press freedom 
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12/19/2021
Journalism is Under Siege in Hong Kong
by Luwei Rose Luqiu
The Hong Kong government's increasingly confrontational response to critical journalism is a troubling indicator of a willingness to engage in authoritarian restrictions of the press in the name of national security.
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SOURCE: Columbia Journalism Review
3/8/2021
Will Hong Kong’s Free Press Survive?
Security laws imposed by Beijing suggest that the Chinese government has lost patience for Hong Kong's traditionally active and frequently antagonistic press.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
11/29/2020
The Cost of Trump’s Assault on the Press and the Truth
New Yorker editor David Remnick writes that while Trump is not the first president to battle the media, his apparent belief that the press exists as his public relations agency--and anger that it doesn't work that way--are leading him to attack a fundamental institution of society with deadly consequences.
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SOURCE: ProPublica
6/9/2020
The Police Have Been Spying on Black Reporters and Activists for Years. I Know Because I’m One of Them.
by Wendi C. Thomas
Wendi C. Thomas is a black journalist who has covered police in Memphis. One officer admitted to spying on her. She’s on a long list of prominent black journalists and activists who have been subjected to police surveillance over decades.
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SOURCE: Virginia Mercury
4/27/2020
As Campaign 2020 Shifts into High Gear, Trump’s Defamation Suits Pose a Chilling Prospect for the Press
Although the 1964 Times v. Sullivan ruling makes it unlikely Trump would win a libel suit against a media outlet, the adminstration wants to break the historical relationship between the press and public figures.
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SOURCE: Freedom Forum
4/2/2020
"Be Nice" Is Not Needed During Crisis — But A Free Press Is
“Be nice” — two words not found anywhere among the 45 words of the First Amendment.
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
3/17/2020
When “Fake News” Was Banned: An America Trump Might Have Loved
by Adam Hochschild
Exactly 100 years ago, this country’s media was laboring under the kind of official censorship that would undoubtedly thrill both Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo.
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4/30/18
At a Time Like This We Need more Truth Tellers Like Michelle Wolf
by Ed Simon
Her great contribution is demonstrating how afraid of uncomfortable truths we’ve become.
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