Journalists and dissidents alike are being targeted by American police in the land of the free. Is it as simple as an out of control police force, or something more? (By: Raul Diego, Mintpress News) ...
“Charging journalists with criminal activity based on interactions with sources sends a chilling message to reporters working on sensitive stories…” The Brazilian government charged Rio-based journalist Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes for his reporting on leaked ...
As depicted in the film, the FBI allegedly pressured Jewell to confess to the crime, while dismissing physical evidence that indicated he couldn’t have done it. The new film, Richard Jewell, is based on a ...
“Mr. Assange showed all symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma.” More than 60 doctors sent an urgent letter to U.K. authorities on Monday warning ...
“Reporting on the database also revealed that the U.S. government coordinated with Mexican authorities to monitor these individuals.” The American Civil Liberties Union is suing on behalf of journalists it says were detained and spied ...
The late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries marked both the rise and fall of objectivity in American news media. Even so, the golden age of objectivity, paradoxically characterized by both elitism and ethicism, was anything ...
When ‘fake news’ has been a part of U.S. journalism since the days of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, is there any hope for modern-day journalism? This is the eighth part in a Citizen ...
Mexico, already the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere, recorded more journalists deaths in the first seven months of 2019 than in all of 2018. (By Parker Asmann, InSight Crime) Reporters in ...
Washington’s aggressive prosecution of Assange is a pivotal case for journalism that could have a vast and severe impact on journalists and whistleblowers for decades to come. The U.K. signed a controversial order last Wednesday ...
“With gratitude and hope I accept the award on behalf of all the brave journalists who are doing their job every day,” – Anabel Hernández as she received the 2019 DW Freedom of Speech Award. ...
“Any government use of the Espionage Act to criminalize the receipt and publication of classified information poses a dire threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest, irrespective of the Justice ...
“To be a woman at the Times during these years was to experience systemized sexism.” “A former editor at the Times is suing the newspaper for anti-trans discrimination, harassment, victimisation [sic], and unfair dismissal on ...
Samantha Bee unleashed several insults about Trump—accusing him of being a sexual assaulter, bully, and coward for not appearing at the real White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Comedic TV star Samantha Bee hosted “Not the White ...
“Essentially, the climate that journalists work in has simply deteriorated worldwide.” Hostility towards journalists across the globe is growing, according to the 2019 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) last Thursday. ...
The FBI released Marzieh Hashemi, 59, an American-born Iranian journalist from a 10-day detention in Washington, DC, as a material witness in a criminal matter before a grand jury.
Citizen Truth journalist Catherine Shakdam reports on the US detainment of Iranian American journalist Marzieh Hashemi and the movement to #FreeMarzieh. News broke this Tuesday of the arrest of prominent US-born Iranian TV anchor, Marzieh Hashemi, ...
For the first time ever, the United States has found itself on the list of the top six deadliest countries for journalists around the world. The media advocacy group, Reporters Without Borders, compiles an annual ...
In August, President Donald Trump had the following to say about the media during an interview with Fox News: No, not at all. But the fake news is, and the fake news is comprised of ...
In 2017 the games industry generated $108.4 billion in revenue, making it one of the most lucrative entertainment industries on the planet. According to reports, “The 2017 Year In Review Report by SuperData shows that ...
The new film Shock and Awe is set in the months before the September 11 terrorist attacks and on through to the Iraq War, focusing on the true story of journalists Warren Strobel and Jonathan ...
Whoever controls the media controls the narrative. Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. Media propaganda has reached a level we have not seen in our nation’s history. Wars are ignored, politicians destroyed and truths ...
(RadioFree Europe, by Daud Khattak and Frud Bezhan) Military rule, religious extremism, and war have long made Pakistan one of the world’s toughest beats for journalists. But Pakistani reporters say free media is now being shackled like never ...
American journalism is dead and has been for at least the last ten years. It used to maintain a semblance of objectivity and at least tried to report on the facts on the news of ...
Thursday, May 3, 2018, is World Press Freedom Day and we are honoring all journalists and media professionals who have lost their lives in their pursuit of press freedoms. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) ...
In Afghanistan, the funerals have begun for the 10 journalists killed on Monday—the deadliest day for journalists since the Afghan War began in 2001. Nine journalists died in a double suicide bombing attack in Kabul, ...
Sean Hannity likes to claim he is not a “journalist” when confronted with potential conflicts of interest surrounding the content he provides as a commentator on his show on FOX News. Yet he also likes ...
Founder of The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur recently interviewed political writer Amanda Marcotte, who was known as one of the biggest critics of Bernie Sanders during the 2016 Democratic Primaries. Marcotte, made a number of contradictory ...
Jenna Mulligan is an American journalist traveling abroad, currently living in Vietnam. She reports on the environment and local news from her current place of residence. She will be reporting on Vietnam for the next ...
Our media consolidation problem. (The Conversation, by Rodney Benson, New York University and Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania) On July 28, Apple heiress Laurene Powell Jobs bought a majority stake in The Atlantic. It’s the ...
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