The US media’s illicit affair with Trump Once captivated by him, now captured by his oligarch friends, the US media are equally responsible for the mess America is in.

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The US media’s illicit affair with Trump Once captivated by him, now captured by his oligarch friends, the US media are equally responsible for the mess America is in.

Based on much of what you’ve identified:
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Public Service Media reloaded 'Rage giving' in the USA should signal a new beginning for public media everywhere

Ignored for so long Public Service Media have a significant corrective role in the current chaos. Citizens should be reminded that they belong to them.
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Trump allies target European NGOs in battle over Big Tech rules Trump allies have waged an aggressive campaign against civil society and academics in the United States. Now, they're setting their sights across the Atlantic, threatening Europe's efforts to rein in ...

Who cares if Trump & his allies attack a few European NGOs?, you might ask.

You're wrong. We are seeing a campaign that doesn't just hurt a few NGOs. It strikes at the heart of the EU's tech laws, and European sovereignty.

Inside MAGAs quiet campaign to undermine the EU:
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Cyprus EU presidency criticised over exclusion of local union press cards Cyprus journalists’ union and Institute for Mass Media criticise EU presidency accreditation rules, with EFJ raising concerns over equal recognition.

in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/cyprus...

Solidarity with @republik.ch @article19law.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org @casecoalition.bsky.social

Universitas Publications and IMME released a study on media coverage of Gaza in Cyprus. Sometimes trapped, other times out of ignorance but often willfully they fell short of their responsibility to expose, explain and defend the rights of an abandoned people.
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I was a White House ethics lawyer.

I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.

I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

Who Owns the Media? - CIReN For years the absence of transparency in media ownership in the Republic of Cyprus has held the country’s global media pluralism ranking much lower than would be expected of a European Union member st...

Read our full project here: ciren.cy/who-owns-the...

Reporting Prohibited Israel is banking on an ill-informed, confused and increasingly compliant global public.

A few thoughts on the IDF’s disgraceful targeting and killing of journalists in Gaza prompted by the work of Albert Londres @prixalbertlondres.fr

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CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social spoke with @cnn.com's Becky Anderson about Israel’s strikes on Nasser Hospital that killed five journalists in Gaza today.

Watch👇

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

USA 2025:
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

#ΜΜΕ #Πολυφωνία
Η έκθεση Παρατηρητής Πολυφωνίας στα ΜΜΕ στην ΕΕ &υποψήφιες χώρες δημοσιοποιήθηκε
Ειδική έκθεση για την Κύπρο & κάθε χώρα.
Γενική κατάταξη: Κύπρος 24η από 27 στην πολυφωνία #ΜΜΕ
Ευχαριστίες σε συντονιστή #cmpf @eui-eu.bsky.social &
@nicholaskarides.bsky.social
Λεπτομέρειες >>Δευτέρα

Gondoliers of Populism Minister capitulates to populists and seeks to censor Venice Biennale book

#Culture #politics #Censorship
The reading of the day...
Thank you Nicholas
@nicholaskarides.bsky.social
#Shame #Disgrace
@cypresidency.bsky.social
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Academic Suicides The side effects of public intellectuals joining politics

What happens when public intellectuals transition to politics.
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Reporters without Respect Row over Reporters without Borders Index exposes journalism’s real quandary

How a minor squabble over the @rsf.org Index has exposed the deeper problems of journalism globally @jayrosen.bsky.social
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In September 2008 in one of its rare cover stories on politics @rollingstone.com ran a Sean Wilentz feature on how radicals had hijacked the GOP. Seventeen years later the Republican shipwreck is washing up on shores across the globe.

Endlich deutlich ... auf amerikanisch This change will do us all good

Former US ambassador John M Koenig tells Europeans that in the framework of enlightened self-interest, resisting Trump is a useful habit worth developing.

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Who Owns the Media? - CIReN For years the absence of transparency in media ownership in the Republic of Cyprus has held the country’s global media pluralism ranking much lower than would be expected of a European Union member st...

CIReN, in a comprehensive #WhoOwnstheMedia project last year, had revelaed the business and political interests of #media owners in #Cyprus. ciren.cy/who-owns-the...

Cyprus Slips 12 Places in World Press Freedom Index  - CIReN Cyprus slips 12 places in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index by RSF. Cyprus now ranks 77th among 180 countries. Legislative attempts by the government that would undermine press freedom are causing co...

Cyprus plunged 12 places in the #pressfreedom index to rank 77th worldwide out of 180 countries, the 2025 @rsf.org report reveals. The drop comes amid concerns over government's legislative efforts that would undermine press freedom. ciren.cy/news/cyprus-...

Stuck between a Circus and a Horror Show Europe squeezed between a corrupt and capricious tyrant to its West and a poisonous, paranoid one to its East.

His ‘invention’ and the cost to Europe: open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...

Stuck between a Circus and a Horror Show Europe squeezed between a corrupt and capricious tyrant to its West and a poisonous, paranoid one to its East.

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Europe stuck between a Circus and a Horror Show The former German chancellor Angela Merkel was caricatured as Adolf Hitler in the Greek gutter media in 2015 for her tightrope role in steadying the Eurozone and keeping the collapsing Greek econom…

#MAGA #Trump #Putin #EuropeanUnion
Is it really Europe's chance?
Provided they do their homework and, among other, stop flirting with the extreme right ...

A very good reading 👍 ⬇️
nicholaskarides.home.blog/2025/04/28/e...

Europe stuck between a Circus and a Horror Show The former German chancellor Angela Merkel was caricatured as Adolf Hitler in the Greek gutter media in 2015 for her tightrope role in steadying the Eurozone and keeping the collapsing Greek econom…

"It may seem counterintuitive but by knocking it out of its comfort zone Trump and Putin have actually done Europe a favour." @nicholaskarides.bsky.social

Proposed Cyprus Bill Allowing Journalist Surveillance Sparks Outcry Press freedom at risk, say watchdogs, as Cyprus law could force reporters to reveal sources. Proposed legislation allows spyware and sweeping surveillance of journalists.

#Cyprus: IPI is alarmed by a draft bill which would authorise surveillance of journalists & allow authorities to lift source protection. The bill - presented as part of Cyprus’ effort to align with #EMFA could actually weaken protections for the press.

April 24 marks one year since the Cyprus Investigative Reporting Network (CIReN) was launched.

Who would have thought that Making America Great Again would end up making Canada and the EU Greater.

Marjorie Taylor Greene snaps at Sky correspondent when questioned on leaked Signal chat YouTube video by Sky News

Kudos to the American journalist who stood by his British colleague @marthakelner.bsky.social

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Making America Great Again is actually Making Canada Greater. From Yale News.