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Warning! Small publishers are on the ropes

Bots, NBC and a comic book about disinformation

Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives

Reader Comments: Trump-Haley-MAGA GOP Embrace Slavery-Fascism; Israeli War Crimes; Migrants and Immigration; Reader Response to Police Reform; Maestro Does Disservice; March on Washington for Gaza-Jan 13; more Announcements; Cartoons;

Another year of what we call news

"We as journalists are trying our best to publish and spread the truth, despite the closures and restrictions we face," he says. "We’ll continue to publish, to live, to rebuild our lives, and to revive the region. We won't give up."

Private platforms, free speech and public consensus

X marks the despot, hackivists fight the power, and more hot flashes from media land

Good journalism demands one-on-one encounters with candidates, questions that speak to people’s actual concerns, real-time factchecking. If candidates can’t agree to a platform that holds them accountable, they don’t deserve a media platform at all.

Tucker, Lemon, BuzzFeed, Vice News – dropping like flies