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Myanmar’s junta on Saturday suspended laws constraining security forces from detaining suspects or searching private property without court approval and ordered the arrest of well-known backers of mass protests against this month’s coup. A series of announcements came on the eighth day of country-wide demonstrations against the February 1 takeover and detention of elected leader … Read more
Meryl Streep headlines International Press Freedom Awards that will honor Amal Clooney for defending journalists By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:57 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 00:57 GMT, 5 November 2020 She played legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham in Steven Spielberg’s 2017 film The Post. And Meryl Streep will headline the CPJ … Read more
Machine Gun Kelly is stumped when asked by a TV journalist whether he had to pay girlfriend Megan Fox to star in his music video By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:05 BST, 27 September 2020 | Updated: 13:12 BST, 27 September 2020 Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox went public with their … Read more
Downing Street slams ‘deeply concerning’ arrests of journalists in Hong Kong and accuses Beijing of using new security law to suppress opposition ITV News freelancer Wilson Li is one of nine people arrested in Hong Kong Authorities have also arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai under new security law Downing Street says arrests are evidence law is … Read more
The UK Government has today been accused of ‘taking a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook’ after using social media to publicly denounce journalists. Ministers have come under increasing scrutiny from the press during the pandemic for a series of failings which have led to the UK suffering the worst death toll in Europe. The … Read more
BBC journalists are becoming addicted to ‘toxic’ Twitter, bosses say as corporation launches review into social media use amid fears it is undermining impartiality rules A key BBC figure revealed that the company has faced staff social media issues The problems include reporters frequently backing left-wing liberal views online Some BBC editorial staff have been disciplined … Read more
TV journalists who stood close to Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro when he announced he had coronavirus have been quarantined until they test negative for the disease. Several journalists from CNN Brasil, TV Record and TV Brasil were filmed thrusting microphones in front of Bolsonaro on Tuesday, standing closer than the recommended social distance of six … Read more
Microsoft will axe up to 50 journalists and replace them with robots using AI to select news stories Microsoft used journalists to collate its MSN website and Edge mobile browser Journalists selected stories from other publishers for the company’s homepage Staff were emailed that they were being replaced by artificial intelligence By Darren Boyle for … Read more
HARRY COLE: MPs and journalists asking embarrassing questions about China claim to be victims of suspicious hacking By Harry Cole For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:42 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 01:08 BST, 3 May 2020 MPs and journalists who’ve been asking embarrassing questions about China claim to be victims of suspicious hacking. … Read more
President Trump removed a trio of tweets from his feed that complained about journalists winning the ‘noble’ prize. The president went on a rant Sunday afternoon after reading a story in The New York Times that detailed some of his work and eating habits. He first tried to prop up the ‘noble’ prize tweets by saying … Read more