DARE: Fake News Is Getting a Big Boost from Real Companies
Advertising companies boost fake news as spread of disinformation overwhelms easy access to quality journalism. (See PEN America's most recent report on... More
DARE: Myanmar Releases Reuters Journalists Jailed for Reporting on Rohingya Crackdown
Reuters journalists and 2018 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honorees Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo granted amnesty and released from prison. See PEN America... More
DARE: Immigrant Rights Attorneys and Journalists Denied Entry into Mexico
U.S. immigration lawyers and journalists denied entry into Mexico, possibly due to their advocacy and media coverage of the conflict at the Mexican... More
DARE: CNN’s First Legal Threshold in Acosta Case: A Temporary Restraining Order
First hearing scheduled for today in CNN suit against the president and top aides over denying correspondent Jim Acosta his credentials to cover the White.. More
More than 50 Human Rights and Free Expression Organizations Call on Aung San Suu Kyi to Release Reuters Reporters in Myanmar
"We believe that that Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo should never have been arrested in the first place, let alone prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned. Their trial, which was… More
PEN America Calls for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo’s Immediate, Unconditional Release
We believe that that Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo should never have been arrested in the first place, let alone prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned. More
DARE: New York Review of Books Editor Is Out Amid Uproar Over #MeToo Essay
New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma is abruptly ousted amid furor over publication of essay by former Canadian radio journalist Jian Ghomeshi. More
Senate Resolution Calling for the Immediate Release of Reuters Journalists an Important Step as Freedom of Expression in Myanmar Declines
“As Myanmar slips deeper into international opprobrium for the violence being done to the Rohingya and other minorities by the government, the world is calling on State Counselor Aung… More
DARE: Texas State Board of Education Votes to Erase Hillary Clinton from History Curriculum
Texas Board of Education votes to remove Hillary Clinton and Hellen Keller from the state's curriculum. Trump is found to have uttered 5,000 false or misleading statements since his… More
DARE: ’60 Minutes’ producer Jeff Fager fired after sending CBS reporter ‘unacceptable’ message
Longtime 60 Minutes boss Jeff Fager ousted, purportedly over a harsh message to a reporter demanding fair coverage of #MeToo accusations against him. More
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Great double header on #thePENpod tomorrow. First, PEN/Hemingway award winner Ruchika Tomar on the inequality of the pandemic; and then our weekly "tough questions" segment with @SuzanneNossel! Please tune in and subscribe: http://anchor.fm/penamerica
UPDATE: The WH has backtracked. Our CEO @SuzanneNossel says now the @VP should affirm that all government scientists can speak openly to the public without regard to politics.
Glad @VP has reversed egregious ban on Drs #Fauci and #Birx from @CNN in attempt to force network to air WH briefings. Now he should affirm that all US govt scientists are free to speak forthrightly to the public about #COVID, without regard to politics. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/media/pence-office-tv-bookings-coronavirus/index.html?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=5d44f1541b-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-5d44f1541b-396347593