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Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. She was investigating Malta government corruption. They put a powerful explosive device under her car.
(static.independent.co.uk)
Her reporting had long put her in the line of fire and she had seen numerous attempts to silence her. She was even facing 48 lawsuits at the time of her death.
May she rest in peace.
A billionaire businessman allegedly ordered her murder
https://jfj.fund/how-the-man-accused-of-financing-daphne-caruana-galizias-murder-tried-to-escape/
Journalism is nearly dead. You can see that everyday, even here on lemmy. Everyone praising adblockers, ranting about paywalls and then shocked that journalism quality worsens. Who would go into journalism these days? And even when you already are, why put your life in danger doing investigative journalism?
Exactly why these people are heroes.
By the world's standards of chasing economic advantage, safety, and comfort, they make no sense. They rarely achieve widespread recognition, they put themselves in harm's way, and they persist in a turbulent, cynical, and often thankless field.
But the work they do is vital to a functioning society, which is why one of a dictator's first moves is attacking the free press.(As we've been seeing firsthand across the world).
Yeah, the "journalism industry" has had its challenges lately, especially when large corporate outfits have been insulting their readers with increasingly cynical business practices, and people are distracted more and more by vapid, empty content.
But this is a problem in almost every industry right now.
My point is that, regardless what the business may or may not be doing, these people are in this field to fight for something greater, and we need to support those people.
Adblocking has not killed journalism. You're either an idiot or a propagandist.
Exhibit B.
Yall forget how bad ads and popups got before we started using blockers? They abused ads and timers and bs
Exhibit A.