Paul Beckett
@paul4thepress
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Washington, DC
Joined April 2009
RT @SupportJimmyLai: Tomorrow, closing arguments begin in Jimmy Lai’s lengthy, unjust trial. For over 1,600 days, Jimmy Lai has been impri….
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Strike That Killed 5 Journalists Was Aimed at One of Them, Israel Says via @NYTimes.
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Israeli officials said it was a targeted strike aimed at one of those killed, Anas al-Sharif, whom it accused of being a Hamas fighter posing as a reporter.
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Israeli Strike Kills 4 Al Jazeera Journalists, Network Says via @NYTimes.
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Anas al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent, was among those killed. Israel said it had targeted Mr. al-Sharif, claiming he worked for Hamas, which he had denied.
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RT @MarinaSolt67508: @paul4thepress Yes That was Awesome🙏.But Left behind Americans still suffering In Russia !!
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It was one year ago today that Evan, Alsu, Paul, Vladimir and 12 others left Russian prison to return to their families and friends in the West. What a great day to remember and to salute them.
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Chinese state media has expanded its reach around the world as the Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded outlets disappear
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Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after President Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets.
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Judge Orders Los Angeles Police to Stop Shooting Projectiles at Journalists via @NYTimes.
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Los Angeles Police Department officers fired foam projectiles and flash-bang devices at reporters and photographers who were covering the immigration protests in June.
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Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit - The New York Times
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President Trump had sued over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. The company needs federal approval for a multibillion-dollar sale.
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RIP: Rod Nordland, 75, Dies; War Reporter Who Also Wrote of His Own Struggle via @NYTimes.
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Motivated by the helplessness of his boyhood, he described the lives of vulnerable people in conflicts around the world and later his own terminal illness.
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RT @SFRCdems: Kari Lake’s actions are a gift to Iran’s Supreme Leader, the CCP and the Kremlin. Her decimation of US broadcasting leaves a….
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Voice of America gutted by Trump adviser Kari Lake : NPR
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The Trump administration is slashing jobs at Voice of America's parent agency by 85%. Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for the broadcaster wonder what happens next.
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Reporter Is Detained by ICE After Reporting on Immigration Protest via @NYTimes.
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Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language reporter originally from El Salvador, was arrested while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta on Saturday, his lawyers said.
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Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists’ Access, Appeals Court Rules via @NYTimes.
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By a 2-to-1 vote, a three-judge panel found that the president can bar the news outlet from small settings such as the Oval Office or Air Force One, reversing at least for now a lower court’s ruling.
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Austin Tice: Secret files show missing US journalist was imprisoned by Syria
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The BBC has uncovered top secret files that confirm Austin Tice was imprisoned by Syria's Assad regime.
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Kari Lake won awards for overseas reporting. Now she has the job of cutting it.
washingtonpost.com
Kari Lake won TV news Emmys years ago for work she did in Cambodia, one of the countries affected by sweeping layoffs at Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.
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She covered human rights for VOA in Azerbaijan. Now she’s in jail.
washingtonpost.com
Ulviyya Ali reported for Voice of America for years. Trump’s moves to dismantle the U.S.-funded outlet may have put her at greater risk, activists say.
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“How Should the U.S. Media Respond to Trump’s Attacks on the Free Press.” A piece I wrote for Il Foglio, the Italian newspaper where reporter Cecilia Sala works after being wrongfully imprisoned in Iran late last year. Here is the English version:.
ilfoglio.it
The president has made clear his dislike of the traditional independent media, which endeavors to cover him fairly but which he repeatedly accuses of bias against him. So as the campaign against the...
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