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)}

I think the demagoguery around and suppression of pro-Palestine student protests is a real story. Students protesting, not so much.

Editors obviously don’t see it that way.

#media

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

#Democracy Dies Behind #Paywalls

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/paywall-problems-media-trust-democracy/678032/

This is satire, isn't it?

#media #capitalism #economy #journalism #press #freedom #politics #news #problem #money

Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls

The case for making journalism free—at least during the 2024 election

^{Richard Stengel (The Atlantic)}

On #Mastodon there are now
321 verified accounts from #news organizations in
20 languages and on
106 instances.

130 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@irozhlas (CZE)
@heiseonline_TopNews (GER)
@lesportiu (CAT)
@ClimateNewsNow (ENG)
@SWR2Wissen (GER)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Verified Media on Mastodon

Languages @arstechnica@mastodon.social,ENG,1 @ProPublica@newsie.social,ENG,2 @Volksverpetzer@digitalcourage.social,GER,3 @heiseonline@social.heise.de,GER,4 @mediapart@mediapart.social,FRA,5 @tazgetroete@mastodon.social,GER,6 @RollingStone@mstdn.

^{Google Docs}

I started a 4th self-updating table, this time of #Media accounts on #Threads that have activated federation (aka "that can be followed from #Mastodon). Is this useful, do we need that? I fear that this will grow quickly and I will definitely need help finding all acounts. But if there's interest, I can try.

Here it is (the Dashboard is not yet very useful, I know):
⏩ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MKBARDB-JDI0BfiXvOhet0okFL_l2Au2uhzK6fmFK74/edit#gid=1993864896

Suggestions of accounts are welcome.

#Fediverse #MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #news #press

Kara Swisher styles herself as a thorn in the tech industry’s side. The reality is she’s one of its biggest boosters.

This week on #TechWontSaveUs, I talked to Ed Ongweso Jr. about Swisher’s true legacy and the deeper problems with tech journalism.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/216_kara_swisher_shows_tech_journalisms_flaws_w_edward_ongweso_jr

#tech #journalism #media

H/T @KeithDJohnson

#Press #Media #NYT #WaPo

Via #RawStory

#Conservative #RickWilson warned Tuesday a #NormalcyBias in the #media could have fatal consequences for #AmericanDemocracy should former President #DonaldTrump regain the #WhiteHouse.

Wilson published to substack Tuesday a new essay called "The Bothsides Argument Will Kill Us All" condemning Trump for his "winks at the alt-reich," the #MAGA base who support a candidate frequently compared to a #dictator, & media reporting that presents them as "normal."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-authoritarianism-2667732923/

'Berlin 1936 anyone?' Conservative shreds media's recent shrugs at Donald Trump

Conservative Rick Wilson warned Tuesday a normalcy bias in the media could have fatal consequences for American Democracy should former President Donald Trump regain the White House.

^{M.L. Nestel (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}

"Donald Trump thinks he just pulled a fast one on the media and the electorate. On Monday morning, Trump put out a video articulating his “position” on abortion. …

For weeks, Trump signaled he was planning on proposing a 15- or 16-week national abortion ban."

~ Dan Pfeiffer

#Trump #abortion #media #MediaFail
/1

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-to-push-back-on-trumps-new-abortion

How to Push Back on Trump's New Abortion B.S.

Trump's new statement on abortion is not as clever as he thinks.

^{Dan Pfeiffer (The Message Box)}

This week saw major media organizations once again publishing embarrassing stories that either didn’t mention Elon Musk’s far-right politics or both-sides’d it. It needs to stop.

I discuss that along with the usual recommend reads and more in the Roundup!

https://disconnect.blog/roundup-how-is-the-media-still-doing-this/

#tech #elonmusk #media #journalism

Roundup: How is the media still doing this?

Read to the end for an update on the road safety crisis in the US

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Meta blocked a story critical of its climate change ad policies on all of its platform. An independent journalist asked permission to repost the story verbatim on her substack. It was blocked too.

Here it is.

#media #law #lawfedi #censorship

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/kansas-reflector-meta-facebook-column-censored

Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see

Read the Kansas Reflector's piece about Facebook's climate change ad policy

^{Marisa Kabas (The Handbasket)}

Elections #Elections2024
*#ElectionInterference*

(5/n)

...the #media, including #SocialMedia, must be made more resilient. Despite the rancid taste of anti-competitive lobbying by #BigTech, forcing a sale of #TikTok is a step in the right direction. ANY foreign media ownership should be scrutinized, in particular, if the owner(s) are not sole citizens of a country that belongs to #NATO (potentially problematic: #Hungary, #Turkey, previously #Poland,...

Cool and normal democracy.

#israel #gaza #palestine #genocide #media #freedom #freedomOfThePress https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/112195863709329160

Yesterday, I shared a statement from the editor of Cleveland's Plain Dealer, Chris Quinn. He states,

"The facts involving Trump are crystal clear, and as news people, we cannot pretend otherwise, as unpopular as that might be with a segment of our readers. There aren’t two sides to facts. People who say the earth is flat don’t get space on our platforms. If that offends them, so be it."

#Trump #BigLie #disinformation #democracy #media
/1

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html

Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts: Letter from the Editor

This is a tough column to write, because I don’t want to demean or insult those who write me in good faith. I’ve started it a half dozen times since November but turned to other topics each time because this needle hard to thread.

^{Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer (cleveland)}

It’s not hard to avoid weasel-words and say what’s happening. These aren’t ’racially tinged’ attacks or whatever. #media #racism

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/31/baltimore-bridge-collapse-mayor/

"The facts involving Trump are crystal clear, and as news people, we cannot pretend otherwise, as unpopular as that might be with a segment of our readers. There aren’t two sides to facts. People who say the earth is flat don’t get space on our platforms. If that offends them, so be it."

~ Chris Quinn, editor of Cleveland's Plain Dealer

#Trump #BigLie #disinformation #democracy #media

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html

Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts: Letter from the Editor

This is a tough column to write, because I don’t want to demean or insult those who write me in good faith. I’ve started it a half dozen times since November but turned to other topics each time because this needle hard to thread.

^{Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer (cleveland)}

#TruthSocial faces harsh reality as a public #company

source: https://www.axios.com/2024/03/27/truth-social-stock-facebook-twitter-ipo

Truth Social — the #Trump - owned social #media platform that started trading yesterday — currently has far fewer users and less income than any social #network that has gone public before.

For now, Truth is trading like a #meme #stock, meaning its market value is completely divorced from its financial reality.

#politics #news #economy #internet #finance #usa

Here's your script
YOUR JOB, DEAR DEM VOTER,

is to TALK IT UP‼️
#dems #campaign #election #media