Posted in Politics and Movements: US
“In the United States of America, here in the Year of Our Lord 2025, the state of the free press is not good… But you need to understand: They are going after us to disempower YOU.”
by Maximillian Alvarez, Mickey Huff, Eleanor Goldfield and Mischa Geracoulis
December 12, 2025 (therealnews.com)
Photo of TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez (right) speaking on a panel with Eleanor Goldfield (center) and Mickey Huff (left) of Project Censored at Red Emma’s Cooperative Bookstore and Cafe in Baltimore, MD, on Nov. 22, 2025. Photo courtesy of Red Emma’s/Megan Berkobien.
From direct attacks on the press from a fascistic federal government to the explosion of AI and the closure and consolidation of news outlets around the country, truth itself is under direct, relentless assault, as are the journalists who have committed their lives to reporting the truth about what’s happening in and to our world. And the intended result of these attacks is to create a more atomized, alienated, ignorant, disempowered public that is easier to divide, control, and manipulate. In this podcast, recorded at Red Emma’s Cooperative Bookstore and Cafe in Baltimore on Nov. 22, 2025, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Mickey Huff, Eleanor Goldfield, and Mischa Geracoulis from Project Censored about the world-shaping role media play in our politics today, and about how independent journalists and the communities they serve must work together to fight back against the powerful’s war on truth and truth-tellers.
Guests:
- Project Censored website and Instagram
- Mickey Huff, Shealeigh Voitl, & Andy Lee Roth (Eds.), Project Censored, State of the Free Press 2025
- Movement Media Alliance website
Credits:
- Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich
