FOPEA Report 2024: The Siege of Journalism Weakens Democracy

Published in Argentina by FOPEA (the Argentine Journalism Forum) in Spanish in early May 2025, the report focuses on 2024, highlighting that political power in Argentina was responsible for 52% of the attacks on the press that year. It also shows that attacks on journalism increased by 53% compared to the previous year, mainly driven by political actors and President Milei, with a strong impact in the digital sphere. The most common types of attacks were stigmatizing speech (45,25%), physical assaults (25,14%), and restrictions on access to information (11,73%). In terms of victims by media type, the report recorded attacks on TV journalists (73), radio journalists (47), media organizations (30), digital outlets (25), and newspapers (23).