As the consolidated corporate media machine fails in its function as the fourth estate, citizen journalists and independent press outlets are there to pick up the slack. But this important task is becoming increasingly threatened by the harsh treatment at the hands of the police force. Citizen based media is often targeted by police for reporting unfiltered truths, or they are lumped together with activists/protesters and beaten or arrested. As more and more Americans choose alternative news sources to find out what is really happening in their country, harassing those providing first hand reports muzzles the free flow of information and poses a threat to democracy. Abby Martin explores the subject for RT.
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Here’s the problem. If any person of authority is caught lying to ruin or make a living hell someones life, they need to be sentenced to a minimum of 10 years. We see all these stories of fabrication but, because there is no true consequences innocent people are paying fines all the way up to life in prison for stuff they didn’t do. We are devolving as a caring society at an alarming rate. It’s really scary the moment you realise that all those sci-fi movies you grew up watching are getting very close to reality.