Mastodawn

How Donald Trump’s War on Iran Helps Vladimir Putin’s War on Ukraine

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/how-donald-trumps-war-on-iran-helps-vladimir-putins-war-on-ukraine

Michael Carnell 2d ago

Arresting journalists escalated the Trump administration’s consistent attacks against the media. Experts warn that these attacks could have a chilling effect on the press, which the public relies on for information and to hold government officials accountable. #freedomofthepress #freedom #journalism

Trump's Escalating Attacks on ...

Trump Administration’s Escalating Attacks on Media Raise Concerns about Trust in Media, Self-Censorship

WASHINGTON – Independent journalist Georgia Fort filmed federal agents outside of her home on Jan. 30. They were coming to arrest her in connection with reporting and filming at an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis, Minn., almost two weeks prior.“I don’t feel like I have my First Amendment right as a ...

The Fulcrum

The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos 3d ago

Trump’s Media-Bashing Is Coming Back to Bite Him in Court

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/business/media/trump-media-courts.html

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Nonilex 5d ago

Last August, #CPB announced it would take steps toward closing itself down after being defunded by #Congress.

Plaintiffs’ attorney Theodore Boutrous said Tuesday’s ruling is “a victory for the #FirstAmendment & for #FreedomOfThePress.”

#law #FreeSpeech #NPR #PBS #Trump #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

The USA Potato Mar 25

Pentagon Revises Restrictions on Journalists — by Essentially Kicking Them Out

Under the new policy, journalists can only enter the Pentagon building if they are escorted by a department official.

https://murica.website/2026/03/pentagon-revises-restrictions-on-journalists-by-essentially-kicking-them-out/

Pentagon Revises Restrictions on Journalists — by Essentially Kicking Them Out – The USA Potato

Georgiann Baldino Mar 23

"He added, 'It’s important when we underscore how significant this moment is, this moment of unique political toxicity and unique political danger. MeidasTouch and I have long shared this same philosophy — you don’t platform lies. You don’t platform conspiracy theories. And you don’t allow for the whitewashing of history.'”

Deadline https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/former-cbs-news-correspondent-scott-151737950.html
#USPolitics #ICE
#FreedomOfthePress

Former CBS News Correspondent Scott MacFarlane Says He’s Joining MeidasTouch Network

Scott MacFarlane, who recently departed CBS News, said on Monday that he’s joining MeidasTouch Network, the digital media outlet that bills itself as a “pro-...

Yahoo Entertainment

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Mar 22

“while the #President has little regard for the #freedomofthepress, he craves its ceaseless #attention. His need has the quality of #addiction.” (Very true, and it explains a lot) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The First Casualty of Trump’s ...

The First Casualty of Trump’s War in Iran Was the Truth

The cruellest irony is that of a President who addresses the Iranian people in the language of liberation and then threatens freedom of the press back home. David Remnick reports.

The New Yorker

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