Resources
“The news from the Russian front was distorted, claiming German victories, misleading the whole population. The huge casualties suffered by the Hungarian army never reached the newspapers, or radio. There was never one word about the concentration camps. The death of millions came as a shock to everybody after the war. The true happenings were hermetically sealed and only by listening nightly to the Radio Free Europe broadcast, did we get a glimpse into the reality. ”
Freedom Forum Institute
freedomforuminstitute.org/category/research/freedom-of-the-press
Bill of Rights Institute
billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/landmark-cases/freedom-of-the-press
Freedom of the Press Foundation
US Press Freedom Tracker
The News Guild of New York
UNESCO – Press Freedom and Development
unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000161825_eng
Poynter
PolitiFact
Committee to Protect Journalists
“The newspapers started to change the tone, the radio became a tool for the communist propaganda and we had a feeling that our lives will change soon – the calm before the storm lasted only a short time...We are facing trouble again!”
Reporters Without Borders
World Press Freedom Index
Annenberg Classroom
Society of Professional Journalists