The Media and Democracy Project
@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
Non-partisan civic advocacy group working to improve our media and defend our democracy 🇺🇸 #PressFreedom
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First in the Nation: A Courageous Editorial Board Calls for Trump’s Impeachment
American Democracy is under siege. The President of the United States is subverting the Constitution. One patriotic Editorial Board rises to the moment.
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How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for Pres. Trump's impeachment (or resignation)?
As far as we know, only one: @sentinelcolorado.com
Our 2 part series: journalism, trust, press freedom & how a local newspaper serves its community-and democracy.
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How many newspaper Editorial Boards have called for Pres. Trump's impeachment (or resignation)?
As far as we know, only one: @sentinelcolorado.com
Our 2 part series: journalism, trust, press freedom & how a local newspaper serves its community-and democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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“AI is simply surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand with some new methodologies, but still based on theft.”
Shoshana Zuboff, philosopher: ‘AI is surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand’
The author of ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ applauds the EU’s initiatives to curb big tech and calls on the bloc not to bow to pressure from Trump
english.elpais.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“AI is simply surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand with some new methodologies, but still based on theft.”
An essential report on the Trump regime's war on Free Speech in 2025 by @attorneynora.bsky.social
- categories of degradation of free speech
- summaries by month
Strongly recommend.
- categories of degradation of free speech
- summaries by month
Strongly recommend.
As I explain in our new @freepress.bsky.social report, CHOKEHOLD, creeping authoritarianism can be hard to recognize in real time. Leaders subvert reality, suppress dissent, reward harassment, and sideline independent journalism & marginalized voices. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance
This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ...
www.freepress.net
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
An essential report on the Trump regime's war on Free Speech in 2025 by @attorneynora.bsky.social
- categories of degradation of free speech
- summaries by month
Strongly recommend.
- categories of degradation of free speech
- summaries by month
Strongly recommend.
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Click the link in my bio to read my latest piece for @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social about how the NYT spread dangerous health disinformation then tried to cover it up.
The New York Times Spread Vaccine Disinformation—Then Quietly Covered It Up
YouTube video by Public Enlightenment
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December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Click the link in my bio to read my latest piece for @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social about how the NYT spread dangerous health disinformation then tried to cover it up.
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Why don’t journalists fight back against Trump’s insults?
Do they stay silent to protect corporate profits?
Will they ever reach the point where they tell Trump to f– off?
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Do they stay silent to protect corporate profits?
Will they ever reach the point where they tell Trump to f– off?
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Will a reporter ever tell Trump to f– off?
Here’s why journalists respond so passively to presidential abuse
www.stopthepresses.news
December 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Why don’t journalists fight back against Trump’s insults?
Do they stay silent to protect corporate profits?
Will they ever reach the point where they tell Trump to f– off?
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Do they stay silent to protect corporate profits?
Will they ever reach the point where they tell Trump to f– off?
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Headlines about US descent into authoritarianism are coming so often that their pace risks people tuning the substance out. But the substance of these headlines is troubling, damning, and isolating as we find United States democracy eroding. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
For most of the world, the US is now a malign actor
While many may be tempted to cut the U.S. off as an ally and partner, I hope our friends don’t give up on us so easily.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Headlines about US descent into authoritarianism are coming so often that their pace risks people tuning the substance out. But the substance of these headlines is troubling, damning, and isolating as we find United States democracy eroding. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
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No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
Trump says Rob Reiner had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' in post on his death
Officials are investigating the death of the Hollywood director as a homicide.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
We're still fighting at the FCC to hold the Murdochs and Fox leadership accountable for knowingly broadcasting 2020 election lies.
Read more @thedesk.net
Read more @thedesk.net
Exclusive: Two years after challenging the broadcast license of a local TV station, MAD Project (@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social) is going after another Fox News asset: The license for one of its satellite trucks — and the network has responded.
Scoop: Fox News satellite truck license sees FCC challenge
Two years after challenging the license of a Fox-owned TV station, the MAD Project is now asking the FCC to revoke a license associated with a Fox News satellite truck.
thedesk.net
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We're still fighting at the FCC to hold the Murdochs and Fox leadership accountable for knowingly broadcasting 2020 election lies.
Read more @thedesk.net
Read more @thedesk.net
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Exclusive: Two years after challenging the broadcast license of a local TV station, MAD Project (@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social) is going after another Fox News asset: The license for one of its satellite trucks — and the network has responded.
Scoop: Fox News satellite truck license sees FCC challenge
Two years after challenging the license of a Fox-owned TV station, the MAD Project is now asking the FCC to revoke a license associated with a Fox News satellite truck.
thedesk.net
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Exclusive: Two years after challenging the broadcast license of a local TV station, MAD Project (@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social) is going after another Fox News asset: The license for one of its satellite trucks — and the network has responded.
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“People who study #misinformation … aren’t engaged in ‘censorship,’” says @knightcolumbia.org's @carriedecell.bsky.social. “They’re engaged in activities that the First Amendment was designed to protect.” More from @sulliview.bsky.social in @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s crackdown on factchecker visas won't protect free speech | Margaret Sullivan
This isn’t about defending citizens. It’s about keeping the truth – and those skilled at protecting it – at a safe distance
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“People who study #misinformation … aren’t engaged in ‘censorship,’” says @knightcolumbia.org's @carriedecell.bsky.social. “They’re engaged in activities that the First Amendment was designed to protect.” More from @sulliview.bsky.social in @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways, writes @sulliview.bsky.social
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
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December 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways, writes @sulliview.bsky.social
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The University of Alabama’s decision to suspend two student magazines has sparked criticism and outrage on the campus.
University of Alabama suspends magazines focused on Black and women students
UA suspended student magazines Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six, citing compliance with anti-DEI policies, sparking campus outrage.
amsterdamnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The University of Alabama’s decision to suspend two student magazines has sparked criticism and outrage on the campus.
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🔎 In 2025, 8 organizers from across the Global South exposed how climate disinfo spreads and harms frontline communities through the Fellowship for Countering Disinformation with Roots & CAAD.
Read the research here ⬇️
Read the research here ⬇️
Fellowship for Countering Disinformation | Roots
Roots works with people and communities to build power from the ground up. We partner with youth and climate justice movements in frontline regions to develop capacity and leadership...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🔎 In 2025, 8 organizers from across the Global South exposed how climate disinfo spreads and harms frontline communities through the Fellowship for Countering Disinformation with Roots & CAAD.
Read the research here ⬇️
Read the research here ⬇️
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Join us in 2026 for our annual conference, March 5-6! For just $49, gain insights from a long list of editors looking for freelance work. Get expert advice on applying for leading fellowships & grants, and winning strategies for marketing yourself and building a business. theiij.com/sessi...
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join us in 2026 for our annual conference, March 5-6! For just $49, gain insights from a long list of editors looking for freelance work. Get expert advice on applying for leading fellowships & grants, and winning strategies for marketing yourself and building a business. theiij.com/sessi...
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Our "Hero of the Month" for November is Chicago Headline Club (chapter of Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social ).
They have been on the literal front lines the Trump regime's war on #PressFreedom.
Please read, share + support their work:
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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They have been on the literal front lines the Trump regime's war on #PressFreedom.
Please read, share + support their work:
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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MAD Hero of the Month: Chicago Headline Club
Journalist Sue Noem and the Chicago chapter of the Society Professional Journalists fight for press freedom and the physical safety of journalists vs Bovino et. al. and their violent masked goons.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Our "Hero of the Month" for November is Chicago Headline Club (chapter of Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social ).
They have been on the literal front lines the Trump regime's war on #PressFreedom.
Please read, share + support their work:
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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They have been on the literal front lines the Trump regime's war on #PressFreedom.
Please read, share + support their work:
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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An editor worth their salt wouldn't have made this mistake, but having done so, they'd resign. Watching these great institutions taken over by unscrupulous fools grates daily
When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
An editor worth their salt wouldn't have made this mistake, but having done so, they'd resign. Watching these great institutions taken over by unscrupulous fools grates daily
This is a more subtle example of how #EllisonsCBS + their emissary Bari Weiss will degrade CBS News.
-normalize anti-science (mifepristone safety is well-established)
-normalize Makary who is a threat to Americans health
Brennan spread disinformation.
h/t to @atrupar.com for capturing this exchange
-normalize anti-science (mifepristone safety is well-established)
-normalize Makary who is a threat to Americans health
Brennan spread disinformation.
h/t to @atrupar.com for capturing this exchange
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is a more subtle example of how #EllisonsCBS + their emissary Bari Weiss will degrade CBS News.
-normalize anti-science (mifepristone safety is well-established)
-normalize Makary who is a threat to Americans health
Brennan spread disinformation.
h/t to @atrupar.com for capturing this exchange
-normalize anti-science (mifepristone safety is well-established)
-normalize Makary who is a threat to Americans health
Brennan spread disinformation.
h/t to @atrupar.com for capturing this exchange
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"The collapse of journalism is part of a larger trend in which institutions are being annihilated."
Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.
Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.
Shredding public knowledge
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The collapse of journalism is part of a larger trend in which institutions are being annihilated."
Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.
Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.
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Someone hire this young and excellent journalist, who interviewed me last summer about concentration camps for his Texas newspaper. He's won accolades from Scripps Howard, NY Press Club, ONA, NLGJA, and the Society of American Baseball, not to mention a shoutout from Best American Sportswriting.
Friday news dump? I was recently laid off by McClatchy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram. I loved expanding into politics/policy reporting, and pursuing stories about communities underserved by their local paper.
Eager for correspondent-level work? Or, have something else in [email protected]
Eager for correspondent-level work? Or, have something else in [email protected]
December 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Someone hire this young and excellent journalist, who interviewed me last summer about concentration camps for his Texas newspaper. He's won accolades from Scripps Howard, NY Press Club, ONA, NLGJA, and the Society of American Baseball, not to mention a shoutout from Best American Sportswriting.
Our "Hero of the Month" for November is Chicago Headline Club (chapter of Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social ).
They have been on the literal front lines the Trump regime's war on #PressFreedom.
Please read, share + support their work:
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
🧵
They have been on the literal front lines the Trump regime's war on #PressFreedom.
Please read, share + support their work:
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
🧵
MAD Hero of the Month: Chicago Headline Club
Journalist Sue Noem and the Chicago chapter of the Society Professional Journalists fight for press freedom and the physical safety of journalists vs Bovino et. al. and their violent masked goons.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Our "Hero of the Month" for November is Chicago Headline Club (chapter of Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social ).
They have been on the literal front lines the Trump regime's war on #PressFreedom.
Please read, share + support their work:
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
🧵
They have been on the literal front lines the Trump regime's war on #PressFreedom.
Please read, share + support their work:
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
🧵
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We are joining other newsrooms in the Climate News Task Force to provide a single hub for signing up for all our newsletters.
It’s a simple way to access climate coverage — and to support reporting that keeps powerful industries accountable.
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It’s a simple way to access climate coverage — and to support reporting that keeps powerful industries accountable.
trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
Get the Climate News Task Force newsletter bundle
Twelve climate newsrooms joined forces in 2025 to create the Climate News Task Force, to increase and improve climate journalism collaborations and innovate new solutions to current challenges.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We are joining other newsrooms in the Climate News Task Force to provide a single hub for signing up for all our newsletters.
It’s a simple way to access climate coverage — and to support reporting that keeps powerful industries accountable.
trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
It’s a simple way to access climate coverage — and to support reporting that keeps powerful industries accountable.
trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
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Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lots to be disturbed about with the Ellisons’ emissary Bari Weiss destroying CBS News - and canonizing Erika Kirk.
We’re still processing this NYTimes Dealbook panel including Erika Kirk.
We’re still processing this NYTimes Dealbook panel including Erika Kirk.
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Lots to be disturbed about with the Ellisons’ emissary Bari Weiss destroying CBS News - and canonizing Erika Kirk.
We’re still processing this NYTimes Dealbook panel including Erika Kirk.
We’re still processing this NYTimes Dealbook panel including Erika Kirk.
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📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
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This story was reported at the time but not with this much detail and analysis.
Thank you, @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
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This story was reported at the time but not with this much detail and analysis.
Thank you, @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
The New York Times Spread Dangerous Health Disinformation, Erased It, Hopes You Don’t Notice
The New York Times aided the MAGA, anti-science FDA in its mission to undermine the public’s trust in life saving vaccines. Another example of editorial decisions undermining trust in the Grey Lady.
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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This story was reported at the time but not with this much detail and analysis.
Thank you, @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
This story was reported at the time but not with this much detail and analysis.
Thank you, @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...