Here are links to valuable commentary about the Trump regime's arrest of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort:

Timothy Snyder and Ava Duvernay:

https://snyder.substack.com/p/my-conversation-with-ava-duvernay

Parker Molloy:

https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-wrong-question

John Stoehr:

https://www.editorialboard.com/with-arrest-of-don-lemon-and-georgia-fort-trump-escalates-war-in-mn-to-include-journalists/?ref=the-editorial-board-newsletter

Dean Obeidallah and Danielle Moodie:

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trumps-arrest-of-don-lemon-is-the

Dan Froomkin:

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/journalists-must-forcefully-decry

#Trump #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #FreeSpeech #media #journalism #FirstAmendment
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Cliff Schecter:

blueamp.co/p/an-open-letter-to-journalists-and

Asawin Suebsaeng, Prem Thakker, and Andrew Perez:

https://zeteo.com/p/don-lemon-arrest-trump-minnesota-ice-church

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-arrest-of-the-don-lemon-and-black

Gary Legum:

wonkette.com/p/don-lemon-arrested-by-trump-regime?

Finn Hartnett:

https://newrepublic.com/post/205973/department-justice-prosecutors-arrest-don-lemon

Brian Tyler Cohen:

https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/justice-department-arrests-a-journalist

Wajahat Ali and Allison Gill

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/breaking-the-doj-ramps-up-its-terror

#Trump #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #FreeSpeech #media #journalism #FirstAmendment
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Here are links to valuable commentary about the Trump regime's arrest of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort:

Timothy Snyder and Ava Duvernay:

https://snyder.substack.com/p/my-conversation-with-ava-duvernay

Parker Molloy:

https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-wrong-question

John Stoehr:

https://www.editorialboard.com/with-arrest-of-don-lemon-and-georgia-fort-trump-escalates-war-in-mn-to-include-journalists/?ref=the-editorial-board-newsletter

Dean Obeidallah and Danielle Moodie:

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trumps-arrest-of-don-lemon-is-the

Dan Froomkin:

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/journalists-must-forcefully-decry

#Trump #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #FreeSpeech #media #journalism #FirstAmendment
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"The arrest of Don Lemon is blatant censorship. And he is not the only one":
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/30/don-lemon-arrest-first-amendment-journalism
#media #FreedomOfThePress #politics

"The arrest of Don Lemon is blatant censorship. And he is not the only one":
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/30/don-lemon-arrest-first-amendment-journalism
#media #FreedomOfThePress #politics

"Those in the media who choose to treat propaganda as the story, who begin from lies rather than from events, are also complicit. The border is the crack, the lies are the wedge, and the people who accept those lies are opening it wider."

See also T. Snyder's discussion of these issues in the video linked below.

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #tyranny #fascism #immigrants #border #BorderPatrol #PoliceState #LawandOrder #lies #disinformation #propaganda #media
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNBKQDNT0I

🎤 JOURNALISTS ON MASTODON

As part of my master thesis I am researching how journalists have embraced Mastodon and the Fediverse.

If you identify as a journalist, please take some minutes to fill out this questionnaire:

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#journalism #journalist #journalists #jouralistsonmastodon #media #reporter #mastodon #fediverse #fedi

@_elena @Gargron

yup

#corporate " #journalism"

we are on #mastodon/ #fediverse because the profit motive in corporate #socialMedia means privacy defilement, free reign for bigotry/ ignorance, and #algorithm manipulation by #plutocracy agendas

the same applies to the #news #media:

#ventureCapital takes over dying traditional media outlets and puts right wing goons in the managing editor positions

we have nonprofit news ( #NPR, #ProPublica, #TheGuardian, etc)

trust them

all else: beware

"It’s been incredibly sad to see my beloved news industry struggle so publicly with whether and how to tell the truth about the wanton, brutal killing of Alex Pretti -- someone who did absolutely nothing wrong –- at the hands of the masked federal agents terrorizing his city."

~ Dan Froomkin

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
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https://criticalread.substack.com/p/moments-of-bravery-and-cowardice

@wdlindsy +9001%

When someone claims it's a

"40°C windstill and dry hot summer day"

and their opponent says it's a

"-30°C whiteout blizzard snowstorm"

you don't "compromise" on a

"10°C partially cloudy & partially raining spring day with a medium gusts of wind".

• You go outside, stick some measurement equipment in the ground, take readings and then say/speak/send/write the truth!

Anything else makes one a useful idiot for the liar(s)…

(Yes plural, cuz potentially both sides can lie!)

#Journalism #USpol #Media #Truth #FalseBalancing #FalseNeutrality #MAGA #fascism #Neutrality #Press #Balancing #FreeSpeech #Professionalism

@wdlindsy +9001%

When someone claims it's a

"40°C windstill and dry hot summer day"

and their opponent says it's a

"-30°C whiteout blizzard snowstorm"

you don't "compromise" on a

"10°C partially cloudy & partially raining spring day with a medium gusts of wind".

• You go outside, stick some measurement equipment in the ground, take readings and then say/speak/send/write the truth!

Anything else makes one a useful idiot for the liar(s)…

(Yes plural, cuz potentially both sides can lie!)

#Journalism #USpol #Media #Truth #FalseBalancing #FalseNeutrality #MAGA #fascism #Neutrality #Press #Balancing #FreeSpeech #Professionalism

"They were chastised by a mushy mainstream that prized decorum over diagnosis and tone over truth."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
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(continued from /8)

"not only by MAGA true believers, but by those in positions of power in media, politics, and business who congratulated themselves on being sober-minded and pragmatic. Too many who understood what was coming were labeled hysterical. Alarmist. Radical. Unserious. They were told to calm down. To respect norms that were already being shredded."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
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"When the history of this age is written, there will be no shortage of evidence about what went wrong. There will be no plausible claim of ignorance. ...

Looking more closely, those who look back will find something else that demands explanation. They will see that the people who most clearly recognized the danger were often dismissed and ignored —" (continued)

~ Elliot Kirschner

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
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https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/we-knew-this-would-happen

"As journalists, we must remember that our responsibility is not to present both sides evenly; it is to make a determination about the facts that helps audiences understand a chaotic world."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
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"The administration’s gross misrepresentation of 'the facts' poses a particular test for newsrooms. If journalists uncritically repeat baseless claims about domestic terrorism in their coverage, they risk laundering, and spreading, the often ludicrous statements of MAGA officeholders. But the press is still squeamish about directly calling out the administration’s lies."

~ Jem Bartholomew

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #BothSides
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https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ice-terrorist-through-looking-glass-noem-trump-alex-pretti-ice-killing-murder-lies-contradictions-video-shooting.php

"I argued after the shooting of Renee Good that nothing makes people lose trust in news organizations as much as when they’ve seen something with their own eyes — and then see news coverage that doesn’t comport with what they themselves experienced.

And I think that will be even more true with the Pretti killing."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #NewYorkTimes #journalists #BothSides
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"And then you could sense a countervailing tide, presumably directed by more senior leaders, of coverage mired in both-sidesism and weasel words, carefully measured so as to not 'take sides' even when one side was the truth and the other was lies."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #NewYorkTimes #journalists #BothSides
/4

"It was particularly fascinating to watch the New York Times, where you could see bursts of bold, direct, honest coverage of what reporters had seen with their own eyes.

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #NewYorkTimes #journalists #BothSides
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