A politician’s relationship with the press is often a reliable indicator of their democratic temperament. Early in my career, wrote the Deputy editor at Economist, Robert Guest, I interviewed Sweden’s current prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, when he was still leader of the opposition. He arrived alone at a café, without aides or security, responded thoughtfully to every question in impeccable English, and, after an hour, excused himself courteously for his next engagement. That experience stands in stark contrast to another interview I conducted with a Sudanese minister, who berated me, jabbed a finger inches from my face, denied me access to Darfur, and demanded that I report his government was guilty of no human-rights violations. I declined—choosing accuracy over obedience. Such contrasts illustrate a central lesson of journalism: power that fears scrutiny seeks to silence it. As we argue this week in our European and Asian cover package, the suppression of the media creates fertile...
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