What comes next? Journalists as political prisoners?White House press secretary Josh Earnest has accused media outlets which reported on the contents of the hacked DNC emails as being “arms of Russian intelligence,” once again accusing Moscow of being behind the cyberattack.
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Quite.Chris Hedges, who worked for the New York Times for 15 years, told RT that the White House's approach is “clearly a form of red-baiting.”
“It is a form of intimidation. It is a way to essentially paint elements of the press, including the mainstream press, as essentially complicit in treasonous activity. It's quite disturbing,” he said.
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