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PRESS BULLYING.
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Abuse of 'Freedom of the Press' rights - a print media organization or group of print media organizations (a syndicate) commonly known as newspaper or group of newspapers that systematically abuse their constitutionally or statutory guaranteed ‘Freedom of the Press’ rights.

Wikipedia defines ‘Freedom of the Press’ as follows: ” The right of the media to print, or otherwise disseminate, speech, ideas and opinions without fear or harm of prosecution.” [].

Press bullying or abuse of the ‘Freedom of the Press’ takes place when press organizations negligently disseminate information that has more than one meaning, is propagandist in nature and is covertly intended to create fear and do harm to intended or unintended audiences. “In law, defamation (also called calumny, libel, slander, and vilification) is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government or nation a negative image. It is often, but not always,[1] a requirement that this claim be false, and, or alternatively, that the publication is made to someone other than the person defamed. In common law jurisdictions, slander refers to a malicious, false and defamatory spoken statement or report, while libel refers to any other form of communication such as written words or images. Most jurisdictions allow legal actions, civil and/or criminal, to deter various kinds of defamation and retaliate against groundless criticism. Related to defamation is public disclosure of private facts, which arises where one person reveals information that is not of public concern, and the release of which would offend a reasonable person. "Unlike [with] libel, truth is not a defense for invasion of privacy."[2] False light laws are "intended primarily to protect the plaintiff’s mental or emotional well-being."[3] If a publication of information is false, then a tort of defamation might have occurred. If that communication is not technically false but is still misleading, then a tort of false light might have occurred.[3]” [] Under the auspice of ‘Freedom of the Press’, Press Bullying or one-way-street treatment by the press media, is often a sophisticated ploy to circumvent the law of defamation, put the media organization above the law and claim that “Freedom of the Press’ rights have substantially more weight than individual rights.

Press Bullying takes place when a press media organization, under the auspice of ‘Freedom of the Press’, knowingly circumvents the law of defamation and communicates information against individuals or group of individuals so as to project a negative image against them, create unnecessary fear and do harm to those intended or unintended audiences.

Press Bullying takes place when a press media organization, under the auspice of ‘Freedom of the Press’, knowingly circumvents the law of libel and slander and communicates information; projects misleading images,  against individuals or group of individuals that is malicious, false, defamatory in nature and is likely to create unnecessary fear and do harm to those intended or unintended audiences.

“Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others, through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation ….bullying often describes a form of harassment perpetrated by an abuser who possesses more physical and/or social power and dominance than the victim. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a target. The harassment can be verbal, physical and/or emotional. Sometimes bullies will pick on people bigger or smaller than their size. Bullies hurt people verbally and physically. “   []

Press Bullying is no different when large, wealthy and powerful media organizations harass individuals or groups of individuals by projecting false, defamatory, slanderous, and libelous images or articles. Those subtle methods of coercion such as deliberate manipulation of public opinion are designed to superimpose social power and social dominance and have many forms. Amongst examples is the use of less favorable images or photographs, use of doubles or people who look similar and projecting them in a negative light, use of realistic looking cartoons to project individuals in a negative light, depicting visible racial minorities in a negative light, depicting people with distinctive physical features, hair color, or physical disabilities and projecting them in a negative light – the list seems endless.

Press Bullying has other social ramifications as well. Excessively bias attention to crime reporting and sensationalizing violent crimes is no doubt making otherwise well behaved and law-abiding society more crime aware and thus more aggressive and crime prone in the long run.

Finally, Press Bullying during an election process in a country bluntly circumvents both the constitution and a democracy in itself. There is an old saying amongst students of politics; “media can make a politician or it can break a politician”, and to this day even the most powerful politicians are careful when they interact with the press media. Press Bullying is most distinct when a powerful press media organization manipulates public opinion and exercises its social power and social dominance to influence public voting patterns. If press media through its sophisticated manipulations can influence voting in a country, it can be stated that that particular press organization has many votes. The motto of democracy is “one person, one vote”, but if society is tricked to surrender their votes to a powerful press organizations by following and acting on press organizations’ recommendations, the democracy is no longer a democracy it is a “PRESSOCRACY”....