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The PEN Pod: The Value of Truth During a Crisis with Paul Farhi
“Misinformation can literally get you killed, and good information can save your life.” More
The PEN Pod: Tough Questions with Suzanne Nossel
“What we’re seeing amidst this pandemic is an incredible premium on accurate, factual, unadulterated, unskewed information that people need as a matter of life and death.” More
Trump’s Latest Attacks on Reporters “An International Embarrassment”
President Trump's shoot the messenger strategy of combating the coronavirus by attacking a reporters who did nothing more than point out the terror it is wreaking across America is… More
DARE: Iran Says U.S. Has Detained ‘Press TV’ Journalist and Calls for Her Release
U.S.-born journalist and Iranian state television broadcaster Marzieh Hashemi detained by U.S. government, reportedly while filming a documentary on the... More
DARE: Amid Harsh Criticism, Trump Tries a Tougher Tone on Russia
Trump continues to stumble and backtrack in response to torrential criticism of his approach toward Putin. Reporters show rare display of solidarity. More
DARE: Lou Dobbs Says White House Should ‘Assign’ Someone to ‘Slap the Hell out Of’ Reporters at Briefing
Attacks on relevant questions that journalists ask of Trump administration continues, picked up by the Cabinet officials, spokespersons, and TV hosts. President Trump’s personal lawyer seeks to block Stormy… More
Carolin Emcke on Reporting in Iraq, 2007
The Iraq war for me—is still today—an incomprehensible, really a paradox of war … a war we could see and watch and witness being built up. More
Honduras: Ban on Julio Ernesto Alvarado’s Reporting Lifted
The Honduran state has finally suspended the court-imposed work ban that has prevented Globo TV journalist and PEN Honduras member Julio Ernesto Alvarado from presenting his nightly news show… More
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Near the end of @SalmanRushdie's new novel, the narrator is blinded by an angry rival. It's eerily prescient: Rushdie lost an eye in an attack on him last year; however, the publisher says the manuscript was already completed. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-01-30/salman-rushdies-new-novel-victory-city-reminds-us-how-his-writing-changed-the-world