Democracy can’t function without a free press 🎯

There are reasons that dictators and authoritarian regimes suppress and/or block freedom of the press.

In the November election, those living in news deserts voted overwhelmingly for Trump https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/12/05/trump-wins-news-deserts-in-landslide/
https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post?r=18451&utm_medium=ios
#democracy #journalism #freespeech