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News Watch: LA protests, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, and all sides of assisted dying

2025/6/12
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Helena Wadia: 特朗普政府在洛杉矶进行大规模移民突袭，逮捕和驱逐人数不断增加，引发了广泛的抗议。特朗普部署国民警卫队，甚至绕过州长，这表明了专制主义的真实迹象。媒体将这些事件贴上“洛杉矶抗议”的标签，但焦点应该放在攻击洛杉矶市民的国家暴力上，而不是抗议者。对媒体的攻击也值得关注，记者被警方逮捕和袭击，表明了对新闻自由的侵犯。 Matilda Mallinson: 媒体在报道洛杉矶抗议时存在偏见，将焦点放在抗议者身上，而不是国家暴力。媒体应该追究权力责任，而不是为专制行为辩护。媒体应该关注社区为阻止ICE进入社区而建立的防御前线，而不是将抗议者妖魔化。 Zoe Gardner: LBC新闻对我的提问表明了对人权和法治的漠视。捍卫人权和法治是正确的，国家应该退让。当局必须获胜，否则就会无法无天，这与纳粹帮凶的借口如出一辙，是主流媒体对专制主义的宣传。

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This chapter covers the LA protests against mass deportations, Trump's deployment of the National Guard, and the media's biased reporting. It highlights the authoritarian response and attacks on the press.
  • Trump administration ordered mass immigration raids and deportations.
  • Trump deployed National Guard and Marines to quell protests.
  • Media downplayed the authoritarian nature of the response and focused on protest violence.

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It's time for another News Watch, helping you get your head around the headlines.

Locals face-off law enforcement in LA, as Trump sends the military to flatten (or fan up) protests. Meanwhile, Western media are dodging terms like ‘authoritarian’ better than their reporters are dodging police bullets.

Assisted dying is back in the headlines as legalisation goes through UK and France’s parliaments. Disabled people and terminally ill people are often pitched on opposite sides of the debate: how do we elevate both communities’ voices, without pitting minorities against each other?

Freedom Flotilla or "selfie yacht"? Humanitarian aid or vanity stunt? Whatever you think of Greta Thunberg and the Madleen crew, it doesn’t change the fact that Gaza is under siege. If the media’s so sick of Greta’s selfies, perhaps they could cover the story behind the ‘stunt’?

ALSO: tune in to hear about Helena’s smear test and the show’s working titles before it became ‘Media Storm’...

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