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...Lankan journalists have been permitted to report on these successes--or on their human toll. The war zone is all but off-limits to the media, one of the many security measures imposed by a government with little tolerance for dissent. "I ask this of all political parties, all media and all people's organizations," Rajapaksa said in a speech in 2006. "You decide whether you should be with a handful of terrorists or with the common man ... You must clearly choose between these two sides...
...press, anyway), the media found a tough, skeptical voice after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It's fairer to say, though, that the public - faced with objective evidence of government failure - gave the media permission to find that voice. MSNBC, which fired liberal Phil Donahue in 2003 - after a network report called him a "difficult public face for NBC in a time of war" - now employs Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann...
...Sort of. According to Freedom House, a nonpartisan democracy and human-rights NGO, freedom has advanced in certain pockets of the globe (shout out to you, South Asia), while having retreated in many other places (but not to you, former Soviet Republics). In this latest version of their annual report, the group surveyed 193 countries and 16 territories, labeling each either "Free" (possessing political competition and respect for civil liberties and an independent media), "Partly Free" (limited political and civil rights, often afflicted by corruption and various forms of strife, or "Not Free" (totalitarian, lacking basic rights or liberties...
...Lowdown: There are two groups of people who should read this fairly brief report - students in a current-events class, and everyone else. While fairly shallow in terms of details (it describes how a series of arrests in Jordan "brought citizens rights to speak freely into question" but neglects to mention what the arrests were about), the overall sketch of events across the world comprises a sort of "freedom 2008 yearbook." Did you know Bhutan had "largely successful national elections" in 2008? Did you know that "The Comoros' political rights rating improved from 4 to 3 due to the restoration...
...flew helicopters during the Falklands War. The British military tried to keep Harry's presence a secret out of concern for his safety - going so far as to broker a "blackout" deal with the British media, who promised not to reveal the prince's location - but the The Drudge Report and other foreign media outlets revealed the information, forcing his commanders to pull him from duty in early...