The alarming assault on the free press | By Suzanne Nossel for CNNOpinion
Suzanne Nossel is CEO of PEN America. She was formerly executive director of Amnesty International USA and deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations at the State Department. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who had worked for Reuters and exposed the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys, recently received word that their final appeal had been denied by Myanmar's Supreme Court. Suzanne NosselThis means that the two reporters -- both fathers of children under age 4 -- will, short of a pardon, spend the next seven years in jail. They were convicted of charges in relation to a blockbuster investigative report they had filed documenting the summary executions committed by Myanmar soldiers in the village of Inn Din in late 2017.
PEN America president optimistic in face of press arrests 02:56The role of opinion and belief in shaping the news has come to the foreground with the rise of highly influential, ideologically-driven news outlets, including Fox News and counterparts in other countries that are sustained by cozy relationships with government leaders.
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