Turkey Ruling Party Deputy Regrets Not Beating Journalists Sooner
Turkey’s escalating crackdown on journalism has gone well beyond incarcerating the odd foreign journalist for covering stories the government wanted to ignore.
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Mixed Reaction to National Anthem in Media Filing Room: To Stand or Not to Stand
Some reporters continued to sit while the National Anthem played at the start of the GOP’s presidential primary debate.
Breitbart News Announces Addition of Neil Munro
WASHINGTON D.C. September 3, 2015 – The Breitbart News Network (@BreitbartNews) announced today the addition of former Daily Caller/National Journal reporter Neil Munro, who will be joining as Co-National Political Editor working alongside Washington Editor Rich Tucker.
‘I Saw 60 White People. It Was Absolutely Frightening’ – More Racist Nonsense From the Guardian
The Guardian used their headline spot on the Wednesday on-line edition to unironically highlight the frighteningly racist opinions of London’s ethnic minority youth. Brimming with resentment, racism and class envy, the article published excerpts from a new documentary accompanying a forthcoming immersive
Armstrong Williams Teams with Coastal Carolina University to Help Young Journalists
One of the nation’s most successful broadcasters and journalists, Armstrong Williams, Chairman of Howard Stirk Holdings Journalism Foundation, Inc., is teaming up with Coastal Carolina University to sponsor a new intern program aimed at helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds get their start in the field of journalism.
Pentagon Legal Guidelines Compare War Correspondents to Enemy Spies
A new Pentagon legal guide compares war correspondents to enemy spies and allows reporters to be treated as “unprivileged belligerents.
U.S. Grants $500K to Baltic States to Fight Russian Propaganda
The U.S. pledged $500,000 to the Baltics in order to combat Russian propaganda. The 12-month project will help train beginning and established Russian-language journalists.
Telegraph Moves the Deck Chairs on the Titanic, Changes Line Spacing Instead of Stopping Left-Wing Rot
Britain’s Daily Telegraph has been in freefall for a number of years now, and despite the mass sackings of last year, the departure of Jason ‘Psycho’ Seiken, and the departure of many of its best journalists and columnists of their
Russian TV Reporter Fired for Questioning Kremlin’s Narrative
Konstantin Goldentsvayg, the now-former Berlin correspondent for Russian state-owned television station NTV, was fired last week for an interview he gave with German media outlet Phoenix.
The Biggest Failure In the Rolling Stone Rape Hoax
Americans have the power to prove we’re not children by punishing the storytellers, and forcing our profit-conscious bosses to start dispensing actual journalism again. Don’t stop with the media, either – there’s a huge zero-accountability storytelling government out there in need of reform.
Texas Rep. Villalba Deletes Angry Tweets and Facebook Page Amid Backlash
One Texas legislator seems to be finding criticism over a bill he filed too much to take, lashing out at critics on Twitter, then deleting some of his most intemperate remarks, as well as deleting critical comments from his Facebook page before finally taking down the page altogether.
I furkan derya to find a better name than Furkan Derya
Perhaps you’ve seen it on Twitter: the line from the Australian Daily Telegraph that the subs should have spotted but didn’t – with presumably dire consequences for the author responsible. Except, as Mark Steyn points out, this isn’t what actually
Sharyl Attkisson Slams Obama’s Media Gatekeepers
Former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson held the fixed attention of Californians Wednesday night in a packed Ronald Reagan Library forum in Simi Valley. She shared stories of the bias and intimidation in today’s mainstream media, echoing her new book, Stonewalled.
Journalists Cool Their Heels, Waiting for Hillary
Maybe she simply doesn’t have much to say? RNC counts more than 200 days since Hillary Clinton held a news conference.
California’s Royce: Hebdo Attack Struck ‘Pillar of Civilized World’
Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) issued a statement in response to Wednesday’s deadly terrorist attack at the offices of the the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 lives were brutally taken. Rep. Royce expressed how the “disturbing” incident was a direct attack on free speech, which he described as a main “pillar of the civilized world.”
Erdogan Claims Turkey Has the ‘World’s Freest Press’
Less than two weeks after police raided opposition media linked to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s arch-nemesis Fethullah Gulen (who is currently in a self-imposed exile in the United States), Erdogan said Turkey has the freest press in the world.
