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You expect China and Myanmar to attack journalists, but we've seen journalists arrested live on TV in the USA [0], we've seen police attacking journalists in th

You expect China and Myanmar to attack journalists, but we've seen journalists arrested live on TV in the USA [0], we've seen police attacking journalists in the UK [1], and we've seen attacks on journalists encouraged by so called "leaders of the free world" [2][3] It feels to me that things have massively regressed in the last 10 years ago and we're in a far more dangerous world [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52854980 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52854980 [1] https://twitter.com/MatthewDresch/status/1375606889740898305?s=20 https://twitter.com/MatthewDresch/status/1375606889740898305... [2] https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/16/report-trumps-attacks-press-dangerously-undermined-truth/5150134002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/16/repor... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/23/vilifying-journalists-government-jacob-rees-mogg-huffpost https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/23/vilify...

secfirstmd 6y ago
Yes very true. Also press freedom in a lot of states includes stuff like media ownership and local law. I know for example Ireland was ranking quite low considering it's pretty safe for journalists physically but libel law and media ownership are problems here.
refurb 6y ago
Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve also lost a lot of respect for the press over the past few years. Their desire for clicks are taking precedent over objectivity. That said, the press shouldn’t be restricted just because they do a bad job.
throwaway894345 6y ago
In fairness to the US, there were many more encounters between police and the press during tense situations than there have been in prior years. I doubt we’ve regressed much, but rather police probably aren’t thoroughly trained for dealing with the press under those circumstances (nor likely were they previously) and they had far more encounters with journalists while working long hours at anti-police protests. That alone would explain an uptick in conflicts with the press. Also, kindly note that I’m not expressing support for police or suggesting journalists “had it coming”—only pointing out that there might be a better explanation for the uptick in conflicts besides a rise in authoritarianism.

secfirstmd 6y ago

Yes very true. Also press freedom in a lot of states includes stuff like media ownership and local law. I know for example Ireland was ranking quite low considering it's pretty safe for journalists physically but libel law and media ownership are problems here.

refurb 6y ago

Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve also lost a lot of respect for the press over the past few years. Their desire for clicks are taking precedent over objectivity. That said, the press shouldn’t be restricted just because they do a bad job.

throwaway894345 6y ago

In fairness to the US, there were many more encounters between police and the press during tense situations than there have been in prior years. I doubt we’ve regressed much, but rather police probably aren’t thoroughly trained for dealing with the press under those circumstances (nor likely were they previously) and they had far more encounters with journalists while working long hours at anti-police protests. That alone would explain an uptick in conflicts with the press. Also, kindly note that I’m not expressing support for police or suggesting journalists “had it coming”—only pointing out that there might be a better explanation for the uptick in conflicts besides a rise in authoritarianism.