Protestors gathered outside the Washington offices of NBC and Fox News near the Capitol to decry the most recent assassinations of Palestinian journalists by the IDF.
The last words of Anas Al Sharif, Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza, read by Hazami Barmada of the Gaza Media Accountability Encampment in Washington D.C.
Israel assassinated Al Sharif, claiming he was associated with Hamas. His cameraman and three other journalists also died in the bomb blast.
According to the U.N., this brings the total to 242 journalists killed covering the conflict, the deadliest number of media fatalities in recorded history.
Filmed and edited by Cathy Vogan for Consortium News.
Thank goodness we have CN to bear witness and shine light on the crimes and lies of Empire inhumanity.
“You only target journalists when the truth is your enemy.” Thank goodness we have CN to bear witness and shine light on the crimes and lies of Empire inhumanity.
Thank you,Cathy Vogan and Joe Lauria.Thank you Consortiumnews !
“You only target journalists when the truth is your enemy.”
PS…. when the UN says 242 human souls killed for thought crime, they are unlikely to be counting the other deaths that have occurred in Lebanon. The Free World keeps separate containers for such things. The body count of The Free World is not up to triple figures yet in terms of dead journalists in Lebanon, but the same tactic has been applied and is still being applied there as well. Including direct targeting of cars and locations of news crews.
Israel also bombed the broadcaster in Iran, IRIB, during their recent aggression. The lady who was presenting the news at the time of the bombing became a bit of a national hero for her calm demeanor on air.
The USA bombed the TV station in Belgrade during Bill Clinton’s illegal Serbian War. Even NATO, through their doublespeak, basically says they killed 16 human souls that day for thought crime. They were thinking incorrectly, and NATO didn’t like it, so human souls had to be snuffed out of this life.
“NATO Headquarters justified the bombing with two arguments; firstly, that it was necessary “to disrupt and degrade the command, control and communications network” of the Yugoslav Armed Forces, and secondly, that the RTS headquarters was a dual-use object which “was making an important contribution to the propaganda war which orchestrated the campaign against the population of Kosovo”.[2]
The Yugoslav government said the building served no military purpose and only accommodated facilities of the civilian television network. It was, therefore, not a legitimate military target.” hxxps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_the_Radio_Television_of_Serbia_headquarters
Murdoch’s tabloid empire has been an enthusiastic cheerleader for genocide. Comcast’s news division has also censored and slanted their reporting to hide much of the horror from sensitive American eyes. Many of the deaths of the journalists in Gaza probably went unreported on these corporate ‘news’ channels. Its too bad that these powerful words are unlikely to be broadcast fully on either corporate network. Because the people who most need to hear these words may well be the corporate Bosses and minions in those newsrooms.
Thought Crime should not be a Capital Offense.
May Peace Be Upon You.