The author, editor-in-chief of The Verge, discusses the concerning rise of government censorship under the Trump administration. Examples include the White House barring The Associated Press from an event over its preferred naming convention for the Gulf of Mexico and the Federal Communications Commission's investigation into major broadcasters for their internal practices and speech critical of the administration. The author warns that this trend threatens press freedom and could have far-reaching consequences for journalism.
I’ve been the editor-in-chief of The Verge for over 10 years now, and a tech journalist for about 15 — and until recently, it felt pretty safe to assume that there was a zero percent chance that the US government would punish me for doing my job.
Subscribe here! --- I have to disclose here that Comcast and NBCUniversal are investors in our parent company, Vox Media, but it doesn’t even really matter in this context, as Carr is hell-bent on punishing every media company unless they fall in line.
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