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Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist

https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist

#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott

Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist

https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist

#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott

Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist

https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist

#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott

Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist

https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist

#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott

Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist

https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist

#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott

#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

A quotation from Hugo Black

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

The #Pentagon already faces two #FirstAmendment lawsuits over its recent actions at #StarsAndStripes∶ one from the ombudsman, Jacqueline Smith, who sued over her firing & alleged retaliation; the other by two board members, who sued over the March restrictions, alleging illegal #censorship.

#law #Constitution #FreePress #FreeSpeech #military #Trump #Hegseth #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal district court in Washington, publisher Max Lederer, editor in chief Erik Slavin & reporter Lara Korte claimed that their firings last week for “insubordination” were retaliatory in nature & violated federal administrative law.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #StarsAndStripes #Pentagon #military #Trump #Hegseth #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

#StarsAndStripes employees sue #Pentagon over firings at #military #newspaper

The publication’s publisher, its editor in chief & a reporter allege that the government violated their #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech.

#law #Constitution #FreePress #Trump #Hegseth #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/27/lawsuit-says-pentagon-breached-1st-amendment-stars-stripes-firings/

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

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

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/

…In January, #FBI agents took the rare step of searching the home of a Washington Post #reporter, Hannah Natanson, as part of an investigation into a government contractor’s handling of classified material. The agents seized phones, laptops & a smartwatch after executing a search warrant. Natanson had spent months speaking with govt employees while reporting on the #Trump admin’s efforts to shrink the federal work force.

#law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #democracy #fascism #MafiaState

Remembering Ahmed Wishah, The Latest Palestinian Journalist Killed in Israel http://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/23/israel_gaza_journalists #IsraeliWarCrimes #AhmedWishah #IsraelMurdersJournalists #FreePress #Gaza #genocide #IDFWarCriminals #JournalistsKilled

Friday, May 1, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/friday-may-1-2026/

Pentagon Bans Press Photographers For ‘Unflattering’ Photos of Pete Hegseth https://petapixel.com/2026/03/11/pentagon-bans-press-photographers-for-unflattering-photos-of-pete-hegseth/ #nationalpressphotographersassociation #firstamendment #petehegseth #thepentagon #freepress #pentagon #Culture #News #nppa #Law

“Given the documented reporting on #government #leak investigations & the government’s well chronicled efforts to stop them, allowing the government’s filter team to search a reporter’s work product — most of which consists of unrelated information from #confidential #sources — is the equivalent of leaving the government’s fox in charge of the #WashingtonPost’s henhouse,” Porter wrote.

#law #democracy #FreePress #journalism #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism

Since #Trump returned to office, the #Pentagon has launched an investigation into #leaks that resulted in 3 ofcls being placed on leave [#Signalgate].

It has also required legacy media organizations, including the #NewYorkTimes, the #WashingtonPost, #CNN & #NBCNews, to vacate their Pentagon office spaces in a new *rotation system* that brought in others, including outlets generally friendly to the Trump admin such as the #NewYorkPost, #Breitbart, the #DailyCaller & #OANN.

#law #FreePress

Probably surprising nobody🤨
#Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to #PBS and #NPR
#TrumpRegime #Journalism #News #Reporting #Investigation #FreedomOfSpeech #FreePress #Public #CommonGood #GeneralWelfare #Authoritarianism
https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-republicans-public-broadcasting-f0e3e1acb96986732a0211833165bf84

#SCOTUS turned down a request to take up #Trump ally #SteveWynn's bid to upend the landmark NYT v. Sullivan #FreedomOfThePress precedent.

#law #FreePress #democracy

#SteveWynn's petition for appeal, which was made public by the court on Feb 4, asks #SCOTUS to assess "whether this court should overturn Sullivan’s actual-malice standard," as well as a related prior court decision.

At least 4 justices must vote to grant review for the court to hear an appeal. No date has been set for the justices to review or vote on whether to take up Wynn's case.

#law #journalism #FreePress #NYTvSullivan #FirstAmendment #14thAmendment #Trump #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism

#SteveWynn, the fmr CEO of Wynn Resorts & fmr finance chair of the #RNC, is appealing a decision by Nevada's top court to dismiss his #defamation suit against the #AssociatedPress & one of its #journalists. The court found Wynn failed to show a disputed 2018 news report containing allegations of #SexualAssault had been published w/ "actual malice."

#law #SCOTUS #journalism #FreePress #NYTvSullivan #FirstAmendment #FourteenthAmendment #Trump #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #tyranny

Casino mogul #SteveWynn [& #Trump ally] has asked #SCOTUS to hear an appeal that, if granted, could give the justices a chance to revisit libel #protections for #journalists enshrined in a landmark 1964 ruling that has been questioned by 2 conservative justices [one guess] & Trump.

#law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #NYTvSullivan
https://www.reuters.com/legal/casino-mogul-wynn-asks-us-supreme-court-revisit-times-v-sullivan-defamation-rule-2025-02-07/

The #FCC is investigating #SanFrancisco -based #KCBS for its coverage of #immigration enforcement actions in #SanJosé last month, sparking concerns from press freedom advocates and drawing #RightWing #backlash to the #radio station.
#KCBS is considered one of the world’s first rradio stations, and formative to #SiliconValley history. Its original license goes back to #CharlesHerrold in 1909 and his radio- #telephony system. Based in San Jose, it’s historically significant as #Marconi himself.
Attacking this station which survived through two world wars, the Great Depression, and led to the development of Silicon Valley is bound to have immense significance. They’re literally attacking the nation’s oldest broadcaster, which is integral to information and American democracy!
#SFBA #ICE #FreedomOfInformation #FreePress #CBSNews #AmericanPress #Broadcasting #Telephony #history #California
https://www.kqed.org/news/12025977/fcc-investigates-sf-radio-station-for-ice-reporting-sparking-press-freedom-fears

Vogt am Freitag: Von #Google :google: finanziert, von Google :google: dominiert? - Das Netz ist politisch https://dnip.ch/2024/12/20/vogt-am-freitag-von-google-finanziert-von-google-dominiert/

#GoogleNewsShowcase #SchweizMedien #Journalismus #journalism #Medienwandel #Leistungsschutzrecht #Medienfinanzierung #Pressefreiheit #FreePress #GoogleEinfluss #MedienVielfalt #MedienZukunft #BigTech #DatenMacht @revogt #VogtAmFreitag

Who is next? You or I for taking pictures of protest signs? This is a very slippery slope to #Fascism!

#NYC #journalist who documented #ProPalestinian vandalism arrested on felony #HateCrime charges

“This is an extremely serious charge against a #journalist. If he did not a participant in these events, this could be a brazen violation of the right of the press to gather news.” -- attorney Robert Balin

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 3:46 PM EDT, August 6, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — "A New York City journalist was arrested on felony hate crime charges Tuesday after filming a pro-#Palestinian protest earlier this summer in which activists hurled red paint at the homes of top leaders at the #BrooklynMuseum.

"#SamuelSeligson, an independent videographer, was not involved in the #vandalism, but is accused of traveling in a car with the #activists and entering private property with them, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the case.

"The official spoke with The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.

"Leena Widdi, an attorney for Seligson, said New York Police Department officers twice raided Seligson’s Brooklyn apartment in the past week before he turned himself in early Tuesday.

"She described the arrest and use of a hate crime statute as an 'appalling' overreach by police against a journalist with a city-issued press credential. Seligson, who is Jewish, is a fixture at New York City protests who has licensed and sold footage to mainstream outlets, including Reuters and ABC News.

"'Samuel is being charged for alleged behavior that is protected by the First amendment and consistent with his job as a credentialed member of the press,' Widdi said in an email. 'What is even more concerning, however, is that this member of the press is being charged with a hate crime.'"

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-nypd-sam-seligson-brooklyn-museum-eea8ee12248d38d856fe5cabcac7a0d1

#FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #ACAB #FreePalestine #PressFreedom #HumanRights #Protest

Stop censorship in Slovakia.
#FreeMedia #FreedomOfMedia #FreePress #SNFF

https://www.stopcenzure.sk/

En la vizitosalono kun Julian Assange

La fondinto de #WikiLeaks timas, ke lia malliberigo, kaj la gvatado kaj restriktoj pri financado de la grupo fare de la Usona registaro, malinstigas novajn kulporivelantojn.

https://eo.mondediplo.com/2024/02/article3167.html

#JulianAssange #liberiguAssange #freeAssange #usono #libereco #gazetaro #esperanto #diplo #lang_eo #Belmarsh #BelmarshPrizono #malliberejoj #malliberejo #BelmarshMalliberejo #anglujo #usa #media #press #freePress

House Republican tells reporter to ‘shut up’ for asking Johnson about overturning 2020 election

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4274345-republican-tells-reporter-to-shut-up-johnson-2020-election/

#HouseRepublican #ShutUpReporter #Johnson2020Election #Overturning2020Election #HouseNews #FreePress #Politics #News