Free Press

Some Leaders Fear a Free Press Si regnas, iube! If you rule, then command! (Seneca, Medea, 194). Don’t be aloof from the practical matters of government. Immerse yourself in specifics, but never get so bogged down in them that you lose the big picture. Put into positions those you can…

In the latest round of the Dominion company lawsuit against Fox Noise, Fox claims that “the foundational right to a free press is at stake.” And that’s true. But the question is — does The First Amendment protect an organization that knowingly spread lies? In the latest revelations from the…

I have written for the American Conservative, the Federalist, and the notoriously right-leaning Washington Times. At the same time, I have written for the Washington Post as well as the Southern Poverty Law Center which is considered a hate group by people on the right. So I can say from…

originally published by Michael Rosenblum, Aug 2, 2022 Everyone who attended school has read Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s dystopian novel about a world under repressive authoritarian rule. In Orwell’s world, the government used technology to manufacture an endless stream of lies, essentially brainwashing the population into both belief and submission. …

This post is a collection of example, tips and stories of how I have been able to get free press over the years for a few of my startups and side hustles. …

If somebody makes themseves apparent by clapping and then you conceal who they were because you say that they retracted their clapping or they deleted their user account how is that accountable oh I am the sight where you can share ideas without worrying if you an oppresssive regime isn’t behind it all!?

More than 50 years on, it’s easy to wonder what went wrong with the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, the legislation that created public media as we’ve come to know it in the United States. Despite the popular understanding that a healthy democracy requires a free press, the U.S. Congress…

Western news organizations have more misgivings about reporting on the corruption in Ukraine than the corruption in Ukraine. — The winter pause is in progress. We know this because there hasn’t been very much major news of the war in Ukraine. They’re still fighting, but no major offensives have transpired for some time now. …

Notice the dearth of stories about the war in Ukraine when Russia wins for a day. — Lately, George Santos has made a splash in the news. The GOP is embarrassed that Santos lied about his career, his money, and his history. He freely admitted that he had pranked his supporters, his voters, and the government. But there is something else. A small town newspaper picked up…