# A Free Press? (AE230)

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Podcast: [American Exception](https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-exception-5667187)
Published: 2026-02-05T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://aarontgood.podbean.com/e/a-free-press-ae230/
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## Resource

Mickey Huff joins us to talk about Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2026. Mickey Huff is the Distinguished Director of PCIM and Professor of Journalism at the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Huff continues to serve as the third director of Project Censored and as president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation. He has been a professor of social science, history, and journalism at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2000, where he was chair of the history and journalism departments, and helped co-found the social justice studies program. American Exception followers on Patreon get first access to new episodes, and paid subscribers enjoy the entire library of the best historical analysis of deep events on the American Exception podcast. Subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception We are also on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@americanexception9407 Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

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