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True Freedom of the Press?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Thu Jan 22 20:23:23 2015
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:23:20 -0500 (EST)
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t r u t h o u t | Lately, politicians seem to be falling over themselves to=
declare how much they love free speech. Yet from Washington, DC to Paris, =
France, this loudly proclaimed commitment to free expression and freedom of=
the press doesn't seem to line up with their actually track record or poli=
cies.
Of course, this isn't new. In the United States, our government has histori=
cally been keen to lecture other countries on the need for dissent while do=
ing its best to quash it at home - from whistleblowers to protesters, from =
John Kiriakou to Chelsea Manning, from James Risen to Edward Snowden. Meanw=
hile, we have a corporate media that is all too willing to work to ensure t=
hat dominant narratives are never questioned.
At Truthout, we believe a free press doesn't just require freedom from the =
fear that the government will try to prosecute journalists for doing their =
job or pressure them to reveal sources - although that's vital. True freedo=
m of the press also means being free from the pressures that come when medi=
a outlets are owned by mega-corporations or when their budgets are dependen=
t on advertising.
Maintaining our independence isn't always easy, but it is essential to stay=
ing who we are. Can you help Truthout keep doing that by making a tax-deduc=
tible donation tonight?
Click here to donate: https://members.truth-out.org/donate
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You can also donate by check, made payable to:
Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827
(Please include your email address on your check.)=20
Sincerely,
Joe Macar=C3=A9, Publisher, and Ziggy Jeffery, Development Director
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.9720010757446px;">Lately, politicians seem to be falling over themselves to declare how much they love free speech. Yet from Washington, DC to Paris, France, this loudly proclaimed commitment to free expression and freedom of the press doesn’t seem to line up with their actually track record or policies.</span></font><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.9720010757446px;"><br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.9720010757446px;">Of course, this isn’t new. In the United States, our government has historically been keen to lecture other countries on the need for dissent while doing its best to quash it at home - from whistleblowers to protesters, from John Kiriakou to Chelsea Manning, from James Risen to Edward Snowden. Meanwhile, we have a corporate media that is all too willing to work to ensure that dominant narratives are never questioned.</span></font><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.9720010757446px;"><br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.9720010757446px;">At Truthout, we believe a free press doesn’t just require freedom from the fear that the government will try to prosecute journalists for doing their job or pressure them to reveal sources - although that’s vital. </span><b><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.9720010757446px;">True freedom of the press also means being free from the pressures that come when media outlets are owned by mega-corporations or when their budgets are dependent on advertising.</span></b></font><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.9720010757446px;"><br />
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