Information and Going to Jail

An significant moment for pause comes from the site Journalism and Mexican politics http://barrientes.wordpress.com/ -- the idea of journalists going to jail.

For a journalist in the United States, the threat of jail, at worst, would come from something like refusing to reveal a source.

In many other countries, the threat jail is an everyday part of the job. And it could be much worse. In many parts of the world, the threat of physical harm and death also are an everyday part of the job.

These should be some sobering thoughts, as we casually surf through the world’s press on the Internet, and take for granted how easily news and information comes.