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Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (zhizhu@newsie.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 03:02:54 JST Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"Trump & his allies have declared their intention to increase their attacks on a #press he has long derided as “the enemy of the people.”...
A senior #Trump aide, Kash Patel, made the #threat even more explicit: “We’re going to come after you, whether it’s criminally or civilly.”...
By the end of his 1st term, Trump’s anti-press rhetoric — which contributed to a surge in anti-press sentiment in this country & around the #world — had quietly shifted into anti-press action."
#News #Media #USA
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1. Over the past year, I’ve been asked with increasing frequency whether The New York Times, where I serve as publisher, is prepared for the possibility that a similar campaign against the free press could be embraced here in the United States, despite our country’s proud tradition of recognizing the essential role journalism plays in supporting a strong democracy and a free people. It’s not a crazy question. As they seek a return to the White House, former president Donald Trump and his allies have declared their intention to increase their attacks on a press he has long derided as “the enemy of the people.” Trump pledged last year: “The LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events.” A senior Trump aide, Kash Patel, made the threat even more explicit: “We’re going to come after you, whether it’s criminally or civilly.” There is already evidence that Trump and his team mean what they say. By the end of his first term, Trump’s anti-press rhetoric — which contributed to a surge in anti-press sentiment in this country and around the world — had quietly shifted into anti-press action.
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  Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (zhizhu@newsie.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 03:02:53 JST Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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  "architects of the #Republican agenda, #HeritageFoundation President Kevin Roberts, asserted that Orban’s #Hungary was “not just a model for #conservative statecraft, but the model.”
  To loud applause from attendees of a Republican #political conference held in #Budapest in 2022, #Orban himself left little doubt over what his model calls for. “Dear friends: We must have our own media.”
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  #Trump #GOP #Fascism #Journalism #Press #Media #News #USA
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  1. Text from article: ...that Trump and his team mean what they say. By the end of his first term, Trump’s anti-press rhetoric — which contributed to a surge in anti-press sentiment in this country and around the world — had quietly shifted into anti-press action. If Trump follows through on promises to continue that campaign in a second term, his efforts would likely be informed by his open admiration for the ruthlessly effective playbook of authoritarians such as Orban, whom Trump recently met with at Mar-a-Lago and praised as “a smart, strong, and compassionate leader.” Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, recently voiced similar praise of Orban: “He’s made some smart decisions there that we could learn from in the United States.” One of the intellectual architects of the Republican agenda, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, asserted that Orban’s Hungary was “not just a model for conservative statecraft, but the model.” To loud applause from attendees of a Republican political conference held in Budapest in 2022, Orban himself left little doubt over what his model calls for. “Dear friends: We must have our own media.”
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  Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (zhizhu@newsie.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 03:04:10 JST Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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  "the weakening of a free & independent #press matters... The flow of trustworthy news and information is critical to a free, secure and prosperous nation. This is why defense of the #FreePress has been a point of rare #bipartisan consensus throughout the nation’s #history...
  That consensus has broken. A new model is being crafted that aims to undermine the ability of #journalists to freely gather and report the #news. It’s worth getting to know what this model looks like in action."
  #Freedom
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  1. Text from article: At the same time, as the steward of one of the country’s leading news organizations, I feel compelled to speak out about threats to the free press, as my predecessors and I have done to leaders of both parties. I am doing so here, in the pages of an esteemed competitor, because I believe the risk is shared by our entire profession, as well as all who depend on it. In highlighting this campaign, I am not advising people how to vote. There are countless issues on the ballot that are closer to voters’ hearts than protections for my broadly unpopular profession. But the weakening of a free and independent press matters, whatever your party or politics. The flow of trustworthy news and information is critical to a free, secure and prosperous nation. This is why defense of the free press has been a point of rare bipartisan consensus throughout the nation’s history. As President Ronald Reagan put it: “There is no more essential ingredient than a free, strong, and independent press to our continued success in what the Founding Fathers called our ‘noble experiment’ in self-government.” That consensus has broken. A new model is being crafted that aims to undermine the ability of journalists to freely gather and report the news. It’s worth getting to know what this model looks like in action.
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