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Investigative reporter. Words in @NYMag, @VICE, @MailOnline, @Harpers, @newrepublic, @YahooNews, @thenation, @latimes and many more.
Nov 11, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
1/4 Given atrocious media coverage of Palestine, seems like a good time to share story of why I quit job at Los Angeles Times in 2006 over editorial censorship. The main issue: stating the truth, that Israel was created on Arab land. Here's what happened, as I wrote in Harper's: Image Image
Mar 1, 2019 9 tweets 2 min read
Just back from Venezuela & I'll be writing about it soon. Here's my reply (lightly edited) to an email I received from someone close to Maduro government. (Part 1 of a few)

Thanks for the reply. You should never have "confidence" in a journalist, at least an independent one... Part 2 of a few: In a sense, journalists have no friends, only enemies. And I report what I see with my own eyes, I am not led around by PR handlers or because my plane ticket was paid for by a solidarity group...