Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing

Seven of the world’s “most trusted” media companies produce and promote content touting the key talking points of oil and gas.

The Intercept

#JeffBezos sent an email to the #WashingtonPost’s newsroom on Sat eve…, saying that he had been drawn to Lewis’s “love of journalism & passion for driving #financial #success.”

(Sir William John) #WillLewis, 54, a British-born fmr #journalist who was the editor of #TheTelegraph before becoming a #news exec, has spent >15 yrs as a ldr at major #NewsOrganizations. Most recently, he co-founded #TheNewsMovement, a start-up aimed at young news consumers. (+ aimed at countering news #misinformation)

The #IDF told #NewsOrganizations @Reuters & Agence France-Presse it couldn’t guarantee the #safety of #reporters working in the #Gaza Strip.

“The IDF is targeting all #Hamas military activity throughout Gaza,” the IDF wrote in response to the news orgs’ requests that their #journalists not be targeted.

#Press #GenevaConventions #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity #LawsOfWar #NonCombatants #war #terrorism #HumanitarianCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/27/israel-war-hamas-gaza-news-palestine/

Israel-Gaza war live updates: U.S. hits Iran-linked targets in Syria, as it tries to contain Mideast conflict

U.S. forces struck two sites used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other groups, after 21 American personnel in the Middle East were injured.

The Washington Post
The media needs to cover the climate crisis as seriously as it covered Covid | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/20/climate-crisis-media-coverage-covid #MassMedia #media #NewsOrganizations #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateActionNow
The media need to cover the climate crisis as seriously as it covered Covid

With some exceptions, the news industry is still not responding to the true scale and danger of global heating

The Guardian
@MediaLawProf so #journalists you’re not defending #journalism if you don’t cover the eff out of this story. #reporters #reporting #newsorganizations #news #kansas #newspapers #newspaper
Dear #Journalists and #NewsOrganizations on #Twitter. Do not give its current owner the power to suspend or reinstate you. #LeaveTwitterNow
Please make a point of following every reputable #journalist and all of the #NewsOrganizations that leave the #BirdSite and join #Mastodon. Journalists leaving the bird site is one of the keys to its demise.