Burning Question

Robert Scheer, Editor in Chief at Truthdig.com Asks:

Has Freedom of the Press Become an Illusion?

Scheer, who has argued in the past that the persecution of [Julian] Assange endangers journalism as we know it, points out the discrepancies between how whistleblowers Chelsea Manning and Assange have been treated, both by the U.S. government and the world media, and how, for example, Gen. David Petraeus went unpunished for leaking state secrets.

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