media
This week in history: World Press Freedom Day
May 2, 2017Facts that contradict Trump’s version of reality are dismissed as ‘fake news.’
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International media broadcast one-sided portrayal of Venezuela violence
April 26, 2017To paraphrase a remark recently made by Venezuelan author José Roberto Duque, the “truth has suddenly become useless.”
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Enemies of the people? The assault on the free press
February 27, 2017President Trump is targeting the press. When you publish what the boss likes, you get special privileges. When you don’t, you get shut out.
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Trump has press führer waiting in the wings
January 27, 2017The main news outlet in the U.S. may very well become Breitbart News.
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The U.S. and Cuba, human rights and hypocrisy
December 12, 2016The fight here in the U.S. to expand the concept of human rights to cover material conditions of life will soon be harder than ever.
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