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#pressfreedom

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Signalgate is an embarrassing exercise in ‘Mother, may I?’ journalism, revealing how the government’s convoluted system of secrecy has confused the press about what it can or should publish. The real victim here is the public.

No one involved in the Signal text affair comes out looking good. Not Trump’s top national security officials discussing an imminent U.S. military strike on a public app, outside of the secure channels that taxpayers shelled out billions to set up.

Not the rest of the government (including Congress) that can’t seem to explain or even understand the basic rules of the secrecy regime it put in place and is supposed to oversee.

Not Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, who explicitly waited for President Trump’s permission to report on the texts, even though the attack on the Houthis had already taken place over a week prior.

And not the news media overall that showered Goldberg with praise for deferring to the government while propagating the falsehood that publishing what the government deems “classified” is illegal.

This is how our democracy dies: in deference.

Goldberg has said he decided not to publish the actual text messages he received until Trump and his flunkies claimed they weren’t “classified.” In basing his decision on the government’s stamp of approval rather than on clear public interest, Goldberg smells more like a bureaucrat than a journalist."

kenklippenstein.com/p/signalga

Ken Klippenstein · Signalgate’s “Classified” Texts Stump MediaBy Ken Klippenstein
#USA#Signalgate#Trump
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"The war in Gaza has, since October 7, 2023, killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined. It is, quite simply, the worst ever conflict for reporters."

watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pa

The Costs of WarNews Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World | Costs of WarThe Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
#Israel#Palestine#Gaza
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Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath

I watched "The Trust Fall", a documentary on Julian Assange. I followed his story closely, but it's still scary how his ordeal is an attack on freedom of speech, on whistelblowers, on our so called free democracies and on #pressfreedom.

It just does not exist.

I hope all of you will watch:

"The Trust Fall".

imdb.com/title/tt30419970/revi

IMDbThe Trust Fall (2023) - User reviews - IMDbThe Trust Fall (2023) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
#PardonAssange#TheTrustFall
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Global Threads

🇹🇷 TURKEY | 🇸🇪 SWEDEN
🔴 Swedish Journalist Jailed in Turkey

🔸 Kaj Joakim Medin jailed for “terror links” & “insulting Erdogan.”
🔸 He was covering protests over Erdogan rival Imamoglu’s arrest.
🔸 Sweden demands consular access, says he’s punished for reporting.
🔸 Past warzone reporting also cited in charges.

#Turkey#Sweden#PressFreedom
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Global Threads

🇹🇷 TURKEY
🔴 Swedish Journalist Detained in Istanbul

🔸 Joakim Medin detained after reporting protests over Erdogan’s rival Imamoglu’s arrest.
🔸 Sweden demands answers, calls it a threat to press freedom.
🔸 BBC’s Mark Lowen deported earlier this week under “public order threat.”
🔸 1800+ detained including 11 journalists in nationwide protests.

#Turkey#PressFreedom#JoakimMedin
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Categorical Imperative

#press #news #presse #aktuell #recht #politik #politics #germany #democracy #pressfreedom #ifg

" CDU &CSU wollen unter Verhandlungsvorsitz Amthors das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) abschaffen. Dieses garantiert Bürger*innen den Anspruch auf Zugang zu amtlichen Informationen & ist zentral für #Demokratie & #Pressefreiheit in #Deutschland . Es ist eines der wenigen Gesetze, die Regierungsverantwortliche in die Rechenschaft vor uns zwingen & sie kontrollierbar machen"

nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1190120.

nd - Journalismus von links · Ausgerechnet Amthor will ans TransparenzgesetzBy Julian Daum
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