Press freedoms — or lack thereof — in the US
By Josh Meyer
After decades of turning its critical eye to the lack of press freedoms in other countries, the renowned Committee to Protect Journalists on Oct. 10 released its first comprehensive report on working conditions in the United States — and it’s quite damning. (Read as PDF).
Essentially, just when you thought the Obama administration’s “war on national security reporters” couldn’t get any worse, CPJ comes along and describes in detail how the situation is actually far more dire than one might imagine.
The “CPJ Special Report” was authored by Leonard Downie, Jr., the former top editor of the Washington Post, and it is as important as it is scathing.
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