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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
PEN America: President Trump’s executive order to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "is another targeted, vindictive overreach of executive authority... (and) a clear effort to intimidate and chill speech." pen.org/press-releas...
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Executive Order Targeting Public Broadcasting is an Overreach That Would Hurt Local Communities - PEN America
Executive order is targeting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeking to eliminate their federal funding.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
(1/4) NPR and PBS provide a vital service that fosters community and unity by delivering fact-based news and educational programming that appeals to people across the political spectrum. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We will continue accepting signatures to the open letter but the deadline to be included on the letter to every elected member of Congress and the White House is 5pm ET today.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 29/04/2025
We urge Congress to reject President Trump's incoming request to rescind funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which would endanger the news ecosystem. Read the letter we signed alongside @rsf.org and 20 other organizations: rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-a...
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
We have surpassed 1,000 signatures for the Press Freedom United open letter campaign, including representation from independent news organizations across all fifty US states. Please consider signing and sharing. bit.ly/pfu2025
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Please consider joining us in signing and supporting this effort to save public media, and ensure it can continue delivering non-paywalled trusted news and public service programming to communities across America, particularly those in rural and disadvantaged areas. protectmypublicmedia.org
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Protect My Public Media
Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Another victory in a long fight thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 22/04/2025
Trump’s shunning of newsrooms is part of a playbook designed to test the limits of the First Amendment. We spoke to former White House correspondent @briankarem.bsky.social and U.S. Press Tracker Senior Reporter @stephaniesugars.bsky.social to learn more.
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Trump is restricting White House press access. It’s not the first time
In cherry-picking who can cover him, Trump is limiting White House access to only those willing to stoop to his demands
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Thank you to @mikeorren.com for joining the @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social open letter movement
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 22/04/2025
What do recent prior restraints on a book author in Texas and a newspaper in Mississippi have in common? Both were entered without hearing from the author or newspaper first. Judges must do a better job protecting the First Amendment.
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Free speech suffers when courts rush to impose prior restraints
Lawyers need to stop asking for orders barring speech and judges need to stop granting them.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Rays of hope for local news.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/local_news/l...
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Why the Fight for Local Journalism Matters
From Mississippi Today to John Thornton’s legacy, rays of hope for local news.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thanks to @nclocal.bsky.social for signing and joining the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter movement
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Press Freedom United
Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thanks to @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social for signing the open letter and joining the bit.ly/pfu2025 movement
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Press Freedom United
Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thank you to @freedom.press for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter
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Press Freedom United
Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thank you to @chicagopublicsquare.com for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter and encouraging over 150 followers to join!
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Press Freedom United
Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thank you to @aegissafety.bsky.social for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter
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Press Freedom United
Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Thank you to @revealnews.org for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter
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Press Freedom United
Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Today we surpassed 500 signatures for the Press Freedom United open letter campaign. Please read and consider joining our movement, and encourage friends, family and colleagues to do the same. bit.ly/pfu2025
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 16/04/2025
Join us for an urgent discussion on the @apnews.com ban, White House press pool, and other attacks on the press by the Trump administration, featuring @briankarem.bsky.social, @stephaniesugars.bsky.social, and @caitlinvogus.bsky.social. 🗓️ April 16, 2pm ET/11am PT freedom.press/access-denied
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Harvard’s pushback against the Trump administration "is a game changer," @jonfreadom.bsky.social tells @gregsargent.bsky.social. "It says to every institution that is feeling like they have to capitulate that there is something greater that they have to stand for." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Trump’s Unhinged Eruption at Harvard Actually Reveals Big MAGA Weakness
Podcast Episode · THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent · 04/16/2025 · 21m
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 10/04/2025
If an anti-free speech president can shake down law firms that represent clients he doesn’t like, press freedom will suffer immeasurably, and the American public will be less informed. theintercept.com/2025/04/09/t...
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Press Coalition Challenges Trump’s Executive Order Threatening Press Freedom and Legal Representation
Sixty-one media organizations and press freedom advocates filed an amicus brief warning of the chilling effect on First Amendment rights.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We’ve surpassed 150 signatures to the Press Freedom United open letter, including: - 85 total organizations - 45 news sites - 30 college faculty and staff, including 6 Knight chairs - 13 journalism support organizations Please consider joining as an individual or organization at the link in bio.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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Trump White House Won’t Respond to Some Journalists Who Display Their Pronouns
Some Trump administration officials have declined to answer questions from several journalists on the basis of their email signatures.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Disappointing state court ruling out of PA that allows emails and other comms between lawmakers and lobbyists to remain hidden from public view. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/04...
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Court blocks lawmaker emails with lobbyists from public view
A panel of Commonwealth Court judges ruled that lawmakers don’t have to make public their communications with lobbyists.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 08/04/2025
Good, but there's no reason it should take this long to determine that presidents can't banish news outlets that use words they don't like. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
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Judge orders White House to lift restrictions on Associated Press over use of Gulf of Mexico
A federal judge granted the Associated Press' request for a preliminary injunction and ordered White House officials to restore its access to certain spaces.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/04/2025
The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.
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AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Another win in an ongoing fight for press freedom www.reuters.com/business/med...
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Judge lifts Trump White House restrictions on AP while lawsuit proceeds
A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump’s White House to lift access restrictions imposed on the Associated Press over the news agency’s decision to continue to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Foreign journalists at US-backed media fear being sent to repressive homelands after Trump’s cuts
At least 84 U.S. Agency for Global Media, journalists in the United States on work visas could face deportation.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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A win for press freedom: Judge dismisses Gov. Phil Bryant’s lawsuit against Mississippi Today - Mississippi Today
A state judge dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today, ending a nearly two-year case that became a beacon in the fight for American press freedom.
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Press Freedom United @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We invite the public and members of the journalism community to join this open letter calling upon elected leaders in the U.S. govt to take immediate actions to restore press access, protect public media, respect journalistic integrity and lead on global press freedom. pressfreedom.ac-page.com/home
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Press Freedom United
Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.
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