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The crusading journalist Maria Ressa has been unexpectedly acquitted of tax fraud charges by a court in the Philippines (“Nobel winner Maria Ressa, news outlet cleared of tax evasion,” Star-Advertiser, Top News, Jan. 17).
It occurred early in the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the dictator who died in exile in Hawaii. This has to be a promising sign that the son has learned from the mistakes of the father and will respect freedom of the press.
The last president, Rodrigo Duterte, was notorious for encouraging so-called death squads to kill alleged undesirables such as drug dealers.
Ressa exposed these crimes and Duterte retaliated by filing trumped-up charges to silence her.
The good news is that it isn’t working.
Carl H. Zimmerman
Salt Lake
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