Why #Paramount- #Warner #merger has sparked fears about #pressfreedom

Why #Paramount- #Warner #merger has sparked fears about #pressfreedom
Turkish journalist jailed over classified files she says were planted on previously seized hard drive #pressfreedom buff.ly/9D2fK4H
Twenty years after Anna Politkovskaya’s murder, her reporting reads like a warning: she documented the authoritarian trajectory Russia was taking under Putin before paying for journalism with her life. #PressFreedom #Russia
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Journalist groups urge X to stop blocking news accounts in Turkey #pressfreedom buff.ly/c6o44Rq
Kurdish journalist faces terrorism propaganda investigation over reporting shared on social media #pressfreedom buff.ly/YVkTBee
Trinidad and Tobago's newly passed Special Operations Bill threatens press freedom by expanding police search and seizure powers, raising urgent concerns for democratic oversight.
democracy.observer — independent analysis.
Turkey uses disinformation law to silence journalists, CPJ says #pressfreedom buff.ly/tGVyreR
🎙️ DON LEMON SPEAKS OUT
Reflecting on his January arrest after covering an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church, Lemon says he heard calls for his arrest and wondered why.
“I was doing my job,” he says.
📺 CNN’S NEW OWNER
David Ellison says he supports CNN’s legal fight over White House access under the Trump administration.
He also pledges not to interfere with CNN’s news coverage.
⚖️ DISNEY VS. FCC
A judge is hearing Disney’s bid to temporarily block the FCC’s early review of eight ABC station licenses.
Disney alleges retaliation and a First Amendment violation. The FCC says the review concerns Disney’s DEI practices.
The Tory shadow minister for DCMS says, on #BBC Matt Chorley programme, that she doesn’t know why @adambienkov.bsky.social and
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social were banned from the Tory conference.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
#pressfreedom
Belarus and Russia force independent journalists into exile, then brand them criminals. Their continued reporting shows why authoritarian regimes fear a free press: facts remain dangerous when governments cannot control them. #PressFreedom #Belarus
www.euronews.com/2026/10/05/i...
📰No #Pressfreedom, no democracy.
Belgium joins this Media Freedom Coalition statement marking 20 years since the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya. Impunity for crimes against journalists and media workers cannot prevail.
ℹ️Read the statement : diplomatie.belgium.be/en/news/medi...
📣 White House removes CNN from press pool again amid ongoing court fight
A government that controls who gets to ask questions controls what the public gets to see. Press freedom is not a favor granted by presidents
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
The ban on the free press — defiance, distraction & the dinner. My October recap is live:
They banned CNN, MS NOW & Politico. youtu.be/T-t8hsTz4zE?...
#ExposeNewsOutlet #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment #BanOnTheFreePress #DefendPressFreedom #FreePress #IndependentJournalist #MSNOW #CNN #Defiance
The file is either the largest in the world, or city officials intentionally are making public records requests prohibitively expensive. The city’s response seems to be the latter.
DOJ asked a federal judge to let Trump resume banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House after the judge temporarily restored their access. Apparently losing Round 1 merely means returning to court with the same bouncer. #PressFreedom