Freedom of the press

Apparently King Bhumibol Adulyadej takes his dog very seriously.
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It gives corporations legal immunity in exchange for sharing your information with the government.
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You can take the French flag filters off of your profile pics now, they've gone full fascist.
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An Israeli official met with representatives from Google and YouTube to discuss ways of censoring videos that originate in the Palestinian territories.
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The dead journalist that exposed Turkey was a US citizen. Wondering why the media refuses to cover her story? So are we.
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Since 2011, 86 journalists have been killed in direct relation to their work in Syria, pushing press freedom to the brink of extinction.
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American major news broadcasts and newspapers all have become hybrids of infotainment, leak-planting, suggestion-planting, disinformation, and other manipulative operations

Image: Joe Sacco: Why Je Suis NOT Charlie Hebdo (Courtesy Stop the War coalition)

 

There is a fine line between freedom of expression and incitement to religious, racial or cultural hatred, but Charlie Hebdo has strayed some way over the wrong side of that divide.

Peter B. Collins Presents Pulitzer Prize Winner David Cay Johnston

 Bad Precedent and Bad Faith 

 
 
 by Lawrence Davidson
 
Part I – Hedges v. Obama