""The Guardians."
That's what Time magazine is
calling the journalists behind 2018's "Person of the Year," which was
revealed exclusively Tuesday morning on "Today."
With a record number of reporters behind bars around the planet — the Committee to Protect Journalists documented 262 cases in 2017 — an avalanche of misinformation on social media and government officials from the United States to the Philippines
dismissing critical, real reporting as "fake news," Time is
spotlighting a handful of journalists who have one thing in common: They
were targeted for their work.
For them, pursuing the truth has meant prison and harassment. In some cases, it has meant death."
