US EditionTrump’s attacks on the press threaten a critical check on government
- Reporters Without Borders reported in early 2025 that global press freedom has dropped to its lowest-ever level, based in Paris and tracking this for 23 years.
- This decline stems from economic pressures undermining fact-based reporting, online ad revenue concentrating in tech giants, and political attacks like Trump's legal threats.
- In 2025, the United States slipped to 57th position in the global press freedom rankings, dropping two spots and landing just behind Sierra Leone, a country previously affected by conflict, while Trump accused The New York Times of biased editing.
- RSF noted online advertising hit $247.3 billion in 2024 but Facebook, Google, and Amazon received most revenue, forcing many independent outlets to close due to funding issues.
- These developments point to an authoritarian shift in governments threatening press independence and leaving journalists vulnerable to disinformation and financial hardship.
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San Bernardino Sun
Trump’s attacks on the press threaten a critical check on government
No president of the United States has ever loved the American news media. Most have barely tolerated the institution that our Founding Fathers called the Fourth Estate. The press were to be a watchdog of the government, which the Founding Fathers distrusted. If the news media are doing their job, print, broadcast and digital media are holding politicians accountable for their actions, educating the public about government at all levels and u…
Alarming deterioration' of US press freedom under Trump, says RSF
PARIS — Media rights group RSF warned Friday about "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" in the United States under President Donald Trump as well as "unprecedented" difficulties for independent journalists around the world. Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, which has been tracking press freedom for the last 23 years, said its main index had fallen to its lowest-ever level. "For the first time in the history of the index, the conditi…
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