'Reporters were dissuaded from pursuing political or controversial topics and instead encouraged to focus on human interest stories." apnews.com/article/trum...
One of the clearest examples yet of Orbánization in our media sector.
One of the clearest examples yet of Orbánization in our media sector.
How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids.
apnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
'Reporters were dissuaded from pursuing political or controversial topics and instead encouraged to focus on human interest stories." apnews.com/article/trum...
One of the clearest examples yet of Orbánization in our media sector.
One of the clearest examples yet of Orbánization in our media sector.
Orbanization.
A media mogel with important merger business before the FCC says he has "great conversations" about it with Trump, while Trump for his part speaks openly about the kind of ownership he wants to see at CNN, a news network he detests.
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Orbanization.
A media mogel with important merger business before the FCC says he has "great conversations" about it with Trump, while Trump for his part speaks openly about the kind of ownership he wants to see at CNN, a news network he detests.
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A media mogel with important merger business before the FCC says he has "great conversations" about it with Trump, while Trump for his part speaks openly about the kind of ownership he wants to see at CNN, a news network he detests.
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
i’m all for nuking trump’s economy, but the rest is a hell of a pill to swallow even for me much less the median normie lib. orbanization but by the good guys might be the best we can get at this point but it’d basically be admitting that the american project has failed imo
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
i’m all for nuking trump’s economy, but the rest is a hell of a pill to swallow even for me much less the median normie lib. orbanization but by the good guys might be the best we can get at this point but it’d basically be admitting that the american project has failed imo
Orbanization
“.. Netflix and WBD .. may have a way out in today’s openly politicized regulatory environment, the lawyer suggested: ‘The way they don’t get sued is by spinning off CNN to a conservative.’”
@semaforben.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
@semaforben.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Orbanization
The choices were the death of movie theaters and physical media, ownership by Mr BoneSaw, or American Orbanization.
December 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The choices were the death of movie theaters and physical media, ownership by Mr BoneSaw, or American Orbanization.
The Orbánization is truly astounding.
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Orbánization is truly astounding.
Extreem rechtse partijen niet gebaat bij democratie.
Onafhankelijke en educatieve omroepen helpen hen niet.
Orbanization is het devies.
Idealiter is controle over alle onafhankelijke nieuwsbronnen, krant, tv, etc
Yesilgus schuift steeds verder richting PVV. Weg van ooit haar SP
#NPO #D66 #CDA
Onafhankelijke en educatieve omroepen helpen hen niet.
Orbanization is het devies.
Idealiter is controle over alle onafhankelijke nieuwsbronnen, krant, tv, etc
Yesilgus schuift steeds verder richting PVV. Weg van ooit haar SP
#NPO #D66 #CDA
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
PVV: Dat mensen nog steeds niet genoeg krijgen van deze schreeuwende flut partij met dito leider met flut resultaten, flut prestaties en flut support van lokale overheden.
(Ter reflectie voor de PVV, is bovenstaand de PVV terminologie gebruikt).
#PVV #Orbanization #VNG
(Ter reflectie voor de PVV, is bovenstaand de PVV terminologie gebruikt).
#PVV #Orbanization #VNG
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
PVV: Dat mensen nog steeds niet genoeg krijgen van deze schreeuwende flut partij met dito leider met flut resultaten, flut prestaties en flut support van lokale overheden.
(Ter reflectie voor de PVV, is bovenstaand de PVV terminologie gebruikt).
#PVV #Orbanization #VNG
(Ter reflectie voor de PVV, is bovenstaand de PVV terminologie gebruikt).
#PVV #Orbanization #VNG
My last piece for Latinoamérica21: Bukele as a case study in “orbanization” and “putinization” — proactive, shameless, and increasingly admired by autocrats-in-training, Donald Trump among them. latinoamerica21.com/es/el-salvad...
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My last piece for Latinoamérica21: Bukele as a case study in “orbanization” and “putinization” — proactive, shameless, and increasingly admired by autocrats-in-training, Donald Trump among them. latinoamerica21.com/es/el-salvad...
@jayrosen.bsky.social has talked about this as the Orbanization of the media system:
bsky.app/profile/jayr...
Come to think of it Orban people claim Orban was for the family too.
Watch for it.
bsky.app/profile/jayr...
Come to think of it Orban people claim Orban was for the family too.
Watch for it.
If you have heard me or other observers talking about the "Orbanization of the media system" in the U.S., but you weren't sure who Viktor Orbán is and how he operates, I can recommend this article by a Hungarian journalist, Iván Zsolt Nagy, who has lived throught it all. www.cjr.org/opinion/vikt...
Viktor Orbán’s Hail Mary.
I was editor in chief of Hungary’s most-read independent daily until a pro-government media network bought the newspaper. It’s the fifth time in thirty years that politics has cost me my job—and it’s ...
www.cjr.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@jayrosen.bsky.social has talked about this as the Orbanization of the media system:
bsky.app/profile/jayr...
Come to think of it Orban people claim Orban was for the family too.
Watch for it.
bsky.app/profile/jayr...
Come to think of it Orban people claim Orban was for the family too.
Watch for it.
The Orbanization of the American press
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Orbanization of the American press
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
by @atrupar.com
#USA #Trump #uspoli
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
by @atrupar.com
#USA #Trump #uspoli
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
by @atrupar.com
#USA #Trump #uspoli
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
by @atrupar.com
#USA #Trump #uspoli
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
Certainly the major TV networks have nearly completed this Orbanization.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Certainly the major TV networks have nearly completed this Orbanization.
Appropriate title:
“The Orbanization of the American Press”
“The Orbanization of the American Press”
Must read: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press:
The bottom line is Trump doesn’t want a free and open press. He wants a press that is nice to him, that will protect him from negative stories, that will give him fawning coverage.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The bottom line is Trump doesn’t want a free and open press. He wants a press that is nice to him, that will protect him from negative stories, that will give him fawning coverage.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Appropriate title:
“The Orbanization of the American Press”
“The Orbanization of the American Press”
The Orbanization of the American press
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Orbanization of the American press
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Must read piece by @atrupar.com
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Must read piece by @atrupar.com
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
⏭️Macron first, then Orban...
Yes. Orban. As in "Orbanization".
(😡🤢😅😂🤣)
Yes. Orban. As in "Orbanization".
(😡🤢😅😂🤣)
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
⏭️Macron first, then Orban...
Yes. Orban. As in "Orbanization".
(😡🤢😅😂🤣)
Yes. Orban. As in "Orbanization".
(😡🤢😅😂🤣)
The Orbanization of the American press
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Orbanization of the American press
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
The Orbanization of the American press
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Orbanization of the American press
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...