COMMENTARY_ As autocrats attack journalists, the world must stand in defense of a free press

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

As autocrats attack journalists, the world must stand in defense of a free press

Illustration on Chinese and Russian attacks on journalists by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times more >

COMMENTARY


By Daniel N. Hoffman - - Thursday, May 11, 2023

OPINION:


In 2018, my late wife, Kim, and I attended the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for the first time. Welcoming those in attendance, then-WHCA President Margaret Talev first asked current members of the organization, the White House press corps, elected officials, active-duty military, teachers and police officers in attendance to stand.

And when Ms. Talev went on to ask anyone who “cared about freedom and the truth to stand,” Kim leaped to her feet with a wide smile. And I stood by her side in the ballroom, which was transformed into a standing-room-only demonstration of support for the First Amendment.

Freedom of the press is one of the great pillars of our democracy, which is precisely the reason why the concept terrifies autocrats like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping more than anything else. They strive not simply to limit the free flow of ideas — which helped bring down totalitarian regimes such as the Soviet Union — but to create and propagate their self-serving narratives as a tool to exercise control over their populations at home and whitewash their reputations overseas.

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