The US Government’s Secret Rules for Spying on Journalists Are “Terrifying”

“It makes me wonder, what other rules are out there, and how have these rules been applied?”

Jessica Corbett
By Jessica Corbett
Surveillance

Journalists and free press advocates are responding with alarm to newly released documents revealing the U.S. government's secret rules for using Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court orders to spy on reporters, calling the revelations "important" and "terrifying." The documents—obtained and released by the Freedom of the Press

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Israel Snipers Train Their Weapons On International Press

Reporters Without Borders has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Israeli sniper fire on journalists, which the NGO said it regards as war crimes.

Frank Sellers
By Frank Sellers
Gaza Coronavirus

Three separate journalists, not for Palestinian news outlets, have reported being attacked by Israeli forces. While Israel says that it carefully considers each shot fired, if believed, would leave no other conclusion than that the IDF was intentionally trying to harm or liquidate journalists covering the conflict on the Israeli border. Specific

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Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill Second Palestinian Journalist

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein was stationed at a permissible distance from the border fence when an Israeli sniper shot him in the stomach.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein, who was killed by Israeli troops while covering a border protest, during his funeral in the Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, April 26, 2018. (AP/Adel Hana)

After Yaser Murtaja, Ahmed Abu Hussein, another Gazan photojournalist‎, who was seriously injured last Friday while documenting the March of Return, succumbed to injuries Wednesday afternoon, Gaza's Health Ministry has said. Hussein‎ was stationed at a permissible distance from the border fence when an Israeli sniper shot the 24-year-old

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Media Gives a Pass to Crown Prince Salman and Saudi War Crimes

Isn’t it wonderful that the Saudis are going to give the United States some of their wealth, by profiting Boeing, providing jobs, so they can better bomb airports and schools in Yemen? They can do so confident that the U.S. media will ignore their war crimes.

Gary Leupp
By Gary Leupp
President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Opinion -- There are few countries on earth more oppressive than Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy shaped by Sunni theocracy. It stones adulterers and hurls gay men off buildings by judicial decision. The State Department routinely, matter of factly, reports widespread human rights abuses in the country.  International human rights organizations

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Poll: Nearly Half Of Republicans Support Court-Ordered Press Censorship

45 percent of Republicans favor giving courts the power to shutter “biased” media outlets—a number commentators argued should be “scary for anyone concerned about the future of American democracy.”

Jake Johnson
By Jake Johnson
Jake Turx, a reporter for Ami Magazine, asks President Donald Trump a question at last week's press conference. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

As the Trump administration continues to make headlines for its attacks on the press and its attempts to prevent journalists from adequately covering White House press briefings, a recent YouGov/Economist poll (pdf) found that 45 percent of Republicans support giving courts the power to shut down "biased" media outlets—a result commentators

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Amid Russia Accusations, Trump Prepares ‘War Room’ To Combat Negative Press

Included in Trump’s new press strategy, the president may lose his twitter privileges for good.

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

In lieu of the Friday night "Trump bombshell" deliverable from the NYT-WaPo complex, today it was Reuters' and the Wall Street Journal's turn to lay out the suspenseful weekend reads, previewing major potential upcoming changes to the Trump administration. First, according to Reuters, Trump's top advisors are preparing to establish a "war room"

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