HOUSTON, US (AA) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News on Thursday, alleging that the television network edited an interview with Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on 60 Minutes that painted her in a positive light, according to media outlets. The suit was filed in US [&...
Reporters Without Borders say journalism is grappling with numerous crises in states where voters are reliant on the media. The advocacy group’s report reveals journalists are concerned about hostility from local and state officials as well as the “economic viability” of local newsrooms. The report is titled “Press Freedom in the Swing States...
CNN has apologized to British-American broadcaster Mehdi Hasan after a conservative commentator on the show suggested he should be killed on live television. The network removed Ryan Girdusky after he told Hasan, “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.” This was in reference to deadly attacks linked to Israel that killed 40 people in Lebanon [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the upcoming presidential election. “What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one,&...
Netflix is under fire for pulling 19 films from its Palestine category, prompting widespread criticism from users and rights advocates. In mid-October, viewers noticed the significant absence of Palestinian content, leading to suspicions that pressure from pro-Israel groups influenced the decision. Rights organization Freedom Forward has expre...
The Washington Post has refused to endorse any candidate for president, in a move not seen since the 1980s. It also has said it will no longer do so in future presidential elections. Publisher Will Lewis announced the decision in a post on X on Friday. He wrote the statement is “in support of our […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – American news network CNN has drawn fierce criticism over a piece on the mental health struggles of Israeli soldiers who returned from Gaza. Critics argue it whitewashes the perpetrators of violence and trivializes Palestinians’ suffering. The article, which focused on Israeli soldiers’ experiences of trauma a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A dozen US lawmakers called on President Joe Biden Tuesday to authorize an independent investigation into a targeted Israeli attack on a group of journalists that killed one person and injured six others. Among those targeted in the attack was American Dylan Collins, who was working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Leb...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Meta’s Israel policy chief advocated for the censorship of Instagram accounts linked to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a group that has played a key role in campus protests against Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, The Intercept reported. Jordana Cutler, also a former senior Israeli official, used the co...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ala’ Yousef Hasan, the director of “From Ground Zero”, is optimistic about Palestine’s future. “We still have hope that we will have the chance to have our freedom,” he said. At the 6th International Friendship Short Film Festival, Hasan discussed his short film project “From Ground Zero,” which aims to ...
