Author Archives: Andy Lee Roth, Project Censored

The deadly business of reporting truth

Two grim anniversaries demonstrate how journalists around the world increasingly face violence, but leaders—including President Biden—have been slow to act
By Andy Lee Roth, Project Censored
Posted on August 22, 2022 by Andy Lee Roth, Project Censored

Violence is the most basic and blunt form of press censorship. To kill or imprison a journalist is to silence the public’s source of news. To date, 33 journalists around the world have been killed this year and another 494 are currently imprisoned, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Put another way, thus far in 2022, on average, once per week somewhere in the world a journalist is killed for reporting the news. Continue reading →