Report on "soft censorship"

New report released:

"Authoritarian regimes have traditionally managed news media through direct censorship, assuming control over media outlets or by intimidating and arresting journalists and outlet owners. But “a more insidious form of censorship has emerged, according to Soft Censorship: How Governments Around the Globe Use Money to Manipulate the Media, a new report from the Center for International Media Assistance.

Soft censorship entails influencing news coverage by applying financial pressure, often through selective advertising, punishing media outlets and individual journalists considered critical while rewarding those deemed friendly, the report’s author, Don Podesta, told a meeting at the National Endowment for Democracy today..."