Or, you know, they just need someone, of any gender, to teach them the difference between vegetable oil and motor oil…

I’m not super familiar with the whole affair, but aren’t these subs the “dagger” that is stuck in France’s back?

Just curious.

And by naval gunfire no less! At a stationary truck. At a check point!

Not cool Poland… 👎🏻

As someone with a medical cannabis prescription for chronic pain, and absolutely no medical background, I fully agree!

Holly crap Denmark! 😮

If you are from Denmark, I hope you are proud of your leader. I almost am for you! To me, Denmark is showing more leadership and courage then just about all the rest of the planet right now. 👍🏼🫡

Thank you!!

I think Sabine would like this.

Holy hell! 😮

Thank you Germany. That’s a lot of gear!

I’m sorry, who’s the dumbass you are talking about?

The Los Angeles Times executive editor resigned last week amid sharp disagreements with the newspaper’s owner over coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

Billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns the newspaper, criticized the editor’s decision to limit coverage of the war in Gaza by journalists who signed a harsh statement of condemnation against Israel.

The editor, Kevin Merida (67), was appointed by Soon-Shiong in May 2021, a physician and biotechnologist who bought the paper in 2018 for half a billion dollars. Merida resigned five months before the end of his contract, giving prior warning to his senior deputies in the newspaper but not to the owner.

Likud minister formulates regulations to imprison citizens who ‘harm national morale’ Memorandum of Shin Bet law will enable Israel’s security agency to spy on journalists Number of journalists killed in Israel-Gaza war unparalleled, new report shows Merida decided in November that more than 30 journalists from the paper’s news department, who signed a statement describing Israel as an apartheid state committing genocide in Gaza, would be barred from covering the war for three months (until mid-February).

The statement was signed by more than 1,400 journalists worldwide. Merida consulted with his deputies, and sent a refresher on journalism ethics and the paper’s fairness policy to the staff, emphasizing that readers “should not identify private opinions in news coverage or feel that the organization is promoting an agenda.”

According to entertainment and media news website TheWrap, senior editors agreed that the decision to temporarily bar these journalists was crucial to guarantee the paper’s integrity in covering the conflict, even if there were few opponents.

New York Times reporter Jazmine Hughes, who signed a similar letter, resigned after her editor circulated a staff-wide statement saying it was a clear violation of the paper’s public protest policy.

However, Los Angeles Times owner Soon-Shiong and his daughter Nika Soon-Shiong, whose social network profile expresses pro-Palestinian opinions, opposed to Merida’s decision – though they did not demand that he change it – which intensified tensions between them. Soon-Shiong denied the connection between these events and Merida’s resignation in an interview with an L.A. Times reporter last week, but commented that he was “disappointed” that he had not been made aware of the decision ahead of time, hinting that he might have acted to prevent it. “We mutually agreed that he perhaps was not the right fit,” he said of the circumstances of Merida’s departure.

TheWrap revealed that the relationship between Soon-Shiong and Merida was never close, but in recent months, the owners’ interventions in news decisions and lack of support for the editorship’s independence had increased, joining other problems such as economic losses without an apparent rehabilitation plan.

Soon-Shiong also disputed some of the newspaper’s coverage in on health and science, which are his fields of research. L.A Times spokesperson Hillary Manning said the owner did not engage in editorial intervention and told TheWrap: “You will never find anyone credible to dispute that.”

Merida, on the other hand, told the LA Times last week: “I came to my decision based on a number of factors, including differences of opinion about the role of an executive editor, how journalism should be practiced and strategy going forward.” He did not give further detail. Last year, the Los Angeles Times fired dozens of workers – 13 percent of staff, including editors, proofreaders, photographers and video editors – which made Merida’s management of the newspaper harder.

He had previously run the Culture and Sports Unit on ESPN News and served as senior vice president of the network. Prior to that, he worked for 22 years at the Washington Post, where he rose to staff coordinator.

Los Angeles Times staff members told TheWrap that they valued Merida and were shocked by his departure; that they worry about the newspaper’s future, and are concerned that it would be difficult to recruit his replacement.

“If you don’t listen to your executive editor then there’s no point for the executive editor to be there,” a staff member said, criticizing the owner who, for the time being, claims he intends to remain in possession of the paper.

Oh…my bad.

I think it’s more about how wide the area to defend is.

“Facing similar challenges of modern society as other royal families across Europe, the Danish royal family has decided to slim down its number of royals.”*

Man, I can’t stop being impressed by the northern European countries! They really seem to have their ducks in a row. *

“the Crown Prince is in a very good position to take over, the succession is laid out - it’s very logical, and it absolutely makes sense.”*

https://youtu.be/GV3COr0Q0Z4?si=kp2Yu4eQN79iPaJx

They mention 36 sent to Ukraine. This video showcases them a bit for anyone interested.

Oh… So lemmy is also a good place for Québec bashing… Awesome. I don’t think this latest move to attempt to slow the degradation of the French language in Quebec was very wise, but you just couldn’t resist pouncing on the occasion to attack big evil Quebec. Very civilized. 👌

Thank you!

Disclaimer: I did not read the article, so my response is to your comment only.

My two cents: you just described what an NCO might say. Commissioned Officers have the responsibility to manage the violence applied by the NCOs in such a way that civilians/non-combatants (of all nations, even/especially the enemy nation(s) civilians) are not armed whenever that is possible.

That’s the whole “professional” thing. Just like a doctor (a professional) can’t pick and choose who they help, or a lawyer (a professional) can’t decide he doesn’t like his client, so he’ll sabotage his defense, etc. An officier is a professional because he makes sure the violence applied by the members of the military that are under his command do not commit immoral acts (plundering, rape, murder, etc).

Most modern military forces extend that responsibility to NCOs though, so that every members have the responsibility to not follow illegal/immoral orders. But that’s another point…