Military officers detained 14 members of the news media during a National Assembly session. All were released after their phones were searched. One was deported.
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Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-Winning War Correspondent, Dies at 91
He won the award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press. He went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.
China’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists
The authorities accused “some foreign media” of smearing the government’s response to a fire at a high-rise complex, saying: “Do not say you have not been warned.”
BBC Accused of Censoring Trump by Dutch Historian Rutger Bregman
Rutger Bregman said his comment that President Trump was the “most openly corrupt president in American history” was removed before his lecture was broadcast on Tuesday.
BBC Chair Tries to Calm Political ‘Firestorm’ Over Trump Edit
Samir Shah defended Britain’s public broadcaster at a parliamentary committee hearing on Monday, while apologizing (again) for the misleading edit of a Jan. 6 speech by President Trump.
Seven Days of Paralysis: Inside the BBC Crisis Over a Trump Documentary
With board members and executives deadlocked over how to respond, the news organization kept silent for days, allowing a controversy to snowball.
BBC Apologizes to Trump Over Film Edit but Declines to Pay Compensation
The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”
Trump Threatened to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion. What Are His Chances?
Legal experts say President Trump’s litigation track record offers both hope and warning to the British public broadcaster, which he has threatened with a $1 billion suit.
Trump Threatened to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion. What Are His Chances?
Legal experts say President Trump’s litigation track record offers both hope and warning to the British public broadcaster, which he has threatened with a $1 billion suit.
The BBC Under Fire
President Trump is threatening to sue, and that’s just one of the broadcaster’s problems.