Tag: Freedom of Press

Is this an authoritarian impulse?

More than 600 journalists call the press restrictions in Gaza “the worst blackout in modern conflict” as Israel moves forward with plans to fully occupy the strip and restricts independent coverage of its escalating war.

In a move widely condemned by journalists and press freedom advocates, Trump’s White House removes an independent media organization from controlling access to the president.

Progressive voices alarmed as MSNBC axes 'The Mehdi Hasan Show' amidst its candid reporting on Middle East conflicts.

Can there be some measure of accountability for victims of defamation by right-wing rage machines like Fox without sacrificing free press rights? Because this settlement showed just that.

The continued persecution of Manning and Assange shows that while actual war criminals are showered with praise and given lucrative sinecures, those who reveal their crimes are the ones who will face punishment.

From operation mockingbird to wars based on official lies, you can't trust the corporate press. Democracy will only flourish when "the press can decide whether to print what it knows.”

"The murder of three journalists in two weeks shows how the lack of progress in ending impunity has emboldened those bent on silencing the press in the Philippines." Will their killers be brought to justice?

Huffington Post's Ryan Reilly and Washington Post's Wesley Lowery were charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer a year after being detained during the Ferguson riots. This raises troubling questions about press freedom.

After being accused of discussing classified documents on North Korea with a Fox News reporter, Stephen Kim was sentenced to 13 months in prison for violating the Espionage Act. Peter Maass, award-winning investigative journalist, discusses the case on Democracy Now.