Here and Here for sources that back up the claims made in this tweet. Additional source for backing up the number of journalists killed in the Vietnam war

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Those that target journalists are declaring war on the truth itself

    Very poetic and all, but utterly devoid of pragmatism. The western world has lost its thread and failed to understand the importance of its moral positioning.

    Wikileaks

    Snowden

    Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi

    The west and western journalism have learned and presented as fact all the wrong lessons from this time in history. We need stronger protections for journalism and free speech and assuming the value of morality to be enough to protect them clearly has not been working.

      • Zorque@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        They’re mad because no one is mad in the way they’re mad. It’s a persistent and dangerous position, where if people aren’t agreeing with them wholeheartedly and in exactly the same way, they’re clearly arguing against the person.