reuters story about how #erdogan tamed #turkey's newsrooms. it boggles the mind why #kurdish #media are not even mentioned, despite them playing a big role in getting important stories out. #journalism reuters.com/investigates/s…
it's an institutionalized story from @reuters. example: if you check which papers don't get state advertising anymore as a financial punishment, you won't stumble upon #kurdish #media because they never got it in the first place - and would refuse it. #journalism
also the piece lacks historical perspective. it only says '... the turkish mainstream #media, once a more lively clash of ideas'. not really. some reporters have covered real stories about the #kurdish issue but the editorial lines always followed the state narrative - willingly.
no, that's not me dragging the #kurds into the story again, that's me pointing out that the #kurdish issue is at the core of #turkey's problems. how media report it, says a lot about these media's position in a society where the majority equals kurdish issue with terrorism.
if you've seen me ranting about dutch media these last couple of days: the core of my anger is the same. dutch established media show their true colours by how they report about #racism and dutch #colonial and #slavery history - impact is often denied or just not seen.
it has to do with the position of people working in established newsrooms: 95% of journalists are in the dominant group in society, not directly negatively impacted by racism (incl islamophobia) and the heritage of colonialism and slavery. they consider themselves 'objective'.
and then they wonder why people from marginalized communities don't want to work in their newsrooms, or don't last there very long. same reason why kurdish journalists set up their own media instead of expecting to find a suitable place at haberturk, cumhuriyet or milliyet.
anyway, i was pitching some stories and now it's already 3.30 pm again, time flies when you tweet, allahallah.
i love connecting stories and insights. i talked to a member of the #tamil community recently and oh the connection with the struggle of the #kurds! i made that a column. read! medyanews.net/tamils-and-kur…

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'trouble makers without future perspective', dutch so-called quality newspaper puts on its front page today, about young people from mainly north-african countries asking for asylum in the netherlands. it's pure hate speech, and anti-journalism. @volkskrant, you are disgusting.
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de zin: 'werken of een woning vinden zonder verblijfsvergunning onmogelijk is in nederland' doet me denken aan een verhaal dat ik vorig jaar maakte over oudere ongedocumenteerden. #nederland is volledig dichtgetimmerd, biedt geen kans op een bestaan als je geen documenten hebt.
een deel van de mensen die ik sprak, kwam 30, 40 jaar geleden naar nederland, vaak uit noord-afrika. ze stapten gewoon op de boot naar spanje met paspoort en toeristenvisum. ze waren jong, wilden reizen, werken, wat van de wereld zien, dan terug naar huis. vrij normaal, toch?
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en jawel, @Nieuwsuur heeft de macht weer aan tafel en laat die onbekommerd spreken, schaart zich ook aan de kant van de politie en stelt gewoon géén kritische vraag terwijl er met scherp op burgers is geschoten.
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één filmpje, right. er zijn ontelbare filmpjes van disproportioneel #politiegeweld. wat doet de macht daar aan tafel? nodig @CntrleAltDlt uit ofzo, als je het met feiten onderbouwde verhaal wilt.
weet je nog dat de politie maar steeds zei dat geweld tegen agenten toenam, en ze daardoor de taser als geweldsmiddel kregen, en de verlengde wapenstok? het bleek alleen niet waar, dat toenemende geweld. vele media namen propaganda politie over. controlealtdelete.nl/articles/gewel…
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