Journalism – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:26:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Journalism – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com 32 32 Closing Tempo: Suharto’s Licensing Crackdown in 1994 and the Journalists Who Defied It https://brewminate.com/suharto-1994-tempo-ban-aji-press-freedom/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:26:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278530 In 1994, Suharto’s government revoked Tempo’s publishing license. Ahmad Taufik and fellow reporters answered by forming AJI and

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]]> You May See Him, but Not Hear Him: Gerry Adams and Britain’s Broadcasting Ban in 1988 https://brewminate.com/gerry-adams-britain-broadcasting-ban/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:17:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278515 From 1988 to 1994, British broadcasters replaced Gerry Adams’s voice with actors, revealing how a restriction that preserved

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]]> Language Defying an Empire: Amrita Bazar Patrika and the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 https://brewminate.com/amrita-bazar-patrika-vernacular-press-act/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:08:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278416 The Vernacular Press Act targeted Indian-language newspapers. Amrita Bazar Patrika responded in English, preserving its dissent while reducing

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]]> When Charles X Tried to Silence the French Press after an Electoral Defeat 1830 https://brewminate.com/charles-x-press-censorship-1830/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:47:14 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278326 Charles X’s attack on opposition newspapers in July 1830 turned an electoral crisis into open resistance. Popular revolt

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]]> A Censor Who Published News: Roger L’Estrange’s 17th-Century Restoration Press Regime https://brewminate.com/roger-lestrange-restoration-press-censorship/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:57:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278272 As both press censor and news publisher, Roger L’Estrange turned royal authority into publishing advantage, while rival officials

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]]> The Prussian Press Edict: King Frederick William IV and Press Censorship in 1843 https://brewminate.com/prussian-press-edict-frederick-william-iv-newspaper-censorship-1843/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270399 In 1843 Prussia, King Frederick William IV’s press edict tightened state control, revealing how censorship preserved monarchy while

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]]> Executive Pressure: How Nixon Used the Fairness Doctrine to Intimidate Broadcasters https://brewminate.com/richard-nixon-fairness-doctrine-intimidate-broadcasters/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270406 Under President Richard Nixon, the Fairness Doctrine became less a neutrality rule than a strategic lever for pressuring

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]]> Policing Dissent: COINTELPRO and the Long War on Press Freedom https://brewminate.com/policing-dissent-cointelpro-and-the-long-war-on-press-freedom/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:38:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=269634 The history traced here demonstrates that the suppression of dissent in the United States has rarely depended on

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]]> Prior Restraint by Other Means: The Pentagon Papers and Modern Policing of the Press https://brewminate.com/prior-restraint-by-other-means-the-pentagon-papers-and-modern-policing-of-the-press/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:38:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=269640 The lesson of the Pentagon Papers was not merely that the press prevailed in a landmark Supreme Court

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]]> The Fireside and the Front Page: FDR and the Battle for the American Narrative https://brewminate.com/the-fireside-and-the-front-page-fdr-and-the-battle-for-the-american-narrative/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:14:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258762 By crafting an unmediated relationship with the public, Roosevelt undermined the primacy of traditional journalism. He did so

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