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DB 🌱💦<p>News media really has to stop asking entertainers what they think about world affairs. If they hadn't maybe we wouldn't now be in the mess we're in.</p><p>Good on Bill Burr for calling this out as weak and cowardly journalism.</p><p>"You need to get your balls back and it's not my job, I'm a dancing clown" </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reporters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NewsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsMedia</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Teams that fulfilled requests for government documents lost their jobs on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's 10,000-person staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services. Their work, mandated by Congress since the 1960s under the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA, gives the public a view of the inner workings of federal health agencies."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOIA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USlaw</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a></p>
זשאַבע-זיללאַ<p>"<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> occupy a unique space. Our <a href="https://babka.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> demands that we chronicle unimaginable horrors, yet the act of bearing witness exacts a heavy toll. This tension is as ancient as our people. Shelomoh bar Shimshon, who chronicled the Rhineland massacres of 1096, asked, “Why did the skies not darken and the stars not dim?” He likened the mass suicides of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> facing Crusaders to the binding of Isaac, sacrifices beyond comprehension."</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/12/26/politics/the-blessing-and-burden-of-bearing-first-witness-to-jewish-history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/12/26/politics/th</span><span class="invisible">e-blessing-and-burden-of-bearing-first-witness-to-jewish-history</span></a></p>
The 🇨🇦 Resistance<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Prepare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prepare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BeAware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeAware</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p><p>Learn more about <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> -- knowing the landscape of the mass media, &amp; being critical of what is said, or aware of what is left unsaid.</p><p>In <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, the majority of large news orgs are owned and/or controlled by right-leaning companies -- think 'Fox News' in print form. While individual <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> may be dedicated to the craft, their <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/editorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editorial</span></a> staff are likely picked to be deferential to their owners politics.</p><p>That's why we should <a href="https://FundTheCBC.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">FundTheCBC.ca/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Leavitt did not provide specific details of how the plan might work, but it would allow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his aides to handpick which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> personalities were granted the ability to ask him questions &amp; observe his behavior.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViewpointDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViewpointDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The change announced by Leavitt breaks decades of precedent. The White House Correspondents’ Association, a group representing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> who cover the admin, has long determined on its own which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> would participate in the pool.</p><p>Because presidents often hold events in smaller settings like the Oval Office, where not every reporter who covers <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> can fit, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> pool format has long been used to ensure that journalists accurately record a president’s comments.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
AskPippa🇨🇦<p>Saw this call to action on Linkedin. Looking for people to fight disinformation. I doubt it needs to be limited to Canadians. The discussion there looks like they're open to ideas, talent:<br>From Kevin Newman, Retired Network Anchor/Journalist for ABC/CBC/CTV News &amp; Global National:<br>CALL TO ACTION FOR CREATIVE CANADIANS</p><p>Does this describe you?<br>A proud Canadian. Friend of America.<br>Someone who has worked in or is retired from television <a href="https://c.im/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a>.<br>Someone with proven creative juice and a laptop loaded with GFX/edit tools.<br>Ready to act, but not sure how?<br>Do you believe the best defence is a moral offense?<br>Do you have half a day here and there to volunteer for the next 6 months?</p><p>If we still have your attention, here's what we're thinking.</p><p>As we're seeing around the world, the most potent non-combat weapon is increasingly <a href="https://c.im/tags/InfoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoWar</span></a>. Our adversaries are using it to soften resistance and make people question truth and facts. We are seeing they can win, even in the United States, yet no one seems to have come up with a defence plan. Our leaders are not protecting the hearts and minds of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadians</span></a>, and winning over more Americans. We are becoming a bigger target for misinformation campaigns against our sovereignty.</p><p>So we'd like to propose kickstarting a defence.</p><p>We are looking for motivated creative Canadians capable of building rapid-response fact- checking on all the bogus information out there. A social media only campaign built for the platforms where <a href="https://c.im/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> thrives. This is not a partisan endeavor - we only seek to promote truth and verified facts.</p><p>So if you're looking to engage, here is the first step. </p><p>Send an email here: 2025iamcanadian@gmail.com<br>A former <a href="https://c.im/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> and historian Jonathan Jackson will be managing our interest and building a database of volunteers. He will need your contacts, any specific skills and areas of interest you can research and write about, your resume and a sense of your time availability. We need <a href="https://c.im/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a>, graphic artists, fact-checkers and video editors. We will not share this information with any outside entity.</p><p>We aim to eventually pay for the skills you bring. We are already hunting for donors across <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. If you think you can be a partner in this effort, please DM Kevin directly on LinkedIn. </p><p>Thank you for considering this appeal. We hope you feel as we do that its time to fight for Canada in the creative/information space and will share this online to friends in our industry. We'll keep you updated on our progress here.</p><p>Wilf Dinnick<br><a href="https://lnkd.in/gtsQwX4e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnkd.in/gtsQwX4e</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Kevin Newman <br><a href="https://lnkd.in/gt5ub4kj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnkd.in/gt5ub4kj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
eicker.media social media<p>»<a href="https://eicker.news/tags/NTSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NTSB</span></a> forces <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> to get plane crash updates on <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/XTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XTwitter</span></a>: The agency says it will no longer notify reporters about plane crash press briefings via email.« <a href="https://thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves-plane-crash-press-updates-x-twitter/?eicker.media" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves</span><span class="invisible">-plane-crash-press-updates-x-twitter/?eicker.media</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a></p>
waysideollie<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Ibleedblue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Ibleedblue</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@copter_chief" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>copter_chief</span></a></span> I read international <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> ,follow some <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> and listen to a 5 minute news podcast. It’s enough to be able to form my own opinion. All news outlets are culpable for the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> in the Oval Office. They didn’t press him on issues nor his age. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/screwthemall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screwthemall</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6gUIZFVZg&amp;pp=ygUNZGVtb2NyYWN5IE5vdw%3D%3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6gUIZFVZ</span><span class="invisible">g&amp;pp=ygUNZGVtb2NyYWN5IE5vdw%3D%3D</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GideonLevy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GideonLevy</span></a> on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ApartheidIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidIsrael</span></a>'s 'Moral Blindness: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> Babies Freeze 💔 💔 , Strikes Kill <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MedicalStaff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalStaff</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reporters</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestineNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestineNOW</span></a> 🇵🇸</p>
beSpacific<p>The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MainstreamMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainstreamMedia</span></a> Has Already Lost. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newspapers</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a> of the 20th century are ceding ground. And the people taking their place aren’t playing by the same rules. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/01/joe-rogan-political-right-media-mainstream/680755/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pBOamtJORxxg4eFOgF5WUPM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/magazine/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/01/joe-rogan-political-right-media-mainstream/680755/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pBOamtJORxxg4eFOgF5WUPM</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/investigative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigative</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> talks about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> being <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shot</span></a> and says he shouldn’t have left the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> after his 2020 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intensified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intensified</span></a> his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/verbal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verbal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/attacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attacks</span></a> on what he cast as a “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/demonic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demonic</span></a>” <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>, steering his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rally</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lancaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lancaster</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>, at one point to the topic of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> against members of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-kamala-harris-presidential-election-a310fbc211ad8f0f5e290547ec284187" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/donald-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-kamala-harris-presidential-election-a310fbc211ad8f0f5e290547ec284187</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says he wouldn't mind if an assassin shot through the 'fake news' to get him</p><p>Trump complained to supporters on Sunday about gaps in the bullet-proof glass surrounding him as he spoke &amp; mused that an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/assassin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assassin</span></a> would have to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shoot</span></a> through the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> to get him, adding, "I don't mind that so much."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Although <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s attacks on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> are not new, they have escalated in recent weeks. Trump has said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> should lose its broadcast license over a 60 Minutes interview w/VP <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>, his Democratic opponent. He has pressured <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> to stop airing ads that are critical of him. He has threatened <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> for showing negative stories about him. He has previously vowed to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jail</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illiberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illiberalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>By the end of the meeting…, it appeared to Shipley &amp; Lewis that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> had reservations about The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> endorsing either candidate….But they thought he was open to persuasion.</p><p>Bezos’ ultimate decision, to end <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a>’s decades-long practice of endorsing presidential candidates, exploded into public view on Friday, drawing criticism from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/editors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editors</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/readers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readers</span></a>, along w/an unusual rebuke from the legendary Post journalists <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BobWoodward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobWoodward</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CarlBernstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlBernstein</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Jailed <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a>, silenced networks: What <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says he'd do to the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> if elected <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5161480/trump-media-threats-abc-cbs-60-minutes-journalists" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-51614</span><span class="invisible">80/trump-media-threats-abc-cbs-60-minutes-journalists</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On the campaign trail, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has threatened to exact <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vengeance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vengeance</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> outlets should he win the presidency once more.</p><p>In particular, he has promised to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jail</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> who won't identify the source of government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/leaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leaks</span></a> &amp; to strip 3 big TV networks of their licenses to broadcast. (Only local TV stations are actually licensed by federal regulators, not the networks themselves. But the 3 networks own 80 local TV stations between them.)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>STOP 👏 CALLING 👏 HIS 👏 LIES 👏 "DISINFORMATION"</p><p>ALL YOU C+ AVG ENGLISH MAJORS IN THE MEDIA ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM</p><p>THEY'RE 'LIES':<br>❌ NOT DISINFORMATION<br>❌ NOT FALSEHOODS<br>❌ NOT MISREPRESENTATIONS<br>❌ NOT FABRICATIONS</p><p>WHY IS THIS SO HARD? </p><p>OOH, SCARED OF THE WORD 'LIES'? HOW 'BOUT 'BULLSHIT'? CAN WE TRY THAT? WHAT DO YOUR LAWYERS SAY ABOUT CALLING HIS LIES 'BULLSHIT', YOU SPINELESS BLOBS OF PROTOPLASM? </p><p>Y'KNOW WHO ALSO PREFERS 'DISINFORMATION' OVER 'LIES'?</p><p>TRUMP<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ever</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@freedomofpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freedomofpress</span></a></span> </p><p>"“I made that call on air,” Jonathan Dagher, head of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reporters</span></a> Without Borders ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSF</span></a> ) Middle East Desk... “On Al Jazeera, I said: ‘We call upon the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> authorities to allow first aid to reach Samer.’”</p><p>Despite the repeated calls, medical aid wasn’t able to reach Abudaqa, who died of his wounds that day.</p><p>Abudaqa is one of at least 130 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> workers, based on RSF’s count, killed by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> since Oct 7, 2023."<br><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/23/israel-is-deliberately-targeting-journalists-in-gaza-experts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/23/i</span><span class="invisible">srael-is-deliberately-targeting-journalists-in-gaza-experts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Inside <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>’ big <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/decision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decision</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/staff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>staff</span></a> have been <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/asking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> who they think she should <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/talk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>talk</span></a> to. </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/08/27/inside-harris-big-interview-decision-00176402" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/newsletters/playb</span><span class="invisible">ook/2024/08/27/inside-harris-big-interview-decision-00176402</span></a></p>