Deroy Murdock’s latest column focuses on the propensity among Latin American “heavies” to take away press freedoms:
Latin heavies generally have shifted away from messy tactics such as beating journalists in the streets or jailing them. Instead, denunciations, lawsuits, and denials of broadcast licenses accomplish the same objective without drawing blood.
Even better, from the dictators’ standpoint, teaching a lesson to one or two journalists might persuade others to watch their words. Why censor journalists when they can do your dirty work for you via self-censorship?
Since the previous Locker Room entry focuses on alternatives to ObamaCare, I’m inclined to revisit Murdock’s thoughts on the federal health care reform from a 2010 trip to North Carolina:
