donald trump s foreign policy is on steroids the game is called forced regime change and it s like a flu that won t go away russia gate appears to have a life. threatening. greetings and salutations do you know that in 1038 decision by the u.s. supreme court the press was defined then legally as any kind of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion it seems almost quaint now to imagine a world in which information and opinion are freely published without the government or politicians in or varying intervening in that process whether you were in moscow or minneapolis why then are we seeing the persecution of whistleblowers and the journalists who publish their stories more than ever the director of whistle blowing and source protection that expose facts just when radek recently told newsweek there are 2 ways to clamp down on a free press you target the sources the new target the journalists and publishers and according to the columbia journalism review tho
went on many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. greetings and salutations do you know that in 1038 decision by the us supreme court the press was defined then legally as any kind of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion it seems almost quaint now to imagine a world in which information and opinion are freely published without the government or politicians interviewing intervening in that process whether you were in moscow or minneapolis why then are we seeing the persecution of whistleblowers and the journalists who publish their stories more than ever the director of whistle blowing and source protection that expose facts just when radek recently told newsweek there are 2 ways to clamp down on a free press you target the sources then you target the journalists and publishers and according to the columbia journalism review the journalists obsess about trump s rhetoric the media itself has under covered this growing threat pe
administrations combined and this week the intercept is taking heat as the 3rd whistleblower that s worked with the publication is indicted under the espionage act according to the intercept quote following a dangerous path of the obama administration the trump administration is continuing to use the as me and i tracked to prosecute whistleblowers who enable journalists to uncover disgraceful immoral and unconstitutional acts committed in secret by the us government it makes one wonder who is really on the side of truth and truth and justice why journalism is under attack from within. so let s get to the source of the matter and start watching the office. the. real that would. like you got. welcome everybody to watching hard times have a listen joining me today to make sense of these latest news stories we re try because so professor of journalism georgetown journalism professor christopher james thank you so much for joining me great to be here so i look a few weeks ago just
the. real deal with. a lie as a lot of. what it looks like you are going to. be. welcome everybody to watching hockey sometime alyson joining me today to make sense of these latest moves for us we re try because so professor of journalism georgetown journalism professor chris rivers thank you so much for joining me great to be here so look a few weeks ago just to start a few weeks ago the reporters without borders put out its annual report on press freedom index and the u.s. ranked 48th out of 180 countries which you know if you re like oh about. it s not so bad but and it s fun to say it s just there was a we were numb we were 20th in $2009.00 and we will gone back since then how did we fall so far so fast and what does it tell us about the path that journalism is on well i mean you know if you want to be fair to obama we were probably lower than that when the espionage was act was passed i mean because of this and this is something with with an awful history. but that 3 the
like you guys. welcome everybody to watching hockey sometimes a listen joining me today to make sense of these latest news stories we re try it is so a search of journalism georgetown journalism professor christopher james thank you so much for joining me great to be here so look a few weeks ago just to start a few weeks ago the reporters without borders put out its annual report on press freedom index and the u.s. ranked 48th out of 180 countries which you know if you re like oh about small so bad but and it s fun to say it s just there was a we were numb we were 20th in $2009.00 and was so will gone back since then how did we fall so far so fast and what does it tell us about the path that journalism is on well i mean you know if you want to be fair to obama we were probably lower than that when the espionage was act was passed i mean because of this and this is something with a with an awful history. but 3 there it is the answer it s it s politics and paranoia on a governm