Nicholas Karides

Reporting Prohibited Israel is banking on an ill-informed, confused and increasingly compliant global public.

A few thoughts on the IDF’s disgraceful targeting and killing of journalists in Gaza prompted by the work of Albert Londres @prixalbertlondres.fr

open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...

CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social spoke with @cnn.com's Becky Anderson about Israel’s strikes on Nasser Hospital that killed five journalists in Gaza today.

Watch👇

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

USA 2025:
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

#ΜΜΕ #Πολυφωνία
Η έκθεση Παρατηρητής Πολυφωνίας στα ΜΜΕ στην ΕΕ &υποψήφιες χώρες δημοσιοποιήθηκε
Ειδική έκθεση για την Κύπρο & κάθε χώρα.
Γενική κατάταξη: Κύπρος 24η από 27 στην πολυφωνία #ΜΜΕ
Ευχαριστίες σε συντονιστή #cmpf @eui-eu.bsky.social &
@nicholaskarides.bsky.social
Λεπτομέρειες >>Δευτέρα

Gondoliers of Populism Minister capitulates to populists and seeks to censor Venice Biennale book

#Culture #politics #Censorship
The reading of the day...
Thank you Nicholas
@nicholaskarides.bsky.social
#Shame #Disgrace
@cypresidency.bsky.social
nicholaskaridesessays.substack.com/p/gondoliers...

Academic Suicides The side effects of public intellectuals joining politics

What happens when public intellectuals transition to politics.
open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...

Reporters without Respect Row over Reporters without Borders Index exposes journalism’s real quandary

How a minor squabble over the @rsf.org Index has exposed the deeper problems of journalism globally @jayrosen.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...

In September 2008 in one of its rare cover stories on politics @rollingstone.com ran a Sean Wilentz feature on how radicals had hijacked the GOP. Seventeen years later the Republican shipwreck is washing up on shores across the globe.

Endlich deutlich ... auf amerikanisch This change will do us all good

Former US ambassador John M Koenig tells Europeans that in the framework of enlightened self-interest, resisting Trump is a useful habit worth developing.

open.substack.com/pub/ambjohn/...

Who Owns the Media? - CIReN For years the absence of transparency in media ownership in the Republic of Cyprus has held the country’s global media pluralism ranking much lower than would be expected of a European Union member st...

CIReN, in a comprehensive #WhoOwnstheMedia project last year, had revelaed the business and political interests of #media owners in #Cyprus. ciren.cy/who-owns-the...

Cyprus Slips 12 Places in World Press Freedom Index  - CIReN Cyprus slips 12 places in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index by RSF. Cyprus now ranks 77th among 180 countries. Legislative attempts by the government that would undermine press freedom are causing co...

Cyprus plunged 12 places in the #pressfreedom index to rank 77th worldwide out of 180 countries, the 2025 @rsf.org report reveals. The drop comes amid concerns over government's legislative efforts that would undermine press freedom. ciren.cy/news/cyprus-...

Stuck between a Circus and a Horror Show Europe squeezed between a corrupt and capricious tyrant to its West and a poisonous, paranoid one to its East.

His ‘invention’ and the cost to Europe: open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...

Stuck between a Circus and a Horror Show Europe squeezed between a corrupt and capricious tyrant to its West and a poisonous, paranoid one to its East.

open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...

Europe stuck between a Circus and a Horror Show The former German chancellor Angela Merkel was caricatured as Adolf Hitler in the Greek gutter media in 2015 for her tightrope role in steadying the Eurozone and keeping the collapsing Greek econom…

#MAGA #Trump #Putin #EuropeanUnion
Is it really Europe's chance?
Provided they do their homework and, among other, stop flirting with the extreme right ...

A very good reading 👍 ⬇️
nicholaskarides.home.blog/2025/04/28/e...

Europe stuck between a Circus and a Horror Show The former German chancellor Angela Merkel was caricatured as Adolf Hitler in the Greek gutter media in 2015 for her tightrope role in steadying the Eurozone and keeping the collapsing Greek econom…

"It may seem counterintuitive but by knocking it out of its comfort zone Trump and Putin have actually done Europe a favour." @nicholaskarides.bsky.social

Proposed Cyprus Bill Allowing Journalist Surveillance Sparks Outcry Press freedom at risk, say watchdogs, as Cyprus law could force reporters to reveal sources. Proposed legislation allows spyware and sweeping surveillance of journalists.

#Cyprus: IPI is alarmed by a draft bill which would authorise surveillance of journalists & allow authorities to lift source protection. The bill - presented as part of Cyprus’ effort to align with #EMFA could actually weaken protections for the press.

April 24 marks one year since the Cyprus Investigative Reporting Network (CIReN) was launched.

Who would have thought that Making America Great Again would end up making Canada and the EU Greater.

YouTube video by Sky News Marjorie Taylor Greene snaps at Sky correspondent when questioned on leaked Signal chat

Kudos to the American journalist who stood by his British colleague @marthakelner.bsky.social

youtu.be/WCfPXKt_VIA

Making America Great Again is actually Making Canada Greater. From Yale News.

In principle you are of course right, but you are ignoring or underestimating the importance of the false, malicious and -crucially- the illegal means through which he came to capture the space in which to contest that right. (You used to protest against such over-simplifications).

On patrol with Syria’s new forces as Assad soldiers rejoin civilian life We're out on patrol with Syrian forces as hundreds of soldiers formerly loyal to the deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad hand themselves in and sign-up to the new regime.

Far from the noise, Paraic O’Brien @channel4news.bsky.social delivers some compelling journalism. Consistently thoughtful reporting overall by C4 with Matt Frei, @cathynewman.bsky.social @c4ciaran.bsky.social and team.
www.channel4.com/news/on-patr...

There’s nothing anyone can do about the decadence of the Republican Party but Democrats like @blumenthal.senate.gov must do a whole lot more than just say the right things. If they don’t actually do more, they too will be viewed as complicit.

Trump called the press ‘the enemy of the people’. Now it’s time to defend ourselves | Jodie Ginsberg The one-time defiance and solidarity of publications across the political aisle is strained as outlets cave to Trump’s threats

By @jodieginsberg.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

. @fotoole.bsky.social in the NYRB in 2021 on why the US lost the war in Afghanistan. Nation-building failed because of their own democracy’s failures - now in full view.

Trump and Musk Attack Journalists by Name in Social Media Posts Since his inauguration, the president has been quick to demonize what he calls “the fake news media.” On Friday, both men demanded that individuals be fired.

Deranged, incompetent and corrupt felon who should have been impeached never to be allowed to run for the presidency asks Washington Post to fire Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist describing him as incompetent and corrupt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

Abandoning X can evolve into an important act of resistance by Europeans and Americans alike. #eXit

As the US media falters in its coverage of Trump’s imminent take-over, a reminder of how the NYT misread Hitler on 31 January 1933 (from Patrick Cockburn’s biography of his father Claud, Believe Nothing Until it is Officially Denied, 2024, Verso).

The text (below right) from this 4 October 1982 issue of TIME reveals an Israeli society (and press) that had been profoundly torn after Sabra and Shatila. 42 years later it is important to constantly remind ourselves that not all Israelis subscribe to Netanyahu’s genocidal delirium.