News of media

Javier Milei and his sister hate journalism

Today 07:30 President Milei and sister Karina have gone on the offensive against the media and despite some backlash, there doesn’t seem to be any real consequences of getting a controversial judge to pass an unconstitutional ruling.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

PRESIDENT & THE PRESS

Milei steps up attacks on media as election nears

17-07-2025 19:14 President Javier Milei has stepped up his attacks on journalists with defamation suits and insults that analysts say are designed to bolster his image as an anti-"woke" warrior ahead of October elections.

MILEI'S CANINE CONTROVERSY

Milei makes waves by taking his dog Conan to interview

30-06-2025 12:29 Javier Milei and Karina Milei make an appearance on a pet-themed charity livestream show with two dogs – including Conan, the allegedly cloned successor to the President's original late dog and spiritual confidant.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

16-06-2025 20:39 People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news.

PRESS FREEDOM

Argentina imposes new limits on Casa Rosada press accreditation

23-05-2025 14:18 Number of reporters allowed at press conferences to be tightened and questions must be pre-approved; Areas of Casa Rosada now declared off-bounds, dress code introduced.

PRESS FREEDOM

Photographer freed after being violently detained at protest

22-05-2025 15:10 An AFP collaborator, photojournalist Tomas Cuesta, was freed in Buenos Aires Monday after he was detained with three other people at a pensioners' march that saw clashes with police.

‘Information war’

Experts and diplomats unite to fight disinformation threat

13-05-2025 10:40 European diplomats, journalists and fact-checking specialists sound the alarm at international forum on disinformation in Buenos Aires.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

POLITICS & MEDIA

Milei administration intensifies offensive against press

03-05-2025 10:23 President Javier Milei’s government is presenting the media and journalists to voters as the “new caste” and has decided to ramp up its attacks on reporters; New attack attempts to associate them with “lies” and “defamation,” with one online ally even calling for one journalist to be jailed.

by Pablo Varela

MEDIA & JOURNALISM

Milei severely damaging press freedom in Argentina, says watchdog

02-05-2025 11:16 Report by Reporters Without Borders NGO puts Argentina in 87th place – since Milei’s arrival in office, nation has dropped 47 places on annual global press freedom ranking.

PRESIDENT & THE PRESS

Milei ramps up attacks on ‘hitman’ journalists in online rant

20-04-2025 16:15 President brands critical journalists “hitmen” and “lying trash,” targets 'La Nación' columnist by name in latest rant, drawing rebuke from press freedom groups.

MEDIA & JOURNALISM

A 'mute' button for pesky reporters? Milei mulls new media rules

07-03-2025 10:10 Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni says government is considering installing a "mute" button for press conferences and letting members of the public vote on who should gain access.

TRUMP'S INAUGURATION

Milei to join far-right leaders, tech moguls at Trump's inauguration

16-01-2025 19:23 Along with the president's usual travelling crew, one unexpected Argentine will also be in attendance: San Juan Province Governor Marcelo Orrego.

Media Repression

46 Nicaraguan journalists exiled in 2024, says NGO

14-01-2025 11:46 Independent journalists face exile, arrest and disappearances under government led by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

What the heck is going on with Mark Zuckerberg?

11-01-2025 06:56 There are few doubts that the Silicon Valley elite would benefit from a US president who will ease the regulatory pressure at home while supporting them in their overseas endeavours, particularly one like Trump who has gone on the offensive against the EU.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Death be not proud

02-01-2025 18:10 Jimmy Carter and Jorge Lanata contrasted in many ways, the one profoundly humanitarian, the other deeply human.

by Michael Soltys

OBITUARY

Lanata: A man who redefined journalism in Argentina

01-01-2025 17:39 Mastering a very particular style, Jorge Lanata’s wide-ranging journalistic track record took him to newspapers, radio and television. The founder of the 'Página/12' newspaper in the 1980s and the star of 'Periodismo Para Todos' combined creativity with his passion for research.

MEDIA & CULTURE

Veteran journalist Jorge Lanata dies aged 64

30-12-2024 17:24 Jorge Lanata, one of the nation's most famous and renowned journalists, has died at the age of 64.

BILATERAL TENSIONS

Government demands action over Venezuela’s ‘unjustified’ detentions

16-12-2024 15:13 Argentina’s government criticises Venezuela over “arbitrary” and “unjustified” detention of Gendarmerie (Border Guard) first corporal Nahuel Agustín Gallo on alleged espionage claims.

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

One Direction 'completely devastated' by loss of bandmate

17-10-2024 19:16 "We're completely devastated by the news of Liam's passing, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say," say One Direction bandmates in a statement.

PRESS FREEDOM

Media outlets in Argentina warn of ‘hostile’ press climate under Milei

20-09-2024 16:52 ADEPA, which represents 180 media outlets nationwide, warns of increasing hostile climate towards journalists and the press.

MEDIA

‘Pauta cero'? – No state advertising is a lie that suits Milei

13-09-2024 10:00 President Javier Milei took office vowing not to distribute state advertising to media companies, but the La Libertad Avanza leader has broken his promise. Some 130 billion pesos have been dished out, via state bodies and firms, to friendly outlets.

by Franco Lindner

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Privatisations, relaunches and retirements – Milei’s plan for state media

26-08-2024 19:14 President Javier Milei has managed to shutter the Télam news agency and is attempting to downsize and sell off a host of Argentina’s state media outlets – but are his plans working? And what is the “relaunch” his administration is planning?

by Julian D'Imperio

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Musk’s free speech mantra collides with crackdowns on hate speech and disinformation

19-08-2024 13:32 Elon Musk’s absolutist version of free speech has thrown the world’s richest man and his X social-media platform into the crosshairs of governments worldwide.

SOCIETY

Report: Online video adding to challenges for news firms

17-06-2024 15:36 Short videos from social media have become the main source of information for young people, Reuters Institute report warns.

DISTASTEFUL RESTRUCTURING

'Reorganisation process': Government pulls state media networks, websites

21-05-2024 16:03 President Javier Milei’s government takes down websites and state media networks as it launches restructuring; Controversial declaration of “reorganisation process” causes controversy, critics decry “provocation.”

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Energy mogul makes 100-year bet on Argentina’s mineral wealth

20-05-2024 13:45 Through his holding company Integra Capital, José Luis Manzano is going all in on mining and mineral wealth.

STATE NEWS AGENCY

Milei government shutters Télam's provincial outposts

05-05-2024 16:27 Government moves ahead with "operational closure of correspondents" in 11 of the 23 provinces nationwideand the capital where the state news agency operates.

PRESS FREEDOM

Media watchdog says press freedom has deteriorated under Milei

03-05-2024 12:39 States doing less to support press freedom, warns media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders in its latest annual report.

As I see it

The worst journalists in the world

20-04-2024 06:07 Milei wants to control the narrative and, by doing so, change the way Argentines think about the world. Does hurling insults at journalists help win him more adherents?

by James Neilson

INTERVIEW

James Rubin: 'China is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and repeating its crazy arguments'

20-04-2024 05:24 China is supporting “materially, diplomatically, and even repeating Russia’s crazy arguments for this war,” says James Rubin, the United States’ top diplomat in charge of battling disinformation abroad.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CULTURE WARS

The perfect enemy for Javier Milei

13-04-2024 05:28 The president, his inner circle, and the Cabinet have become extremely selective regarding the outlets and journalists they speak to, with Milei only giving interviews to friendly reporters who lob softballs at him.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

MEDIA

Pressure on the press: from Videla to Milei

12-04-2024 17:20 Attacks by Javier Milei on the press in general, and at 'Noticias' and 'Perfil' in particular, are nothing new. Argentina’s President is using old methods to silence critics.

by Gustavo González

NEW EVENT IN BUENOS AIRES

Disinformation hackathon: Seeking contributors to help tackle fake news

26-03-2024 17:17 On April 17 and 18, journalists, programmers, data analysts and designers will meet in Buenos Aires to debate and design tools to combat disinformation – the 2024 'Hackathon contra la desinformación' is almost upon us!

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Emperor of the Argentine Republic?

23-03-2024 06:32 In a country obsessed with dark priests that roam Government House with differing levels of influence on the upper echelons of the political class, Santiago Caputo has walked into his role perfectly.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

COMMUNICATION & POLITICS

Argentina's 'troll' president: Milei takes aim at rivals online

07-03-2024 15:42 Argentina’s outspoken ultra-liberal president expresses himself online at frantic speed, using social media sites as a both a platform for his "revolution" and an outlet for his anger.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

NEWS AGENCY SHUTTERED

Government suspends Télam state news agency, puts workers on leave

04-03-2024 16:57 State news agency’s offices fenced off as workers are sent on leave for seven days; Website shut down for “reconstruction” as Télam’s staff take to streets in protest.

President's address

Milei announces he will close Argentina's state news agency Télam

02-03-2024 12:55 President Javier Milei announced Friday that he would move to shutter Argentina’s state news agency Télam.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Fight club

24-02-2024 06:08 For President Javier Milei, anyone who thinks differently is simply an enemy. This is a real problem because it undermines the very concept of democracy.

by Nelson Castro

Messi in China

Messi Hong Kong no-show sparks wave of outrage in China

09-02-2024 16:33 Lionel Messi's no-show at a match in Hong Kong has triggered a surge of online outrage in the city and in mainland China

FILM & CINEMA

‘Cold Copy’ thriller probes facts, falsehoods and media’s thirst for clicks

09-02-2024 06:06 Director Roxine Helberg's new film, released in the United States last week, is a thriller that begs viewers to consider what's real and what's falsified in contemporary journalism.

by Ashton Goren

POLITICS

Milei hands Cabinet chief control of the media, more power to sister

05-02-2024 07:12 President Milei increases power of Nicolás Posse and Karina Milei, designating them in charge of public media and communication; All state outlets placed under one-year public trusteeship in second decree.