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Who's really watching Brussels? It's one of the most powerful capitals on earth, and one of the least watched. Fewer than a thousand journalists are meant to keep an eye on decisions that shape the lives of 450 million Europeans. Our new Off Script episode is out now. Elizabeth Kuiper and Naina M. sit down with Lise Witteman, investigative journalist, head of Follow the Money's EU desk, and author of Who's Watching Brussels?, to talk about what it actually takes to hold power to account in the age of AI and disinformation. We get into: ✔ Why it was small, stubborn investigative newsrooms, not big tech or legacy media, that brought leaders like Orbán to account ✔ How you tell what's true when trust has collapsed ✔ Whether social media is journalism's greatest tool or its biggest enemy ✔ What Europe needs to build to own its own information landscape, not just its infrastructure Lise's book digs into the suitcases of alleged cash, the conveniently deleted messages, and the watchdogs who, at the crucial moments, could only watch from inside their cage. It's a sharp, necessary read on the fragile democracy that is the EU, and on why independent journalism is the content that makes all that European 'infrastructure' worth anything at all. 🎙️ Listen now Spotify → https://lnkd.in/eZj2ZzJC All platforms (RSS) → https://lnkd.in/eUzuAFDc 📕 Who's Watching Brussels? by Lise Witteman English → https://lnkd.in/e3ZanTdg Support information sovereignty, support Europe's investigative journalism. 🇪🇺 #OffScript #InformationSovereignty #Journalism #EU #Disinformation #FollowTheMoney #InvestigativeJournalism #Europe