IT SHOULD be obvious that good, open, honest journalism is a necessity for everyone but again in America it is now under attack.
Well, actually it has been under attack for a long time even with the “fake news” claims.
The latest is the Hegseth proclamation that basically said that anyone who reports on the Pentagon and its activities could only report on material that he has approved.
It is similar to a child telling his teacher to only discuss the one math test they passed. Worth trying but it’s never going to work in the real world, however in Trump world?
Fortunately, nearly all of the actual journalists there handed their access passes and departed. Even Fox News refused to sign on. The few that remain may not be as credible.
Protect journalistic freedom, or it will just be the first freedom that you lose. For those that think it could only happen in America, spend some time researching world history and see where else it has happened.
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Second, then first
A simple measure of the quality of a newspaper, media outlet, or even YouTube site would be if they mention the winner of the Nobel Prize before one specific person who did get the award out of the 338 nominations.
Most of the nominations were well deserved and the nominees might not even know they were recommended. Well done anyway.
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It’s a winner – for Maria
Karma is real and alive. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has gone to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
A wonderful winner for her work for democracy by making positive contributions rather than another candidate who has been working against democracy.
He had been quietly promoting his right to win a medal but it would have been the destruction of the credibility of the award.
Oh dear, Donald didn’t win, but he could look for inspiration from this and many other prior winners.
Well done, Maria. Thank you for your work./PN
