He is injured but not dead

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    He’s a British man, but he was working for the Russian state-controlled media organization Russia Today. So, I don’t think you can really call him a “journalist” anymore.

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      5 hours ago

      If he had been working for the British state-controlled media organization the British Broadcasting Corporation, would you still call him a journalist?

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      16 hours ago

      He is still literally a journalist whether you like it or not. FOX News says their content is entertainment, but I wouldn’t bring that point up if one of their reporters was violently targeted in their line of work.

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        16 hours ago

        No, he’s not a journalist. He’s a propagandist working for the Russian government.

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          14 hours ago

          A propagandist can be a journalist, a teacher, a doctor etc. You don’t bomb unarmed people you disgusting peace of trash

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            10 hours ago

            You don’t bomb unarmed people you disgusting peace of trash

            Because I noted that he’s a propagandist, you think I supported his being bombed? That’s all you, my friend. I said nothing about that.

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                  1 hour ago

                  You may not realize this, but being a journalist provides him with protections. As a journalist he should not be a target, same as a medic. No matter whose side he is on, he is not a target. By attempting to strip him of this title, you would also be stripping him of his legal protection from military targeting.
                  Most people agree that journalists (even “enemy” journalists) should not be targeted by weapons, for what should be fairly obvious moral reasons.
                  I hope you understand now why you are experiencing such a huge level of disagreement here.

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            13 hours ago

            I think I’ve missed the part where he said it’s okay to bomb unarmed people, can you point it out?

            • mrdown@lemmy.world
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              11 hours ago

              journalists are protected under international humanitarian law in war zones by saying he is not a journalist he is alluding that that person deserve to die for being a propagandist

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      16 hours ago

      He should have been in an IDF tank with full Israeli censor over the content instead of on the front lines getting bombed by Israel. That is what real “journalism” looks like.

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      16 hours ago

      Yeah he’s a propagandist. But him getting bombed is still a WTF moment.