“Journalists in the United States face hostility from local and federal governments, along with a number of legal threats to themselves and their sources. This nonpartisan website aims to be the first to provide reliable, easy-to-access information on the number of press freedom violations in the United States—from journalists facing charges to reporters stopped at the U.S. border or asked to hand over their electronics.” https://pressfreedomtracker.us/about/
What would “a new nonpartisan website dedicated to documenting press freedom abuses across the United States” look like? Same old left of center, biased news. Filled with opinion, and little research. I checked on several on this list by adding two words to the name of the organization in a Google search: “Donald Trump.” Try it.
Partners
American Society of News Editors
Columbia Journalism Review
Committee to Protect Journalists
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Free Press
Global Editors Network
Index on Censorship
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Media Law Resource Center
MediaShift
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
National Press Club
National Press Photographers Association
News Media Alliance
NewsGuild-CWA
Newseum
Online News Association
PEN America
Poynter
Regional Reporters Association
Radio Television Digital News Association and Foundation
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Reporters Without Borders
Society of Environmental Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists
The Media Consortium
Columbia Journalism Review, a self styled media watch dog, nailed it in explaining why Trump tweets and runs circles around the media.
"Producing morning television or radio, after all, is so much easier when you dispense with the cumbersome business of “production values,” or the costs of journalism, just as long as you have compelling conte...nt. To set the morning agenda you don’t need studios, technicians, producers, fixers, interns, lights, cameras, hair and make-up. You don’t even need advertisers. All you need is a captivating guest who will, at around 6:30 am Eastern Standard Time, reliably say something that will set the agenda for the rest of the day. That way you can “own” the morning, enjoy the highest ratings, and make sure everybody is talking about your show–until tomorrow, when the cycle repeats itself."
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/donald_trump_media_organization.php
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