Real talk: Charters to a private broadcaster with ideological monitoring? That’s authoritarianism in the guise of “bias oversight.” Freedom of the press isn’t a playground for presidential whims. #fucktrump #defendpressfreedom

FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to...
FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor."

Gizmodo
The Associated Press had to fight off Trump’s attacks on the free press once.
In 2025, the press is ready for Round Two.
This time, we bring receipts. 📢 #DefendPressFreedom
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The US used to be the gold standard for press freedom. Not any more

The Trump administration is creating a chilling effect on independent reporting and public dissent

The Guardian
Israeli strike targets press tent at Gaza hospital, killing one and injuring others

An Israeli strike targeted a tent inside the courtyard of a hospital in the central Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian journalist. Eyewitnesses told Mondoweiss the strike was precise, hitting only the tent shelter that was clearly marked as ‘press’.

Mondoweiss

LUMABAN PARA SA MALAYANG PAMAMAHAYAG ✊🏻

Ngayong #WorldPressFreedomDay, ipagdiwang natin ang kapangyarihan ng boses ng mamamayan!

#DefendPressFreedom
#BMPM

One of the things I learned as a journalist/editor is that life is never as simple as you want it to be.

There will be complications to your day, your life, and your worldview, and you need to reexamine those priorities and thoughts you have in light of new information.

Journalism has also given me new ways of seeing the world, of opening up to thoughts I would have dismissed before working for Rappler.

We need good, honest journalism.

#FactsFirstPH
#WorldPressFreedomDay
#DefendPressFreedom

#TodayinHistory in 1985, Eugenia Apostol, Betty Go-Belmonte, and Max Soliven founded the Philippine Daily Inquirer, now recognized as #PH's de facto "Newspaper of Record" (authoritative broadsheet). THREAD. #history #DefendPressFreedom
Thank you for shining a light on this extraordinary journalist and person. I’ve been thinking about her even more as the bird site retreats. We must double down to #DefendPressFreedom #HoldtheLine especially against threats to the press online and offline. https://www.wsj.com/articles/nobel-prize-winner-maria-ressa-is-fighting-for-press-freedom-11669397260?st=nll45dr4r28b4ob&reflink=article_copyURL_share
Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa Is Fighting for Press Freedom

The Philippine journalist sees authoritarian governments and weaponized social media as dual threats to democracy

The Wall Street Journal

RT @[email protected]

Statement of Senator Risa Hontiveros on the killing of veteran radio commentator Percy Lapid.

#JusticeForPercyLapid #DefendPressFreedom
#StopTheKillingsPH

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/anathereeseyuh/status/1577161172758933513

chanty ✿ on Twitter

“Statement of Senator Risa Hontiveros on the killing of veteran radio commentator Percy Lapid. #JusticeForPercyLapid #DefendPressFreedom #StopTheKillingsPH”

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Jerome Vargas on Twitter

“❤️‍🔥💚💙 May 4, 2020”

Twitter

RT @[email protected]

Judge denies remote access to @[email protected] a key NGO observer reporting on Assange US Extradition to date

Tells her to sit in public gallery.

Police now tell her public gallery is closed

#DefendPressFreedom https://twitter.com/rebecca_vincent/status/1346018812278272000

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MrsC_Assange/status/1346041713941381122

Rebecca Vincent on Twitter

“https://t.co/124Do0TPqM”

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