrats to censor news coverage and political speech they don’t like. Carr demanded that the commission dismiss Mosby’s complaint by the end of the day “with prejudice.”
Broadcast journalism association calls out Gov. DeSantis over Fox News exclusive
The world’s largest digital journalism association reprimanded Gov.
Ron DeSantis on Tuesday after he provided exclusive access to Fox News at an official bill signing event in Florida.
The closed-door event angered dozens of national and local news outlets who remained locked out of the May 6 ceremony. In a
letter published by the Radio Television Digital News Association ( Dan Shelley described the decision as “exclusionary” and “ill-advised.”
“As you know better than most, journalists have a First Amendment-enshrined obligation to serve the public by seeking and reporting the truth,” Shelly wrote. “That obligation includes journalists being able to attend official government activities, and to ask questions of public officials.”