Tag: journalism

Department of Homeland Security's abusive tactics against innocent U.S. citizens fits right alongside with its historically corrupt sister agencies.

But mostly, real climate journalism is about asking the right, and sometimes vexing, questions.

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.

The Trump administration once celebrated WikiLeaks. Now it wants to prosecute Julian Assange simply for publishing things it doesn't like. That's a threat to all journalists.

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

Smearing one reporter as a "loser," the president said he might revoke the credentials of more journalists.

While the position that the United States and its allies take will be important, especially if they impose sanctions, the case is perhaps more interesting for what it says about the region’s growing rivalries.