Sunday, November 27, 2016
Crime and Corruption
Anticipating intimidation of journalists by the media-hostile President Trump, independent American media can take heart from the recent investigative journalism award-winners Lindita Cela in Albania, and Artsiom Harbatsevich in Belarus.
Exposing the violent and criminal aspects of the incoming Trump administration requires courage, but compared to exposing organized crime and official corruption in Albania, or Russian paramilitary violence in Belarus, it is a piece of cake. Although, with the exception of a handful of online publications like The Atlantic, Harper's and The Intercept, independent American media is practically nonexistent.
Exposing the violent and criminal aspects of the incoming Trump administration requires courage, but compared to exposing organized crime and official corruption in Albania, or Russian paramilitary violence in Belarus, it is a piece of cake. Although, with the exception of a handful of online publications like The Atlantic, Harper's and The Intercept, independent American media is practically nonexistent.
