{"id":45611,"date":"2025-12-13T13:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45611"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:10:36","slug":"the-state-of-the-free-press-in-the-us-is-not-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/the-state-of-the-free-press-in-the-us-is-not-good\/","title":{"rendered":"The state of the free press in the US is\u2026 not good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Livestream-3-13-2025-2025-12-12T135948.323.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"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\u2019s Cooperative Bookstore and Cafe in Baltimore, MD, on Nov. 22, 2025. Photo courtesy of Red Emma\u2019s\/Megan Berkobien.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/category\/sections\/politics-movements-us\">Politics and Movements: US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the United States of America, here in the Year of Our Lord 2025, the state of the free press is not good\u2026 But you need to understand: They are going after us to disempower YOU.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/author\/maximillian-alvarez\">Maximillian Alvarez<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/author\/mickey-huff\">Mickey Huff<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/author\/eleanor-goldfield\">Eleanor Goldfield<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/author\/mischa-geracoulis\">Mischa Geracoulis<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 12, 2025 (therealnews.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s Cooperative Bookstore and Cafe in Baltimore, MD, on Nov. 22, 2025. Photo courtesy of Red Emma\u2019s\/Megan Berkobien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The state of the free press in the US is\u2026 not good\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2lgskcEeitt1ykMfYIyYBB?si=Kxm8A8EbSi2Rx7XGvzARhg&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s 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&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redemmas.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Red Emma\u2019s Cooperative Bookstore and Cafe<\/a>&nbsp;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\u2019s war on truth and truth-tellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Project Censored&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-censored.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/projectcensored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mickey Huff, Shealeigh Voitl, &amp; Andy Lee Roth (Eds.), Project Censored,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-censored.org\/shop\/p\/state-of-the-free-press-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State of the Free Press 2025<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Movement Media Alliance&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/movement-media.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted in Politics and Movements: US \u201cIn the United States of America, here in the Year of Our Lord 2025, the state of the free press is not good\u2026 But you need to understand: They are going after us to disempower YOU.\u201d by\u00a0Maximillian Alvarez,\u00a0Mickey Huff,\u00a0Eleanor Goldfield\u00a0and\u00a0Mischa Geracoulis December 12, 2025&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/the-state-of-the-free-press-in-the-us-is-not-good\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45611"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45612,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45611\/revisions\/45612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}