Journalism on the UN’s Chopping Block
UNITED NATIONS — My colleague Alex Newman, a senior editor for The New American, and I were on the ground at the UN Summit of the Future in New York City, September 22-23, 2024. We observed supercharged efforts from the organization to censor journalists, cleanse what they label “information ecosystems,” and bolster taxpayer-funded media. While the censorship of information online is not a new phenomenon, this fanaticism from the UN is indicative of their preparations to ensure a watertight media, acting in lockstep to positively report on present and upcoming UN power grabs.
Censoring True Journalism
On the first day of our on-the-ground coverage of the summit, after acquiring our accredited press passes, Newman and I were immediately directed to what UN security called the “media tent,” a semipermanent white structure located on the north-side garden of UN headquarters. Inside, approximately 10 to 15 large flatscreen televisions were arranged, broadcasting UN-TV — a livestream of the speakers presenting to the General Assembly and available to the public on YouTube. Journalists were asked repeatedly to stay near and within the tent. Coffee and snacks were sold therein, so there was no reason to leave, and virtually every journalist in attendance never did.
Seeing that there were no scoops to obtain and no interviews to conduct in a stuffy tent with journalists from nearly every major country on earth — except America, which we will address later — Newman and I set out to scour the premises to conduct real journalism, interviewing UN movers and shakers in their natural habitats, unscripted.
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