Tag: IĠM
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Will the Institute of Maltese Journalists please stand up?
I’m not expecting for the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IĠM) to stand up and take a strong stand against the Labour Party’s pledge to increase punitive measures against journalists, but it should. The major issue here is that individuals who ought to provide stiff opposition to the Labour Party’s pledges, are running propaganda campaigns for…
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Institute of Maltese Journalists officially becomes a registered union
The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IĠM) has officially registered as a union after being granted a last-minute approval by the Department of Industrial and Employment Relations (DIER). It is a historic step for the institution, which has beea key advocate for press freedom and journalistic standards since its establishment in 1989. The move to become…
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IĠM urges Parliament to strengthen anti-SLAPP protection for journalists
As Parliament prepares to debate amendments to anti-SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation – legislation this afternoon, the Institute of Maltese Journalists is calling on MPs to vote in favour of proposals presented by the Opposition that would extend protection for journalists and others against legal intimidation. While the new legal notice, which was…
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I am demanding Kurt Sansone to resign from his role as Secretary-General of the Institute of Maltese Journalists
I have just sent this letter to Kurt Sansone, the Institute of Maltese Journalists, the European Federation of Journalists and the International Federation of Journalists. It is self-explanatory, but what I would like to say here, is that people in Malta have a habit of justifying their actions because they were “simply doing their job”. …
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Finally, some anger
Journalists are finally waking up to the news that the government has taken them for a ride on its forced press reform. You can follow this thread on Twitter by Christopher Schwaiger to read about the journalists’ anger as they finally realise that the government is bulldozing a law about them in parliament without even…
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From Labour’s totalitarian press reform: Journalism is ok but not when it is about “private matters”
The Labour Party is pushing a totalitarian press reform without consultation which will create a military committee to oversee the press and enact SLAPP laws in Malta. The draft bill will also create a new limitation on journalism on private matters which will be introduced in the constitution. This limitation is a gross overreach that…
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The Maltese Government is going to enact SLAPP laws in Malta in its forced press reform
The Justice Minister and previous ONE propagandist, Jonathan Attard has just held a press conference where he gave to the public a litany of lies about a very deceiving press reform. The minister has announced that he will be presenting the bill to parliament as it is without handing it over to public consultation first.…
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How is this in the interest of the press?
How is this in any way in the interest of the press? There is nothing in the actions of the Institute of Maltese Journalists that favour journalists and apparently, I?M has become a government department. This is insane. All you creeps at the I?M pretending to work for journalists’ interests should get a grip of…
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Government is dividing the press and some are playing along
Matthew Xuereb, the president of the Institute of Maltese Journalists, along with Secretary Kurt Sansone, are not doing the right thing by holding secret discussions with the government on its sham press reform. Last week, a group of journalists disassociated themselves from the government’s press reform, and this is what the government intends to achieve:…
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More fraud and deceit
With this announcement, the government may appear that it is actually helping the independent press, when in fact half of the print newspapers are purely pro-government Labour propaganda rags and these include, It-Tor?a, Kul?add, L-Orrizont and Illum. The others are The Times of Malta, the Malta Independent, MaltaToday and Il-Mument. Labour dominates television with ONE…
