# Peoples' Rights to Journalism

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**Created:** [August 29, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://justice.compclassnotes.com/t/peoples-rights-to-journalism/714 "2026-08-29T22:57:25Z")\
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**Aug 29 2026**

> **[Peoples' Rights to Jou... | CCN WIKI Books](https://wiki.compclassnotes.com/books/peoples-rights-to-journalism)**
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> Dara O Shayda
> Justice Node Wiki Book
> Aug 29 2026
> Cover Art:Journalist Muhammad Al-Jaja and severa...

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In July 2026, Jacob Weisberg led the organization (Committee to Protect Journalists) through a board vote to affirm CPJ’s existing, definition of a journalist. This decision followed public criticism and denials from Weisberg regarding allegations that the board intended to alter criteria to exclude slain Palestinian and Lebanese journalists in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

[https://electronicintifada.net/content/exclusive-cpj-reconsidering-removal-killed-gaza-journalists-database/51505](https://electronicintifada.net/content/exclusive-cpj-reconsidering-removal-killed-gaza-journalists-database/51505)

> **[Whistleblowers accuse CPJ of 'shielding' Israel to appease donors](https://thecradle.co/articles/whistleblowers-accuse-cpj-of-shielding-israel-to-appease-donors)**
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> The organization's annual fundraiser drew $250,000 from Rupert Murdoch-owned media outlets last year

On June 25, Jodie Ginsberg, the chief executive of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), announced that the organization was reexamining the names in its database of journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war.

[https://electronicintifada.net/content/committee-protect-journalists-scared-its-pro-israel-donors/51122https://electronicintifada.net/content/committee-protect-journalists-scared-its-pro-israel-donors/51122](https://electronicintifada.net/content/committee-protect-journalists-scared-its-pro-israel-donors/51122https://electronicintifada.net/content/committee-protect-journalists-scared-its-pro-israel-donors/51122)

> **[Who Counts? The Committee to Protect Journalists’ role documenting members of...](https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/who-counts-committee-protect-journalists-cpj-definition-gaza-israel-war-conflict-hamas-idf-combatants.php)**
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> The Committee to Protect Journalists’ role documenting members of the press killed in the Israel-Gaza war has made it a target.

[https://www.arabnews.com/node/2649546/amp](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2649546/amp)