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Potere senza vergogna e senza limiti: la Paramount pagherà 16 milioni di dollari a Trump per l'intervista di "60 Minutes"

In un caso che è diventato un banco di prova molto seguito per verificare se un'azienda avrebbe sostenuto i suoi giornalisti e tenuto testa al presidente Donald #Trump, la Paramount Global ha deciso di pagare a Trump 16 milioni di dollari per chiudere una causa riguardante il montaggio del famoso programma di notizie "60 Minutes" della CBS.

Il problema era il montaggio della trasmissione. Harris è stata mostrata mentre forniva due risposte diverse a una domanda su Israele del corrispondente Bill #Whitaker in clip trasmesse su "60 Minutes" e "Face the Nation". Entrambe le risposte facevano parte di una lunga e articolata risposta che Harris ha dato a Whitaker.

La @freedomofpress , un gruppo di difesa dei media che si dichiara azionista della Paramount, ha dichiarato che avrebbe intentato una causa per protesta se si fosse raggiunto un accordo. Il suo direttore, @SethStern, ha affermato che mercoledì è stato "un giorno buio per la #Paramount e per la libertà di stampa", ma non ha fornito dettagli su eventuali azioni legali.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-harris-minutes-paramount-6415042fe910ae60b432dd8c73ef61b2

@giornalismo

NEW!!! US Ambassador to #NATO tells reporters that #Trump has been frustrated with #Russia - just as he was frustrated with #Ukraine previously - as the #US leader wants to end the killing.

Ambassador Matthew #Whitaker says the US will judge #Putin’s commitment to a long-term #ceasefire by “actions, not words,” saying “If we don’t get to the table, then there won’t be an end to this #war”

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/52575

ECU splits Senior Day with walkoff win over UTSA https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/17804/ #AAC #American #Baseball #CLIFF #coach #CollegeBaseball #DAVIN #day #doubleheader #EASTCAROLINA #ECU #GODWIN #JOHNSON #NCAA #NCAABaseball #pirates #Riley #RYLEY #saturday #schedule #score #SENIOR #Series #stats #UTSA #walkoff #WHITAKER

FAA Leader Quit Before D.C. Plane Crash—Thanks to Elon Musk

The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, #Michael #Whitaker, resigned from his position on January 20
-- after repeated demands from Elon Musk that he quit,
-- leaving the agency without a Senate-confirmed leader during a major crisis in the wake of the D.C. plane crash.

Musk called for Whitaker’s resignation in September after the FAA chief proposed fining Musk’s company SpaceX over $600,000 in civil penalties for failing to follow license requirements during two launches in 2023.

Whitaker told a congressional panel at the time that fines were “the only tool we have to get compliance on safety matters.”

The tech CEO and fascism enthusiast repeatedly attacked Whitaker from his X account,
claiming in one post that the FAA was “harassing SpaceX.”

Musk also replied to an X poster who said the FAA “should not exist” and attacked Whitaker for preventing his goal of colonizing Mars.

“The fundamental problem is that humanity will forever be confined to Earth unless there is radical reform at the FAA!” Musk posted in a reply to Australian YouTuber Marcus House.

FAA administrators typically serve for a five-year term,
but Whitaker only served for one year,
replacing Trump appointee Stephen Dickson in 2022.

Whitaker had been confirmed by a bipartisan 98–0 Senate vote in October 2023.

On Wednesday, a commercial American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter above Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.,
killing everyone on board both aircraft.

Since January 20, the head of the FAA has been deputy FAA administrator #Chris #Rocheleau,
who was only sworn in last week, giving him a stiff learning curve early on the job.

When Whitaker announced in December that he would resign, he told FAA staff in an email,

“The United States is the safest and most complex airspace in the world, and that is because of your commitment to the safety of the flying public.”

Wednesday’s disaster will certainly raise questions as to whether something went wrong in air safety protocols and whether disruption at the agency contributed to the crash.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190942/faa-no-leader-dc-plane-crash-elon-musk

#Whitaker

Das wäre mal endlich ein großer Erfolg:
08.02.2024

#Interoperabilität:
#WhatsApp soll bald mit anderen Messengern reden können - #Mastodon

Wegen neuer Regeln in der #EU muss WhatsApp sich so öffnen, dass die Nutzer:innen auch mit Kontakten auf anderen Messengern kommunizieren können. Nun hat WhatsApp erste Details verraten, wie das gehen soll. Doch grundsätzliche Probleme bleiben.

Wenn das Wörtchen "WENN" nicht wäre... (Update: )
.. die #Signal Foundation hat auf eine Presseanfrage von #netzpolitik.org nun ein Statement von Meredith #Whitaker nachgereicht... dass die ...Zusammenarbeit mit Facebook Messenger, iMessage, WhatsApp oder sogar mit einem Matrix-Man-in-the-Middle-Routing-Dienst ... eine Verschlechterung der Datenschutzverpflichtungen bedeuten... würde...

https://netzpolitik.org/2024/interoperabilitaet-whatsapp-soll-bald-mit-anderen-messengern-reden-koennen/