Zum Abschuss freigegeben? - Wenn Journalisten Kriegsziele werden
Der Israel-Gaza-Krieg gehört auch für Medienschaffende zu den gefährlichsten seit Jahren. Wir sprechen mit Tania Krämer, Christopher Resch und Emran Feroz.#Gaza #Nahost #Journalism #Reporter #Krieg
Gaza: Wenn Journalisten Kriegsziele werden
Media Lens
(...) On 15 November, [The Guardian] removed Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ which it had hosted on its website for almost 21 years. What was suddenly so problematic about the letter that it had to be abruptly removed by the Guardian after being on its website for so long (an archived version can be seen here)?
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'Removed: document'. The Guardian removes Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America'. Screenshot taken the day after it was the most viewed link on the Guardian website (image by Glenn Greenwald).
The letter has been ‘rediscovered’ during Israel’s current genocidal assault against Palestinians in Gaza, with people around the world discussing relevant issues online. The Guardian link to the letter went viral, particularly among young people on TikTok, with 14 million views of videos tagged with #lettertoamerica. Many of these videos were posted by young Americans, shocked to find that people around the world hate their country because of strong grievances rooted in real issues. (...)
‘And yet, after 9/11, the US government instructed the television networks – ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox – do not show any speeches or interviews with Osama bin Laden, because they didn’t want the American population hearing from him what their actual grievances were. They didn’t want Americans to think that maybe we had done things in that part of the world that caused it to happen, that causes “blowback”, to use the CIA’s term.’
As with any statement from an influential or powerful figure, bin Laden’s letter needs to be read critically. There is much to revile in the letter, not least its antisemitism and homophobia. But consider some of the grievances he detailed against the US government, summarised below:
So why did the Guardian, which proclaims its credentials in supposedly enabling readers to understand the world, remove bin Laden’s letter from its website? (...)
As Greenwald observed, US ‘Big Tech’ companies – Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) – are already subjected to censorship in accordance with the dictates of the US security state, as the ‘Twitter files’, a cache of leaked documents, showed. TikTok, a Chinese company, was the only major platform outside the reach of the US. But, noted Greenwald, they were told that, as a condition of being able to continue to operate in the US, they would have to agree to the censorship demands of the US government. Hence, TikTok’s determination to ban TikTok clips discussing #lettertoamerica.
In other words, the censorship actions taken by both TikTok and the Guardian align with the requirements of the US government. This should come as no surprise to anyone who is familiar with the long history of the Guardian acting as a liberal gatekeeper for establishment power. Moreover, the paper’s ever-closer relationship with UK state security services, themselves subservient to US state power, is abundantly clear. (...)
As Greenwald noted:
‘Is that Orwellian enough, or Kafkaesque enough, for you? The article in which most people had an interest in reading was the [letter hosted by the] Guardian [which], precisely because too many people were interested in it, [the editors] decided to remove, so that people couldn’t read it any longer. It’s a document by a major historical figure. The person we’re told was responsible for the 9/11 attack explaining to Americans why people in that part of the world were angry enough with America to do that.
‘And the Guardian decided, even though it had been up on their website for 21 years, that now that people were discussing it in connection with the war in Gaza from Israel, and US support for it, you can no longer read it.’ (...)
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/day-jfk-warned-us-about-globalist-monolithic-ruthless-conspiracy-their-censorship-regime/5818226
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfknewspaperpublishers.htm
The US is at a crossroads with its waning #political and #economic #power in this new #geopolitical landscape. #JulianAssange and #EdwardSnowden were targeted by Washington for exposing Western foreign and domestic crimes, they themselves were #censored and charged for various crimes. The #Pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist, #SeymourHersh is also being censored for his reporting on the #US-Norway terrorist attack on #Russia’s #Nord-Stream-gas-pipelines
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Source: https://diversispiritus.net.br/item/942f367a-addd-434f-a050-af12919a95f9
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The rise of these characters (Trump Bolsonaro and now Milei) is just the side effect of the misuse of the development of communication technologies, the centralization and above all the monopolization of digital communication (social networks twitter WhatsApp etc...).
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A special interview with journalist and human rights activist Orly Noy on the pain and loneliness of the Israeli anti-war left post October 7th.The left-wing...#aljazeeralive #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AlJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #aljazeeralatest #latestnews #newsheadlines #aljazeeravideo #israel #gaza #palestine #palestinian #jerusalem #protest #news #documentary #explainer #alshifa #journalist #journalism #breakingnews #war #interview #humanrights #btselem
The silencing of the anti-war left in Israel | The Listening Post
Many critics of the mainstream are turning to alternative media, where distorting or fake reporting is much more common. But since this is the main criticism of the mainstream, this is quite surprising. In a world where people like Trump are elected president, the defense of the mainstream should be the resistance and the criticism is the mainstream.
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Top German journalist received €600,000 from Putin ally, leak reveals
Influential author and broadcaster Hubert Seipel received financial support for his work on two books described by many as sympathetic to Russian president
#Guardian #CyprusConfidential #Corruption #Russia #Journalism #Disinformation #Propaganda #HubertSeipel
https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/journalism/kiplinger/fellowship/apply-now
Kiplinger #Fellowship applications are open
"The Kiplinger Fellowship will be held #April 14-20 at Ohio University and the Scripps School of #Journalism.
This upcoming fellowship will focus on the critical reporting topic of #Immigration and #Migration
If you are a working journalist with at least five years of experience covering this issue, please consider applying. The fellowship is made up of a combination of international and U.S. journalists.
Kiplinger will pay all of your training and lodging for the week. We will cover most of your meals and provide a travel stipend to cover the majority of your transportation. You, or your employer, will be responsible for the remaining costs.
Applications will conclude on Nov. 27. Candidate reviews will take place and announcements will be made in mid-December.
Because of the high volume of applications, Kiplinger will only notify the chosen fellows by email.
Thank you for your interest in the Kiplinger Fellowship and best of luck.
For further information, write to KiplingerProgram@ohio.edu
Apply here: https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9WDA6yNN6OfXAIS"
The secret to Trump's revenge plot: He's making his plans for vengeance public
From the bothsidesism to access journalism to confusing neutrality with objectivity and an emphasis on the horserace instead of the consequences, the media's obsession with gossip and personalities has provided an undue platform for Trump and other malign right-wing actors to rehabilitate their reputations and circulate their propaganda and lies. Careerism, a lack of intellectual curiosity, and emphasizing profits over bold truth-telling allow the cycle to continue as our democracy languishes.
The Guardian
As the last few weeks have made abundantly clear, Palestinian lives don’t count.
I do not want to ever hear western democracies lecture the rest of the world on human rights ever again.
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‘It isn’t enough that Palestinians are dying and being displaced: we must be dehumanized and discredited too.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Getty Images.
As I write this, more than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza – almost half of them children. One child is being killed every 10 minutes in Gaza. (...)
Those numbers don’t count the kids slowly dying of hunger and thirst. The kids getting sick from drinking sewage and sea water. They don’t count the kids with cancer who will not be able to get any care now that the Israeli siege has forced the only cancer hospital in Gaza to suspend operations. They don’t count the kids who are going to die from entirely avoidable diseases because hospitals in Gaza are ceasing to function. (...)
But also? Those numbers just don’t count, period. They’re Palestinians. And, as the last few weeks have made abundantly clear, Palestinian lives don’t count. They don’t count to many in the media, who steadfastly refuse to empathize with Palestinians. (...) Who immediately report anything that the Israeli government says, sending out every IDF statement as a push alert, while looking at Palestinian voices through a permanent lens of suspicion. (...)
Those numbers certainly don’t count to the president of the United States. (...) Joe Biden came right out and said: we don’t believe Palestinians about the death toll. (...)
what does Biden think is happening, exactly? (...) Does he think the pictures of entire neighborhoods being wiped out are some sort of AI deepfake? (...)
He knows very well that the numbers from the Gaza health ministry have been proven to be accurate time and time again. (...)
And, rather than champion the importance of the press, the US is actively trying to suppress coverage of the living hell in Gaza. Two weeks ago, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, asked Qatar to moderate Al Jazeera’s coverage of Israel’s war against Hamas. Can’t have too much of the truth coming out; too much truth is a terrible thing. (...)
Of course I will absolutely condemn Hamas massacring innocent Israeli civilians on 7 October and taking hostages. And let’s be very clear here: while nothing Hamas did on 7 October can be condoned, their actions did not take place in a vacuum. This conflict did not start on 7 October. Palestinians have been killed, displaced, humiliated, detained unlawfully, for decades; the media only sits up and pays attention, however, when an Israeli dies. Ask yourself this: do you know how many Palestinians were killed last year by Israeli forces and settlers? Do you know how many Palestinians are being forced out of their homes by settlers in the West Bank – where Hamas is not in charge? Do you know how many Palestinian children are being held by Israeli forces without trial or charge for “crimes” that can be as minor as waving a Palestinian flag?
I will absolutely condemn Hamas but I ask that the absolute condemnation goes both ways. (...)
As for non-violent resistance? That’s not allowed either. The US has long been trying to criminalize the peaceful boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. (...)
What are Palestinians supposed to do? That’s a rhetorical question because the last three weeks have made the answer to this crystal clear: we are supposed to shut up and die. (...)
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Mokhiber noted: “Usually the most difficult part of proving genocide is intent, because there has to an intention to destroy in whole or in part a particular group. In this case, the intent by Israeli leaders has been so explicitly stated and publicly stated – by the prime minister, by the president, by senior cabinet ministers, by military leaders – that that is an easy case to make.” (...)
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https://yewtu.be/watch?v=3M1fHfKenTM
#Nasrallah of #Hezbollah, is usually #censored in #NATO countries arming #Israell. Here he is interviewed by #JulianAssange in #2012.
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How the Media Got the Hospital Explosion Wrong
The Palestinian health authorities claimed that Israel was responsible for the death of some 500 civilians. Because the details were extremely murky, it was impossible to tell who had caused the explosion or how many people had died. And yet some of the most reputable names in news media sent push alerts that broadcast Hamas’s claims far and wide.
But both push alerts would have led reasonable readers to conclude that these statements must basically be true. Both talked about “Israeli” air strikes. Both uncritically reported that many hundreds had died.
News of the supposed Israeli strike quickly had huge real-world consequences. The king of Jordan canceled a planned meeting with President Joe Biden. Mass protests broke out in cities across the Middle East, some culminating in attacks on foreign embassies. In Germany, two unknown assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a synagogue in Berlin.
A live video transmission from Al Jazeera appeared to show that a projectile rose from inside Gaza before changing course and exploding in the vicinity of the hospital; the Israel Defense Forces have claimed that this was one of several rockets fired from Palestinian territory. Subsequent analysis by the Associated Press has substantially corroborated this. In addition, pictures of the site taken by Reuters showed a small crater that, according to independent analysts using open-source intelligence, is inconsistent with the effect of munitions typically used by Israel. It came to look doubtful that the missile had directly hit the hospital; as a BBC team investigating the blast reported, “Images of the ground after the blast do not show significant damage to surrounding hospital buildings.”
The cause of the tragedy, it appears, is the opposite of what news outlets around the world first reported.
Such a glaring example of major outlets messing up on a very consequential event helps explain why trust in traditional news media has been falling fast. As recently as 2003, eight out of 10 British respondents said that they “trust BBC journalists to tell the truth.” By 2020, the share of respondents who said that they trust the BBC had fallen to fewer than one in two. Americans have been mistrustful of media for longer, but here, too, the share of respondents who say that they trust mass media to report “the news fully, accurately, and fairly” has fallen to a near-record low.
