{"id":300628,"date":"2026-04-23T16:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=300628"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:19:36","slug":"the-briefing-2026-04-23","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2026-04-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-92f404ac655c8b71 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4999933ef0336faf wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-659c7db48996bf0b wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Kash Patel files defamation suit against The Atlantic<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> The types of news content Americans seek out or happen to come across<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Federal judge pauses Nexstar-Tegna merger until antitrust trial<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Trump to attend WHCA dinner<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Seeking out versus coming across news, by age<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1f6e208a2b1ef3b0 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9344a87c4f3835d3 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0c5385bd20ec95bc wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>FBI Director Kash Patel<\/strong> filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/20\/media\/kash-patel-fbi-atlantic-lawsuit-sarah-fitzpatrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defamation lawsuit<\/a> against <strong>The Atlantic<\/strong> and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick earlier this week, seeking $250 million in damages. The magazine published an article by Fitzpatrick about Patel&#8217;s job performance, including allegations that he regularly engages in excessive drinking.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-fe31abc1fd115891 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In a separate incident, <strong>The New York Times<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/22\/us\/politics\/fbi-times-reporter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported that the FBI investigated<\/a> one of its reporters after she wrote an article about Patel&#8217;s girlfriend.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0de1fc4e3e27291b wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Most Americans say that the people they get news from definitely (41%) or probably (31%) should <strong>keep an eye on powerful people<\/strong> in their daily work, a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/08\/20\/what-do-americans-want-from-their-news-providers\/#what-roles-do-americans-expect-their-news-providers-to-fulfill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a> found. However, there is skepticism \u2013 especially among Republicans \u2013 that journalists <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/08\/20\/how-americans-view-journalists-and-their-role-in-society\/#public-confidence-in-journalists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">act in the best interests of the public<\/a>: 45% of U.S. adults say they have at least a fair amount of confidence in journalists to do this, and that figure falls to 27% among Republicans and GOP leaners.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-87f31ed09fc3178c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>Read more about how many Americans get news from and trust <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/the_atlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/the_new_york_times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e6120fe283ae99c4 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-57f7f7daf4d2815e wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6e617852914573c2 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>This week, we released a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2026\/04\/20\/what-types-of-news-do-americans-seek-out-or-happen-to-come-across\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new analysis<\/a> from the Pew-Knight Initiative looking at the <strong>types of news that Americans seek out versus those they happen to come across.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4bfa5b9b90ace5ff wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>A growing share of U.S. adults say they mostly <strong>get news because they happen to come across it,<\/strong> but this varies depending on the type of news. The content that most people say they get by chance tends to be reactions to news: <strong>humor<\/strong> and <strong>opinions.<\/strong> Meanwhile, Americans are more likely to seek out <strong>in-depth information or deep dives,<\/strong> as well <strong>as up-to-date information<\/strong> about an issue or event.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-dbd1222d2d765730 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-607ce804936f0994 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4e2d73e68d4816d1 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/17\/nx-s1-5789059\/judge-halts-nexstar-tegna-merger-lawsuits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal judge pauses<\/a> <strong>Nexstar-Tegna<\/strong> merger until antitrust trial<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Warner Bros. Discovery <\/strong>shareholders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/23\/warner-bros-discovery-approve-paramount-skydance-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vote in favor<\/a> of <strong>Paramount <\/strong>merger<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>NOTUS <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/16\/business\/media\/notus-news-to-become-the-star.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rebrand<\/a> as The Star<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>The Onion<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/20\/media\/the-onion-alex-jones-infowars-tim-heidecker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reaches agreement<\/a> to take control of <strong>InfoWars<\/strong>, pending court approval<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Journalist<strong> Amal Khalil<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yvn036evlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killed in Israeli air strike<\/a> in Lebanon<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>McClatchy <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/journalism\/mcclatchy-content-scaling-agents-roiling-newsrooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faces backlash<\/a> over AI news tool&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Joe Rogan <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2026\/04\/18\/joe-rogan-iran-war-critic-joins-trump-at-white-house-as-he-loosens-restrictions-on-psychedelics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visits Trump in the White House<\/a><strong> <\/strong>amid criticism of<strong> Iran War<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">An inside look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2026\/04\/20\/nick-fuentes-stream-donors-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donation network<\/a> of <strong>far-right influencer Nick Fuentes<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Crooked Media <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/22\/crooked-media-tv-fast-channel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breaking into TV<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/feature\/ai-data-centers-local-news-deserts-meta-openai-texas-new-mexico.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The relationship<\/a> between <strong>AI data centers<\/strong> and <strong>local news<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-427af905cbdfbba1 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-82cebb5857087105 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-97bf7686e6210fe1 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>President Donald Trump<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/20\/business\/media\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will attend and speak at<\/a> this weekend\u2019s <strong>White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner <\/strong>for the first time while in office. Given the strained relationship between Trump and the press, hundreds of journalists <a href=\"https:\/\/messagetowhca.tiiny.site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed a letter<\/a> urging the organizers to speak out in support of press freedom.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-32c6d61896f2e966 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/03\/31\/most-americans-say-they-are-tuned-in-to-news-about-the-trump-administration\/#views-on-the-trump-administration-s-relationship-with-the-news-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey conducted early last year<\/a>, <strong>a majority of U.S. adults (64%) said the Trump administration and the U.S. news media have a very or somewhat bad relationship, <\/strong>compared with just 11% who said the relationship is good. Republicans and Democrats largely agreed in these assessments, although they differed sharply on whether the Trump administration has been too critical of the media, or vice versa.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-59c2bdc25f24889a wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2b3bbb34838c4607 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ad5dcd98987f4e74 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>This week\u2019s chart comes from the Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2026\/04\/20\/what-types-of-news-do-americans-seek-out-or-happen-to-come-across\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new analysis<\/a> of the <strong>types of news Americans seek out or happen to come across,<\/strong> looking at differences by age.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f85e0abedb59b8f8 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In general, younger adults are much more likely than older people to get news because <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/the-age-divide-in-how-americans-think-about-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they happen to come across it<\/a>. For example, <strong>52% of adults ages 18 to 29 say they mostly get up-to-date information about an issue or event by chance,<\/strong> compared with 28% of adults 65 and older.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d16fcaac6c6af1d1 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=300631\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ece5dd\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/younger_adults_are_more_likely_than_older_ones_to_say_they_come_across_most_types_of_news_by_chance.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300631 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ece5dd; 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