Welcome to our seventeenth episode of Probable Cause. In our previous episode we discussed the realities of whistleblowing, and explored the reasons for there being dozens or more silent witnesses for every whistleblower-for every truth-teller. Today, in this episode, we are going to further this angle, and delve deeper into those reasons. We will expand our context from government whistleblowers to mainstream media reporters.
Do silent witnesses engage in ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ when they cite obstacles and futility for their refraining from standing up for the truth? Would the outcomes be different if multiple whistleblowers unite and come forward to expose criminality and lies, and to stand up for the truth jointly? These are only some of the questions we will be posing before we move to a similar trend applicable to US mainstream media journalists. We will compare and contrast journalists around the world who unite for the truth and against lies and censorship to American journalists and the absence of such a trend among them.
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Show Notes
FBI Agent Stifles Investigation into Ptech Figures
Why Kansas Statehouse Reporters Staged a Walkout
Romanian Journalists Walk Out in Protest
Al Jazeera Staff Quit over ‘Misleading’ Egypt Coverage’
Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability
Oregon Earns 'D' Grade in National Judicial Review
