Joshua Scheer Editor’s Note: The following note was sent by Trita Parsi to me and many others, and it is worth both reading and watching. Parsi is responding to the latest developments around Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran, the danger of Democrats repeating the bad-faith attacks Republicans used against the JCPOA in 2015, and […]
“Racist violence and rhetoric hasn't really been effectively shut down, and in fact is often valorized and legitimized by the media and other parts of the political establishment.”
Rania Khalek , June 17, 2026
In 2025, the military censor banned or redacted over 5,000 news reports, with suppression peaking during Israel’s war with Iran.
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Israel has killed over 260 journalists and media workers in Gaza and 28 in Lebanon since October 7, 2023. Irish filmmaker Seán Murray investigates Israel’s killings of journalists in his new feature documentary Journacide: The War on Truth. He says the term “journacide” applies to Israel’s military actions because of the “explicit nature of the targeting and killing of journalists” as a way to silence the truth. Murray calls it “the Gaza doctrine that is now being applied in Lebanon.”