media ban
Press access denied
A media ban is an official prohibition on news coverage of a particular event, trial, or topic.
Courts may impose media bans to protect jury impartiality or the privacy of minors: The judge issued a media ban on publishing the victim's name.
Governments sometimes impose broader media bans during emergencies or to suppress dissent.
Athletes or organizations may declare personal media bans, refusing interviews: She's on a media ban until after the tournament.
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- news blackoutSuppression of information release
- blackoutComplete power loss
- gag orderCourt-imposed speech restriction
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
chilling effect · silenced · total silence · journalism · reporters · freedom of speech · breaking news · embargo · restricted · blocked · propaganda · authoritarian · dictator · protest · crackdown · coverage · broadcast · shutdown
- prohibitionsforbid, prohibition, forbidden, prohibit, outlawing
- restrictionslimits, limit, restrictions, restriction, rules
- censorshipcensored, censors, book burning, excision, suppressed
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- information controlaccess control, censorship, filtering, gatekeeping, moderation
- free speechfree expression, freedom of speech, protected speech, speech rights, speech protection
media banfree press
Journalism without censorship
press freedom · freedom of the press · media freedom · journalistic freedom · press credentials
media banfull disclosure
Withholding no information
open communication · transparency · public broadcast · press conference · media briefing
media banfull transparency
media briefing · press conference · press release · open communication · public access
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