Removal of late-night show criticised as part of Trump administration’s attack on critical voices in media, academia and business

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

The hiring of Kenneth Weinstein as an ombudsman hands the US president a seat at the editors’ desk

It’s time to dream up a media future that millions of people will fight for.

The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.

No one was around when I finally got to Salazar’s niche, in a section of the cemetery called the Alcove of Time. A simple bronze plaque included the accent over the “e” in “Rubén,” which his Times byline never had. Instead of Spanish wine, I brought a flask of mezcal — I don’t think he would have minded the stiffer drink in this 2025.

The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News.

“If you act like change for the better is impossible, you guarantee it will be impossible.”

A for-profit disinformation ecosystem — from Fox News to Breitbart to localized digital outlets — now aggregates 40–50 million loyal consumers, shaping narratives and fueling authoritarian populism.

Trump’s war on the free press follows foreign dictators’ playbook.

Saving America’s Fourth Estate from Billionaires, Broligarchy and Trump

We must radically recommit to public media before every newsroom, every voice, is up for sale to the highest bidder or the ruling party’s favorite mogul. The time is now.

The environment for press freedom in the United States is entering a perilous new phase. The attacks have been unprecedented, widespread and continue to escalate.

'Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can recall seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die,' the French news agency's journalists union said.

Mass media are dead: corrupted, complicit, malign, worthless