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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.
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.
No, he's not a journalist. He's a propagandist working for the Russian government.
A propagandist can be a journalist, a teacher, a doctor etc. You don't bomb unarmed people you disgusting peace of trash
I think I've missed the part where he said it's okay to bomb unarmed people, can you point it out?
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
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.
Who are you tring to fool scum
Wow, you're really stupid, huh?
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.
As a propagandist, he's putting all the legitimate journalists in danger.
No, he isn't. That would be the IDF. They don't have the right to bomb journalists, regardless of legitimacy.
"Netanyahu had a warm relationship and "personal friendship" with Russian president Vladimir Putin. In his 2022 book, Netanyahu wrote positively about Putin and describes him as "smart, sophisticated and focused on one goal – returning Russia to its historical greatness"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
Propagandist is your opinion. He's a journalist because of the press pass that he's holding, that's why I used the literally signifier.
It is ok to kill him then
No
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.
Yeah he’s a propagandist. But him getting bombed is still a WTF moment.
If he had been working for the British state-controlled media organization the British Broadcasting Corporation, would you still call him a journalist?
Yes, because the BBC hasn't been caught repeatedly coordinating with state intelligence services to spread disinformation, setting up astroturf campaigns to spread misinformation, funnelling money to "influencers" to destabilize governments, secretly operating media outlets under other names in other countries, etc.
Ok, so double standards it is, then. You like the BBC, so you ignore all the shady shit they do, but you don't like RT so you highlight their problems, and hold both to different standards.
You need to read about critical thinking. It will make your world a much less confusing place.
"The shady shit they do"?
Do tell.
Irrelevant. The point is that you believe you get to decide, based on some convenient criteria of your own choosing,which news outlets can call their workers journalists, and which ones will be classed as propagandists and therefore lose the right to safety from military strikes.
Effectively you think you should get the power of life and death over people who are putting their lives at risk to report from war zones.
You are a coward, decreeing all this from behind an anonymous profile on the Internet.
C'mon, do tell.
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