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Blood or pizza sauce? Charlie LeDuff’s version of 2009 arrest contradicted by police report

Last month’s incident wasn’t the first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was accused of domestic violence

By Steve Neavling
Jan 10, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Media, Charlie LeDuff, domestic violence, police, Oakland County District Court, Detroit: An American Autopsy, journalism, reporter, Pleasant Ridge
Metro Detroit

Detroit News fires Charlie LeDuff over c-word insult

In an interview with Metro Times, LeDuff was defiant and said he has “nothing to apologize for”

By Steve Neavling
Oct 23, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Media, News, Charlie LeDuff, Detroit News, media, Dana Nessel, Michigan, Attorney General, No BS News Hour, social media
Metro Detroit

Conservative talk radio gives 910AM Superstation a dramatic boost in listeners

Owner Kevin Adell brags that he's 'a lion' profiting off the polarization in America

By Steve Neavling
Oct 5, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, 910AM Superstation, radio, conservatives, Media, Kevin Adell, AM, radio station, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Jesse Kelly, Bill O’Reilly
Metro Detroit

910AM Superstation owner accused of fraud, racketeering in federal lawsuit

Kevin Adell’s cousin claims the media mogul stole ‘many millions of dollars’ worth of property from his family members

By Steve Neavling
Sep 18, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Kevin Adell, 910AM Superstation, media, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, racketeering, fraud, Novi, Adell Center, Joan Adell Tringale
Metro Detroit

‘Verified’ account spreads misinformation on X, claiming to be ‘Detroit News’ fact-checker

The user behind the imposter account blamed a spelling mistake on his bowel movement

By Steve Neavling
Sep 1, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Twitter, X, social media, Detroit News, Detroit, fact-checker, media, Elon Musk
Politics & Elections

Tudor Dixon amplified racist remarks, conspiracies on her TV show

The Republican gubernatorial candidate used her far-right platform to sow divisions, make insensitive comments, and spread misinformation about elections and COVID-19

By Steve Neavling
Oct 26, 2022

Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Tudor Dixon, Gov. Whitmer, election, politics, racism, Real America's Voice, media
The Incision

Biden isn’t Trump. Why do political journalists keep acting like he is?

If the old political rules are out the window, the old journalistic rules should be, too

By Abdul El-Sayed
Sep 9, 2022

Tags: The Incision, The Incision, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump's America, media, journalism
Politics & Elections

Whitmer urges Americans to fight to protect abortion rights

The Michigan governor warned that ‘anti-choice, anti-women extremists’ are pressing for a federal ban on abortion

By Steve Neavling
May 9, 2022

Tags: Politics & Elections, Abortion Rights, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, abortion, Roe v. Wade, New York Times, media
Informed Dissent

Fox News is gaslighting America

Researchers bribed Fox News viewers into changing the channel. You won’t believe what happened next.

By Jeffrey C. Billman
Apr 6, 2022

Tags: Informed Dissent, Fox News, bias, media, gaslighting
Metro Detroit

Detroit native covers war in Ukraine with a big heart and unique perspective

By Steve Neavling
Mar 11, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Terrence Jermaine Starr, journalism, race, Ukraine, war, international, reporting, University of Illinois, Detroit, social media
Music News

Report reveals history of sexual assault, rape, and violence at Michigan's Faster Horses country music festival

By Jerilyn Jordan
Nov 17, 2021

Tags: City Slang, Faster Horses, RAINN, country music, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway, sexual assault, MLive
Metro Detroit

Danny Fenster is free

By Lee DeVito
Nov 15, 2021

Tags: Danny Fenster, journalism, Myanmar
Metro Detroit

Journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labor in Myanmar

By Lee DeVito
Nov 12, 2021

Tags: Danny Fenster, #BringDannyHome, Myanmar, Burma, journalism, Frontier Myanmar, Myanmar Now, journalism
Metro Detroit

Now journalist Danny Fenster is being charged with ‘terrorism’ in Myanmar

By Lee DeVito
Nov 9, 2021

Tags: Danny Fenster, Myanmar, journalism, #BringDannyHome
Arts

Abandoned Lansing Mall Cinema to become Michigan's first Black-owned film studio

By Lee DeVito
Oct 29, 2021

Tags: Lansing, Lansing Mall Cinema, Greenwood District Studios, MLive, Amaru, Funny is Funny, Black Lives Matter
Metro Detroit

It's been 100 days since journalist Danny Fenster was detained in Myanmar and he still hasn't been charged

By Lee DeVito
Aug 31, 2021

Tags: Danny Fenster, Myanmar, Andy Levin, journalism
Metro Detroit

Call for pitches: Metro Times seeks stories about metro Detroit’s Arab community

By Lee DeVito
Jun 3, 2021

Tags: Metro Times, journalism, writers of color
Metro Detroit

Ann Arbor councilman now says he’s sorry for homophobic slur on social media

By Steve Neavling
Apr 13, 2021

Tags: Ann Arbor, City Council, Jeff Hayner, Social media, Facebook, homophobia, gay slur, media, journalists
Metro Detroit

Investigative reporter M.L. Elrick is running for Detroit City Council seat

By Steve Neavling
Jan 5, 2021

Tags: M.L. Elrick, Detroit, Detroit City Council, podcast, journalism, reporter, Andre Spivey, Kwame Kilpatrick, Pulitzer Prize, election, politics
Metro Detroit

Missing patterns in corporate news: Project Censored’s top 10 underreported stories of 2020

By Paul Rosenberg, Random Lengths News
Dec 9, 2020

Tags: Local News, Project Censored, 2020, media, Cover Story