Not that he ever got anything else but lies and omissions as answer yet:
Veteran Palestinian journalist denied a question at State Department briefing
Said Arikat, a veteran Palestinian journalist who has been a fixture of US State Department news briefings, has been denied a question for the first time in more than two decades, he says.
Arikat, a correspondent with the Jerusalem-based Al Quds news has been a regular presence at the briefings, where he often asks questions about US support for Israeli actions.
But while he is usually one of the first reporters to be called on, he was not allowed to ask a question today.
The development comes as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to silence Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices.
US official abruptly cuts off BBC reporter as he challenges her lies on Gaza
US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce on Monday was seen silencing a BBC journalist after the latter tried to grill her propaganda on Hamas.
This was in reference to the killings of 15 United Nations workers by the IDF in Gaza. Tom Bateman asked her if US weapons were used in the killing of those UN workers. But Bruce kept blaming Hamas. Refusing to accept Bruce’s attempt to evade the question, Bateman decided to persist with his original question. This prompted Bruce to abruptly cut him off and move to the next person in the room.
How Trump Secretly Plans to CRACKDOWN on Free Speech
“The people who have power in today's society and economy often don't hold positions in government. They hold positions in the private sector and still manage to have a ton of power. And, you know, if it becomes a lot easier for people like that to sue the media and to make threats against the media and against members of the public — that is going to have a real chilling effect, and the ability of journalists and others to speak freely and to to dig into the affairs of these people.”
Investigative journalist David Enrich joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss how he received threats while writing a book about conservatives campaigning to dismantle libel law, intimidation tactics targeted towards journalists, free speech rights and the chilling effect it has created on news organizations across the U.S.
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