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Letter to Jimmy|Jimmy is my hero

蘋果日報 2020/12/06 12:18


I am a 78 year old man in Miami, Florida, retired, but struggling to stay engaged and relevant and useful in some way as I watch our freedom of information here in the US being stolen by a cabal of press barons and social media executives who have come to the conclusion that they alone know what information average citizens need to have. Unsurprisingly, these individuals all agree on the right way forward and they are making it harder day by day to get beyond the entanglement of their converging algorithms and drink deeply from a free flow of uncontrolled information. Yes we still have an opposition press here in the US. but, increasingly that is exactly what it is: an opposition press that is locked in sweaty combat, too busy to notice the enormity of what is happening in the freest country in the world. It is against this background that I have turned daily to Jimmy Lai and Apple Daily for encouragement and hope. Jimmy is my hero. He is a rich successful man ready to sacrifice his personal freedom for the right to drink deeply at the free flow of information. Be safe, Jimmy. And stay strong. Your message is being heard around the world.
Don Causey
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