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."
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"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.”
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"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."
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