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Peter Roff

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Covers:  American politics, global affairs, & the national scene.
Doesn't Cover: Animal husbandry, accounting, and do it yourself home repair.
As seen on T.V. @Newsweek contributing editor, columnist & global commentator. Free speech advocate. Policy Pundit. Available for speeches and conferences.

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Peter Roff’s Biography

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Newsweek contributing editor.
Syndicated columnist.
Ex-UPI & U.S. News
International television commentator
Free speech advocate.
Chairman of the Trans-Atlantic Leadership Network Media Freedom and the Free Press initiative.

Published by The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Hill, The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner, Investors' Business Daily, The Daily Caller, The Detroit News, The Orange County Register, The Houston Chronicle, and other papers and websites.

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Colbert's the beginning, the First Amendment battle continues | Opinion

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By Peter Roff Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Peter Roff Sat, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr was right when he asserted CBS and former late-night host Stephen Colbert would violate the equal time rule if the broadcaster aired a pre-primary interview with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico.
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Don’t let the Senate make a bigger mess of college sports

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By Peter Roff Verified
| Washington Examiner Verified
Even a casual observer of college sports can see the system is broken. What was once a haven for amateur athletics has become big business, even bigger perhaps than the professional leagues that many of these young sportsmen and women hope someday to join. Fans are understandably aghast at the insanity of the new rules establishing transfer portals and name, image, and likeness agreements, and a patchwork of state laws that have tried to stabilize things.
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Guest Column: A problem with Trump’s fight against fraud in the states

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By Peter Roff Verified
| Yuma Sun Verified
In a move to fight fraud, the Trump administration established a nationwide six-month moratorium blocking approval of any new federally supported home health or hospice care. At first glance, that might seem a reasonable response. Months of investigation into sham care providers in Los Angeles County connected to organized crime have raised concerns that the system is subject to widespread abuse. Maybe so. It’s good that President Donald Trump ordered U.S. health secretary Robert F.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for The Oracle, my high school newspaper in Armonk, N.Y.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I wish my laptop made the same sound as clacking keys.

How is social media changing news?

It's led to reduced standards, the dangerous proliferation of the use of anonymous sources, & stories published before they're ready to be.
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