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COWARDLY FIRING OF AUSTRALIAN STATE-FUNDED TV JOURNALIST HIGHLIGHTS THE WEST’S REAL RELIGION
COWARDLY FIRING OF AUSTRALIAN STATE-FUNDED TV JOURNALIST HIGHLIGHTS THE WEST’S REAL RELIGION A TV sports commentator in Australia, Scott McIntyre, was summarily fired on Sunday by his public broadcasting employer, Special Broadcasting Services (SBS), due to a series of tweets he posted about the violence committed historically by the Australian military. McIntyre published his tweets on “Anzac […]
MEXICO’S JOURNALISTS GRAB A TECH SHIELD AS THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT ESCALATES
MEXICO’S JOURNALISTS GRAB A TECH SHIELD AS THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT ESCALATES Mexico, a country where tens of thousands have been killed in drug-related violence, and where government officials have been complicit in corruption, murders, and disappearances, seems like a natural place to launch a safe, anonymous way for sources to get information to journalists. […]
Is the Web Destroying the Cultural Economy?
Is the Web Destroying the Cultural Economy? Are we entering a cultural Dark Age, where the talented cannot earn a living creating culture? Longtime correspondent G.F.B. recently sent me this 13-minute Interview with Andrew Keen. This is my first exposure to Keen, and his view that the democratization of the Web is great for politics but a disaster […]
Japan seizes passport of journalist planning Syria trip
Japan seizes passport of journalist planning Syria trip Move follows brutal killing of Japanese by ISIL and comes amid soaring ratings for PM over handling of hostage crisis. Japan has seized the passport of a journalist planning to travel to Syria following the brutal killing of two Japanese hostages by the Islamic State of Iraq […]
The Cowardly and Despicable American Presstitutes
The Cowardly and Despicable American Presstitutes February 5, 2015. There is a brouhaha underway about an American journalist who told a story about being in a helicopter in a war zone. The helicopter was hit and had to land. Which war zone and when I don’t know. The US has created so many war zones […]
Al Jazeera Journalist Mohamed Fahmy Should Be Released Not Retried in Egypt | Amal Clooney
Al Jazeera Journalist Mohamed Fahmy Should Be Released Not Retried in Egypt | Amal Clooney. On 1 January 2015, the Egyptian Court of Cassation issued a ruling upholding the appeal filed by Mohamed Fahmy to overturn his conviction and 7-year sentence. In so doing, Egypt’s highest court has recognized that there were legal errors in the original […]
Al Jazeera staff held for one year in Egypt – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera staff held for one year in Egypt – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. It has been one year since three Al Jazeera journalists were arrested in Egypt in a case that sparked international outrage. Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste were arrested in Cairo on December 29, 2013 under false charges of […]
Journalists under attack around the world – Inside Story – Al Jazeera English
Journalists under attack around the world – Inside Story – Al Jazeera English. The past year was a difficult one for journalists. The number of attacks and kidnappings of media workers soared. Carefully staged murders of reporters became all too common. And governments around the world increasingly used national security as an excuse to detain journalists […]
Mohamed Fahmy, Canadian Imprisoned In Egypt, Pleads For Harper’s Help
Mohamed Fahmy, Canadian Imprisoned In Egypt, Pleads For Harper’s Help. Imprisoned Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to personally ask Egypt’s president to release him before an appeal court closes his chance at a retrial. Fahmy, who made the comments in an exclusive interview with CBC’s the fifth estate, was arrested […]
BBC News – Turkey police raid opposition media with Gulen links
BBC News – Turkey police raid opposition media with Gulen links. Turkish police have made at least 23 arrests during raids on a newspaper and TV station with close ties to US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen. Those detained are accused of forming an illegal organisation and trying to seize control of the state. Mr Gulen, […]
‘German politicians are US puppets’ | Oriental Review
‘German politicians are US puppets’ | Oriental Review. “Now the Americans are even considering blowing up a nuclear power plant in Ukraine and then insisting that the culprits were either separatists or Russians,” claims the German journalist Udo Ulfkotte, former correspondent from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the largest German newspapers. He has published a book, Gekaufte Journalisten (“Purchased Journalists”), in which he […]
Journalists Silenced as Killers Walk Free – Our World
Journalists Silenced as Killers Walk Free – Our World. A new report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) shows that nine out of 10 cases of journalist killings go unpunished. The report found that between 2004 and 2013, 370 journalists were murdered “in direct retaliation for their work” and that in 90 percent […]
When Is a Corporate Media Group Too Powerful? — Global Issues
When Is a Corporate Media Group Too Powerful? — Global Issues. SAN JUAN, Nov 05 (IPS) – A multi-million-dollar grant from a major media conglomerate to a communications school here has been hailed by some as a shining example of corporate philanthropy working to improve the quality of journalism. But others view it as a […]
