Dutch Tricolor with Orange Pennon (foto Pravda) Micha Kat: the Dutch Julian Assange What is a Journalist? Essentially, a Journalist is a Person who writes Articles for a Newspaper or a Website. Journalists come in two Varieties: Reporters, who tell what they see On Location, and Investigative Journalists, who work with looser Deadlines. The latter has a Broader Perspective, trying to give the Public a Fuller Picture of what is truly going on. It is the latter kind of Journalist that is often at odds with Authority since they tend to uncover what the Powerful would prefer to remain Hidden from the Public. Albert Londres was such a Journalist, and so were Emil Ludwig and IF Stone: Heroes of a Bygone Age, and universally respected for their Honesty, Stamina and Rigor. Bill Woodward and Carl Bernstein, of Watergate Fame, carried on this Tradition. Since then, however, with the Press all over the West getting Concentrated in Ever Fewer Hands, Life has become difficult for that kind of Journalist. Just look at Julian Assange. For doing what Woodward and Bernstein did half a century ago, he was Thrown in Jail on Imaginary and Trumped Up Charges and now faces Life Imprisonment. … Meer lezen over Hans Vogel – Micha Kat: the Dutch Julian Assange + Dutch Justice