Tag: Free Press

Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.

Trump’s escalation of violent rhetoric against the press raises grave concerns for the safety of journalists and the future of press freedom in the U.S.

Whistleblowers and protesters play a key role in ensuring accountability. But ultimately, democratic systems should be built to ensure institutional accountability.

My Swedish friend is sitting in a jail cell.

“The revelation that the U.S. has initiated a prosecution against Mr. Assange has shocked the international community.”

Requiem for a (sort of) free press in the U.S

Expect these evidence free smears to continue and for more well funded groups like the Integrity Initiative to appear in the future, claiming to be fighting disinformation while engaging in it themselves, often against their own citizens or those of allied countries.

Rather, the demise of the real news reporting by our city and regional papers is a product of their profiteering owners.

That a perfect opportunity to show a real, if still only potential, attack by the Trump Administration’s Justice Department on the freedom of the press was almost entirely ignored says a lot about the mainstream press’ actual priorities, not only in the U.S. but in most Western countries with less objectionable leaders.

Defenders of free expression and members of the media denounced the president's move as a "clear attack on the First Amendment."