#AlJazeera previously called Israeli efforts to curtail its operations an "escalation" & said in a statement in early April that it "comes as part of a series of systematic Israeli attacks to silence Al Jazeera".
It said that Israeli authorities have deliberately targeted & killed several of its #journalists including #SamerAbuDaqga & #HamzaAlDahdooh, both killed in #Gaza during the conflict. #Israel has said it does not target journalists.
Today in Labor History November 23, 1903: Army troops were sent to Cripple Creek, Colorado to put down a rebellion by striking coal miners. 600 union members were thrown into a military bullpen, and held for weeks without charges. When a lawyer arrived with a writ of habeas corpus, General Bell, who led the repression, responded "Habeas corpus, hell! We'll give 'em post mortems!” The strike was led by Big Bill Haywood and the Western Federation of Miners, which, at the time, was the most militant union in the country, calling for revolution and abolition of the wage system.
NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent there. NPR cited Twitter's decision to first label the network "state-affiliated media", the same term it uses for propaganda outlets in Russia, China & other autocratic countries
The Right's #Fascistic war on the #FourthEstate is nothing new. But when cops raided a rural Kansas #Newspaper office and its editors’ homes over an investigation in progress, a dangerous precedent was set.
Not often that I will do a recommendation for books. Especially in todays age of audiobooks. But Project Gutenberg has are archive of audiobooks that are in the public domain. There are some real gems here if you are so inclined.
This week, @TexasObserver launches our Fall Membership Drive. We need $317K before the end of the year and want to raise $25K from new subscribers. Join us to hold the powers that be in TX accountable! 👉 hype.co/@texasobserver… #TexasNeedsAnObserver#FreePress
On this #WorldPressFreedomDay I'd like to give a shoutout to all the news outlets and journalists who made the sensible decision to help further the fediverse and help make the internet more open and free.
"We are raising our voices to honor the dead and fight for the living; not because media workers’ lives are more valuable than others, but because attacks on journalism carry extreme dangers to us all."
Why Journalists Must Speak Out About Gaza | Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/why-journalists-must-speak-out-about-gaza/
The manslaughter murder of the vibrant elder, 98 year old Kansas woman #journalist#JoanMeyer who’s Newspaper was RAIDED (perhaps bc, restaurant owner Kari Newel didn’t want the sordid truth out) has historical context in the 1836 murder of #antislavery journalist, the young #ElijahPLovejoy
Three Palestinian journalists were killed by Israeli airstrikes after Israel resumed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, December 1. According to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, 67 journalists and media workers have been killed since October 7. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported the killing of 54 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese journalists. Nearly all of the journalists were killed by Israel.
"Israeli army arrests the entire Al Jazeera crew and destroys the broadcasting vehicles in the yard of the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, according to local sources."
"A 2014 study that found that Americans have no idea how bad income inequality in their country really is; participants believed it's vastly more equal than it really is. This is because western media never report on the class warfare that is being waged against the working class."
After Al Jazeera (and Al Mayadeen before them), now Israel shuts down Associated Press. Too late though ... the cat's been out of the bag for a while now!
"Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera"