Paul Beckett

@paul4thepress

Journalism|Press Freedom

Washington, DC

Joined April 2009

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · May 14

nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opi… via @NYTOpinion

paul4thepress's tweet card. The anti-press playbook is being used in this country — and it could not come at a more difficult time for the American press.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jul 13

Chinese state media has expanded its reach around the world as the Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded outlets disappear wsj.com/world/china/vo…

paul4thepress's tweet card. Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after President Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jul 12

Judge Orders Los Angeles Police to Stop Shooting Projectiles at Journalists nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/… via @NYTimes

paul4thepress's tweet card. Los Angeles Police Department officers fired foam projectiles and flash-bang devices at reporters and photographers who were covering the immigration protests in June.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jul 2

Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit - The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/07/02/bus…

paul4thepress's tweet card. President Trump had sued over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. The company needs federal approval for a multibillion-dollar sale.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jun 23

RIP: Rod Nordland, 75, Dies; War Reporter Who Also Wrote of His Own Struggle nytimes.com/2025/06/22/boo… via @NYTimes

paul4thepress's tweet card. Motivated by the helplessness of his boyhood, he described the lives of vulnerable people in conflicts around the world and later his own terminal illness.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jun 20

Kari Lake’s actions are a gift to Iran’s Supreme Leader, the CCP and the Kremlin. Her decimation of US broadcasting leaves authoritarian propaganda unchecked by US backed independent media and is a perversion of the law and congressional intent. It is a dark day for the truth.

SSteve Herman@W7VOA · Jun 20

Kari Lake confirms she terminated today 639 employees at USAGM and VOA because “American taxpayers have been forced to bankroll an agency that's been riddled with dysfunction, bias, and waste. That ends now.“ ift.tt/pbjWe3A

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jun 21

Voice of America gutted by Trump adviser Kari Lake : NPR npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-…

paul4thepress's tweet card. The Trump administration is slashing jobs at Voice of America's parent agency by 85%. Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for the broadcaster wonder what happens next.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jun 18

Reporter Is Detained by ICE After Reporting on Immigration Protest nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/… via @NYTimes

paul4thepress's tweet card. Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language reporter originally from El Salvador, was arrested while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta on Saturday, his lawyers said.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jun 7

Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists’ Access, Appeals Court Rules nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/… via @NYTimes

paul4thepress's tweet card. By a 2-to-1 vote, a three-judge panel found that the president can bar the news outlet from small settings such as the Oval Office or Air Force One, reversing at least for now a lower court’s ruling.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · Jun 3

Austin Tice: Secret files show missing US journalist was imprisoned by Syria bbc.com/news/articles/…

paul4thepress's tweet card. The BBC has uncovered top secret files that confirm Austin Tice was imprisoned by Syria's Assad regime.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · May 30

Kari Lake won awards for overseas reporting. Now she has the job of cutting it. washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…

paul4thepress's tweet card. Kari Lake won TV news Emmys years ago for work she did in Cambodia, one of the countries affected by sweeping layoffs at Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · May 15

She covered human rights for VOA in Azerbaijan. Now she’s in jail. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…

paul4thepress's tweet card. Ulviyya Ali reported for Voice of America for years. Trump’s moves to dismantle the U.S.-funded outlet may have put her at greater risk, activists say.

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · May 13

“How Should the U.S. Media Respond to Trump’s Attacks on the Free Press.” A piece I wrote for Il Foglio, the Italian newspaper where reporter Cecilia Sala works after being wrongfully imprisoned in Iran late last year. Here is the English version: ilfoglio.it/esteri/2025/05…

paul4thepress's tweet card. The president has made clear his dislike of the traditional independent media, which endeavors to cover him fairly but which he repeatedly accuses of bias against him. So as the campaign against the...

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · May 13

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

paul4thepress's tweet card. You may think you know the story of the US citizen killed by Israeli forces, but you probably don’t

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Bill McCarren@mccarrennews · May 12

Missing American journalist's family break silence over cruel rumors his body was found in Syria dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

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Maria Ressa@mariaressa · May 12

Pope Leo XIV calls for release of journalists jailed for reporting truth rappler.com/world/global-a… via @rapplerdotcom

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Clooney Foundation for Justice@ClooneyFDN · May 3

This #WorldPressFreedomDay, we stand with journalists around the world risking everything to report the truth. #WPFD2025 #JusticeForJournalists #WageJustice

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Hostage Aid Worldwide@HostageAid · May 2

🇪🇸🇻🇪 Human rights defender Rocio San Miguel has spent 448 days arbitrarily detained in #Venezuela — held in a prison notorious for torture, abuse, & inhumane conditions. @sanchezcastejon @jmalbares, what concrete action is being taken to secure her release or at least provide…

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress · May 3

On #WPFD thinking about our 10 colleagues jailed for their journalism and contributions to VOA, RFA, RFE/RL. Learn more about their cases by following @savevoanow

ssavevoa@savevoanow · May 3

On World Press Freedom Day, remember the 10 journalists from USAGM networks, including Voice of America, who are in jail in Vietnam, Russia, Belarus, and Myanmar because of their journalism. #WPFD #JournalismIsNotACrime #SaveVOA

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Bring Our Families Home Campaign@BOFHcampaign · May 2

Hostage week 2025 was a big success for Bring Our Families Home Campaign families in large part to the efforts of Isaac Campbell who has been with the Campaign since its launch in 2022. Isaac’s wheat paste murals have been the centerpoint of @bofhcampaign advocacy. Creating and…

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