When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government's co | dG1fWFlPcWswYzNSN3M
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00:00 (cows mooing)
00:02 - Before Oklahoma was ever even a state,
00:11 there was a Native American Creek citizen
00:14 running a daily newspaper.
00:16 But here I am reporting on news topics
00:18 that maybe don't show my tribe in the best light.
00:23 Our tribal government--
00:24 - Roll call vote, please.
00:25 - Wasn't prepared for hungry journalists.
00:27 - All right, Jared, what you got?
00:28 - I'm creeping around and doing the news.
00:30 - Three top officials were arrested.
00:33 The word embezzlement comes to mind.
00:35 - But it's all the Muscogee Creek people have
00:37 as far as source of news, and someone's gotta deal it.
00:40 - Good morning, everyone.
00:44 Tonight, there will be a bill to repeal
00:47 the historic free press bill in its entirety.
00:50 - It's fucking D-Day, and like the shit has hit the fan.
00:53 (dramatic music)
00:58 - Now, these elected officials have a direct line
01:02 to put out polished turds every day.
01:04 - Man, the paper's dead, dude.
01:06 - Yeah, the leak, it's somebody.
01:08 - Because we published the story, because we aired it,
01:09 are they going to arrest us?
01:11 Shit.
01:12 - I have had my stories edited by the executive branch,
01:20 and that's not fair, it's not transparent.
01:26 - The ultimate fate of freedom of the press
01:29 is directly hinged on the outcome of this election.
01:32 This is a giant nebulous of crazy going on.
01:38 - Actually, I knew Jimmy Buffett back in the '80s,
01:41 and I won't get into that.
01:42 - Chips fall where they may,
01:44 and let's hope that they're free press chips, man.
01:46 (dramatic music)
01:48 (dramatic music)
01:51 - Hard to find a spot.
02:03 (dramatic music)
02:06 [BLANK_AUDIO]