1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2003: Dominican Republic - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nKJzhozkVm"><a href="https://cpj.org/2004/03/attacks-on-the-press-2003-dominican-republic/">Attacks on the Press 2003: Dominican Republic</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2004/03/attacks-on-the-press-2003-dominican-republic/embed/#?secret=nKJzhozkVm" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2003: Dominican Republic” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="nKJzhozkVm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Government efforts aimed at punishing critics led to a deterioration of press freedom in the Dominican Republic in 2003. Moreover, news coverage of scandals involving private financial institutions that own many Dominican media outlets seriously damaged citizens' confidence in the press.https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260