Newseum & CPJ -- Panel -- Journalism in the Trump Era: Assessing Press Freedom in the United States (w/Jim Acosta, Melinda Henneberger, John Roberts, and April Ryan):
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As the nation marks the first year of the Donald Trump administration, a panel of journalists will examine the state of press freedom in the United States.
Introduction:
* Jan Neuharth, chief executive officer, Freedom Forum
Brief overview of trends from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a new nonpartisan website dedicated to documenting press freedom violations across the United States:
* Joel Simon, CPJ Executive Director
Panelists (left to right):
* Gene Policinski, president and chief operating officer, Newseum Institute
* Jim Acosta, senior White House correspondent, CNN
* Melinda Henneberger, editorial writer and columnist, The Kansas City Star
* John Roberts, chief White House correspondent, Fox News Channel
* April Ryan, White House correspondent, Urban American Radio Networks
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PFREE1_180117_003.JPG: Karl Golovin and co-conspirator Andrew Kreig
PFREE1_180117_034.JPG: Jan Neuharth, chief executive officer, Freedom Forum
PFREE1_180117_073.JPG: Joel Simon, CPJ Executive Director
PFREE1_180117_175.JPG: SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: Will you commit to not putting reporters in jail for doing their jobs?
SESSIONS: Well, I don't know that I can make a blanket commitment to that effect
PFREE1_180117_194.JPG: #PressOppressor Awards
Most Thin-Skinned -- Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey
Most Outrageous Use of Terror Laws Against the Press -- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
Turkey is the leading jailer of journalists.
Tightest Grip on Media -- Presidents Xi Jinping of China
Biggest Backslider in Press Freedom -- Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Overall Achievement in Undermining Global Press Freedom -- President Donald Trump
From https://cpj.org/blog/2018/01/press-oppressor-awards-trump-fake-news-fakies.php
In response to Trump's fake news awards, CPJ announces Press Oppressors awards
January 8, 2018 5:00 PM ET
Amid the public discourse of fake news and President Trump's announcement via Twitter about his planned "fake news" awards ceremony, CPJ is recognizing world leaders who have gone out of their way to attack the press and undermine the norms that support freedom of the media. From an unparalleled fear of their critics and the truth, to a relentless commitment to censorship, these five leaders and the runner-ups in their categories have gone above and beyond to silence critical voices and weaken democracy.
Most Thin-skinned
Winner: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
Turkish authorities have repeatedly charged journalists, news outlets, and social media users for insulting Erdoğan, insulting other Turkish leaders, and insulting "Turkishness" in general. Over the course of 2016, the Turkish judicial system handled 46,193 cases of "insulting the president" or "insulting the Turkish nation, the Republic of Turkey, the parliament, the government, or the institutions of the judiciary," the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet reported in June 2017, citing figures from the Justice Ministry.
Runner-Up: President Donald Trump, United States
In response to media coverage critical of him, Trump has threatened to "open-up" U.S. libel laws, sue news outlets, and subject their broadcast licenses to review. He regularly attacks outlets and individual journalists on Twitter and in speeches, calling them "sad," "failing," or "garbage." Since declaring his presidential candidacy in 2015, Trump has posted about 1,000 tweets critical of the press. CPJ research shows that when public figures and political leaders lob insults at the media, they encourage self-censorship and expose journalists to unnecessary risk.
Most Outrageous Use of Terror Laws Against the Press
Winner: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
Turkey is the world's worst jailer of journalists, with at least 73 behind bars when CPJ conducted its most recent prison census on December 1. Every journalist jailed for their work in Turkey is under investigation for, or charged with, anti-state crimes -- in most cases for belonging to, aiding, or making propaganda for an alleged terrorist organization.
Runner-Up: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt
Of at least 20 journalists jailed in Egypt at the time of CPJ's latest prison census, 18 were charged with, or convicted of, anti-state crimes such as aiding or inciting terrorism or belonging to banned groups.
In 2017, Sisi's government passed a new anti-terrorism law that furthered its crackdown on the press by, among other things, enabling authorities to put journalists acquitted of terrorism-related charges on a watch list that restricts their financial and other rights, according to news reports.
Tightest Grip on Media*
Winner: President Xi Jinping, China
Beijing, under the increasingly iron grip of Xi, uses a combination of traditional censorship and internet controls to keep the news media in line. China is consistently one of the world's worst jailers of the press; in 2017 it was the second worst globally, with at least 41 journalists in prison. Most traditional media is controlled by the government, and journalists risk losing their jobs or being banned from traveling if they push the boundaries of censorship directives at their news outlets or in personal blogs. Reporters' sources and international journalists are also harassed and obstructed. Internet controls include the Great Firewall, human and automated censors, and pressure on technology companies to comply.
Runner-Up: President Vladimir Putin, Russia
Under Putin, independent media has been all but eradicated as journalists experience threats of violence or imprisonment and other types of harassment. His government recently ordered international news outlets including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to register as foreign agents (in response to a parallel move by the U.S.), and blocked their journalists from entering Parliament. Russian authorities have tried with varying success to emulate the Chinese model of internet censorship.
*This category excludes countries with no independent media, such as North Korea and Eritrea.
Biggest Backslider in Press Freedom
Winner: State Counselor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar
CPJ listed Myanmar in 2015 as the ninth most censored country worldwide, but after Suu Kyi's party took power in 2016, the last five journalists in jail were pardoned and hopes for media freedom were high. However, most of the legal structure that has long restricted the press remains in place and journalists continue to be imprisoned. Security officials obstruct and harass journalists trying to cover what the U.N. has termed "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing" by authorities in the country's northern Rakhine State. On December 12, two Reuters reporters covering the crisis were arrested on suspicion of violating the Official Secrets Act and held incommunicado for two weeks before being allowed to see their lawyer and families. Reuters reported that if convicted, the pair could face up to 14 years in prison.
Runner-Up: President Andrzej Duda, Poland
Under Duda, the conservative-nationalist government led by the Law and Justice party has dramatically changed the reputation of Poland, which for decades was a symbol of democracy for its peaceful journey from communism to European Union membership. The independent media was a pillar of that transition. More recently, the government has taken direct control of public media and announced plans to change regulations in a way that would force foreign owners of news outlets to give up their majority stakes, according to news reports. Government offices have canceled subscriptions to pro-opposition news outlets, while state-owned companies redirected advertising money to friendly media, according to U.S. watchdog Freedom House. In December, Poland's media regulator levied a 1.5 million zloty ($415,000) fine on leading news broadcaster TVN24 in relation to its coverage of protests in parliament in 2016, according to news reports which cited critics as saying the government is trying to warn journalists to self-censor. The government's parallel moves to reform the judiciary prompted the European Commission in December to take the unprecedented step of launching a process intended to suspend the country's voting rights in the European Union.
Overall Achievement in Undermining Global Press Freedom
Winner: President Donald Trump, United States
The United States, with its First Amendment protection for a free press, has long stood as a beacon for independent media around the world. While previous U.S. presidents have each criticized the press to some degree, they have also made public commitments to uphold its essential role in democracy, at home and abroad. Trump, by contrast, has consistently undermined domestic news outlets and declined to publicly raise freedom of the press with repressive leaders such as Xi, Erdoğan, and Sisi. Authorities in China, Syria, and Russia have adopted Trump's "fake news" epithet, and Erdoğan has applauded at least one of his verbal attacks on journalists. Under Trump's administration, the Department of Justice has failed to commit to guidelines intended to protect journalists' sources, and the State Department has proposed to cut funding for international organizations that help buttress international norms in support of free expression. As Trump and other Western powers fail to pressure the world's most repressive leaders into improving the climate for press freedom, the number of journalists in prison globally is at a record high.
PFREE2_180117_010.JPG: Panelists (left to right):
* Gene Policinski, president and chief operating officer, Newseum Institute
* Jim Acosta, senior White House correspondent, CNN
* Melinda Henneberger, editorial writer and columnist, The Kansas City Star
* John Roberts, chief White House correspondent, Fox News Channel
* April Ryan, White House correspondent, Urban American Radio Networks
PFREE2_180117_014.JPG: Jim Acosta
PFREE2_180117_021.JPG: John Roberts
PFREE2_180117_054.JPG: April Ryan
PFREE2_180117_067.JPG: Gene Policinski
PFREE2_180117_099.JPG: Melinda Henneberger
PFREE2_180117_315.JPG: April Ryan
PFREE3_180117_502.JPG: Clarence Page and Joel Simon
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