'Tightening The Noose': Pakistani Journalists Turn To Social Networks As Mainstream Media Gagged

By artappraiser on Sat, 05/11/2019 - 9:24pm |

By Frud Bezhan and Daud Khattak @ RFERL.org, May 11

[....] In the past two years, dozens of prominent reporters have been fired or have left after being threatened; the nation's most popular TV channel has been forced off the air; and leading columnists have complained that stories that are critical of the army and intelligence agencies are being rejected by media outlets.

With the free press gagged, many journalists in Pakistan have turned to social media to get the word out. But even those platforms are under pressure from Pakistani authorities [....]

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https://www.rferl.org/a/tightening-the-noose-pakistani-journalists-turn-to-social-networks-as-mainstream-media-gagged/29934638.html