I hate to have to belabor the obvious, but having seen first hand how shallow the notion of freedom of the press is in the US,
1 it is instructive to watch the hissy fit and rapid moves to inflict punishment on Belarus for crimes against journalists (or rather a journalist) and forcing a passenger plane in its airspace to land. This story is the lead item in the Financial Times:
And getting plenty of attention in other major platforms:
European Union leaders have agreed on new sanctions against Belarus, including a ban on the use of EU airspace and airports, over its forced diversion of a plane to the capital of Minsk in order to arrest an opposition journalist. https://t.co/7EDDhdc7sf
Republicans lose patience with Arizona election audit The Hill.
The audit, ordered by a state Senate majority that has bought into former President Trump’s big lie about the results of the election he lost handily, is on hold until Monday. It has already dragged on well past the estimated time auditors said it would take to recount the county’s ballots.
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Even one of the Republicans who initially backed the audit has now changed his mind. In an interview Thursday, just blocks from the coliseum where the audit is scheduled to resume Monday, state Sen. Paul Boyer (R) told The Hill he believed the audit had become an albatross for his party.
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