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President Trump& #39;s Department of Justice is requiring my employer, @ajplus, to register as a foreign agent.
They claim "AJ+ acts & #39;at the direction and control& #39; of Qatar’s rulers."
That& #39;s absolutely absurd (THREAD) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/trump-doj-al-jazeera-fara-uae-qatar/">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/...
They claim "AJ+ acts & #39;at the direction and control& #39; of Qatar’s rulers."
That& #39;s absolutely absurd (THREAD) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/trump-doj-al-jazeera-fara-uae-qatar/">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/...
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we produced this @TheWebbyAwards-winning piece about a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor who continues to fight white supremacists to this day? (CC: @raji47ram @MaraVanElls)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we produced this touching, regional @NewsEmmys-winning series on the Chinese immigrant experience in America – and how Chinatowns (and Chop Suey) came to be? (CC: @dollyli)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we produced this @BeardFoundation-nominated doc on the glory – and painful history – of Native American cuisine? (CC: @tabish_talib)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we interviewed an ER doctor about the horrors of #Covid19 that brought countless viewers to tears – and challenged those who downplayed COVID-19? (CC: @IsabeauD_ & @katmhayes)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we produced a series on tensions between North Korea and the US that won us the prestigious Edward R Murrow (aka: @RTDNA) Award? (CC: @Dena @shadirahimi @Alessandra_Ram) https://youtu.be/BTrKSnkvpVU ">https://youtu.be/BTrKSnkvp...
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we visited one of America& #39;s poorest towns – in Tennessee – to produce an illuminating piece on the anxieties and divisions in a sliver of pro-Trump America? (CC: @ase)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we looked at how (fossil fuel-induced) climate change and deforestation, paired with Australia& #39;s bushfires, are decimating Australia& #39;s koala population? (CC: @GelarehDarabi)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we produced (and still produce) a @TheWebbyAwards-nominated, @shortyawards-winning, painstakingly researched political comedy series that tackles our most pressing issues? (CC: @franifio)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we explored how Black women and the LGBTQIA+ community were responsible for bringing us the pure bliss that is disco? (CC: @SanaSaeed)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we investigated how China& #39;s had placed over a million members of an ethnic minority in concentration camps? (CC: @MashaalMir)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we covered how LGBTQ asylum seekers are seeking refuge in Costa Rica? (CC: @_danalvarenga)
Or when we followed a Rohingya refugee after they escaped persecution – and mass killings – to find a new home in America? (CC: @aishagani)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we explored the racial disparities in why some Americans can swim – and others cannot? (CC: @CydLaine)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers when we produced a @CapitalEmmys-winning documentary series on America& #39;s Deaf community? ( @maggiebeidelman @JunStinson + Emily Gibson)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we produced this @TheWebbyAwards and @shortyawards-winning doc on how we can all fight food waste in America? (CC: @AdrienneBlaine)
Or when my colleagues braved backbreaking schedules and conditions to bring round-the-clock, on-the-ground reporting on BLM, DAPL, refugees, and then TIE w/ the @NYTimes for an @ONA Award for "General Excellence in Online Journalism"? (CC @etharkamal) https://awards.journalists.org/awards/general-excellence/large-general-excellence/">https://awards.journalists.org/awards/ge...
Or when we diligently worked to piece together the untold story of the largest revolt of enslaved people in US history, opening many of our fellow Americans& #39; eyes to a piece of history they& #39;d probably never heard of? (CC: @iiwrites)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we routinely covered America& #39;s budding cannabis industry? (and, in this case, the inspiring efforts being made to right the racial wrongs of its history?) (CC @dena)
Were we acting "at the direction and control of Qatar& #39;s rulers" when we explored how Japanese women are being exploited – and stifled – in their economy? (CC: @TaekoItabashi)
Or when we amplified Maya voices to explain why Indigenous people were dying at such disproportionately high rates at the US border? (CC: @_danalvarenga)
Or when we covered a campaign about horrifically disrespectful selfie-taking tourists at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, a site that honors the millions of Jews who lost their lives in one of humanity’s most horrific atrocities? (CC @dylanbergesson)
Or when we showed how a passionate chef is trying to keep her culinary heritage alive, against all odds, by unearthing and updating centuries-old recipes? (CC @sara_salman)
Or why a popular American hip hop song perpetuated orientalist stereotypes about Middle Easterners? (CC: @MidEasternist)
Or a ferociously researched, meticulously crafted documentary about the flaws that exist in our bail system – and how they can be rectified? ( @angienassar, @ahmadasaad04, @raji47ram)
Or this beautiful human story – which melted my heart – about a mother and her children walking from Honduras to the United States, in hopes of starting a new life? (CC: @TupacSaavedra)
I feel guilty for being unable to include each and every piece from each and every colleague – their phenomenal reporting, their integrity, their work ethic, their professionalism, their dedication to shining the flashlight where, so often, it& #39;s not shined.
