Journalist Maria Ressa on an 'ominous' global pattern of threats against news media
PBS News Hour - World
English - June 22, 2020 22:40 - ★★★★ - 79 ratingsNews world news current events newshour television radio media Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On June 15th, a court in the Philippines convicted one of the country's most prominent journalists, Maria Ressa, of cyberlibel. Advocates for press freedom quickly called the trial unfair, arguing it is part of a larger crackdown by Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte on his political opponents and media critical of him. Nick Schifrin talks to Ressa about an "ominous" global trend toward reporters. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders