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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>As we've discussed before, while much of America seems to be existing in a national fascist "unreality" bubble engineered by the US right and fascist collaborators in corporate media, the view from outside the realm is clearer. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, international press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders is sounding the alarm in a report that indicates Trump's attempts to erode press freedoms are already succeeding.</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-press-freedom-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/us-press</span><span class="invisible">-freedom-2025</span></a></p><p>Reporters Without Borders Sounds Alarm Over Trump Effort to 'Bring the Press Into Line'</p><p>"Trump was elected to a second term after a campaign in which he denigrated the press on a daily basis and made explicit threats to weaponize the federal government against the media," the report states.</p><p>"His early moves in his second mandate to politicize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), ban The Associated Press from the White House, or dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, for example, have jeopardized the country's news outlets and indicate that he intends to follow through on his threats, setting up a potential crisis for American journalism," the publication continues, accusing Trump of using "false economic pretexts" to "bring the press into line."</p><p>As the article notes, the RSF report features a very granular look at press freedom in America that touches on crises that predate and exist independently from Trump; although there's no question his assaults on the media are exacerbating those problems. It examines subjects like the lack of public trust in media, the lack of financial support for actual journalism, and the disintegration of local news in the United States. With that noted however, RSF makes it abundantly clear that rhetorical attacks from a primarily right wing (fascist) political class have created an environment of intimidation and danger for journalists in America.</p><p>"Politicians' open disdain for the media has trickled down to the public," RSF added. "Journalists reporting on the ground can face harassment, intimidation, and assault while working. When covering demonstrations, journalists are sometimes attacked and physically assaulted by protestors or wrongfully arrested by police. According to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, there were 49 journalist arrests in 2024 compared to only 15 in 2023. The last journalist to be killed in the course of his work was Dylan Lyons in February of 2023."</p><p>These alarming comments about the rapid decline of American press freedom are part of a larger Reporters Without Borders global report noting that freedom of the press is in trouble on a planetary scale as well. But RSF isn't the only watchdog organization raising the alarm about the United States. The Committee to Protect Journalists has also released a highly critical report examining Trump's first one hundred days in office, in advance of World Press Freedom Day. </p><p>"On Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a report on Trump's first 100 days in office, which the group said were "marked by a flurry of executive actions that have created a chilling effect and have the potential to curtail media freedoms."</p><p>"From denying access to upending respect for the independence of a free press to vilifying news organizations to threatening reprisals, this administration has begun to exert its power to punish or reward based on coverage," CPJ said. "Whether in the states or on the streets, this behavior is setting a new standard for how the public can treat journalists."</p><p>Frankly folks I don't have a ton to add here; while modern American society seems to hold a great deal of contempt for watchdog organizations that track extractivist plundering, wealth inequality, freedom of the press, and democratic rights, the fact that you're not going to hear about these kind of things on the evening news is why publicizing these reports is so important. Having well-research data and international observers to confirm our arguments that the Trump regime is trying to stop even what passes for our media from reporting negatively on their fascist activities is an important part of making folks who aren't paying enough attention accept that those arguments are based in an increasingly disturbing reality. If you want people to band together and stop a fascist takeover, they have to be aware its happening and the work of organizations like RSF and CPJ help us make each other aware of the severity of the problem.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/RSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSF</span></a>#FreeSpeech <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ReportersWithoutBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReportersWithoutBorders</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FreedomOfThePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfThePress</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CPJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPJ</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WPFD2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WPFD2025</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ShariRedstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShariRedstone</span></a>, the company’s controlling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shareholder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shareholder</span></a>, has said she favors settling the case. She is set to receive a major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/payday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payday</span></a> in a pending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sale</span></a> of Paramount to a Hollywood studio, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Skydance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skydance</span></a>, that requires sign-off from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin. Any settlement would ultimately require the board’s approval, &amp; Redstone has told the board that she is *recusing* herself from deliberations related to the lawsuit.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillOwens</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Capitulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appeasement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disgrace</span></a><br>Lawyers for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paramount</span></a>, the parent company of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBSNews</span></a>, are set to begin mediation on Wednesday over a lawsuit brought by Trump that accuses “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a>” of *deceptively* [accurately] editing an interview with his 2024 Democratic opponent, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillOwens</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/business/media/paramount-cbs-60-minutes-trump-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=4F0A1033-7C72-43C9-B834-781E1210163C" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/29/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/paramount-cbs-60-minutes-trump-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=4F0A1033-7C72-43C9-B834-781E1210163C</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In his memo on Tues, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillOwens</span></a> pledged that “‘<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a>’ will continue to cover the new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, as we will report on future administrations” [though seriously? Ge cannot guarantee that if he isn’t there]. He added: “The show is too important to the country. It has to continue, just not with me as the executive producer.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> experts have dismissed that suit as baseless &amp; far-fetched [ya don’t say], &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillOwens</span></a> said in Feb that he would not apologize as part of any prospective settlement. Many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBSNews</span></a> — the former home of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WalterCronkite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalterCronkite</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeWallace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWallace</span></a> — believe that a settlement would amount to a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/capitulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitulation</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> over what they consider standard-issue gripes about editorial judgment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“So, having defended this show—&amp; what we stand for—from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillOwens</span></a> wrote in the memo, which was obtained by NYT.</p><p>“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a>” has faced mounting pressure in recent months from both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, who sued <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> for $10B &amp; has accused the program of “unlawful &amp; illegal behavior,” &amp; its own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> owner at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paramount</span></a>, the parent company of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBSNews</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In an extraordinary declaration, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillOwens</span></a> —only the 3rd person to run the program in its 57-year history—told his staff in a memo that “over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> decisions based on what was right for ‘<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a>,’ right for the audience.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBSNews</span></a> entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a>,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillOwens</span></a>, said that he would resign from the long-running Sunday news program because he had lost his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JournalisticIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JournalisticIndependence</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateTV</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/4thEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4thEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-bill-owens.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.RqoX.p3lFlnyQqSwe&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/22/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-bill-owens.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.RqoX.p3lFlnyQqSwe&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> at the time promoted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a>’s critiques in headlines such as one on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sputnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sputnik</span></a> International’s website in April 2023, “‘Trumped-Up’ Charges Against Former US President ‘Embarrassing’ to US,” &amp; another in December 2023, “GOP Activist: ‘Stupid’ US Leaders Will ‘Throw Money’ at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> Unless Stopped by House.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussianDisinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianDisinformation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> has been a prolific user of social &amp; other media to defend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; his policies. His presence on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> puts a twist on Trump’s frequent tapping of TV personalities to stock his 2nd admin.<br>
Martin appeared as a panelist or commentator on more than a dozen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RT</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sputnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sputnik</span></a> programs beginning in Aug 2016, often introduced as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> strategist….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussianDisinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianDisinformation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>🚨🚨🚨NEW in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AssociatedPressVBudowich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPressVBudowich</span></a> – the federal case regarding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s ban on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPress</span></a> reporters🚨🚨🚨</p><p>Federal judge lifts White House ban on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a></p><p>U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden found that when rooms in the White House, like the Oval Office or the East Room, are opened to certain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a>, the admin cannot block others.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpaganda</span></a> <br><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682.47.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682.47.0.pdf</span></a></p>
Flowermob<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FoxFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoxFascists</span></a></p>
Lee 🌏<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@billyjoebowers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>billyjoebowers</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/JoeRogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeRogan</span></a> = <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HuffPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HuffPost</span></a> @ 2:18pm ET on Feb 23, 2025</p><p>President&nbsp;Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s recent rhetoric about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> is getting a thumbs up from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a>.<br>...</p><p>And earlier this week, Russian television presenter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VladimirSoloviov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirSoloviov</span></a> suggested Trump’s growing hostility toward Ukraine was no accident.</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russian-tv-trump-total-alignment-with-putin_n_67bb4d41e4b0249e5d5af195" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/russian-tv-</span><span class="invisible">trump-total-alignment-with-putin_n_67bb4d41e4b0249e5d5af195</span></a></p>
Eagle Globe & Flanker<p>A new Fox poll has Biden up. Fox’s prime-time hosts didn’t mention it.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/20/new-fox-poll-shows-biden-up-their-primetime-hosts-didnt-mention-it/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/06/20/new-fox-poll-shows-biden-up-their-primetime-hosts-didnt-mention-it/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MurdochsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MurdochsMedia</span></a></p>
Eagle Globe & Flanker<p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Pravda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pravda</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/SinclairAdvertiserBoycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SinclairAdvertiserBoycott</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ElPasoLasCruces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElPasoLasCruces</span></a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/lChXO601g7Q?si=NNMbRyuCN2S4PjC8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/lChXO601g7Q?si=NNMbRy</span><span class="invisible">uCN2S4PjC8</span></a></p>