Ayala Panievsky

Any Cambridge people interested in the New Censorship?

Please join Prof Yaron Peleg & me to discuss Netanyahu's war on the media, Trump's copy-paste moves, & much more, tomorrow at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge.

Wed, 25 Feb, 5:15 PM
shorturl.at/YTkzc

The UK Media Freedom Forum is coming together in a particularly critical moment for press freedom in the UK and beyond.

Come to hear from our fearless reporters and passionate advocates!

📆 5-6 March at @citystgeorges.bsky.social
✏️ Secure your place here: mediafreedomforum.co.uk/registration/

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico

What the FCC???

That’s how you do it. Please watch @colbertlateshow.bsky.social (and if you’re a journalist, take notes too):
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So excited to have this one out! Thanks to all the brilliant people who helped me sharpen this concept, including @swaisbord.bsky.social @profvaccari.bsky.social and many others (remaining mistakes, as always, mine). Full text here: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

"Anti Media Media: A Normative Approach to Media Positionality", now openaccess in The International Journal of Communication, offers an alternative approach, based on four criteria: facticity, loyalty, plurality, & solidarity, to assess media, their societal contributions & potential harms.

🗞️ How useful is the term “partisan media”, if it piles together outlets like the NYT and Fox News? Why do media charts focus on bias rather than approach to facts or hate speech? And how to counter the populist manipulation of *the facade of journalism* to disguise propaganda machines as news?

Who could have seen this coming!

Talked to @theguardian.com about the most recent threats to media freedom by the powerful alliance of authoritarianism and the broligarchy.

Read @julianborger.bsky.social’s full story here: shorturl.at/W76kj
More on the New Censorship and how we got here: shorturl.at/I78Hy

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Israeli journalists fear for press freedom if UK billionaire sells TV channel stake Union urges Leonard Blavatnik to scrap Channel 13 deal, saying it is part of Netanyahu plan ‘to capture the media’

It's good to put it in a wider context - as @panievsky.bsky.social does here, linking this story to the takeover and dismemberment of the Washington Post.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Like the Washington Post, one of Israel's last TV newsrooms faces a toadying tycoon For Trump, Netanyahu and Their Loyal Plutocrats, Dismantling the Media Is a Shared Effort to Seed Fear and Enforce Self-censorship Among Journalists

"Two events unfolded last week that appeared to have little to do with one another. The Was Post laid off more than 300 journalists, as Len Blavatnik was selling his stake in the Israeli TV Channel 13 to a Netanyahu-friendly media mogul" // My new op-ed for @haaretzcom.bsky.social: rb.gy/z8zwhf

What Iran’s Dead Loved and Fought For A young woman’s online diaries about cinema and literature have become her epitaph.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa... a beautiful must read if you care about humanity and love movies

(Gift article)

Thank you Arash Azizi for writing this and @theatlantic.com for publishing it

What, that little thing? Just my new book in @nytimes.com this week! 😱😱

US folks, this is where you get your own copy: shorturl.at/QdLwC
And here is the full story about recent shifts in Israeli politics, by the fantastic Ruth Margalit: shorturl.at/c5a4J

Next week, the inspiring @jodieginsberg.bsky.social, CEO of @pressfreedom.bsky.social and our dear alumna, is returning to @citystgeorges.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in journalists' safety and the future of media freedom. All invited!

📆 Wed, 11 Feb, 6:30
✏️ Register: ow.ly/fbpT50Y0cEL

The co-author of "How Democracies Die" thinks Trump is going further in his crackdown on the press than strongmen around the world. Via @status.news

(Almost everyone who studies these things is shocked not by what he's doing, but by how fast its moving.)

Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.

This was a really interesting episode to record - Ayala’s book is fascinating and terrifying in equal measure

Thank you! That’s what I went for 🙈

I had a great time diving into everything from Melania’s documentary and ICE in Minnesota to Iranian solidarity raves, what we should all learn from Jimmy Kimmel, and how to fight The New Censorship, with the always-remainiacs @hannahfearn.bsky.social @mattgreencomedy.com & @nndroid.bsky.social 👉👉

Dr Ayala Panievsky Of City St George’s University of London On How To Write A Book That Sparks A… The only way to avoid this type of smear campaign and online harassment is not to criticize authoritarianism. This is not a trade-off I’m…

The US publication day of *The New Censorship* is here! Is it a coincidence that it's also the Trumpversary? Or is it all part of the global cabal's uber-plan? Just asking questions! Some answers in this lovely interview, thank you @medium.com 👉👉 shorturl.at/BGIYf

Happy to announce that THE NEW CENSORSHIP by @panievsky.bsky.social is now available in the US!

“Ayala Panievsky's new book is exceptional. It's almost the only text that delves into the question of what journalists can actually do to better deal with populists.” Michael Hauser-Tov, Haaretz

Media, academia, and objectivity with Ayala Panievsky - American Campus Podcast And authoritarian attacks on all of the above.Request a future episode topic hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything hereReferences and suggested readings:Ayala Panievsky. ...

I had fun (as much as possible when talking authoritarianism) talking to historian @llassabe.bsky.social about the media & academia's surrender to The New Censorship. But there's a way out, and @stephencolbert134.bsky.social & @jimmykimmel.com already got it! Take a listen 👉 shorturl.at/CM9Xg

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit Journalism & Democratic Backsliding: thoughts on responsible journalism

For more depth on problems with journalism, see the Cambridge Disinformation Summit webinar, Journalism & Democratic Backsliding.

with @jayrosen.bsky.social, @sambrook.bsky.social, and @panievsky.bsky.social.

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In London on February 11? Please join us @journalismatcity.bsky.social for the annual showpiece event, the James Cameron lecture, given this year by @jodieginsberg.bsky.social.
Tickets are free, from the link below
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#journalism #pressfreedom

Consistent with concerns raised by @jayrosen.bsky.social, @panievsky.bsky.social and @sambrook.bsky.social in 2023.

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Proud to announce that the James Cameron Memorial Lecture will be given by @jodieginsberg.bsky.social, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists, former @reuters.com reporter, and most importantly - our alummna!
Don't miss her timely speech on the future of news.
Sign up here: shorturl.at/uowEj

Inside the government's 52 page report claiming Haaretz is 'defaming' Israel The Israeli Government Commissioned a Report From a Private Business Intelligence Firm to Back Its Filing to the High Court of Justice, in Which It Is Justifying the Decision to Impose Sanctions on th...

"I think they know that @haaretzcom.bsky.social won’t be intimidated. But others might. It’s about creating an uneven playing field, where you know that certain stories will get you into trouble, while others won't".

I talked to @lindadayan9.bsky.social about Netanyahu’s effort to silence Haaretz:

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit Journalism & Democratic Backsliding: thoughts on responsible journalism

Journalism & Democratic Backsliding webinar from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit webinar series.

Featuring @jayrosen.bsky.social, @sambrook.bsky.social, and @panievsky.bsky.social.

youtu.be/MrAnVd35bcE?...

This is a brilliant fellowship and incredibly worth applying to if you’re an ambitious early-career journalist who wants to see the States – and it’s certainly an *interesting* time to do that.