Journalist @carolecadwalla is getting bashed about and insulted in court by Arron Banks. Wonder why? "Katya Banks had entered Britain on a passport sequentially numbered to the passport of Katia Zatuliveter, a woman MI5 had claimed was a Russian spy" theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…
"Lawfare" is just another tool used to impoverish, distract, diminish and silence journalists. It doesn't really work. It's more of a badge of honor.
https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1483943781560893441
Thankfully there is entertainment aplenty.
https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1369268356457652228
SLAPP or "Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation" trials against journalists who investigate questionable acts in the public interest don't guarantee protection from the myriad other ways of harassment and abuse but it's a start. rsf.org/en/news/ninete…
I won't go so far as to say that journos "are the defence line between dictatorship and war". Cuz that's just not true. But at least good investigative work and shoe leather journos can explain which private or public entity is screwing whom and how. theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
Aspirations to global influence aside, it doesn't excuse or condone the tactics used against the media against those who choose to step into the ring. Here is nice piece on how little protection journalists actually have. opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
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