11 June 2018 — Youtube
A short Video Featuring Israeli Attacks against Palestinian Journalists. Continue reading
Tag: journalists
Corporate Media Analysts Indifference to US Journalists Facing 70 Years in Prison
26 September 2017 — FAIR
For over two years, many in corporate media have been trumpeting the looming threat to a free press posed by Donald Trump. “Would President Trump Kill Freedom of the Press?” Slate (3/14/16) wondered in the midst of the primaries; after the election, the New York Times (1/13/17) warned of “Donald Trump’s Dangerous Attacks on the Press,” and the Atlantic (2/20/17) declared it “ A Dangerous Time for the Press and the Presidency.”
Elite Media Need to Recognize Assaults on Reporters as a Pattern–and a Threat
25 May 2017 — FAIR
It is heartening at least that Montana newspapers withdrew their endorsements of Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, after he grabbed Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs by the neck for trying to ask him a question, slammed him to the floor and punched him repeatedly (Fox News, 5/24/17). More heartening would be a full recognition across elite media that the incident is far from isolated.
As Huffington Post‘s Michael Calderone (5/24/17), for one, pointed out, a Republican state senator in Alaska, David Wilson, reportedly slapped reporter Nathaniel Herz earlier this month over a story Wilson didn’t like; FCC security pinned reporter John M. Donnelly against a wall for trying to ask a commission member a question last week; and West Virginia reporter Dan Heyman was arrested May 10 for trying to ask a question of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who declared himself pleased with that outcome.
Police State UK/US: Authoritarian Regimes (Like the U.S. and Britain) Treat Reporters Like Terrorists
19 February 2014 —
The U.S. Government Condemns Authoritarian Regimes Which Use Anti-Terror Laws to Stifle Journalism
US threats mount against journalists, Snowden By Patrick Martin
6 February 2014 — WSWS
Congressional leaders and representatives of the US military-intelligence apparatus have stepped up their threats against Edward Snowden and the journalists who have worked with him to expose massive illegal spying by the National Security Agency (NSA).
UK Ministry of Defence rejects FOIA request for leaked 2001 security manual
2 December 2013 — Wikileaks Press
On October 9th, 2009 Wikileaks published the UK MoD Manual of Security Volumes 1, 2 and 3 – Issue 2, a 2389-page UK military protocol for all security and counter-intelligence operations, classified “RESTRICTED.” The document outlines instructions on how to deal with leaks, investigative journalists, Parliamentarians, foreign agents, terrorists & criminals, sexual entrapments in Russia and China, diplomatic pouches, allies, classified documents & codewords, compromising radio and audio emissions, computer hackers—and many other intelligence-related issues.
‘Unsafe’: Snowden’s advisor from WikiLeaks fears returning to UK
6 November 2013 — RT
The statement published by WikiLeaks on Wednesday explains how Sarah Harrison helped Snowden successfully get Russian temporary asylum, which he received on August 1, despite “substantial pressure from the United States.” Continue reading
Media Lens: Journalist Or Activist? Smearing Glenn Greenwald By David Edwards
22 October 2013 — Media Lens
Modern thought control is dependent on subliminal communication. Messages influencing key perceptions are delivered unseen, unnoticed, with minimal public awareness of what is happening or why.
Police State UK: The witch-hunt of Britain’s Guardian newspaper By Julie Hyland
22 October 2013 — WSWS
The campaign of vilification and intimidation against the Guardian newspaper for publishing the disclosures of former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden is without precedent in a supposedly democratic country.
Now NATO is getting in on the digital snooping racket
18 October 2013 — 21st Century Wire
Why is it compulsory that the state, or this case the military confab known as NATO, to have to hijack all of our digital devices throughout Europe? Is it even legal?
BBC editor urged colleagues to downplay Israel’s siege of Gaza By Amena Saleem
30 August 2013 — Electronic Intifada
BBC editor urged colleagues to downplay Israel’s siege of Gaza By Amena Saleem
30 August 2013 — Electronic Intifada
