Why it matters:

When journalism collapses, voters lose the facts they need to hold power accountable while disinfo profiteers build empires. That’s not a theory — it’s how autocrats and con artists win.

#DefendJournalism #NoMorePropaganda #ProtectDemocracy

Like fascist regimes everywhere, the #TurdReich finds it easier to disappear the journalists than to justify its actions.

(And wait, wut? They're genuinely gonna argue that the government authorizing you TO WORK IN the country doesn't constitute an authorization TO BE IN the country...?) 🤔

End the #ICEtapo. Cancel the #TurdReich. #DefendJournalism.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-reporter-in-nashville-has-been-covering-ice-arrests-in-her-community-then-she-was-detained-herself/ar-AA1XHLLQ

MSN

Dangerous ice stops dangerous ICE! Story at 11! #DefendJournalism

I fear that the authors (/publisher/editor) of the evidence that the US government is actively engaging in war crime [and appears poised to wildly escalate based on the crime which is itself based on a transparent lie] may be in jeopardy, or that the publisher will retract the Truth or, worst & most likely, that they will all cave to the warcriminals. We should all #defendJournalists and #defendJournalism. And democracy. #noBloodForOil #noImperialWars #noConquest #noRegimeChange #sovereigntyForAll #decolonize

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-drug-boat-survivors-order-b2874580.html

> More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder

Oh, look at that. A timely reminder of one of the reasons a free press is so critical to a free society. #DefendJournalism

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/21/coast-guard-policy-hate-symbols-swastika/

In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

The Washington Post
Israel's tried-and-true tactics to smear Gazan journalists as Hamas

Ahead of the planned invasion of Gaza City, killing Anas Al-Sharif is the latest step in Israel's campaign to erase Gaza's witnesses and prevent accountability.

+972 Magazine
Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal says he was beaten by Israeli soldiers during detention

Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal, his face bruised and clothes still spotted with blood said he was heavily beaten by an Israeli settler and soldiers.

NBC News

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.

May Allah accept him among the martyrs, give solace to his family, and bring humiliation down upon the oppressors. 🤲 #IsraelAtWarCrimes #DefendJournalism

https://aje.io/sik0hr

‘He knew journalism meant Israel would kill him’: Mourning Hossam Shabat

Hossam Shabat’s mother mourns her son’s death, calling him a hero who gave his life to reveal Gaza’s horror.

Al Jazeera