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“The news executives are acting as though, (if) we just placate Donald Trump we’ll get through this,” veteran TV journalist Jim Acosta said the other day in an interview on MS Now. “We have a deficit of courage and honor in this country right now and we need to get back to it.”
https://forward.com/opinion/831188/60-minutes-trump-pelley-hitler-german-media-submission-to-nazi-fascism/

#News #journalism #media

A 'deficit of courage' killed the free press in Germany. Will American journalists find the courage to thwart Trump?

In the saga of '60 Minutes.' troubling parallels with media submission to Adolf Hitler's authoritarianism

The Forward

Marcel SIneM(S)US 2h ago

Digitalminister Wildberger ließ Reden und Gastbeiträge von KI schreiben | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Digitalminister-Wildberger-liess-Reden-und-Gastbeitraege-von-KI-schreiben-11331531.html #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Journalismus #journalism

Digitalminister Wildberger ließ Reden und Gastbeiträge von KI schreiben

Manchmal teilweise, manchmal komplett – einige Beiträge von Karsten Wildberger stammen aus einem Chatbot. Sein Haus hat das bestätigt.

heise online

Wokebloke for Democracy 2h ago

The New York Times can tell you what it takes to keep a puzzle streak for years, but it can't show you a current photo of the Kennedy Center with Trump's name removed.
#NewYorkTimes #NYTimes #KennedyCenter #Journalism

AI6YR Ben 3h ago

Hmm, it appears the LA Times Travel section has been replaced with the LA Times Travel Advertorial/Hawk Luxury Travel section. Shame, used to enjoy that section (even though I rarely travel, lol). #journalism

Der Wahlberliner 3h ago

Mensch KI! Egal wer einen Artikel schreibt? (Statista + Analyse: Mehrwert ist mehr wert und es kommt darauf an, wen und wie man fragt)

#KI #AI #Politices #Journalism #News #Blog #Medienkomptenez #Politik #ArtificialIntelligence #Mehrwert #Transparenz

https://derwahlberliner.com/2026/06/16/mensch-ki-egal-wer-einen-artikel-schreibt-statista-analyse-vorsicht-vor-subjektiven-umfragen/

Zendorea

3h ago

📰 Trump Admin Wants to Make It Easier for White Men to Sue for Discrimination

https://theintercept.com/2026/06/16/trump-white-men-discrimination-eeoc/

#TheIntercept #Journalism #Politics

Trump Admin Wants to Make It Easier for White Men to Sue for Discrimination

The EEOC is moving to rescind a rule that has stood in the way of its politicized attacks alleging discrimination against white men.

The Intercept

Zendorea

3h ago

📰 U.S. Casualties in Iran Are Still Rising

https://theintercept.com/2026/06/16/us-casualties-iran-still-rising/

#TheIntercept #Journalism #Politics

U.S. Casualties in Iran Are Still Rising

The official count of U.S. personnel hurt or killed in the war on Iran inched up, but it still omits hundreds of known casualties.

The Intercept

Grocott's Mail Unofficial 3h ago

Five killed in N2 collision near Peddie https://grocotts.ru.ac.za/2026/06/16/five-killed-in-n2-collision-near-peddie/

#Grocotts #Makana #Makhanda #Grahamstown #Africa #SouthAfrica #News #Journalism

Five killed in N2 collision near Peddie – Grocott's Mail

Kolja 🦄4h ago

Kam Jan Böhmermann dem Peinlich-Politiker Schönbohm nur knapp davon? https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/18u21726-olg-muenchen-schoenbohm-bsi-boehmermann-zdf-magazin-royale
#boehmermann #journalism #free-speech #Germany

Böhmermann hat falsch berichtet, muss aber nichts zahlen

Die von Jan Böhmermann maßgeblich ausgelöste Causa Schönbohm sorgte für große Aufregung. Doch auch das Berufungsverfahren brachte nun kein neues Ergebnis.

Legal Tribune Online

Zendorea

5h ago

📰 Bernie Sanders Backs Justin J. Pearson, House Candidate at the Heart of Tennessee Voting Rights Fight

https://theintercept.com/2026/06/16/justin-pearson-sanders-tennessee-house-redistricting/

#TheIntercept #Journalism #Politics