WORLD NEWS DAY: America was the arsenal of democracy; now it’s disarming the press
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Independent journalism in the US faces serious economic, technological, legal and political pressure, particularly from the Trump administration’s lawsuits and efforts to intimidate news organisations. Weakening press freedom threatens t…
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