PMJA Signs Press Freedom Statement

More than 40 organizations that champion journalists and the public’s right to know released a joint statement led by the Society of Professional Journalists condemning the campaign underway in Washington to penalize independent reporting on the government and its activities. 

The statement calls on the Trump administration to lift its ban on the Associated Press from White House events and cease punishing news organizations based on their reporting.

“When leaders try to silence reporters through intimidation, legal threats and denial of access, they are not protecting the country; they are protecting themselves from scrutiny. This is how authoritarian regimes operate — by crushing dissent, punishing those who expose inconvenient facts and replacing truth with propaganda,” the statement says.

Read the full statement.