From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Filmmaker Rocky Romano was wearing visible credentials and carrying pro-grade gear when he was hit with a baton and shoved to the ground by LAPD officers while covering an anti-deportation protest in LA on Aug. 8.
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Documentarian hit with police baton, equipment damaged at LA protest
Documentary writer, director and producer Rocky Romano was pushed by police and hit with a baton while covering an immigration …
Israel operates a "Legitimization Cell" that seeks to frame journalists in Gaza as "Hamas operatives." "The idea was to [allow the military to] operate without pressure, so countries like America wouldn’t stop supplying weapons," one source told +972 Magazine. https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/
It shouldn't need to be said, but with this FCC is apparently does: The FCC has no business and no right to revoke licenses because it disagrees with how a station covers the news.
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Arizona senate president calls on FCC to revoke state's PBS license over 'viewpoint discrimination'
Arizona senate president Warren Petersen requested the FCC investigate the state's PBS station for alleged bias toward the Democratic candidate in ...
Watch journalist Alistair Kitchen recount being detained for 12 hours, interrogated, his device searched at LAX in June, and later deported over his reporting. This is yet another clear sign that press freedom is under threat amid growing political repression and democratic decline in the U.S.
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Australian writer deported after interrogation over reporting, phone search
Moments after Australian writer and journalist Alistair Kitchen stepped off a plane in Los Angeles, California, on June 12, 2025, …