{"id":10523,"date":"2025-12-10T15:42:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/is-donald-trump-destroying-press-freedom-in-the-united-states"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:15:37","slug":"is-donald-trump-destroying-press-freedom-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/is-donald-trump-destroying-press-freedom-in-the-united-states","title":{"rendered":"Is Donald Trump destroying press freedom in the United States?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"L\u00f6w, Zeiler, Rauch, vanden Heuvel, Veit: IS DONALD TRUMP DESTROYING PRESS FREEDOM IN THE US?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QSeMOPFFXmo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Gerhard Zeiler, Jonathan Rauch, Katrina vanden Heuvel &amp; Hannelore Veit: IS DONALD TRUMP DESTROYING PRESS FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES?\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3vv8BTJY810f3xqD6mO6Wg\/video?si=6d0b9b82e46e4350&amp;utm_source=oembed\" src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The U.S. president's attacks on journalists and the media have become legion. Trump has launched billion-dollar lawsuits against major outlets such as the BBC and other international media organisations. Some television networks appear willing to settle, while other independent media outlets are determined to fight back. But what are their chances?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Press freedom remains one of the essential pillars of American democracy-yet it now faces unprecedented political, legal, and financial pressure. How resilient is the U.S. media system? What does this increasing hostility mean for democratic institutions, public trust, and the future of journalism? And how should the international community respond to the chilling effect Trump's strategy may have on global press freedom norms?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerhard Zeiler<\/strong>, President of Warner Bros. Discovery International<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Rauch<\/strong>, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katrina vanden Heuvel<\/strong>, Publisher of <em>The Nation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hannelore Veit<\/strong>, journalist and author<\/p>\n<p>Moderation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raimund L\u00f6w<\/strong>, Journalist, author, and historian, head of Falter Radio.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. president\u2019s attacks on journalists and the media have become legion. Trump has launched billion-dollar lawsuits against major outlets such as the BBC and other international media organizations. Some television networks appear willing to settle, while other independent media outlets are determined to fight back. But what are their chances? &nbsp; Press freedom remains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10524,"template":"","format":[],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[38],"class_list":["post-10523","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schwerpunkt-demokratie-diversitaet-und-zusammenhalt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IS DONALD TRUMP DESTROYING PRESS FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES? - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/is-donald-trump-destroying-press-freedom-in-the-united-states\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IS DONALD TRUMP DESTROYING PRESS FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES? - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. president\u2019s attacks on journalists and the media have become legion. 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