When Journalism Is Exiled
May 3, 2024
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Earlier this year, the UN warned that the number of journalists and media workers driven to “flee abroad to escape political persecution and legal and other restrictions in their own country” is rising.
The dangers this trend poses affect the global public, not just journalists: If there are no journalists, whether in war zones like Gaza, where nearly 100 journalists have been killed in recent months, or in countries sliding toward authoritarianism, we don’t have a record of the facts on the ground. The absence of such a journalistic record means that corruption and other abuses of power can thrive.
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