@petervandermeersch.bsky.social took a closer look at what one year of Trump’s second term has meant for the media. Here’s his status report.
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Mediahuis Fellow “Journalism and Society”. Before I was a journalist in Brussels, Paris and New York. Editor of De Standaard (Brussels) and NRC (Amsterdam). Publisher and CEO of Mediahuis Ireland.
@petervandermeersch.bsky.social took a closer look at what one year of Trump’s second term has meant for the media. Here’s his status report.
wan-ifra.org/2026/01/one-...
How a lawsuit becomes a weapon against the free press
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De woorden van Trump die me blijven achtervolgen. "Things happen". Over een journalist die in stukken wordt gehakt. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Violence against journalists is not an accident of war or politics – it is a strategy. And impunity now thrives in digital spaces governed by opaque algorithms and weak accountability
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Nrc geeft mijn boek vier ballen! Erg blij.
The Great News Heist. How AI platforms are stealing and distorting journalism. open.substack.com/pub/pressand...
The Tech Coup. When Silicon Valley outpaced democracy
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The threat to free speech isn’t the state — it's the platforms
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www.lesoir.be/705893/artic... La guerre de l’intelligence artificielle contre le journalisme décidera du sort de la presse libre. L appel en forme d alerte urgente @petervandermeersch.bsky.social @lesoir.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s 1,000 attacks on the press
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Make journalism stronger, more relevant, and more resilient
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The powers the Trump administration is trying to create "could easily be used against them by a future administration," FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social told @sentientmedia.org.
"Legislation and legal precedents and norms outlive any one presidency."
The name everyone in media is talking about
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When seeing is no longer believing
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Yes!!! ☘️ Alles, echt alles. Ik ben er voorlopig even niet.
‘Ierland’, @petervandermeersch.bsky.social
Next sunday I am writing in the #sundayindependent about ireland where i have been living for six years now. I hate it. And i love it even more.