Israel is killing journalists with impunity, and the U.S. supplies it with the weapons used to murder the truth.
AP News
AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say
Among the victims was Mariam Dagga, a freelancer for the Associated Press. Al Jazeera confirmed that its journalist Mohammed Salam was also killed ...
Illinois strengthened its anti-SLAPP law after a nonsensical court ruling excluded news reporting from the law’s protection. FPF worked with local organizations and lawyers to help fix the mess. Every state needs a strong anti-SLAPP law. https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/pritzker-signs-bill-to-protect-freedom-of-press-illinois-journalists/
“Israel assassinated a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, a young man who had suddenly become the face and voice of the desperate people of his homeland, Gaza…The military made no attempt to obscure this brazen strike on civilians, which is a war crime.”
Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.
The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.
"Ahead of the planned invasion of Gaza City, killing Anas Al-Sharif is the latest step in Israel's campaign to erase Gaza's witnesses and prevent accountability." https://www.972mag.com/israel-hamas-journalists-smear-gaza/
Police officers obstructing lawful journalism and giving their own publicly funded propagandists the exclusive right to record them up close is unconstitutional, un-American, and absurd, and we very much doubt the taxpayers of Eugene, Oregon, ever intended to fund these kinds of anti-press antics.
Double Sided Media
Eugene Police Debuts Own Press
DSM, concerned by the EPD’s cosplay as members of the press, spoke to journalism experts who all agreed that this is bad.
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Filmmaker Rocky Romano was wearing visible credentials and carrying pro-grade gear when he was hit with a baton and shoved to the ground by LAPD officers while covering an anti-deportation protest in LA on Aug. 8.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Documentarian hit with police baton, equipment damaged at LA protest
Documentary writer, director and producer Rocky Romano was pushed by police and hit with a baton while covering an immigration …
Israel operates a "Legitimization Cell" that seeks to frame journalists in Gaza as "Hamas operatives." "The idea was to [allow the military to] operate without pressure, so countries like America wouldn’t stop supplying weapons," one source told +972 Magazine. https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/
It shouldn't need to be said, but with this FCC is apparently does: The FCC has no business and no right to revoke licenses because it disagrees with how a station covers the news.
Fox News
Arizona senate president calls on FCC to revoke state's PBS license over 'viewpoint discrimination'
Arizona senate president Warren Petersen requested the FCC investigate the state's PBS station for alleged bias toward the Democratic candidate in ...
Watch journalist Alistair Kitchen recount being detained for 12 hours, interrogated, his device searched at LAX in June, and later deported over his reporting. This is yet another clear sign that press freedom is under threat amid growing political repression and democratic decline in the U.S.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Australian writer deported after interrogation over reporting, phone search
Moments after Australian writer and journalist Alistair Kitchen stepped off a plane in Los Angeles, California, on June 12, 2025, …
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Independent photojournalist Nick Stern was pushed and struck in the face with a baton by police and his press credentials damaged while he was covering immigration protests in downtown LA on Aug. 8.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Photojournalist struck with baton, press credential damaged at LA protest
Independent photojournalist Nick Stern was pushed by police and then, after retrieving his damaged press credentials, struck in the face …
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