Tag: Press Freedom

Giuliani: Trump fighting the media ‘for the American people’

Kelly Cohen · August 15, 2016 12:16 pm

The Republican presidential nominee has been outspoken against the media in recent months, calling them "disgusting" and even suggesting loosening libel laws. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Trump suggests reporting about him not ‘freedom of the press’

Kelly Cohen · August 14, 2016 7:01 pm

A nonpartisan watchdog group is fighting the Obama administration's effort to dismiss an open records lawsuit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Group battles Obama on dismissal of FOIA obstruction lawsuit

Rudy Takala · August 2, 2016 6:00 pm

Turkey's government has shut down dozens of media outlets, including 45 newspapers and 16 TV stations, in response to a failed military coup two weeks ago, a state-run news agency reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Turkish government seizes control of 130 media outlets

Anna Giaritelli · July 27, 2016 8:56 pm

Two reporters among the dozens taken to jail. (Carlos Ortiz/Democrat and Chronicle via AP)

Seventy-four arrested at protest in Rochester, N.Y.

Joel Gehrke · July 9, 2016 8:50 pm

—œThe headline and force of the opinion overstepped the mark, so we edited the post and noted that it was edited,—£ New York Magazine spokeswoman Lauren Starke said. (AP Photo)

New York Magazine scrubs article on lack of Clinton press conferences

Becket Adams · June 2, 2016 7:56 pm

"Congress writes the rules and they write themselves out of being accountable," Earnest said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Watchdog group sues White House for FOIA obstruction

Rudy Takala · May 10, 2016 5:42 am

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow speaking at United Nations headquarters in September 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

National Security

UN plots health rules in human rights hell

Pete Kasperowicz · May 2, 2016 12:01 am

Turkish President Recep Erdogan was scheduled to deliver an address on free speech Thursday at the Brookings Institution. Before he even spoke a word, however, his security team harassed and physically assaulted several reporters, some of whom they managed to remove forcibly from the scheduled event. (Kayhan Ozer, Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP)

Erdogan’s image-boosting tour sours after assaults against the press

Becket Adams · April 2, 2016 4:01 am

Obama warns Turkish leader about press freedom

Nicole Duran · April 1, 2016 11:07 pm

The behavior of Melissa Click and the Mizzou protesters became an embarrassment for the school, which soon after saw the drop in admissions that would lead to the dorm closures and budget shortfall. (AP Photo)

No jail for Missouri professor who threatened reporter

Anna Giaritelli · January 29, 2016 11:05 pm

Being tightlipped with reporters has not gone over well with newsrooms, but there are other issues that are starting to rub the press the wrong way. (AP)

Washington Secrets

Foreign press slams ‘harsh treatment’ from Clinton, Trump, Obama

Paul Bedard · January 29, 2016 4:23 pm