Eritrea worst than North Korea, communist China for a free press
On Tuesday, the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a report ranking the top ten countries with the least Freedom of Press. The list was topped by Eritrea. The other nine on the list included More...
The Top 7 North American Countries With the Most Personal Freedom
Personal freedom comes with different definitions which even vary from one country to another. However, the most important points that personal freedom or civil liberty should cover and bestow upon all individuals More...
Ethiopia: New Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali trying to bring Democracy to Maxist African nation
(International Christian Concern) –Despite positive changes instituted by the new Prime Minister in Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, political and ethnic tensions continue to grow. PM Ahmed believes that democracy More...
Rwanda government has shutdown thousands of Christian churches
(International Christian Concern) –This year, authorities in Rwanda have closed down at least 7,000 churches, more than 700 of which were in the capital city of Kigali. The government began shutting down these More...
Austria’s censorship of the free press attacked by Reporters Without Borders
After this week’s explosive leak of an email in which Austria’s far right-led interior ministry told the country’s police forces to limit communication with critical media to the minimum, Reporters Without More...
The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s Troubling Attitude Toward the Press
After a whirlwind first weekend containing both the historic inauguration of Donald Trump and a global, record-breaking protest led by women, it is perhaps surprising that one of the most important news developments More...
Obama to press corps: be skeptics not sycophants, ‘America needs you’
In his final press conference as president on Wednesday, Barack Obama congratulated the White House Press Corps for not being “sycophants” during his administration, but acting as “skeptics” whose reporting More...
Donald Trump attacks ‘free speech,’ newspaper which ‘lie’ and cover for Hillary Clinton
The GOP nominee, Donald Trump, continues to make enemies in the press, now calling the journalists “crooked media,” sounding increasingly authoritarian. At a Saturday night rally in Fairfield, Connecticut, More...
Pittsburgh’s censorship battle heats up as ADF speaks out against free speech violations
A Pittsburgh censorship zone ordinance allows the creation of hundreds of censorship zones throughout the city that ban leafleting and other free speech around the facilities of abortionists, eye doctors, dentists, More...
Brian Williams suspended, Americans’ distrust of media worsens
Following Tuesday evening’s announcement of Brian Williams’ six-month suspension from NBC Nightly News, due to Williams’ either “misrembering” the events or simply misleading viewers about More...
Ethiopian government arrests six bloggers and a journalist for ‘opposing view’
The Ethiopian government has arrested six independent bloggers and a journalist in what human rights group Amnesty International has called a “suffocating grip on freedom of expression”. Photo/Vectorportal More...
Press Secretary Jay Carney handles scripted questions, submitted in advance
While the press is suppose to perform as a watchdog over the government, recent revelations from an Arizona reporter reveal that the White House press briefings are scripted with questions submitted and approved More...
FCC seeking to monitor newrooms, ignoring pressure results in fines
An FCC commissioner is warning people about an agency study that would bring government monitors into newsrooms and inspect issues like the amount of time spent on the “critical information needs” of Americans More...
Ed Henry, Fox News, ignored twice by Jay Carney during press conference VIDEO
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney ignored Fox New’s Ed Henry twice during a press conference. photo White House press office Carney called on nearly every reporter in the room while Henry repeatedly tried More...
House advances ‘Media Shield’ while other attempts prevent access to certain public records and define ‘journalist’
The Senate committee voted 13-to-5 early Thursday to approve S.987, a bill meant to protect members of the press from government intrusion and “maintain the free flow of information to the public” in the wake More...
