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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Fri May 8, 2015, 05:49 PM May 2015

Opinion: Press freedom is declining in the US http://alj.am/1dDJZeo

Opinion: Press freedom is declining in the US

While American journalists have long been hailed as flag bearers of the profession — able to report, write and broadcast in mostly ideal circumstances — in the past two decades or more, we have seen a number of cases of fabrication by journalists who have shamed the profession at large and undermined public trust. The more journalism loses popular support, the greater the leverage the public and government officials have to restrict press freedom, writes Alison Bethel McKenzie.

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