Journalists question US status as guardian of press freedom

Trump administration's curbs raise alarm at event on defending 'free media'

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From left, former Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron, Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz and director Ben Loeterman spoke about the state of press freedom in the U.S. (Nikkei collage. Source photos by Akio Fujii and Elisabeth Mandl) 

AKIO FUJII

TOKYO -- Concerns about the erosion of press freedom -- including in the U.S. -- were front and center at the International Press Institute's annual World Congress in Vienna last month.

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