Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on press freedom including content relating to honest reporting and critique of the activities of political and other leaders, restrictions on press freedom, persecution of journalists, media reporters and whistle-blowers.
For decades, the United States presented the press as the āfourth pillarā of democracyāa force meant to monitor power, expose corruption, and…
The ultra-wealthy have long leveraged their capital to build sprawling media empires that narrow our public range of debate (FAIR.org, 6/1/87). But Paramount Skydanceās…
There are moments when the mask slipsāwhen the language of ānational securityā is exposed for what it is: a weapon used to…
The following note appeared in the thread of my āXā account at 7:47 Saturday morning. It was posted by HĆ¼seyin Dogru, a…
Imagine youāre at the supermarket one day, but weirdly your card doesnāt work. You try to check your account online, and it…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to be in the midst of two conflicts, oneā¦in Iran, and the other with the American free…
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring…
The High Courtās preliminary ruling this week in the libel case brought by the BBCās online Middle East editor, Raffi Berg, against…
Attacks on press freedoms have come thick and fast under Donald Trumpās second tilt at the presidency, whether deporting a visa holder…
Two journalistsāformer CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fortāwere arrested by federal agents for their role in covering an anti-ICE protest at…
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