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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – APRIL 15, 2025
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_ Media caught in Trump’s net _
, Columbia Journalism Review / Adobe Stock / Illustration by Katie
Kosma
* Trump Defies Court Order on AP Access
* Democracy Dies in Daylight
* The End of Radio Martí
* Bluesky Explained
* Images of Protest Move Differently Now
* The Lessons of Crypto Media
* African Workers Take On Meta
* How to Leak to a Journalist
* Black Mirror’s Pessimism Porn
* Musk, DOGE and Whistleblower Files
TRUMP DEFIES COURT ORDER ON AP ACCESS
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By Hafiz Rashid
_The New Republic_
Despite a court order, Donald Trump is still refusing to allow
journalists from the Associated Press into the White House press
pool. On Monday, the AP was barred from the White House’s meeting
with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Last week, a federal
judge ruled that the president couldn’t bar the AP from
presidential events.
DEMOCRACY DIES IN DAYLIGHT
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By Derek Sayer
_Canadian Dimension_
The great institutions of liberal America are falling to Trump like
dominoes, one by one. Those with the biggest reputations have all too
often capitulated, starting with the Fourth Estate.
THE END OF RADIO MARTÍ
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By Carla Gloria Colomé
_EL PAÍS_
Washington has suspended the anti-Castro media outlet, which stopped
broadcasting for the first time in 40 years. ‘It’s a goal for
Havana,’ says one of its flagship journalists.
BLUESKY EXPLAINED
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By Amanda Silberling, Cody Corrall and Alyssa Stringer
_TechCrunch_
It’s been over two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X,
leading people to set up shop on alternative
platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (two of which have
already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented
as potential replacements, but few aside from Meta’s Threads have
achieved the speed of growth Bluesky has reached.
IMAGES OF PROTEST MOVE DIFFERENTLY NOW
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By Ben Davis
_Artnet_
The April 5 marches left me thinking that we need to process all that
has changed in the last few years about how protests come together,
and how images of protests circulate. Social networks have switched
away from a “friend feed,” based on what people are posting now,
to a TikTok-style curated feed, organized around what an algorithm
judges is best to keep you scrolling.
THE LESSONS OF CRYPTO MEDIA
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By Lauren Watson
_Columbia Journalism Review_
Grifts, memes, disruption, vengeful billionaires—to understand
Donald Trump, there’s much to learn from those who cover the
blockchain.
AFRICAN WORKERS TAKE ON META
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By Mercy Mutemi
_Al Jazeera_
A landmark case could see the US tech giant forced to take
responsibility for workers’ rights violations not just in Kenya but
globally.
HOW TO LEAK TO A JOURNALIST
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By Laura Hazard Owen
_Nieman Lab_
I spoke with eight journalists about how to leak in a safe, smart way.
Disclaimer you probably knew was coming: No method of leaking is 100%
secure, and the tips here reduce risk but cannot eliminate it
completely.
BLACK MIRROR’S PESSIMISM PORN
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By Louis Anslow
_The Guardian_
Black Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about
modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective
view of technology and the future. It is a must-watch, but must we
take it so seriously?
MUSK, DOGE AND WHISTLEBLOWER FILES
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By Jenna McLaughlin
_NPR_
One of the largest federations of unions and several former officials
of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration have raised
concerns about the possibility that Elon Musk and the
so-called Department of Government Efficiency could potentially gain
access to sensitive information shared with OSHA and the Department of
Labor by whistleblowers at the centibillionaire’s companies.
* Associated Press
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* Donald Trump
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* press repression
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* Radio Marti
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* Bluesky
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* protest art
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* crypto media
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* Meta
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* African workers
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* leaks
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* black mirror
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* unions
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* whistleblowers
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* DOGE
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