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> Without a clear definition of how his potential responsibility relates to US national interest, the matter isn’t even necessarily something the CIA should wo
by arcticfox 8y ago
> Without a clear definition of how his potential responsibility relates to US national interest, the matter isn’t even necessarily something the CIA should worry about at all.
The free press is one of the cornerstones of US national interest; allowing our journalists to be murdered because they said something about a foreign power is a threat to that.
- resters 8y agoUh, the US has prosecuted its own journalists recently, demanding life in prison. This has nothing to do with press freedom whatsoever.
- vkou 8y agoAnd yet, Julian Assange is facing extradition for being a journalist (And earlier, the Trump administration was looking to extradite an American journalist to Turkey.) The free press isn't a cornerstone of national interest - it is a sometimes useful, but often inconvenient tool.
- beginningguava 8y agoChina currently has dozens of journalists "in jail" meaning they are most likely dead and the US media hasn't said a peep. Shouldn't they be calling for sanctions against them, rather than attack Trump for doing just that with his tariffs?
- kwi3 8y agoFrom "Manufacturing Consent" - "A propaganda system will consistently portray people abused in enemy states as worthy victims, whereas those treated with equal or greater severity by its own government or clients will be unworthy"