Censorship Of Decline In US Press Freedom - Mark Taylor-Canfield Democracy Watch News
Channel: Mark Taylor-Canfield
Date: 31/03/2023

Journalist/musician Mark Taylor-Canfield speaks with talk show host Jeff Santos on Jeff Santos Show broadcasting nationally from Boston. MTC discusses the self-censorship in US media in regards to reporting on the decline of press freedom. At the time of this broadcast the USA was ranked 42nd on the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders: https://rsf.org/en/index

The US ranking experienced a steady decline since 2002 when the country was ranked 17th. Summit For Democracy co-hosts Zambia, The Netherlands and Costa Rica all ranked higher than the US in terms of press freedom on the 2022 index. No major US media has reported on this fact.   
Jeff Santos Show
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Mark & Jeff also talk about Seattle's democratic socialist city council member Kshama Sawant who has become an internationally recognized political and labor acitvist. Her labor movement campaign is Workers Strike Back. https://workersstrikeback.org

MTC the "Rock and Roll Journalist" also performs the song "Traffic Jam".

Mark's music video "Mother Freedom" dedicated to people struggling for freedom & justice around the world: https://youtu.be/PkJ1NJ9wDmo

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Check out the Jeff Santos Show Mon - Fri noon to 1 PM PT for his intelligent, well informed talk show! MTC is his guest every Friday talking #music, #culture, #media and #politics. 
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Jeff Santos Show is broadcasting nationally from Boston. Listen live Mon -Fri 3 - 6 PM ET or on demand at https://revolutionradionetwork.com  

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