JOUR 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Walter Lippmann, Muckraker, John Dewey
7 Sep 2016
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2009: sri lankan newspaper editor lasantha wickramatunga was gunned down by two motorcyclists. Newspaper: the sunday leader exposed government corruption: questioned war against tamil tigers. Already harmed wickramatunga and his family (violence and intimidation) Note: if you write you will be killed . Free media shows the public the uncoated truth. Importance of free press in a society: get the real state of the nation (and how those elected manage it, not always a pleasant truth. Journalists are unafraid to expose what"s really happening: stand up for people, espouse unpopular cases, hear a contrary view to propaganda. Wickramatunga demonstrates courage by paying for his life with journalism. Hard to understand in the us where journalists are free to write on whatever they please without fear. He said when finally i am killed, it will be the government that kills me. There needs to be a certain kind of freedom for journalism to do what democracy needs.
