On Monday, over 250 media outlets from more than 70 countries participated in a coordinated global media blackout, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which co-organized the campaign alongside the global campaigning movement Avaaz and the International Federation of Journalists.
The goal: Falsely portray Israel as systematically targeting Palestinian journalists in Gaza and blocking press freedom.
This level of coordination raises serious concerns about editorial independence and the integrity of press freedom. When advocacy organizations effectively dictate uniform content, timing, and messaging to hundreds of newsrooms simultaneously, it challenges fundamental principles of independent journalism.
The campaign's orchestrated nature—with media outlets abandoning their editorial autonomy to deliver identical political messaging—ironically undermines the very press freedom it claims to defend.
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