#pressfreedom — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pressfreedom, aggregated by home.social.
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"Avrotros added: "The severe humanitarian suffering in Gaza and the ongoing restrictions on press freedom have contributed to increasing divisions surrounding the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years."
#BDS #IsraelRogueState #Hasbara #Genocide #Palestine #Gaza #PressFreedom #IsraelWarCrimes #EurovisionDutch broadcaster Avrotros pulls out of 2027 Eurovision Song Contest
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Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists
When pressed about the Iran war, a CENTCOM press official threatened to put an Intercept reporter on a “list of people to disregard.”
Nick Turse, August 24 2026
Excerpt: "Under self-styled #WarSecretary #PeteHegseth, the U.S. military has mounted the most aggressive assault on #PressFreedom in memory, from an effort to outlaw 'unauthorized' questions from reporters to imposing unconstitutional restrictions on journalists’ access to the Pentagon. Hegseth has compared reporters to 'Pharisees,' who in the Bible call Jesus’s teachings into question, while the secretary’s minions regularly hurl insults at reporters. This is part of a broader war on press freedoms by the #TrumpAdministration, that includes demonizing #journalists; filing so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation, or #SLAPPs, to intimidate and silence criticism through expensive legal proceedings; and employing grand jury subpoenas and search warrants to intimidate reporters.
" 'Threatening journalists with placement on a #blacklist in retaliation for reporting the government doesn’t like is as #unconstitutional as it gets,' said Seth Stern, the director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation. 'This should put to rest the Pentagon’s prior claims that it’s anti-press policies — like its infamous requirement that reporters sign pledges to only print authorized information — are somehow content neutral.'
"Allee revealed the existence of the blacklist after this reporter was left on hold for more than two hours and complained about a long-standing lack of transparency by the command. In calls earlier that morning, Maj. Emma Thompson, #CENTCOM ’s media operations chief, repeatedly refused to answer questions about Iranian attacks on U.S. bases across the Middle East, disparate U.S. casualty counts, and medical evacuation flights: 'Nothing for you,' 'Don’t have anything for you,' 'No comment.' Thompson then hung up on this reporter mid-question.
#TheIntercept called back multiple times until Allee picked up the phone. 'They’re not going to answer your call if you just keep calling and calling,' he told this reporter."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/24/pentagon-military-journalist-blacklist-press-media/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/uPwYW#USPol #Censorship #SiliencingDissent #SilencingThePress #NoComment #Orwellian #MinistryOfTruth #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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The Pentagon fired top Stars and Stripes leaders after they defended the military paper’s editorial independence. Apparently the “warrior ethos” now includes shooting the messenger before breakfast. #PressFreedom
Source: Reuters
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Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Leadership Over Coverage
Defense Department dismisses editor-in-chief and publisher of military newspaper after they pushed back against editorial interference and criticized coverage restrictions
https://pulseofnations.lol/pentagon-fires-stars-and-2/
#EditorialIndependence #MediaCensorship #Military #Pentagon #PressFreedom #StarsAndStripes
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Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Editor, Publisher and Reporter
The Defense Department dismissed the military newspaper's editor-in-chief, publisher and a reporter after they spoke out against Pentagon interference with editorial independence.
https://pulseofnations.lol/pentagon-fires-stars-and/
#Censorship #EditorialIndependence #Hegseth #MilitaryNews #Pentagon #PressFreedom #StarsAndStripes
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The Pentagon fired top Stars and Stripes journalists after they publicly resisted Defense Department interference in the military newspaper. Apparently “support the troops” now comes with an editor’s note: shut the hell up.
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Freedom of the press was always illusory here in the "U.S."
From the article: Erik Slavin, editor-in-chief of the military newspaper that is partly funded by the Pentagon, told The Associated Press he was dismissed for insubordination after an interview he gave that objected to censorship by the US military on conditions facing US soldiers aboard USS Abraham Lincoln.
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RE: https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress/117135651948530414
Pete Hegseth is an antiAmerican TV criminal in real life. A terrorist sBag.
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Who gets to judge the press? Soon an AI — if you can pay for it.
Peter Thiel, who secretly bankrupted Gawker in 2016, is now backing "Objection.ai": for $2,000–15,000, an AI jury "rates" press claims — with a public score for journalists. First targets: NYT, WSJ, individual reporters.
No court. No right to reply. Just money and an algorithm.
Cui bono?
https://www.codastory.com/polarization/can-we-trust-an-ai-jury-to-judge-journalism/
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CPJ: Five Journalists Killed in Mexico in Two Months, Worst Wave in Decade
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mexico to federalize murder cases and strengthen protections after six media workers were slain this year.
https://pulseofnations.lol/cpj-five-journalists/
#Cpj #HumanRights #Journalists #Mexico #PressFreedom #Violence
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Which topic at "The Forever War and the First Amendment" are you most curious about? Share in comments👇
📍The Lee C. Bollinger Forum, Columbia University
📅 September 9–10
RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/the-f...
#FirstAmendment #PressFreedom #WarOnTerror #CivilLiberties #Journalism
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CW: Political Race Theory
"tell the truth and shame the devil"
NABJ gives Stephen A. Smith, Brendan Carr and major news outlets its ‘Thumbs Down’ awardhttps://thegrio.com/2026/08/16/nabj-thumbs-down-award-stephen-a-smith-brendan-carr/
#nabj #pressfreedom #RacismIsCorruption #blackwomen
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Even the mouse is suing #Trump - Disney sues Trump’s FCC over ‘retaliatory campaign’ against ABC https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/media/disney-abc-fcc-trump-lawsuit-the-view-retaliatory #press #PressFreedom #TrumpRegime #Fascism #USPol #USPolitics
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Put together a sourced timeline: White House Attacks CNN Reporter: Press History Timeline.
https://aitimeline.in/white-house-attacks-cnn-reporter-history-timeline-4912/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=white-house-attacks-cnn-reporter-history
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"America has imprisoned journalists before. It has even killed them…"
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/16/ricardo-parias-ice-detention-journalist-los-angeles/
"But what has happened to [Carlitos Ricardo] Parias is something different: [The] journalist was injured while documenting government power, shot during an attempt to arrest him, prosecuted, repeatedly denied medical care —and then left in immigration detention, where he has continued documenting the conditions around him." #ice #pressfreedom -
Jason Arday’s death has already been folded into a story of racist media persecution.
But the documented timeline is messier: academic concerns dating back to 2023, a Times Higher Education investigation killed after legal pressure, a journalist reported to police, and the Met later admitting its intervention risked frustrating legitimate journalism.
https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-story-that-was-spiked-and-the
#JasonArday #Cambridge #PressFreedom #Journalism #AcademicIntegrity
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Uzbekistan’s journalists’ union says it will support bloggers facing pressure as concerns over media freedom persist https://ow.ly/fzf850ZzqO2 #PressFreedom #Bloggers #Uzbekistan #MediaRights
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Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editorLabour chair says Reform deputy leader is trying to harass journalists over reporting on his financial affairs
#RichardTice #ReformUK #Partyfunding #BridgetPhillipson #Labour #Politics #NCANationalCrimeAgency #UKnews #Pressfreedom #Media #Newspapersmagazines #Newspapers #TheGuardian #RowenaMasonWhitehalleditor
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Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/12/bridget-phillipson-condemns-richard-tice-attempt-silence-free-press-reform #RichardTice #ReformUk #PartyFunding #BridgetPhillipson #Labour #Politics #NcaNationalCrimeAgency #UkNews #PressFreedom #Media #NewspapersMagazines #Newspapers
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@Wen This, so much this: "The essence of a free #press is that #journalists can use verified information from sources without being forced to reveal who they are. This betrays a failure to understand how important that principle is to #journalism.”
