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> and oh by the way, if you report on anything of societal value (rooting out corruption, printing stories about drug cartels), you may get yourself killed. Do
by mikeyouse 7y ago
> and oh by the way, if you report on anything of societal value (rooting out corruption, printing stories about drug cartels), you may get yourself killed.
Don't forget sued, which prevents many independent journalists from being as aggressive as they should be with the plutocratic class and large corporations in countries where murdering journalists is still verboten. If you don't have the legal resources (and insurance) of a major news organization behind you, good luck writing the type of stories that cause discomfort to the powerful.
- ryacko 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_... https://www.propublica.org/article/terror-in-little-saigon-vietnam-american-journalists-murdered https://www.propublica.org/article/terror-in-little-saigon-v... If you confront the powerful, it often ends up being too little, too late, in terms of government protections.