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palestinian-american raised on a steady diet of hummus and fried chicken. editor-in-chief, the key (a palfest production) www.sarayasin.com

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It’s Not Complicated The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

Former LA Times managing editor @sarayasin.bsky.social launches The Key, a new publication about Palestine that will be "a home for journalists who have had their stories spiked in mainstream outlets."

Her opening essay is worth every second of your time: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...

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Home | The Key The Key is a new online magazine brought to you by the Palestine Festival of Literature.

I've launched a publication with @palfest.bsky.social called "The Key." I am so excited to share this first issue with you: www.thekeymagazine.com

05.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

AmΓ©rica

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Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive storyβ€”and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked

As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:

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β€˜We asked Israel to investigate the deaths of our journalists. We’re still waiting’ Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni on the targeting of journalists in Gaza

More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in any other conflict in history. The EIC at Reuters, Alessandra Galloni, joins us to reflect on the last two years of covering the war on Gaza. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...

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Wiam El-Tamami talks to Batool Abu Akleen about Podcast Episode Β· The PalFest Podcast Β· 08/10/2025 Β· 1h 2m

also! ! !!!!!!!

@palfest.bsky.social has a new podcast where each episode will pair two writers for a free-flowing conversation.

First up: Batool Abu Akleen, a brilliant young poet in Gaza and Wiam-Al-Tamimi, one of the translators of her first collection, 48kg

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

09.10.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' β€” and 'wasn't invited back': report Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

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🚨1/ Has your church been targeted by millions of dollars of propaganda paid for by the Israeli government?

Use this tool to find out!

I have created a dashboard with a map of all churches that are potential targets of this campaign.

public.tableau.com/views/Toolto... #gazagenocide

09.10.2025 11:33 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

ok no more posting until i have a draft of a book on my desk. BYEEEEEE!

07.10.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

see also: also amusing to realize that their descriptions of the average american - a kind of person they don't know - is just their lofty idea of themselves

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anytime the FrEE SpEEcH crew starts describing the need for an appeal to ~ average americans ~ you can tell that they have, most certainly, never spent time in REAL AMERICA (TM)

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thank you!

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Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein β€” once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A β€” as new deputy editor Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like β€œ60 Minutes,” β€œFace The Nation” and …

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

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i love to be back in my Posting era

07.10.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She’s baaaaack. Thoughts on the Free Press from one of the best

07.10.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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rejoining the living and some thoughts on....free press and...that deal I haven’t said much these last few months, that’s because I’ve felt way more introspective since leaving the L.A.

going back to my roots.....
Blogging
sarayasin.substack.com/p/rejoining-...

07.10.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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15.05.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WE ARE SOOOO BACK

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