Uninformed Consent: Governance in MAGA’s Post-Journalistic America

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In this timely presentation, media scholar and critic Nolan Higdon deconstructs the sophisticated strategies of information management defining Donald Trump’s second term. Higdon argues that the administration has evolved beyond simple “fake news” rhetoric into a regime of systemic institutional control. He provides a granular analysis of the 2025 media policy shifts—specifically the mass de-credentialing of veteran journalists at the Defense Department and the strategic clearing of the press pool to make way for loyalist-owned alternatives.