#fourth-estate — Public Fediverse posts
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The Media class aren't going to get fussed like this like they were over a Black Academic not 'fitting in'
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Watch the UK Press try to 'Jason Arday' the victims of assault at the ReformUK conference....
#ReformUK #UKPress #FourthEstate #UKPol #UKPolitics #Fascism #Assault #Patriarchy
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#US government investigators have taken the extraordinary step of subjecting roughly 50 members of the #military’s #JointStaff to #polygraph tests over leaks to #journalists, including about how the #Iran #war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, acc/to officials briefed on the move.
#Trump #Hegseth #MilitaryReadiness #transparency #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #MafiaState #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.SYLz.KGEu4ztorAmj&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Once again it is revealed the UK press is a hollow joke yet for some reason so many people still pay attention to these distractions and manipulations 🤷♂️
It's just easier not to resist I guess....not to cause a fuss...
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@NMBA/117212686259275263
You cannot trust the BBC's output, it's run by Tories and Labour don't wanna change it.
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#Pentagon cuts INTERNAL access to classified documents after WaPo reporting on #military concerns about #IranWar
Documents associated with the Secretary of Defense Orders Book [ #SDOB ] were removed from an internal Pentagon web portal after the reporting, 3 people familiar with the matter said.
#transparency #journalism #FourthEstate #Trump #Hegseth #idiocracy #kakistocracy #MilitaryReadiness #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/02/pentagon-cuts-access-classified-information-amid-iran-war-concerns/ -
In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government’s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.
Hugo Black (1886–1971) American politician and jurist, US Supreme Court Justice (1937–71)
New York Times Co. v. United States 403 U.S. 713, 717 (1971) (concurring)More about this quote: wist.info/black-hugo/36400/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hugoblack #scotus #censorship #firstamendment #fourthestate #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #journalism #media #meme #priorrestraint #SCOTUS #tyranny #watchdog
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So these are the infamous '9/11 comments' that Bari Weiss and CBS are whipping up into an Islamophobic shitstorm? They are trying to Jason Arday him, or hope some nut takes him out for being a 'terrorist?'
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Just over a week and they're back on the horse, dismissing all their critics as mentally ill, how very TERF of Helen.
The Atlantic of course is no better than all the other trash outlets.
#JasonArday #TheAtlantc #HelenLewis #TerfIsland #EpsteinClass #FourthEstate
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@deadline/117146340859051738
It's really interesting to see how headlines frame the story, whether as a righteous and timely pushback from the Tech industry (which owns a lot of media outlets) against the "beastly anti-AI extremists" or in more neutral tones like here.
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Slavin said he & Korte were fired for participating in a #CBS #News interview, during which he said #censorship of the #military #newspaper crossed a red line. “#Pentagon public affairs has deemed that insubordination,” Slavin said in an interview.
#StarsAndStripes #Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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Under #Defense Secy #Hegseth, the publication’s #independence has come under threat during the 2nd #Trump admin as top #Pentagon leaders have derided the newspaper as “woke.”
Erik Slavin, the #editor in chief, said he & #reporter Lara Korte also received separation notices Friday.#StarsAndStripes #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #MafiaState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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Taking it even further…
#Pentagon fires #StarsAndStripes leaders who criticized #DOD’s interference
The Defense Dept earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial #independence, as “woke.”#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #military #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/21/pentagon-fires-stars-stripes-leaders-who-criticized-dods-interference/ -
This is just fucking insane, these are not journalists but abusers looking for prey...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/21/meg-white-daily-mail-white-stripes
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The Economist blamed the Irish Genocide on the Irish, made excuses for Slavery too.
Perhaps we shouldn't listen to them, even though it makes us look all grown up when we do.
Remember, we're all the terrorists for not wanting this shit in our lives, how dare we!
#TheEconomist #FourthEstate #Palantir #EpsteinClass #UKPress
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RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/117127961906868407
Amazed the Press had space to squeeze it in what with the Harry and Meghan feeding frenzy right now.
This land has a sickness and it is the 'UK Press'
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@newsguyusa speaking of people the UK Press bully...
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RE: https://mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/117123884310228704
If the Prime Minister is too scared, then who is really running the country?
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The #FCC, led by its chairman, #BrendanCarr, called for an unusual, early review of the broadcast licenses last spring, citing ABC’s internal diversity & inclusion practices. None of the #ABC licenses, which have terms of 8 years, were up for renewal yet. Carr’s decision came after the ABC late-night host, #JimmyKimmel, angered #Trump with a monologue joke.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #dictatorship #fascism
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#ABC owns & operates 8 local stations that carry its programming across the country, including in major markets like NY, LA & Chicago. Like all local stations, they can only operate with licenses controlled by the #FCC.
ABC’s lawsuit asks a federal judge to halt the early review of its licenses on the grounds that it violates the #FirstAmendment.
#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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#ABC Sues #FCC to Block Threat to Its TV Licenses
The network asked a court to stop the agency from taking steps that could force ABC stations off the air & accused the FCC of violating its #FirstAmendment rights.
#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/media/abc-fcc-lawsuit-broadcast-licenses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.3Zz_.we73rwHrbps0&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#Trump’s personal attacks on #journalists have been a defining feature of his combative approach to the #press. Though he has criticized reporters throughout his political career, his critiques of #women journalists, particularly from #CNN, have grown more heated in recent months. And the admin has increasingly used official #WhiteHouse social media accounts to escalate what might once have been spur-of-the-moment exchanges.
#unfit #journalism #media #FourthEstate #misogyny #sexism #MafiaState
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“Jon Ossoff said you’d rather travel with your aide Natalie Harp & build the ballroom than do your job as president,” #KristenHolmes said. “What is your response?”
#Trump answered Holmes’s question with an insult to Sen #JonOssoff (D-Georgia), whom he called a “Pee-wee Herman look-alike,” referring to the Paul Reubens character.#unfit #journalism #media #FourthEstate #misogyny #sexism #MafiaState
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The #WhiteHouse yesterday posted a personal attack against CNN’s #KristenHolmes, invoking her #children, after she asked #Trump a pointed question [doing her job].
The White House on Monday leveled a sharply personal attack against #CNN reporter Kristen Holmes after she asked Trump a pointed question during a news conference, crossing a barrier rarely breached by politicians to invoke her children.
#unfit #journalism #media #FourthEstate #misogyny #sexism #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/17/white-house-attacks-cnn-reporter-after-trump-clash-targets-her-children/ -
RE: https://mastox.eu/@mehdirhasan/117112658091139315
It's more than embarrassing, it's complicit
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Put money on it, the White Victimhood will be cranked up to 11, Elon Musk will wade in....
...but everyone will see how these awful people put the boot in and be under no illusion on who is the trash in this tale.
#JasonArday #Whiteness #UKPress #FourthEstate #WhiteVictimhood
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The intersection of Transphobia, Ableism , Classism and good old fashioned Racism....Jesse Singal.
#JasonArday #FourthEstate #UKPress #NYT #JesseSingal #Whiteness