Media Bits and Bytes - Red Alert Edition
- Global Press Freedom Plunges to Worst Level This Century - Graham Ruddick (Guardian)
- The Most Dangerous Countries In The World To Be A Journalist - Jesselyn Cook (HuffPost)
- Daphne Caruana Galizia: The Voice They Couldn't Silence (IFEX)
- Apple Confirmed a Longtime Conspiracy Theory — and Gave Regular Customers a Big Reason to Distrust It - Troy Wolverton (Business Insider)
- How Television Anticipated the Weinstein Moment in 2017 - Sophie Gilbert (The Atlantic)
- How To Create NPR Propaganda: As Seen In A Hit Piece Against Me - Lee Camp (Lee Camp Official Website)
- Left-Leaning Media Executive Don Hazen Resigns After Six Women Accused Him Of Sexual Harassment - Salvador Hernandez and Cora Lewis (BuzzFeed)
Global Press Freedom Plunges to Worst Level This Century
By Graham Ruddick
November 29, 2017
Guardian
Study finds freedom of expression at lowest point since 2000 with reporters facing violence, prosecution and financial rout in dozens of countries.
The Most Dangerous Countries In The World To Be A Journalist
By Jesselyn Cook
December 21, 2017
HuffPost
Mexico and Syria are among the deadliest places for reporters, new studies show.
Daphne Caruana Galizia: The Voice They Couldn't Silence
December 15, 2017
IFEX
Passionate, probing and fearless, investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was a caustic critic of the powerful and paid the ultimate price for exposing corruption in Malta.
Apple confirmed a Longtime Conspiracy Theory — and Gave Regular Customers a Big Reason to Distrust It
By Troy Wolverton
December 20, 2017
Business Insider
Apple admitted it had been secretly throttling the performance of older iPhones.
How Television Anticipated the Weinstein Moment in 2017
By Sophie Gilbert
December 13, 2017
The Atlantic
From The Keepers to National Treasure, The Deuce to The Handmaid’s Tale, new shows probed the institutionalized nature of sexual assault.
How To Create NPR Propaganda: As Seen In A Hit Piece Against Me
By Lee Camp
December 20, 2017
Lee Camp Official Website
Everything about NPR subtly reinforced the idea, “Everything is fine. You’re probably a middle to upper class white person or you hope to be one day, and that’s just great. Everything is fine.” They might not SAY that, but they say that.
Left-Leaning Media Executive Don Hazen Resigns After Six Women Accused Him Of Sexual Harassment
By Salvador Hernandez and Cora Lewis
December 22, 2017
BuzzFeed
Don Hazen resigned from the left-leaning website AlterNet after six women told BuzzFeed News they were sexually harassed by the executive.