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14.02.26 - 00:09
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Mainstream Media Silent As Alleged Hate Crime Hoax Leads To Major Civil Award (ZeroHedge)
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Mainstream Media Silent As Alleged Hate Crime Hoax Leads To Major Civil Award
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
There is a major verdict out of Texas where a mother and an attorney were ordered to pay millions for perpetuating an alleged hate crime hoax that was eagerly spread by the mainstream media.
Asher Vann, a minor at the time, was labeled a racist maniac who tortured SeMarion Humphrey, his black classmate, with other classmates.
After the jury found that the allegations constituted the intentional infliction of emotional distress, the same media that spread the story remained conspicuously silent.
Crickets.
Major media outlets from NBC to CBS to the Daily Mail published the account of how Humphrey was tortured, shot with BB guns, and forced to drink urine during a sleepover.
The NAACP and Black Lives Matter protested the lack of action from officials ignoring the alleged racist attack.
Good Morning America aired a segment featuring ABC host Linsey Davis, who promoted a GoFundMe account tha...
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13.02.26 - 07:12
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Indian Hotels CEO on outlook for travel demand (Bloomberg)
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Luxury hotel rates in New Delhi have surged to as high as 33,000 dollars a night ahead of the India AI Impact Summit, underscoring explosive demand as global tech leaders and heads of state arrive in the capital. The boom comes as Indian Hotels Company posts a strong third-quarter earnings beat, with net income up 55-percent year-on-year. MD and CEO Puneet Chhatwal discusses the demand surge and the company's performance with Paul Allen on Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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12.02.26 - 16:12
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Lisa Nandy refers Telegraph sale to watchdogs over rightwing media plurality concerns (The Guardian)
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CMA and Ofcom to examine DMGT takeover amid fears merger could curb 'diverging editorial stances' in pressLisa Nandy, the culture secretary, has referred the Telegraph's proposed sale to the publisher of the Daily Mail to the competition and media watchdogs, weeks after she raised concerns about the consolidation of rightwing newspapers.Nandy said she was using her powers to refer the £500m deal for the Telegraph titles, which include the Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister paper, to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and media regulator Ofcom. Continue reading......
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12.02.26 - 11:12
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Inside Will Lewis′s tumultuous two years as publisher of the Washington Post (The Guardian)
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Before the Post's sweeping layoffs and Lewis's abrupt resignation, his tenure was marked by controversy and clashes with staffStanding on the seventh floor in the center of the Washington Post's open newsroom on the morning of 3 June 2024, publisher Will Lewis decided to deliver some tough love to a news organization he had taken charge of five months earlier.Lewis, a veteran of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, had replaced Fred Ryan, a former Ronald Reagan aide who had presided over some of the Post's profitable years – during the first Trump administration – but lost the confidence of some staffers after clashing with employees during a late 2022 town hall. Continue reading......
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12.02.26 - 11:12
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Moscow preparing to evacuate Russian tourists from Cuba amid US oil blockade (The Guardian)
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Cuban aviation authorities have warned country is running out of jet fuel, threatening to derail tourism industryAir Canada cancels all flights to Cuba as US oil blockade cuts off fuel accessMoscow has said it is planning to evacuate Russian tourists from Cuba within days as a fuel crisis triggered by US efforts to choke off the island's oil supplies deepens.Russia's aviation authorities said on Wednesday that two of its airlines serving the Caribbean island would operate outbound-only flights to bring tourists home before suspending services. Continue reading......
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