Mexico City ( Committee to Protect Journalists) – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the U.S. Justice Department’s indictment last week of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The administration of President Donald Trump disclosed 17 charges against Assange under the Espionage Act, relating to his receipt and publication of classified military documents and diplomatic […]
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Youth Don’t want to be Scared by Climate Crisis: They Want Practical Solutions
By Dimitrinka Atanasova and Kjersti Fløttum | – Days after the British parliament declared a “climate emergency”, The Guardian announced that it would start using “stronger” language to discuss the environment. Its updated style guide states that “climate change” no longer accurately reflects the seriousness of the situation and journalists are advised to use “climate […]
Why Congress needs to empower the IRS to give nonprofit newspapers a green light
By Magda Konieczna | – After nearly 150 years in business – as a business – The Salt Lake Tribune wants to become a nonprofit. But first its owner is seeking approval from the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status. The federal agency in charge of collecting taxes also gets to say which organizations don’t […]
Are World’s Democracies finally turning on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp/Fox ‘Cancer on Politics?’
By Denis Muller | – There is mounting evidence that Australia is sick of Rupert Murdoch and the political propaganda machine he runs in the guise of a news organisation. In January, [center-left Labor Party leader] Bill Shorten rebuffed an open-ended offer to meet Murdoch whenever the opposition leader was in the United States. According […]
Assange: Press Freedom Endangered by Charge of Conspiracy between Publisher and Source
(Committee to Protect Journalists) – New York, April 11, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it was deeply concerned by the U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Authorities in the United Kingdom arrested Assange this morning at the Ecuadoran Embassy as part of an extradition agreement with the U.S., according to a statement […]
Assange’s Arrest means that any Journalist can be extradited to US for Publishing the Truth
“Before we turn our backs on Assange,” Sullivan wrote, “we ought to think deeply about what’s at stake.”
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox postpones Pirro, as his Sky Channel is Pulled from NZ Airwaves for airing Shooter’s Video
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – World-straddling press lord Rupert Murdoch’s media is under pressure in the wake of the massacre of 50 worshipers by a white supremacist terrorist at a Christchurch mosque. Murdoch’s Fox News is known for pushing white nationalist themes and for demonizing Muslims, and his Sky News Australia is not very different. […]
Rupert Murdoch Provocateur Tucker Carlson Exposed in Bubba the Love Sponge Interview (TYT Video)
Media Matters for America has released an interview Tucker Carlson
In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty
Beirut (AFP) – “The crackdown on civil society actors and political opponents increased significantly in Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia,” the rights watchdog said in its annual regional report. “Is it acceptable for activists to undergo arbitrary detention, torture, sexual harassment … and even enforced disappearances simply for expressing their opinions in a peaceful way,” […]