Right-wing Australian billionaire and money-bag climate change denier Gina Reinhart apparently doesn't want people to see her portrait by the Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira in the National Gallery.

So it would be *just awful* if people share this article and her portrait.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/15/gina-rinehart-demands-national-gallery-of-australia-remove-her-portrait.

Personally, I think it's great - and might make a very attractive t-shirt?

#billionaires #auspol #australia #press #media #indigenous #art

Gina Rinehart demands National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait

NGA rebuffs efforts by billionaire to take down painting by award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

Hoffinger, the prosecutor, is eliciting testimony from #MichaelCohen that he didn’t work in the general counsel’s office at the #TrumpOrganization -- he worked directly w/ #Trump.

One of the matters that Cohen often handled was brow-beating the #media for any negative stories about Trump. Many reporters — some in the courtroom today — received calls from Cohen in which he attacked their coverage of his boss.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics

Today's #ai #generated #podcast is #up. #news #current #events #media

Today we #dive into the #world of #banking as #advocates #express #hope but remain wary of# banks' pledge to stop abusive e-transfers.

We'll also discuss the #struggle for #alone time that many #moms face, as #research suggests an #unfair #division of #labor is to #blame.

#Scientists need your help to find #zombie-#infected #cicadas filled with #gut #pudding. Yes, you heard that right.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swift85/episodes/May-12--2024-e2ji84s

May 12, 2024 by Chaos Theory - The News As Seen By AI

Today we dive into the world of banking as advocates express hope but remain wary of banks' pledge to stop abusive e-transfers. We'll also explore the rising cost of fast food in America, leaving some customers choking on the surging prices.

^{Spotify for Podcasters}

Good News, Bad News!

"We can't afford another election cycle when essential truths are buried" Essential (and engaging) video:
https://www.tiktok.com/@fix_media_now/video/7365933873730964779

Read our full guidelines here:
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage#guidelines

#Democracy #Press #Journalism #Media

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"For Hollywood, 2023 was an annus horribilis," write Variety's Brett Lang and Todd Spangler, referencing the entertainment industry's strikes, plunging share prices and layoffs. Who didn't get the memo? Studio execs, the majority of whom received increases to their compensation. Here's a breakdown of who got what, and how media chiefs are justifying their multi-million-dollar pay packets.

https://flip.it/Lf7EXM

#Hollywood #Entertainment #EntertainmentBusiness #Hollywood #Media

CEO Pay 2023: Salaries of CEOs at Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Apple

In 2023, media companies pledged a new spirit of austerity — while their top executives reaped massive paydays.

^{Brent Lang (Variety)}

Hard to overstate how irresponsible that Politico piece is. Not only is it substantially inaccurate, but this is the stuff that leads to threats, harassment and violence. It has in the past, so I’m not speaking hypothetically. And yet they chose to publish this bullshit story for clicks. #media #conspiracytheories #gazaprotests

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/politico-israel-palestine-protests-biden-gates-1235015478/

Politico Misses Mark in Story on Who’s Funding Pro-Palestine Protests

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it has “reached out to Politico for correction.”

^{Andrew Perez (Rolling Stone)}

This is a well reported piece but the framing is bizarre.

When a mob attacks a group of protesters under cover of darkness, they are not counter-protesting.

And as the reporting makes clear, they didn’t “provoke” violence, they *perpetrated* it as the cops and campus security stood by. #media #fascism #gazaprotests

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/us/ucla-protests-encampment-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk0.8a5s.Gbpmtf9KMaWY&smid=url-share

How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours

The New York Times used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.

^{Neil Bedi (The New York Times)}

We are witnessing a picture-perfect example of a moral panic.

#gaza #gazaprotests #media

I just watched Monkey Man!

#MonkeyMan #Plex #media #movie #FilterToHide

Cops just arrested the Fox 7 reporter live on their own livestream. https://www.youtube.com/live/zDN8GEVSCxs?si=UXWSCyfDJpCbvUJy

#journalism #media #Palestine #Texas #Austin

Palestine college protest: Texas students walk out; state troopers on campus | FOX 7 Austin

Hundreds of University of Texas students walked out of class for a rally organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee. Hundreds of police officers are als...

^YouTube

Keep in mind when you read this piece that the only conservative in the story is Gonzalez. The others are far-right pols who want to burn it all down—the antithesis of conservatism. #media #gop

https://punchbowl.news/article/tony-gonzales-brandon-herrera-primary-runoff/

House GOP conservatives galvanize against Tony Gonzales

Rep. Tony Gonzales is making more enemies ahead of his primary runoff next month against conservative social media influencer Brandon Herrera.

^{Punchbowl News}

I'm sure they've heard he's old, which is what really matters. #media

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-policies-biden-poll/

Few have heard about Biden's climate policies, even those who care most about issue — CBS News poll

Those who prioritize climate change feel somewhat unsatisfied — more of them feel Biden has done too little.

^{Jennifer De Pinto (CBS News)}

It’s probably safe to say that few, if any, judges have had to deal w/the array of #threats to #their trial that Justice #Merchan has had to. Besides #Trump himself, who constantly tests the boundaries of his #GagOrder, there are his allies who attacking the judge & his family & who aren’t covered by the gag order. Then there’s the #media who has been putting potentially identifying info about prospective #jurors on TV.

#criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

They are bringing in a new group of 96 prospective #jurors. This group has already been sworn in, & will soon go through the winnowing process, starting w/ Justice #Merchan asking them to raise their hands if they feel they cannot be fair to #Trump.

Reporters will be more careful in offering physical descriptions of the jurors after the judge's warning & earlier juror dismissal.

#media #Trump #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

Justice #Merchan says the questions about employers are necessary. But he directs prospective jurors' answers to be #redacted from the transcript & #reporters to not report them.

Christopher Conroy, one of the Manhattan DA prosecutors, is now arguing that #Trump has continued to violate the #GagOrder that was placed on him. [ya think?]

"It's ridiculous & has to stop," he says.

#media #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

The #defense is objecting to skipping the question about current & past employers.
"That's not fair," #Trump atty Susan Necheles said of being denied the info.

#Merchan asks the #press not to report the answers to questions 3a & 3d on the #juror questionnaire: "Who is your current employer?" & "Who was your prior employer?"

"I have the #legal authority to do it,” he says of blocking the press from reporting info about jurors' employers.

#media #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment

Joshua Steinglass, a Manhattan DA office prosecutor, suggested that prospective #jurors not be asked to answer who their current & previous employers are, to better anonymize them.

The judge says it's a great suggestion.

It was the juror questionnaire, which was not created by the #press, that included a question about employers.

#media #Trump #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

"There's a reason this is an #anonymous #jury & why we have taken the steps we have taken," Justice #Merchan says, asking that the #press "abide common sense," & avoid physical descriptions.

Merchan says we lost a #juror who he thinks would have "been a very good juror."

"I'm directing the press to refrain from writing anything you observe w/your eyes & hear w/your ears that's not on the record," the judge says.

#media #Trump #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

We are down to 6 jurors, & apparently waiting to hear from another, juror 4. The judge is addressing the #NewsMedia, saying there is a reason #reporters are taking measures to keep the #jury #anonymous.

It “kind of defeats the purpose of that" when so much information is #publicized about them.

#media #Trump #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial

Ukrainian journalists say state #security spied on them

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukrainian-investigative-journalists-uncover-state-security-service-spying-on-them-sbu-bihus-info/

#sbu #spy #news #media #press #freedom #journalism #justice #politics #hunanrights

Ukrainian journalists say state security spied on them

SBU used some 30 officers to wiretap media outlet.

^{Veronika Melkozerova (POLITICO)}

Edward #Snowden just tweeted:

The NSA is just 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 from taking over the internet, and it's not on the front page of any newspaper--because no one has noticed.

source: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1779920066840055847

#omg #wtf #law #nsa #problem #usa #privacy #internet #government #politics #fail #media

Thread by @Snowden on Thread Reader App

@Snowden: The NSA is just 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 from taking over the internet, and it's not on the front page of any newspaper--because no one has noticed.

^{threadreaderapp.com}

I really think the #atlantic website missed the irony of their post.

The publish an article "Democracy dies behind paywalls"....and then puts the article behind a paywall. >.> You just can't make this stuff up. lol #news #uspolitics #media