State of the Free Press 2026 – Project Censored
IN-DEPTH VIDEOS, 1 Dec 2025
23 Nov 2025
The problem of censorship and suppressed news in the United States is older than 50 years, but it has recently exploded along with the rise of social and independent media, said the panel at Politics & Prose on 21 Nov in Washington D.C. The evening marked the 50th anniversary of Project Censored and the publication of is annual review, State of the Free Press 2026.
On the panel are Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News; John Kiriakou, C.I.A. whistleblower; Freedom of the Press Foundation’s Lauren Harper; Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria; and Mischa Geracoulis and Mickey Huff of Project Censored.
Tags: Censorship, Freedom of information, Freedom of the press, Project Censored
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