In press briefings in recent weeks, President Trump and his staff have repeatedly accused journalists accredited to the White House of peddling fake news, of treason, and of being unpatriotic. The New York Times identified over 110 unique AI-generated images and videos from the early weeks of war coverage. In the United States of America, the fight for the American mind is being waged between social media and news outlets. A Reuters Institute survey found in 2025 that social media had overtaken mainstream media as a source for Americans to get their information — 54% to the latter’s 50%. If social media is replacing TV and newspapers, podcasts are replacing radio.

Source: The Telegraph March 30, 2026 12:02 UTC