Articles by Paul Dragu via The New American

Media

Final Nail in Legacy Media Coffin? WH Opens Press Corps to Alternative Media, Social Media Influencers, and Podcasters

February 7, 2025 Paul Dragu via The New American 0
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the White House Press Corps is now open to voices and influencers who aren’t part of the legacy media cartel — further legitimizing popular podcasters, alternative media outlets, and social media influencers who dominated the narrative of the 2024 presidential election. The White House’s move puts them on par with, if not above, the legacy media.

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Free Speech

Can Brent Bozell and Kari Lake ‘Make Media Great Again’ at Broadcast Agencies?

January 30, 2025 Fred Lucas via The Daily Signal 1
Days into his second term, Trump already appears intent on moving quickly to refocus USAGM on its mission of promoting freedom and democracy around the world. On Tuesday, he tapped L. Brent Bozell III, founder and president of the Media Research Center, to be the agency’s new CEO. In December, Trump announced Kari Lake, a former TV news anchor from Arizona, as his nominee to lead Voice of America, one of the entities USAGM oversees.

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Censorship

Far-Left UK Government Proposes BANNING “Controversial” Conversations

January 21, 2025 Steve Watson via Modernity.News 1
The leftist Labour government in Britain has proposed radical reforms to the rights of workers that could include classing ‘sensitive’ topics of conversation in the workplace such as religion, women’s rights, or transgenderism as ‘harassment’. The proposed legislation would force employers to prevent workers from being subjected to such subjects […]
Censorship

The Hydra Of Government: How The Global Engagement Center Lives On Through Rebranding

January 6, 2025 Roger Kimball via American Greatness 2
The point is that the GEC—like the State Department as a whole (like, indeed, the CIA and the rest of the alphabet soup that makes up our “intelligence” services tout court)—is supposed to be focused outward: on foreign threats. Thanks in part to reporting by people like Matt Taibbi, we know that much of our government has been weaponized against the American people, at least against those of whom the regime disapproves.

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