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As if Jetten Said RTL Nieuws and AD Are No Longer Welcome in the House of Representatives
Writer Özcan Akyol compares US President Donald Trump's decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House to a hypothetical scenario where Dutch Minister Rob Jetten bans RTL Nieuws, De Volkskrant, and AD from the House of Representatives. Akyol argues that while such actions would be condemned as a failure of free democracy in the Netherlands, there is unsettling silence internationally regarding these restrictions on press freedom. He criticizes Dutch politicians for excusing Trump's behavior by citing shared values, suggesting it resembles governance in Russia, China, and Turkey. Akyol calls for the European Union to signal its opposition to these trends, warning that critical journalism will eventually be replaced by loyalist reporting.
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