An American-Israeli historian criticized New York Times reporter Max Fisher last week for recycling a “myth” that Israel’s founding prime minister David Ben-Gurion fretted the Jewish state’s occupation of territories won in the 1967 war would undermine its democratic principles.
Voice of America’s Mandarin Service correspondent Yibing Feng and multimedia journalist Allen Ai were arrested by Chinese police Monday while interviewing a Chinese professor.
Nonprofit news organization ProPublica is soliciting readers for more information about Brett Kavanaugh’s affinity for Washington Nationals games, asking readers if they know who he attended games with and where he sat in order to fully vet the Supreme Court nominee.
The New York Post says bodyguards for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D.) removed one of its reporter from a parade event after he tried to ask the mayor a question.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D.) told Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs that he doesn’t want to give News Corp, the parent company of Fox News and the New York Post, a “free pass” for the “suffering” it has caused.
If you’re a politician, someone complimenting you and also giving you a chance to claim aggrieved status is a coup indeed. And sometimes, female politicians tell reporters about people who just miraculously told them they’re terrific but aren’t sure about them because they’re … WOMEN. No proof of this, but pinkie swear!
