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Chris Hedges on ‘Fake News’ in America

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Naomi Klein and Glenn Greenwald on WikiLeaks’ Email Dumps

Where, if at all, should the line separating the right to personal privacy from attempts to increase the transparency of government and forces of power, be drawn? Read More
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Caitlyn Jenner, Femicide, Jineth Bedoya and Combating Impunity – Bogota Journals

On the bogus petition to take Caitlyn Jenner's Olympic medal and Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya's ongoing fight against impunity. Read More
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Wikileaks Releases ‘Carter Cables II’, Half a Million U.S. Diplomatic Cables From 1978

The latest release ups total of U.S. cables published by Wikileaks to 2.7 million. Read More
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Attacks on the Press: Journalists caught between terrorists and governments

Terrorist groups and the governments who purport to fight them have made recent years the most dangerous period to be a journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its annual global assessment of press freedom, Attacks on the Press, released today. Read More
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Eritrea most censored country in the world

With journalists often facing a choice of life in exile or prison, and with even reporters for state-run outlets in fear of arrest, Eritrea secures its place as the most censored country in the world, with secretive North Korea coming in close second, according to a list of the 10 Most Censored countries released by the Committee to Protect Journalists today. Read More
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Keeping Up With The News, Quito

Grab a paper and make yourself comfortable. Read More
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How to Get Americans to Care About NSA Reform?

Explaining NSA surveillance capabilities in the context of dick pics. Read More
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Press Uncuffed: Free the Press Campaign

The Committee to Protect Journalists today launched the Press Uncuffed: Free the Press campaign at the Newseum in Washington to raise awareness about journalists imprisoned around the world in connection with their coverage of news in the public interest. Read More
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Brazilian Bloggers Encounter Threats Online and Off

Via The Committee to Protect Journalists: Enderson Araújo is so afraid of being killed by police that he fled his... Read More
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New standards aim to protect freelancers at risk

A global network of freelance journalists, news media companies, advocacy organizations, and journalist safety groups today released a set of guidelines for freelance journalists working dangerous assignments and news organizations making such assignments. Read More
ChinaPress & Digital Freedom

China is world’s worst jailer of the press; global tally second worst on record

In the wake of a broad crackdown on free expression since President Xi Jinping took office, China is the world's worst jailer of journalists, with 44 behind bars, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its annual report on imprisoned journalists released today. Read More

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