Freedom of the Press and Time for George Washington Day

Don’t you think it is time to celebrate George Washington Day on February 22? Read Allan C. Miller’s piece, A Presidents Day perspective on the nature of a free press. I have had the following quote from George Washington (March 15, 1783) on my Facebook page:

“the freedom of Speech may be taken away—and, dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter.”

From George Washington’s Mount Vernon page on the National Gazette (established in 1791):

“George Washington's support for a free press and the First Amendment ironically helped to make the National Gazette possible.”

In this episode I will tell a little about my future plans, as I soon will reach the milestone of 100+ published episodes of this podcast, since I started podcasting in 2006.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Checkology - News Literacy Project
• National Gazette - Wikipedia
• Parler
• Ground News Pro - Inspire to Thrive
• AllSides
• Opentalk FM
• Charlie Hebdo (January 7, 2015)
• Defending Free Speech, from Rushdie to Charlie and Beyond - New Ideal
• Deepfake video - CNBC
• World Radio Day (February 13)
• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
• Voice of America
• The Spirit of Radio by Rush
• Yorkshire black tea blend - Lyceum on Instagram
• Subscribe to my newsletter, Lyceum Bulletin

 

Episode 97 (9 minutes) was recorded on February 19, 2020, by podcaster, Martin Lindeskog, with Backpack Studio app, IK Multimedia iRig Mic Cast podcasting microphone, PreSonus HD7 professional monitoring headphones, and SnapRecorder portable recording booth. Post-production through the podcast maker, Alitu. Notes written in Ulysses app. Bumper and jingle by Jim Jonsson, JTunes Productions.

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