What's so wrong with being a journalist and an activist?

The backlash against US journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who outed himself as an illegal immigrant, seems out of all proportion to his supposed crime.
The cheers outweigh the jeers by some margin in this posting on the Inquirer Global Nation site, which bears the slogan "the home of Filipinos worldwide."

U.N. secretary-general commits to defending press freedom

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

New York, (UN NEWS)- Press freedom, particularly free expression online, will be a priority for newly re-elected U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. chief pledged today in a meeting with the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders.

 The heads of both organizations said they were encouraged by statements made by the secretary-general in support of press freedom during the upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa.