The United States Just Got Downgraded on Press Freedom -- It's a Five Alarm Fire

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Aaron Parnas

The international community is raising the alarm — and for good reason.

Today, CIVICUS — a global civil society alliance that tracks civic freedoms in 197 countries — officially downgraded the United States to a “narrowed” status on its press freedom watchlist. That term might sound technical or abstract. It’s not. It’s a flashing red warning light.

In CIVICUS's own words: “The targeting of journalists for documenting dissent while defunding public media is a clear red flag.” That’s diplomatic language for something more severe — the kind of state behavior we’re used to seeing in authoritarian regimes.

I started this newsletter because I believe journalism should speak for the people — not around them, not over them, and never just to the powerful. It should inform, empower, and inspire. It should make people uncomfortable when necessary. And it should never, ever stay silent in the face of corruption.

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/the-united-states-just-got-downgraded

[Demovictory9]

1. Kick

[Initech]

2. When the fucking asshole installs his own personal baby monitor at a major network...

That should be a massive alarm going off that something is incredibly fucked up.

[Sam I Yam]

3. Deserved

We fucked ourselves into this position.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Welcome to DU

[Sam I Yam]

8. Thank you

[Hornedfrog2000]

4. Fake journalists

Is what they are

[pfitz59]

5. When will a reporter tell him to fuck off

next time he calls them fake news.

[popsdenver]

6. It is ALL the reporters and true journalists

that must rebel.........the Republican Oligarch owner/operators are all working for Trump, Republicans and the U.S. Corporations...

Not sure that is gonna happen.......they have all worked hard to get to the level they are at, earning a decent salary, and certainly don't want to risk losing that...............

[Torchlight]

9. HIs narrative is damned stark. But also accurate imo

My own biases (?) have prevented me from using the word 'dissent' in regards to the American press and further, its neutering by the administtrtion, but I think now I'll begin using it.