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The Global Demand for Free Press in the Twenty-First Century: What Are We Doing Wrong?

The Global Demand for Free Press in the Twenty-First Century: What Are We Doing Wrong?

Ellen Tricomi, Editor-in-Chief May 15, 2015
This undeclared "Free Press Revolution" has taken the world by storm in the most unlikely of countries. Movies banned, cartoonists gunned down and journalists imprisoned–it sounds like the premise of a bad dystopian book. But, it, in fact, is a reality in countries such as the US, France and Australia. Treatment of journalists and artists has manifested in hackings, marches and protests. Free press and expression is a natural right with which nearly every country provides its citizens; though it now seems to be nullified by extremist groups with their own agendas.
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