Reporters without Borders (RSF) warned that a “climate of hatred and animosity” towards journalists combined with growing attempts to control the media posed a “threat to democracies”. The group accused the world’s three superpowers - the US, China and Russia - of leading the charge against press freedom, with Trump regularly launching personal attacks on reporters and Beijing exporting its “media control model” to strangle dissent elsewhere in Asia. Text the word 'NEWS' to 22840“The unleashing of hatred towards journalists is dangerous and a threat to democracy,” RSF chief Christophe Deloire told AFP. “Political leaders who fuel loathing for reporters... undermine the concept of public debate based on facts instead of propaganda. Now the Chinese government “is trying to establish a ‘new world media order’ by exporting its oppressive methods,” it added.

Source: Standard Digital April 26, 2018 07:14 UTC