Report: Online Journalists Now Most Jailed

First Posted: 12- 4-08 12:08 PM | Updated: 01- 4-09 05:12 AM

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Committee to Protect Journalists:

New York, December 4, 2008--Reflecting the rising influence of online reporting and commentary, more Internet journalists are jailed worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium. In its annual census of imprisoned journalists, released today, the Committee to Protect Journalists found that 45 percent of all media workers jailed worldwide are bloggers, Web-based reporters, or online editors. Online journalists represent the largest professional category for the first time in CPJ's prison census.

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06:18 AM on 12/07/2008

The real reason they are being jailed is because the on-line journalists can't be controled the way print or tv journalists are controled. The story can't be spun to the owners wishes or to be politically correct.

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