Bad Press Preview
Preview: 11/1/2026 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
When her tribe begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose the corruption.
When the Muscogee Nation government repeals its landmark Free Press Act to muzzle the tribe’s hard-hitting news outlet, defiant and wisecracking journalist Angel Ellis charges headfirst into a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian Country.
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Bad Press Preview
Preview: 11/1/2026 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
When the Muscogee Nation government repeals its landmark Free Press Act to muzzle the tribe’s hard-hitting news outlet, defiant and wisecracking journalist Angel Ellis charges headfirst into a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian Country.
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This removes any kind of protection whatsoever for a free and independent press.
That's a little strange.
Why do they have to go so fast?
Why was there no public debate?
Why is this happening?
What's the benefit to this?
If this goes, then this tribe will never be served by a decent media ever again.
This precedes an election coming up next year.
The timing of it, you have to wonder.
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