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Journalist sacked for doing actual journalism at EU press conference (europeanjournalists.org)

submitted 1 day ago by merdaverse@lemmy.zip to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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News is from last year, but it's still dystopic for anyone that missed it:

At a European Commission press briefing in Brussels on 13 October, Nunziati asked the spokesperson Paula Pinho: “You’ve repeatedly said that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you think Israel should also pay for the reconstruction of Gaza, given that it destroyed much of the Strip and its civilian infrastructure?”

on 27 October, the journalist received a letter terminating his working relationship with the news agency, which, however, did not specify the reasons for this decision.

The Agenzia Nova news agency told Fanpage.it that Nunziati’s question was “completely out of place and technically incorrect” and had created “embarrassment for the agency”

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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Israel is simply not a European colony, which European capital exploits and controls it after all?

In the age of global capitalism, chests of riches don't need to be delivered to the empire's capital. They are distributed among capitalists that profit from the region, like NVIDIA and many others, some of which have also been called out in the UN.

Besides, settler colonialism, unlike extractive colonialism, doesn't necessarily result in the subordination of the newly created society. The USA, Canada and Australia are still useful to European interests even centuries after their creation. In fact they've formed a major world block (including Israel) that is aligned in almost everything:

[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 1 points 3 hours ago

The USA, Canada and Australia were all exploited by the crown, when it still had a strong control over them.