Events

Current Activites of FCM and in the past

Journalist Was Among Those Who Were Innocent & Tortured at Abu Ghraib.

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Article by Alice Speri in the Guardian 4/14/24. Headline: “Correct a black mark in US history’: former prisoners of Abu Ghraib get day in court”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2024/apr/14/abu-ghraib-iraq-torture-abuse

Who can forget the AP photo exposing the torture in Abu Ghraib in Iraq?

An image obtained by The Associated Press shows an unidentified detainee standing on a box with a bag on his head and wires attached to him in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. – from NPR.

Journalism Dies in Rwanda

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This week marked the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. This book describes what happened when it was stopped and a new government took over. Another casualty was a free and vibrant press.

Media Layoffs in U.S. – A Crisis?

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Article from AlJezeera By Andy Hirschfeld 3/27/24

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/3/27/is-the-us-media-layoffs-phenomenon-the-next-housing-crisis

“In the past few months, the media sector in the United States has gone through one of its worst rounds of layoffs in decades, with some voices within the sector even asking if journalism is a viable career path despite surging subscriptions at publications like The New York Times.”

Missouri Sues Media Matters, Lives up to its Name Again, Demands Names

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From Ars Technca, Article by Jon Brodkin 4/26/24

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/missouri-ag-sues-media-matters-in-lawsuit-echoing-elon-musks-complaints/

“Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey yesterday in an attempt to protect Elon Musk and X from the nonprofit watchdog group’s investigations into hate speech on the social network. Bailey’s claims that “Media Matters has used fraud to solicit donations from Missourians in order to trick advertisers into removing their
advertisements from X, formerly Twitter, one of the last platforms
dedicated to free speech in America.”

Maybe All News Is Not Real!? Ya’ Think?

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Article by Steven Lee Myers in the New York Time 3/7/24

Headline” “Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S.”

Not too long ago, this modest website about the media was subject to a DNS attack by Russian bots and over 4,000 fake accounts had to be removed. Took some time. So it’s no surprise that some – over there – have also set up fake news sites (some are very crude) to influence things here.

Here’s the article for you to peruse, however NYT is paywalled.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/business/media/russia-us-news-sites.html?searchResultPosition=1