Journalism

'Murder the Media': Pro-Trump Insurrectionists Target Journalists Covering Attack on US Capitol

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump destroyed equipment of media crews outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 06, 2021. (Photo: Agnes Bun/AFP via Getty Images)

Australian Labor Party Urges US to Drop Charges Against Assange

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The opposition argues the case must "be brought to an end" as the prime minister says the WikiLeaks founder will be "free to return home" if extradition battle won.

Mexico's Lopez Obrador Wants to Give Asylum to Julian Assange

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at a press conference in Mexico City on Dec. 8, 2020. (

"Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance," the Mexican president said...

'A Huge Relief': British Judge Rejects Trump Administration Attempt to Extradite Julian Assange

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The decision was based on the U.S. prison system being so awful and repressive that Assange would be at significant suicide risk," noted Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

"Let this be the end of it," said whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Horror as Hedge Fund Alden, Accused of 'Bloodless Strip-Mining of American Newspapers,' Moves to Buy Tribune Publishing

Number of Journalists Murdered in Retaliation for Their Work More Than Doubled in 2020: Report

Report Details 'Staggering' Number of Attacks on US Journalists, Press Freedoms in 2020

Assange's Partner Decries 'Atrocious' Prison Conditions in Appeal for Australian Intervention

In 'Tremendous Rebuke' of Trump Appointee, Judge Bars US Media Agency Head From Interfering in News Coverage

About to Have His Day in Court, This American Journalist Wants to Know If He's on the US 'Kill List'

'Greatest Journalist of His Generation': Robert Fisk, Veteran War Reporter and Fierce Critic of US Imperialism, Dead at 74

Senator's Report Finds Google and Facebook Have 'Hijacked' Local News and Undermined Journalism

'Stuff of Tinpot Dictatorships': Trump Appointee Denounced for Move to Turn US Media Agency Into Mouthpiece for State 'Propaganda'

'Totally Under Control': New, Secretly-Filmed Documentary Details Trump's Colossal Covid-19 Failures

Life in Supermax for the Crime of 'Merely Doing Journalism'? UK Court Told Assange Likely to Be Sent to Notorious US Prison

'This Is How You Normalize a Madman': Scholars, Press Watchdogs Call on Corporate Media to Treat Trump Like the Authoritarian Threat He Is

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To Tolerate Is To Encourage: Egypt's 'Judiciary' Redefines Farce, But Gets U.S. Weapons Anyway Because Sure

Egypt's grotesque sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists to years in prison for doing their job is sparking well-earned outrage, with their boss declaring the decision "defies logic, sense and any semblance of justice.” Hopefully, outrage will likewise greet the news that, the day before, John Kerry was in Egypt assuring al-Sisi the U.S. will be sending Apache helicopters "very, very soon" to add to the $600 million of weaponry we've already sent, now that our two freedom-loving countries...