Questions tagged [media]
Questions related to the political impact the media has (may it be an independent media outlet, or the mainstream media), or the general consensus the media has on a political topic.
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Do "teams of lawyers..." try to stop the Guardian from publishing political news stories? [closed]
At the end of news articles in The Guardian I often see the following (quoted in its entirety for context):
This is what we're up against:
Teams of lawyers from the rich and powerful trying to stop ...
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Why shut down Al Jazeera in Israel?
According to the BBC:
Israel's government has moved to shut down the operations of the Al Jazeera television network in the country, branding it a mouthpiece for Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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How does Richard Stengel propose to do away with paywalls for news, "—at least during the 2024 election"?
In the Ideas section of The Atlantic, Richard Stengel's April 14, 2024 Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls; The case for making journalism free—at least during the 2024 election itself trails off into the ...
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Arab media reaction to Iranian attack [closed]
What has been Arab media reaction to Iran violating the air space of several Arab-Muslim countries (notably Iraq and Jordan, which are not Iranian client states) during their drone and missile attacks ...
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Have any western media/politicians expressed *mea culpa* about accusing Israel of starving Gaza? [closed]
Note that the emphasis of the question is not on whether there's famine in Gaza, but on the accusations made against Israel of deliberately causing it
Throughout March multiple western media have ...
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How can the public properly understand climate change when it is exploited for speculation on the food price? [closed]
During the Easter period the news were busy explaining to the public that the high cost of chocolate was due to climate change. After the spending peak of Easter passed the tone suddenly changed. The ...
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Are there countries where the governing bodies of public broadcasting organizations are directly elected by the general public?
In Germany, the public broadcasting organizations (Rundfunkrat) financed by the GEZ tax are controlled by "trade unions, women's associations, churches, and parliamentary groups" (translated ...
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Have any governments run user-dissuasion campaigns concerning fentanyl? What were the outcomes?
Fentanyl overdoses present a unique problem to Canadian provinces and US states *.
While few want to return to Nancy Reagan's "just say no" **, it seems to me that the extremely deleterious ...
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Did Yeltsin participate in formal debates against other candidates for the Russian presidency?
Somewhat related to this Q, I found that Yeltsin had been challenged by Zyuganov to a televised debate in 1996. I wasn't able to find out if Yeltsin ever took on that challenge. So, did he?
Or is ...
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When did Pakistani newspapers first publicize allegations of "un-Islamic marriage" against Imran Khan?
I don't follow Pakistani politics closely, so I was a bit surprised that Imran Khan was recently sentenced for "un-Islamic marriage". I do recall that cases/allegations of corruption against ...
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How does the EU enforce its media ban against Russia Today?
Brussels — The European Union's chief executive says the 27-nation
bloc will close its airspace to Russian airlines, fund supplies of
weapons to Ukraine and ban some pro-Kremlin media outlets in ...
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How many journalists have been killed in two currently pending conflicts?
Currently, two wars in the world have attracted the attention of the media: the war between Russia and Ukraine (since 24 February 2022), and the war between Israel and Palestine (since 7 October 2023)...
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Do Western governments or organizations control the media and newspapers to censor some news?
Many believe that mainstream Western newspapers such as WSJ, NYT, The Guardian, AP, etc. publish all the world's news without censorship (e.g. in the US perhaps due to freedom of the press).
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How did Arab media report the events of the Hamas attack on Israel?
The Wiki article in Arabic about October 7th (linked is a Google translation) is notable for portraying the attack as a purely military operation and avoids any discussions of the crimes against ...
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Did the Trump administration release pressers with unnamed "senior administration officials"? If so, were they as numerous as in the present one?
A quick search of the present White House briefings (i.e. in the Biden administration) finds quite a few pressers (i.e. press releases) with unnamed "senior administration officials". e.g. 1,...