The National Press Club just sent out this statement on the White House blocking an AP reporter today:
"Today’s action by the White House is a direct attack on press freedom....The role of the press is not to take orders from the government but rather to hold the government accountable."
"Today’s action by the White House is a direct attack on press freedom....The role of the press is not to take orders from the government but rather to hold the government accountable."
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I have zero sympathy
This is forced speech.
OTOH, didn't people already try that?
"In paragraph 14 of the law, the regime required editors to omit anything 'calculated to weaken the strength of the Reich abroad or at home.'"
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-press-in-the-third-reich?utm_source=perplexity
Now they see a problem?