#1294 Journalism is Under Attack in America Like Never Before
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 3 August 2019
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 8/02/2019
Today we take a look at the ways that Trump and his administration are systematically chipping away at the concept of a free press, a hallmark tactic of authoritarian governments everywhere
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SHOW NOTES
Under authoritarianism, Identifying enemies, such as the press, is the right of the leader and in doing so it limits the power and capabilities of that enemy.
Ch. 2: A Coup Against the First Amendment - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 5-29-19
The government is criminally prosecuting a publisher for printing truthful information. Whether Assange is extradited or not, this case casts a dangerous cloud over aggressive national security reporting and means criminalizing journalism is on the table.
Ch. 3: Noam Chomsky On Julian Assange - Democracy Now - Air Date 7-5-19
Noam Chomsky discusses Assange's arrest and the governments actively working to silence journalists.
Ch. 4: Freedom From Lies with Linda McQuaig - Ideas From CBC Radio - Air Date 4-12-19
Linda McQuaig discussed Trump's relationship with the media and how much he attacks and dismantles our system
The Intercept’s senior national security correspondent views the arrests of journalistic sources as an attempt to stifle the "debate about this fundamental issue of who lives and dies."
Richard Griffiths, President of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation, joins David to discuss a bill that would set ethical standards for journalism work as well as sanction journalists who violate them
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| 0:31.8 | Now welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast in which we shall learn |
| 0:37.1 | about the unprecedented attacks on journalism coming from the Trump administration, and |
| 0:42.5 | stick around at the end of the show for a discussion about Medicare for All and How to Talk |
| 0:46.8 | about it. |
| 0:47.8 | Clips today come from Amicus, The Intercept, Democracy Now, Ideas, and The David Backland |
| 0:55.0 | Show. |
| 1:01.5 | Give us some examples, because I think we all have this sort of inco-8 sense that Donald |
| 1:07.0 | Trump says bad things about the press, but can you give us, and I think in your piece |
| 1:12.3 | you point out, it starts in the campaign, and it changes quite markedly once he's |
| 1:20.2 | inaugurated, but can you just give us, set the table and tell us some of the kinds of |
| 1:25.3 | things the president and also the candidate has said about the press, and also I think |
| 1:32.1 | you point out there things like panning the press and credentialing the press that are |
| 1:35.6 | also new. |
| 1:36.6 | So can you just tell us what the world looks like outside your window? |
| 1:41.0 | Yeah, what are the things that's been so interesting about this project for Manel and I, is that |
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