The New Humanitarian CEO Heba Aly to step down after 7 years and depart in early 2024: she will continue to support the mission of the organization as a board member of its soon-to-be-launched US affiliate — www.thenewhumanitarian.org — 20 June 2023 (LINK)

Media coverage of climate change research does not inspire action, say UNIL scientists — phys.org — 20 June 2023 (LINK)

— If the goal of mediating research is to have a societal impact, then it seems that we are pushing all the buttons that don't work. An analysis of the collection of about 50,000 scientific publications on climate change for the year 2020 showed that that most of the research selected by the media overly focused on large-scale climate projections that will occur in the future, and a narrow range of threats such as polar bears, drought and melting glaciers.

Guatemala sentences renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora to six years in money laundering case — ground.news: 49 media reports — 14 June 2023 (LINK)

Young people are abandoning news websites — new research reveals scale of challenge to media — theconversation.com — 14 June 2023 (LINK)

Fox News sends Tucker Carlson cease-and-desist letter over his new Twitter show — www.cbsnews.com — 12 June 2023 (LINK)

CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht is out — edition.cnn.com — 7 June 2023 (LINK)

CNN Ousts PR Execs Behind Disastrous Chris Licht Atlantic Profile — www.thewrap.com — 7 June 2023 (LINK)

Tucker Carlson floats theory Ukraine blew up dam in his first Twitter show — ground.news: 22 media reports — 6 June 2023 (LINK)

Tucker Carlson's 20m viewers — edition.cnn.com — 6 June 2023 (LINK)

— Supporters of Carlson, in addition to those who would like to believe Musk can use Twitter to destroy the mainstream press, asserted that Carlson's debut was a success, with more than 20 million views at the time of this publication. But what counts as a video view on Twitter is unclear. Musk himself said that "it simply counts if you saw the post on the X/Twitter app or via web browser, not how long you watched." In contrast, Nielsen, the gold standard of television ratings, provides data on the average number of concurrent viewers, not the cumulative number of views. The two sets of data are apples and oranges.

Snowden revelations: Ten years on, where are the protagonists now? — www.lemonde.fr — 5 June 2023 (LINK)

Inside the Meltdown at CNN — www.theatlantic.com — 4 June 2023 (LINK)

China fines comedy troupe $2m for joke about the military — ground.news: 24 reports — 17 May 2023 (LINK)

Former Biden admin disinformation chief sues Fox News for defamation — ground.news: 12 media reports: 0 right-wing sources — 10 May 2023 (LINK)

Australian lawmakers meet US envoy to seek release of Julian Assange — ground.news: 8 media reports — 9 May 2023 (LINK)

AFP journalist Arman Soldin killed by rocket fire in Ukraine — cbsnews — 9 May 2023 (LINK)

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson will relaunch his show on Twitter — reuters — 9 May 2023 (LINK)

This Message Cost Tucker Carlson His Powerful Job — source — 6 May 2023 (LINK)

— According to the New York Times, it was a racist text message from Carlson that alarmed the board of Fox. Fox feared that the cable star would be questioned by Dominion lawyers about the infamous message in the event of a trial. 'It's Not How White Men Fight'. The message was sent to one of his producers soon after the events of Jan.6, 2021, when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Biden's victory.

'Enough is enough': Australian PM says no point in US pursuing Assange — ground.news: 25 media reports — 5 May 2023 (LINK)

Press group: China biggest global jailer of journalists — ground.news: 17 media reports — 5 May 2023 (LINK)

Fox News 'liberal' Host Geraldo Says His Appearances on The Five This Week 'Have Been Canceled' — mediaite — 4 May 2023 (LINK)

Freedom of the press "under attack" in every corner of the globe, says UN — ground.news: 30 media reports — 2 May 2023 (LINK)

IPI documents nearly 1000 media freedom violations amidst Russia-Ukraine war: 59% Russian, 15% Ukraine, other 26% — source — 2 May 2023 (LINK)

Tucker Carlson racist text was behind his sacking — ground.news: 4 media reports — 2 May 2023 (LINK)

Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News in wake of Dominion defamation settlement — ground.news: reports — 24 April 2023 (LINK)

Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui named 2023 IPI–IMS World Press Freedom Hero — ipi — 21 April 2023 (LINK)

Fox and Dominion settle for US$787.5m in defamation lawsuit over election lies — Guardian — 18 April 2023 (LINK)

Rupert Wins Again: the massive Dominion settlement fee is just the cost of doing business — politico ← — 18 April 2023 (LINK)

Photographer admits prize-winning image was AI-generated, turns down award — ground.news: 44 reports — 18 April 2023 (LINK)

Fake Military Documents on Ukraine War Shared By Russian Propagandist, Tucker Carlson among those duped — mediaite — 17 April 2023 (LINK)

Did Vladimir Putin really defy his arrest order to travel to South Africa? In short, nope — france24.com — 14 April 2023 (LINK)

Russia charges Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich with espionage — ground.news: 221 reports — 7 April 2023 (LINK)

Fox News reporters parroted false claims tying Silicon Valley Bank's failure to Black Lives Matter — mediamatters — 17 March 2023 (LINK)

— The charge itself that SVB contributed over $70 million to Black Lives Matter or closely aligned organizations is based on a supposed "BLM-funding database" maintained by the Claremont Institute, a right-wing and openly anti-democracy organization that is also closely tied to disgraced former law professor John Eastman, who was closely involved in former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The Associated Press confirmed that the database does not show any spending to Black Lives Matter, and obtained a comment in which Claremont explained it was including "reparative initiatives," which it called "race-based, discriminatory hiring programs; race-based, sub-prime lending; partisan voter initiatives; and DEI efforts." The AP also obtained a comment from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, which confirmed it did not receive $70 million from the bank, and added: "Even if we did, the idea that this type of contribution would be controversial is rooted in a pathology that Black organizations don't deserve to be funded."

Gary Lineker pulls out of FA Cup coverage after losing his voice — ground.news: 29 reports — 19 March 2023 (LINK)

Match of the Day to go ahead 'without studio presentation or punditry' — ground.news: 19 reports — 11 March 2023 (LINK)

Gary Lineker 'stepping back' from role as Match of the Day presenter — ground.news: 84 reports — 10 March 2023 (LINK)

— The BBC said in its statement: "We have said we consider his recent social media activity to be a breach of our guidelines. The BBC has decided that he will step back from presenting MoTD until we've got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media. "We have never said that Gary should be an opinion-free zone, or that he can't have a view on issues that matter to him, but we have said that he should keep well away from taking sides on political issues or political controversies."

Ian Wright and Alan Shearer pull out of Match of the Day in solidarity with Lineker — ground.news: 32 reports — 10 March 2023 (LINK)

BBC denies David Attenborough censorship claims after it decided not to broadcast an episode of David Attenborough's flagship new wildlife series reportedly because of fears of a backlash from conservative politicians and newspapers — ground.news: reports — 10 March 2023 (LINK)

Fox News CEO asked for evidence the network pushed the Big Lie. Her PR chief replied with dozens of examples — mediamatters — 9 March 2023 (LINK)

Court Denies Fox News' Bid To Dismiss $2.7B Election Fraud Lawsuit — nationalmemo — 16 February 2023 (LINK)

Putin's war against Ukraine is also a war against the media, says International Press Institute: IPI documents more than 900 attacks on journalists and media in Russia and Ukraine since start of full-scale invasion — source — 15 February 2023 (LINK)

Nikki Haley Twice Dodges Answering Hannity's Question About Where She Disagrees with Trump — mediaite — 15 February 2023 (LINK)

Geneva film festival on 10–19 March spotlights stories of conflict, climate and migration — genevasolutions — 14 February 2023 (LINK)

Why is BBC report on Narendra Modi's handling of sectarian riots in 2002 so controversial? — The Guardian — 14 February 2023 (LINK)

The Israeli hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections — The Guardian — 15 February 2023 (LINK)

Cambodia's Hun Sen orders shutdown of last independent local news outlet — ground.news: 66 reports — 12 February 2023 (LINK)

Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has all charges against him dropped — ground.news: 29 reports — 2 February 2023 (LINK)

— The 21-year-old forward faced allegations of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault

10 AI prompts for journalists using chatGPT — linkedin — 31 January 2023 (LINK)

what caused the recent huge Microsoft 365 and Teams outage — source — 30 January 2023 (LINK)

Finland Most Resistant to 'Fake News,' Report Finds — usnews — 27 January 2023 (LINK)

Russian authorities must revoke Meduza news site's "undesirable" designation — IPI — source — 26 January 2023 (LINK)

Why News Literacy Is Important — flipboard — 25 January 2023 (LINK)

BBC broadcast misleading vaccine comments — fullfact — 20 January 2023 (LINK)

— On 18 January BBC published an update to their Corrections and Clarifications page about the interview, apologising that "we were not better prepared at the time to challenge Dr Malhotra's points during his interview."

Climate misinformation 'rocket boosters' flourish on Musk's Twitter — AP — 19 January 2023 (LINK)

— Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, allowed nearly 4,000 advertisements on its site — most bought by fossil fuel companies — that dismissed the scientific consensus behind climate change and criticized efforts to respond to it, researchers found.

Tweets containing "climate scam" or other terms linked to climate change denial rose 300% in 2022, according to a report released last week by the nonprofit Advance Democracy. While Twitter had labeled some of the content as misinformation, many of the popular posts were not labeled.

Philippine Nobel laureate journalist Maria Ressa and Rappler cleared of tax evasion — BBC — 18 January 2023 (LINK)

— Philippines' Department of Justice had said Rappler's issuance of financial instrument, known as Philippine Depositary Receipts, to foreign investors Omidyar Network and North Base Media had generated taxable income worth 141.86m pesos ($2.58m) which it did not declare in 2015. Ms Ressa and Rappler denied the charges and said the transactions involved legitimate financial mechanisms that do not generate taxable income.

In January 2018, the Philippine government had also revoked Rappler's operating licence. It said the media site, which has two US investors, had violated a clause in the constitution that limits media ownership to Philippine citizens.

Ms Ressa was previously convicted of libel and sentenced to up to six years in prison in June 2020. She was later freed on bail.

Wednesday's acquittal is not the end of Ms Ressa and Rappler's legal woes, as they still face three active court cases. These are: Rappler's appeal against the 2022 closure order; an appeal by Ms Ressa and former Rappler journalist Reynaldo Santos Jr against convictions for cyber libel; and another tax case against Ms Ressa and Rappler.

South Sudan journalists detained over video of President Salva Kiir 'wetting himself' last month — ground.news: 44 reports — 7 January 2023 (LINK)

Why so many humanitarian crises are 'forgotten', and 5 ideas to change that — thenewhumanitarian — 16 January 2023 (LINK)

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