See:

‘War spirals as Trump admin threatens media for positive coverage’ – https://lnkd.in/eJyaxBxr

I am going offline from LinkedIn for the next three to six months, in order to focus on the writing of my next book – the ‘Mediation of Cultural Heritage Disputes.’

I wonder whether the fundamental right of journalists and media organisations to operate, report, and disseminate information without censorship, interference, or fear of retaliation from governments or other powerful entities, will exist when I return?

Are we fast approaching a ‘tipping-point’, beyond which ‘journalistic freedom’, i.e. a Free Press – which is a pillar of Democracy, will have been displaced by communication strategies used by governments to:

(i) foster national pride;
(ii) justify military actions – and axiomatically – ‘conscription’; and
(iii) consolidate domestic support, by blending national identity with state interests –

i.e. ‘state run patriotic’ propaganda’?

See also – ‘FCC chair threatens broadcasters’ licenses over Iran war coverage’:
https://lnkd.in/ed8G9q_6

See also:

• Ex-military chief says UK is now ‘involved’ in Iran war | The Independent
• ‘FCC chair threatens broadcasters’ licenses over Iran war coverage’:
  https://lnkd.in/ed8G9q_6