https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68423995
This report is about journalists writing to Israel that they should be allowed access to Gaza to report freely.
I don’t want this thread to be about Israel and Gaza. But, do you think journalists have a right to access any area they want to report from, even at the risk of their own safety.
Or do you think it’s acceptable for politicians or military persons to deny access, so they can steer the narrative?
Weighing on this matter is the point of holding authority to account. For example, Watergate. Or Clinton having oral sex. Should journalists have free reign to report on such matters?
Or, take South Africa’s apartheid. Should journalists not have been allowed access to report on such matters?
@shavixmir saidYes to all that and also any government or military that does not allow independent journalist free access to areas where civilians are directly in the conflict zone such as Gaza should be assumed to be committing crimes against humanity.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68423995
This report is about journalists writing to Israel that they should be allowed access to Gaza to report freely.
I don’t want this thread to be about Israel and Gaza. But, do you think journalists have a right to access any area they want to report from, even at the risk of their own safety.
Or do you think it’s ac ...[text shortened]... South Africa’s apartheid. Should journalists not have been allowed access to report on such matters?
Obviously things like strategy, composition of forces etc are perfectly legitimate military secrets but journalist’s should always be permitted to embed themselves in civilian populations
@shavixmir saidthe fact being journalist were aware of and participated in the massacre by hamas, I say Israel has every right to keep them out
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68423995
This report is about journalists writing to Israel that they should be allowed access to Gaza to report freely.
I don’t want this thread to be about Israel and Gaza. But, do you think journalists have a right to access any area they want to report from, even at the risk of their own safety.
Or do you think it’s ac ...[text shortened]... South Africa’s apartheid. Should journalists not have been allowed access to report on such matters?
@Mott-The-Hoople
What the hell are you babbling about? JOURNALISTS involved in the war, carrying AR15? You are one twisted SOB.
@shavixmir saidAn easy yes for matters of importance like war, Watergate, etc.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68423995
This report is about journalists writing to Israel that they should be allowed access to Gaza to report freely.
I don’t want this thread to be about Israel and Gaza. But, do you think journalists have a right to access any area they want to report from, even at the risk of their own safety.
Or do you think it’s ac ...[text shortened]... South Africa’s apartheid. Should journalists not have been allowed access to report on such matters?
I'm not sure regarding sexual affairs. Clinton being president having sex with a subordinate is arguably a misuse of power which is important; but I'm not sure if a run-of-the-mill affair with nothing illegal or a matter of public importance should be reported.
Should Prince Harry getting drunk at a pub be news so long as he isn't being a public nuisance? Should the press have been allowed to publish nude pics of Lady Diana?
@vivify saidI think I agree.
An easy yes for matters of importance like war, Watergate, etc.
I'm not sure regarding sexual affairs. Clinton being president having sex with a subordinate is arguably a misuse of power which is important; but I'm not sure if a run-of-the-mill affair with nothing illegal or a matter of public importance should be reported.
Should Prince Harry getting drunk at a pub b ...[text shortened]... n't being a public nuisance? Should the press have been allowed to publish nude pics of Lady Diana?
It’s difficult to draw a clear line between what’s newsworthy and what’s not.
For example:
An openly swinging politician having an affair isn’t newsworthy. But a conservative pro-family married politician having an affair?
@shavixmir saidLOL
I think I agree.
It’s difficult to draw a clear line between what’s newsworthy and what’s not.
For example:
An openly swinging politician having an affair isn’t newsworthy. But a conservative pro-family married politician having an affair?
@mott-the-hoople saidThe newsworthy part of it is the hypocrisy between politics and personal behaviour.
LOL
The same could be said about someone who is pro-pronouns, but bans his kid from using “an unsuitable” pronoun.
Hypocrisy in politics is always newsworthy. I reckon.
You don’t agree?
@shavixmir saidRight.
I think I agree.
It’s difficult to draw a clear line between what’s newsworthy and what’s not.
For example:
An openly swinging politician having an affair isn’t newsworthy. But a conservative pro-family married politician having an affair?
Also, "newsworthy" doesn't have to mean "important". Boris Yeltsin having fun dancing drunk is newsworthy but not exactly important. Putin sparring in a Judo uniform is entertaining, silly and unimportant, but still newsworthy.
So I agree that deciding what's worth reporting can be unclear.
@shavixmir saidAre Ukraine and Russia allowing journalist access to their war?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68423995
This report is about journalists writing to Israel that they should be allowed access to Gaza to report freely.
I don’t want this thread to be about Israel and Gaza. But, do you think journalists have a right to access any area they want to report from, even at the risk of their own safety.
Or do you think it’s ac ...[text shortened]... South Africa’s apartheid. Should journalists not have been allowed access to report on such matters?
Hint: no
@shavixmir
I haven't read this thread or its posts, simply because I could never understand a war that has been going on for thousands of years, and in my opinion, will never end. I am impressed that you all know what these two or three sides are thinking, especially since they have a culture unbeknownst to us.
BUT, without reservation, I vote that any journalist whould be allowed access that they wish to report on, which is not an innately private matter, such as the Pope's chamber, or my Board Room, where we devise plans to beat the competition and make more money.