Tag: Press Freedom

After a confrontation between authorities and protestors, police use pepper spray as multiple groups, including Rose City Antifa, the Proud Boys and others protest in downtown Portland, Ore., on Saturday, June 29, 2019. In separate social media posts later in the day, police declared the situation to be a civil disturbance and warned participants faced arrest. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Federal officers do not have the right to arrest or intimidate journalists and bystanders

Kaylee McGhee White · July 24, 2020 4:58 pm

Australia seeks investigation after news crew attacked by police while covering protest near White House

Mike Brest · June 2, 2020 2:36 pm

China threatens to retaliate as DHS tightens guidelines for Chinese journalists to enter

Anna Giaritelli · May 11, 2020 5:15 pm

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Journalists clamoring for government bailouts are jeopardizing press freedoms

Brad Polumbo · April 16, 2020 7:55 pm

"We all deserve, life, liberty and pursuit of happiness," said Jerry Falwell Jr. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Liberty University’s Jerry Falwell Jr. launches assault on press freedom

Brad Polumbo · April 10, 2020 2:08 pm

A Chinese investor reads a newspaper with the headlines of Chinese leader Xi Jinping gives achievement like on 20th anniversary of the former Portuguese colony's handover to Chinese rule, at a brokerage house in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019.

New restrictions placed on Chinese journalists after country expelled US reporters

Zach Halaschak · March 2, 2020 8:09 pm

Beltway Confidential

Retaliate against China’s media expulsions

Tom Rogan · February 19, 2020 10:05 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

‘We ask for certain sets of behaviors’: Pompeo defends kicking NPR off trip

Caitlin Yilek · February 2, 2020 8:03 pm

Lawyer and journalist Glenn Greenwald speaks with members of the media.

CNN cancels Glenn Greenwald interview about Brazil hacking charges

Mike Brest · January 26, 2020 1:48 am

Glenn Greenwald, a reporter of The Guardian, speaks during an interview in Hong Kong Monday, June 10, 2013.

Glenn Greenwald uses armed security amid feud with Brazilian government

Mike Brest · January 22, 2020 10:25 pm

Beltway Confidential

The charges against Glenn Greenwald reminds us what an actual attack on the press looks like

Brad Polumbo · January 21, 2020 8:32 pm

Then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at an event in Washington.

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Amy Klobuchar is wrong: Eric Holder was no friend to the media

Kaylee McGhee White · December 20, 2019 2:30 am