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The article informs on decline in press freedom around the globe, as governments are finding insidious ways to muzzle the media. It mentions the nature of censorship has evolved, reporters are still jailed, and killed, and most modern autocrats at least pay lip service to the idea of a free press, and choose more subtle weapons with which to attack it.

The article offers information on the rise of paranoid nationalism and its impact on politics. It discusses how political leaders exploit fear and suspicion of "them" to gain and abuse power, often using exaggeration and lies to fuel nationalistic fervor; highlights how this trend undermines the checks and balances of good governance, including a free press and independent courts; and emphasizes the need for vigilance against this dangerous trend.

The article discusses delete of tweet by the news agency Associated Press (AP) for dehuminising French, and mentions issues of essentialising with stigma. Topics discussed include replacement of words with phrases that are not, conversational and accessible features in a good journalism, and need of humanising by good writers.

The article informs on decline in press freedom around the globe, as governments are finding insidious ways to muzzle the media. It mentions the nature of censorship has evolved, reporters are still jailed, and killed, and most modern autocrats at least pay lip service to the idea of a free press, and choose more subtle weapons with which to attack it.

The article suggests the need for Luis Ináacio Lula da Silva, the leftist former president of Brazil, to start addressing fiscal conditions in order to beat incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 election. It encourages Lula to publicly name a moderate economist for finance minister in order convince voters that he can be trusted with future prosperity, as well as to promise not tolerate land invasions, not to nationalise any industries and not to interfere with media freedom.

The article reports on decline of press freedom in India, as Indian governments tend to influenced the media by exploiting the industry's ownership structure. It mentions industrialist, Gautam Adani, had launched a bid to take over New Delhi Television Ltd. and has close ties to the prime minister, Narendra Modi due to which broadcast journalists who have been willing to criticise the government, or at least to report fairly and independently, will feel constrained to toe official lines.

The article informs on the ill-treatment of journalists in Ethiopia, and the efforts of Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia's prime minister in spreading freedom the of press in the country.

The article focuses on the increasing government control facing state-controlled news organisations in China in light of the government policy about republishing news online announced on October 20, 2021.

The article informs that Poland has slipped from 18th place in a World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders to 64th, its lowest-ever ranking in giving freedom of press. It mentions that the political party Law and Justice after coming to power in 2015, it took control of TVP, the public television broadcaster, and purged its management. It also mentions that a bill limiting foreign ownership of media companies was also adopted.