The activity known as journalism is under assault – and it didn’t start with the prosecution of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Once it was a noble act to report on the nefarious activities of those in power. Now it is being criminalized. Free speech is now for the privileged few.
CrossTalking with John Wight, George Galloway, and Michael Patchett-Joyce.
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