A popular tool used in nonviolent trainings, called the pillars of support, provides a helpful framework for understanding what just happened. In authoritarian systems, controlling the media pillar is crucial, as it allows regimes to shape public narratives. It’s the culmination of a long-term strategy by the administration to consolidate power across multiple pillars of support at all costs. The media pillar consists of more than just the companies they represent. A cross-section of the media pillar, showing some of the different groups that constitute this pillar.