Inside a nervous Turkish newsroom as the government closes in

DerekJohnson

https://washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/journalism-is-becoming-powerless-inside-a-nervous-turkish-newsroom-as-the-government-closes-in/2017/04/12/1664aece-1492-11e7-bb16-269934184168_story.html?utm_term=.56ac53f37684

TierbsHsotBoobs

DerekJohnson said:

https://washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/journalism-is-becoming-powerless-inside-a-nervous-turkish-newsroom-as-the-government-closes-in/2017/04/12/1664aece-1492-11e7-bb16-269934184168_story.html?utm_term=.56ac53f37684

Trump is very close to Erdogan.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/trump-erdogan-call/index.html

Can't wait for the Feds to shut down local journalists.

PurpleJ

Time to change it back to Constantinople.

GrundleStiltzkin

Don't lookup 'Turkish Newsroom' on urbandictionary.com

Intersectional_Dawg

DerekJohnson said:

https://washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/journalism-is-becoming-powerless-inside-a-nervous-turkish-newsroom-as-the-government-closes-in/2017/04/12/1664aece-1492-11e7-bb16-269934184168_story.html?utm_term=.56ac53f37684

It's a damned shame, Istanbul is one of my favorite cities to visit. This article's more than a little tardy however, as the good newspapers were effectively hamstrung by last June.

PurpleThrobber

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

DerekJohnson said:

https://washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/journalism-is-becoming-powerless-inside-a-nervous-turkish-newsroom-as-the-government-closes-in/2017/04/12/1664aece-1492-11e7-bb16-269934184168_story.html?utm_term=.56ac53f37684

Trump is very close to Erdogan.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/trump-erdogan-call/index.html

Can't wait for the Feds to shut down local journalists.

Let's be honest - would you really miss the Seattle Times all that much?

TierbsHsotBoobs

PurpleThrobber said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

DerekJohnson said:

https://washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/journalism-is-becoming-powerless-inside-a-nervous-turkish-newsroom-as-the-government-closes-in/2017/04/12/1664aece-1492-11e7-bb16-269934184168_story.html?utm_term=.56ac53f37684

Trump is very close to Erdogan.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/trump-erdogan-call/index.html

Can't wait for the Feds to shut down local journalists.

Let's be honest - would you really miss the Seattle Times all that much?

Not one bit.

But I would mourn the Woodinville Weekly.