Cop Charged After Raid on Newspaper

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Washington Post photo.

Continuing saga of the Kansas police chief vs. Marion County Record.  Cop now charged with a felony.  Raid a newspaper and an editor’s home  – FAFO.

Article in the Washington Post on 8/13/24 by Ben Brasch and Sofia Andrade.

Headline:  “Ex-police chief who led raid on Kansas newspaper faces felony charge”

“The Aug. 11, 2023, raid of the Marion County Record’s newsroom and the home of its editor and publisher, Eric Meyer, brought the nation’s attention to a county of 12,000 residents roughly 60 miles north of Wichita. The raid sparked national outrage from press freedom advocates.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/26/marion-county-newspaper-police-raid-what-really-happened/

Bangladesh Could Have Free Press Soon

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From The Guardian article of 8/9/24 by Redwan Ahmed and Kaamil Ahmed.

Headline:  “Bangladeshi journalists hopeful of press freedom as Hasina era ends”

Recently the authoritarian leader Sheikh Hasina fled the country after protesters forced her out.  This followed years of oppressive rule and censorship of the press.

“Arrests, abuse and forced disappearances at the hands of Bangladesh’s security forces have loomed over journalists for most of Hasina’s 15-year rule, preventing them from routine reporting for fear of writing anything that could be perceived as embarrassing for the government.”

Link:  https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/09/bangladeshi-journalists-hopeful-for-return-to-press-freedom-as-hasina-era-ends

Right-wing media push “migrant crime” story

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Article from Media Matters 8/9/24 by Chloe Simon & Noah Dowe

Headline:  “Right-wing media continue abhorrent racism and xenophobia as they try to push baseless ‘migrant crime’ wave narrative”

“Right-wing media’s fixation with an alleged “migrant crime” wave has continued in 2024, even while violent crime and border crossings decline. In trying to make migrant crime a key election issue . . . ”

Link to article:  https://www.mediamatters.org/immigration/right-wing-media-continue-abhorrent-racism-and-xenophobia-they-try-push-baseless

Kansas Newspaper Raid Update

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Article by Sherman Smith in the Kansas Reflector, 8/4/24:

Headline:  “Judge who authorized Kansas newspaper raid escapes discipline with secret conflicting explanation”

About a year ago in August, 2023, a national news article article by Joseph O’Connell in the Washington Post, reported that the police raided a Kansas newspaper.  The Marion County Record was exposing alleged corruption in the city government.

Now reported in an article on 8/4/24 by Sherman Smith in the Kansas Reflector you may follow this link to read the story:

https://kansasreflector.com/2024/08/04/judge-who-authorized-kansas-newspaper-raid-escapes-discipline-with-secret-conflicting-explanation/

(The original article may be found on this website’s August, 2023 archive):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/26/marion-county-newspaper-police-raid-what-really-happened/

Media Control, A Problem for Right-Wing

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From an 8/6/24 article on Media Matters by John Knefel.

Headline:  “MAGA Media Figures Launch Desperate and Weird – Attacks on Harris Vice Presidentiral Pick Tim Walz”

“As governor, Walz has pursued a robust pro-worker and pro-child agenda, two public policy areas where conservatives have attempted to make superficialinroads. While some conservative pundits attempted to level attacks on Walz for his progressive record as governor, many of their initial reactions to the news have been strange, bizarre, and — some might even say — weird.”

Read it here:

https://www.mediamatters.org/tim-walz/maga-media-figures-launch-desperate-and-weird-attacks-harris-vice-presidential-pick-tim

Bait and Switch?

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The corporate media hysteria about Biden’s age is reminiscent of a school of sharks circling their prey. As each shark takes a bite, media outlets increase their ratings and revenue. With each chunk taken out of the target the old adage of “If it bleeds, it leads” now has the addition of, “. . . and it pays well, too!”.