Dear #journalists covering the #whitehouse #news - It is NOT necessary to quote the insane idiot and his fool staff word-for-word when reporting on their idiotic rantings.

You can reasonably say things like, "The White House declined to respond to questions in a professional, factual manner per their usual deceptive and anti-American behavior."

That would be much more informative for your audiences, much more honest, and far better #Journalism

Many news outlets appear to have "translated" Trump's "reign down hell" typo into "rain down hell"
Try for yourself with a search engine.
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AOL has a different story, see the image.

#trump #bootlickers #complicit #press #journalists #usa #fascism

Western propaganda like it is 1991 again with "precision bombing" and the mysterious enemy with "weapons of mass destruction". WMD for which the bully USA appears to have a monopoly (Hiroshima, Nagasaki). I'll never forget 1991 lies.

A lot of Western mainstream media will very often self-censor, and obey to the Western status quo. Whether that status quo is not democractic or even full fascist does not matter. And since the decline of paper newspaper numbers being sold it is mouse clicks that have become very important for newspaper management. For example, two column writers in two different Dutch newspapers were laid off after more than forty years because of mouse clicks despite a lot of protest by people writing paper letter to the newspapers. The sad thing is that with readers reading paper newspaper there is no such thing as mouse-clicks that can be counted. People like Trump, Farage, Wilders, and others swinging towards far right, fascism are like gold for newspaper clicks. How else can one explain the daily photos of Trump and Trump's spaghetti sentences on the frontpages. Anyway, the big question right now is how do we get journalists back to doing their jobs ? Which includes to defend democracy rather than helping to be part of the erosion of it.

#press #journalism #journalists

UN experts say Israel ’emboldened by impunity’ for previous journalist killings in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank.

Three United Nations experts have called for an independent and thorough investigation into Israel’s recent killing of three journalists in Lebanon, denouncing the deadly incident as “another egregious attack on press freedom by Israeli forces”.
UN special rapporteurs Irene Khan, Morris Tidball-Binz and Ben Saul on Thursday noted that “journalists carrying out their professional duties in armed conflict are civilians and must not be targeted or made the object of attack”.

“The deliberate killing of journalists not directly participating in hostilities constitutes a serious violation of international human rights and humanitarian law and a war crime,” they said in a statement.
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In February, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all killings of journalists in 2024 and 2025.

More than 60 percent of the 86 members of the press killed by Israeli fire last year were Palestinian journalists reporting from the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s genocidal war in the coastal enclave, the advocacy group found.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/2/un-experts-urge-investigation-into-israels-killing-of-lebanese-journalists

#israel #lebanon #journalists #journalism #press #gaza #palestine

UN experts urge investigation into Israel’s killing of Lebanese journalists

UN experts say Israel ’emboldened by impunity’ for previous journalist killings in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank.

Al Jazeera
Three independent #journalists, Marisa Kabas, Katelyn Burns, and Kat Tenbarge, are offering a 30-day #bundle of their #newsletters for $8.50, half the price of subscribing individually. This bundle is made possible by #Trustfnd, a service that allows independent journalists to create bundles and share audiences. https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/three-newsletters-for-the-price-of-1-5-independent-journalists-experiment-with-a-bundle/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Three newsletters for the price of 1.5: Independent journalists experiment with a bundle

The bundle, from three independent journalists, makes subscribing easier and cheaper.

Nieman Lab

Des experts de l'ONU ont condamnĂ© le meurtre par IsraĂ«l de journalistes et exhortĂ© Ă  une enquĂȘte internationale indĂ©pendante aprĂšs que trois journalistes libanais ont Ă©tĂ© pris pour cible samedi dernier.

"Nous dénonçons fermement ce qui est maintenant devenu une pratique standard et dangereuse d'Israël pour cibler et tuer des journalistes, puis affirmons, sans fournir de preuves crédibles, qu'ils étaient impliqués au sein de groupes armés", ont déclaré jeudi les experts.

« Les journalistes qui exercent leurs fonctions professionnelles dans les conflits armĂ©s sont des civils et ne doivent pas ĂȘtre pris pour cible ou faire l’objet d’une attaque », ont poursuivi les experts de l’ONU, soulignant que cela « constitue une grave violation du droit international des droits de l’homme et du droit humanitaire et d’un crime de guerre ».

Le 28 mars, les forces israĂ©liennes ont tuĂ© deux journalistes, Ali Shoeib et Ratima Ftouni, et le camĂ©raman Mohamed Ftouni au Liban alors qu’ils faisaient des reportages sur la guerre.

Au moins 259 journalistes et travailleurs des médias ont été tués par Israël depuis 2023, dont 210 journalistes palestiniens à #Gaza et 14 au #Liban.

Les experts de l’ONU affirment que cela fait partie d’un effort visant Ă  « faire taire les rapports sur l’action militaire actuelle d’IsraĂ«l au Liban, et Ă  fermer la couverture mĂ©diatique des crimes de guerre commis, tout comme il l’a fait Ă  Gaza ».

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-experts-call-investigation-israels-targeting-journalists-lebanon

#Lebanon #Liban #Journalists #Media #UN #Press
#STOPISRAELWARCRIMES

UN experts call for investigation into Israel’s targeting of journalists in Lebanon

Middle East Eye
#Lebanon: UN experts call for int’l independent investigation into #Israel’s killing of journalists. ‘The targeted killing of 3 Lebanese #journalists constitutes
[an] attack on #press_freedom
& must be
investigated by an international body, #UN experts said
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“We denounce
what has now become a standard, dangerous practice of Israel to target & kill journalists & then claim, without providing
evidence, that they were involved with armed groups,” the experts said.’ | OHCHR https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/04/lebanon-un-experts-call-international-independent-investigation-israels
Lebanon: UN experts call for international independent investigation into Israel’s killing of journalists

GENEVA – The targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists constitutes another egregious attack on press freedom by Israeli forces and must be promptly, fully and independently investigated by an international body, UN experts* said today.“We denounce strongly what has now become a standard, dangerous practice of Israel to target and kill journalists and then claim, without providing any credible evidence, that they were involved with armed groups,” the experts said.

OHCHR
#TIL Krasnovian Hack : Dancing Hack party for #journalists ala Maga-a-Lavrov style, in support of Donald Trumpchkoff while trumpetting European FarRight and Vladimir Putin narrative points #krasnovian Robert Mueller report on Russian interferences: www.justice.gov/archives/sco...

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Poilievre makes transportation announcement in Peterborough
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre takes questions from journalists at a transportation-related announcement in Peterborough.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7148433?cmp=rss
Spot on @semafor re. which #journalists will survive the age of #AI? "none of these stories could have been reported from behind a desk. They required him to knock on doors, gather impressions, and catch vibes", even look for a reputed 15-year-old pothole! https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/03/29/2026/semafor-media-pothole-journalism
🟡 Semafor Media: Pothole journalism | Semafor

In today’s edition: Mathias Döpfner’s UK tour, Beehiiv in your ears, and what it takes to be a “runner.”