Free press advocates warn that limiting how journalists cover the Defense Department hampers the stability and freedom that democracies enjoy.
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Underground reporters could be among the last bulwarks against unchecked power.
Most major US media companies have been targeted by Trump this year alone, along with many individual journalists. It’s the destruction of the fourth estate.
The relationship between the state and media soured just months into the Kenyatta regime.
Tighter controls are not the answer; the opportunity should be used to think differently about trust and journalism. It is critical to enable audiences to distinguish reliable, verified information.
The huge cuts to Australian journalism over the past decade have decimated mentoring in the industry. This is not easy to see with the naked eye but it has a huge impact on what gets produced.
The Post’s editor, Arthur Mann, withstood extreme pressure to fall in with orthodox political thinking over appeasement with Nazi Germany.
It’s time for the left-leaning media to come off the fence.
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Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London
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