Plus: Violence in Sri Lanka leads to social media suppression, and the White House wants to make it harder for pretrial diversion participants to get government jobs.
Journalism is at risk not just from government but from media types who see their jobs as protecting the powerful from embarrassment.
Plus: Christians and bureaucrats versus Tarot in Virginia, and Democratic candidates on restoring voting rights to prisoners
Journalists would be expected to pay up for government records, while handing over their own records to government officials for free.
Police allegedly shoved a photographer to the ground with a baton as well.
Sex, publishing, and quasi-legal theft collide in the Backpage prosecution.
People getting starry eyed about socialism should look to Venezuela for some important warning signs.
The case, which pits Trump against the network he loves to criticize, has raised First Amendment concerns.
The legendary newsman calls for more reporting rather than more outrage or puffery.
Plus: Kavanaugh and Gorsuch differ during immigration case.
Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last week. He hasn't been seen since.
Demands for government oversight hide opportunism amid rhetoric about safety.
Prosecutors have declined to file charges against the officer.
Far from undermining freedom of the press, the president's fulminations prove its durability.
"If I have to specifically write word for word exactly what you are and are not permitted to print…then I'll do that," the judge said.
Disseminating fake news was punishable by up to six years behind bars.
The paper has put up hundreds of billboards highlighting both leaders' "turbulent relations with the media."
Former Senate Intel Committee staffer charged with lying about relationships with reporters covering Carter Page investigation.
The very fact that Robinson got 13 months in jail was also initially illegal to report.
For starters, don't describe the audience as incest survivors.
5 editorials call for the federal government to thwart Sinclair's expansion efforts in wake of creepy promo video; meanwhile you can count the number of anti-FOSTA eds on one finger
Williamson's rhetoric is inflammatory, but his views on abortion are not beyond the pale.
When government officials suppress critics, they do so only to help themselves.
When it comes to "opening up" the First Amendment, the president's bark is worse than his bite.
Our norms are being eroded by "both sides" of the partisan battle.
Many conservatives want to proscribe the rights of Muslims, journalists, and those who "disrespect" the United States.
If corporations weren't treated like people, it would be far easier for the Trump administration to silence its critics.
Hage Geingob has, however, been blamed for Namibia dropping out of the top 20.
Government censorship always wears the mask of 'public interest,' and this will be no different.
America's score drops while Trump administration considers charges against WikiLeaks.
Look down and take note of the very obvious slippery slope.
A war on WikiLeaks will ultimately threaten a free press.
It's a historic moment for the journalism industry, according to Dean Baquet.
The real fake news is calling the free press an enemy of the people.
Revisiting a landmark First Amendment case.
Lingo first deployed by U.S. media and politicians now being used by authoritarian regimes abroad
Proposal seen as targeting whistleblowers and journalists.
It's not on purpose, but Ari Melber's proposal to treat 'fake' news as consumer fraud would have devastating consequences.
Meanwhile, another journalist writes in The Nation about actively participating in rioting.
Analyzing the president-elect's unusual conflicts before Inauguration Day, on 8 p.m. ET on Fox Business Network
The president-elect's hostility to critical media is dangerous, not least of which is due to the precedent set by the Obama administration.
Most presidents distrust the news media. Trump wants to undermine it as an institution.
Constitutional violations abound in Alabama "Human Trafficking Safe Harbor Act."
Freedom of the press, government accountability and transparency, and economic freedom have all been trending down, while corruption is trending up.
Rep. Kevin Cramer proves it's never too early for Congress to waste time.
Despots, terrorists, intelligence agencies, and drug cartels all get their ignominious recognition.
Police tracked a journalist's phone to investigate his sources, and an anti-cyberbullying law may have given them legal cover to do it.
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