The military newspaper earned credibility by informing troops about the good, the bad and everything in between. But the Pentagon’s recent crackdown on the paper is putting that trust to the test.
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A landmark 1964 Supreme Court ruling protects the press in lawsuits by public officials angry about how they’ve been covered. It’s being targeted by President Donald Trump.
Autocrats today are polished, appear mainstream and use the media, not overt repression or violence, to gain public support and consolidate power. They govern through a ‘spin dictatorship.’
John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the press would mean the end of the republic.
Everyone in today’s democracies could use a few lessons in free speech – and the Trump team tops the list.
Media coverage of vice presidential candidates tends to focus on who can help win the election rather than who is qualified to help govern once in office.
Today’s anchors on politically slanted news programs feed anger and polarization with their wild claims. Their ancestor is a character from ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ – with one big difference.
Israel’s most far-right and religious ruling coalition, which just assumed power, poses a profound threat to the country’s democratic institutions, from the courts to individual rights.
Many people define ‘bias’ as ‘anything that doesn’t agree with me.’ But are the news media really biased?
Australia’s press freedom problems have been acknowledged by both the Morrison and Albanese governments. However, we’re yet to see any actual law reform to support public interest journalism.
Former South African president Zuma is trying to turn the contestation of a court hearing into an all-out war and chill those who pursue justice against him.
The mainstream media are holding their collective noses and supporting Project Veritas after its founder’s home was raided by the FBI. It’s a matter of principle and self-preservation.
Ghanians fear that the country’s security services still bear the hallmarks of bad old practices.
Charges of media bias are nothing new, though they’ve gotten louder since 2016, led by President Trump. But a press free to take a variety of viewpoints was the founders’ intention.
False information about the new coronavirus is a big threat to containing the pandemic but governments must not use ‘fake news’ as an excuse to limit freedom of expression.
The former president’s stranglehold on the press made it very difficult for journalists to do their jobs.
Serious challenges lie ahead for Botswana’s governing party as it celebrates retaining power.
The biggest threats are the concentration of media ownership and attempts to legislate the online media environment.
American politics has gotten more partisan in the last 50 years. One of the reasons: the closing of local newspapers.
The credibility of Zimbabwe’s elections will depend on issues like political violence and media freedom.
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
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Monfort Professor and Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Lecturer, School of Journalism, University of Nairobi
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, Penn State
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Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
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Honorary Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Programme manager of the Master's in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer, International Relations, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Communication Studies and Journalism, Northwestern University