Monday, October 17, 2016

Why U.S. press freedom may not survive 2016

The reality is much cruder than we care to admit. The group Reporters Without Borders ranks the United States as a mediocre 41st out of 180 nations for press freedom, behind not just the usual suspects (Canada, the Scandinavian countries) but places like Ghana and Chile. That's not surprising in a country that honors its government whistleblowers by indicting them or throwing them into jail and wherereporters covering Black Lives Matter-style protests have found themselves detained for no good reason. And this was all before Peak Donald Trump.
from the Philadelphia Inquirer 

Dispensing with journos would be
a milestone in our history.
Who needs yapping dogs
when we've got fine blogs
that play with the truth constantly? 

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