• Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom • Social Media

    Dark Forces are Preventing us from Fighting the Climate Crisis

    George Monbiot

    The Guardian

    Of the world’s 10 most popular online shows, a Yale study shows eight have spread climate science denial.

    Published On: 11/14/2025

  • Global • Journalism • Press Freedom • Recommended • Surveillance

    2025 Press Freedom Predators

    Reporters Without Borders

    Reporters Without Borders

    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is unveiling the profiles of 34 press freedom predators who attacked journalists and the right to information in 2025. What do they have in common? A hatred of press freedom.

    Published On: 11/07/2025

  • Cyber Security • Press Freedom • Social Media • Surveillance

    As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media

    Ari Paul

    FAIR (9/19/2025)

    This TikTok deal is not just about money. It’s about control of the political narrative.

    Published On: 11/03/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

    Manufacturing Dissent: How America’s Most Popular “Opposition” Media Protects Oligarch Power

    Christopher Armitage

    The Existentialist Republic

    Power no longer exclusively manufactures agreement. American oligarchs and their media companies have now learned to manufacture the allowable form of disagreement itself.

    Published On: 10/28/2025

  • Human Rights • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour

    Michael Sainato

    The Guardian

    Trump ally Laura Loomer took credit for Sami Hamdi’s detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’

    Published On: 10/26/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom

    The Defunding of Public Media Is Hitting Local Stations Hardest

    Amy Kroin

    Free Press

    “The urgent task is to build a public-media system capable of resisting autocracy and restoring democracy.”

    Published On: 10/23/2025

  • Corruption • Disinformation • Press Freedom • Social Media

    American Oligarchs: The Media Consolidation Timeline

    Christopher Armitage

    The Existentialist Republic

    The sequence documented in Hungary, Russia, and Turkey followed identical steps: media consolidation, implementation of authoritarian policies, controlled information redirecting blame for consequences.

    Published On: 10/21/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Social Media

    I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

    Mark Jacob

    Stop the Presses

    The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

    Published On: 10/14/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

    Opinion: Why I’m handing in my Pentagon press pass

    Tom Bowman

    NPR

    How will the American people find out what is being done at the Pentagon in their name, with their tax dollars, and more importantly, the decisions that may put their sons and daughters in harm's way?

    Published On: 10/14/2025

  • Legal • Press Freedom • Technology

    The speech wars come for Wikipedia

    Aaron Mak

    Politico

    It’s Wikipedia’s turn in the “free speech” washing machine.

    Published On: 10/02/2025

  • Press Freedom • Technology

    Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America

    Jake Lahut

    Wired

    The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

    Published On: 09/24/2025

  • Culture • Democracy • Press Freedom • Recommended • Resistance

    Jimmy Kimmel’s reinstatement shows the power of noncooperation

    Joe Worthy

    Waging Nonviolence

    Disney’s reversal on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension wasn’t an act of corporate consciousness — it was a strategic retreat forced by coordinated pressure.

    Published On: 09/23/2025

  • Democracy • Journalism • Press Freedom • Recommended

    ‘I’ll leave with my head held high’ | Hispanic journalist facing deportation pens letter

    Tim Darnell

    Atlanta News First

    The American Civil Liberties Union has been seeking Mr. Guevara’s release from retaliatory detention in a federal district court and are asking the court to free him immediately before he is deported at any moment.”

    Published On: 09/22/2025

  • Democracy • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Jimmy Kimmel Live! Suspended Over Charlie Kirk Comments

    Sian Cain and Oliver Holmes

    The Guardian

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

    Published On: 09/18/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance • White Supremacy

    The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

    Karen Attiah

    The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah

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

    Published On: 09/15/2025

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