The first doleful report for 2017 (from Index on Censorship) reports 259 journalists jailed this year around the world, and 79 killed. The war on drugs in the Philippines, Mexico and Honduras claimed many victims; the Erdoğan regime in Turkey saw 152 journalists in prison, 170 news operations forcibly closed and 2,500 editorial hands out of a job. “Global media freedom is at its lowest level since the start of the century,” the report said.
And so to that other presidential tweet of the week. “@FoxNews is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the US, CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. The outside world does not see the truth from them!”
Doesn’t Donald Trump – even Donald Trump – realise that he invites more persecution this way? That’s he’s a malignant pustule on the scarred face of democracy?
