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Press freedom 'no longer a given' in the U.S., says journalism nonprofit. Here's why

4:11am May 05, 2025

by Michel Martin

The Trump administration's actions toward some news outlets "paint a really alarming picture of deteriorating media freedom in the U.S.," says Katherine Jacobsen of the Committee to Protect Journalists

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Reporters and residents stand outside a residential building that was damaged by what authorities say is a Russian bombardment in the Vynogradir district of Kyiv, Ukraine on March 15. Some Ukrainian journalists have been detained and held hostage in Russ

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Russian forces are reportedly holding Ukrainian journalists hostage

2:01pm March 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

International groups say Russian soldiers are threatening, detaining and even torturing Ukrainian journalists in occupied areas. One news editor says troops are holding her 75-year-old father hostage.

Front pages of main polish newspapers are pictured one day after the first round of the presidential election in Poland on June 29, 2020. European poll observers say "media bias" influenced recent Polish elections.

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Poland's Government Tightens Its Control Over Media

11:56am January 04, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

Critics say the ruling party overhauled public media to serve as a mouthpiece and a state-backed oil refiner's purchase of a newspaper chain brings more outlets under party loyalist control.