Press freedom faces unprecedented global assault, warns report.
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has warned that journalists across the globe are facing unprecedented attacks from governments, with public hostility towards the press increasing due to fake news and disinformation. The RSF's annual report found that 55 journalists and four media workers were killed at work in 2022, and the environment for journalism was "bad" in an unprecedented seven out of ten countries. The report also criticized the concentration of media ownership in India, which it said was broadly controlled by allies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, creating a "politically partisan" media landscape.