When public declarations grow loud but truth begins to whisper

Press freedom does not usually collapse with the sound of police boots at the newsroom door. It rarely arrives in the form of a dramatic banning of newspapers or the midnight arrest of editors. That kind of repression is too visible, too easy to condemn. Conversely, modern media capture is more sophisticated in that it is sometimes dressed as reform or lands through budget decisions, strategic appointments, selective access, advertising pressure and the quiet understanding that some questions are simply not welcome

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