Ordering media silence means the media has been ordered not to report on something, like the Chinese media and declining economic indicators. That's not the case here.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

That would be a government enforced media silence - media silence just means people not talking to the media or the media not reporting on a subject, it doesn't require a direct order from the government to the media to not report on something. Media might create a voluntary silence, where they agree not to report on a subject, or might have a silence pushed on them, like football's "silenzio stampa", where teams will refuse to talk to or interact with the press when they're unhappy with reporting.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Israeli Knesset member from the Likud party, Danny Danon, congratulated security forces for the assassination in what appears to be the first official Israeli acknowledgment of responsibility.

"I congratulate the Israeli army, the Shin Bet, and the Mossad and the security forces on killing the senior Hamas official Salah al-Arouri in Beirut,'' Danon wrote on X.

The article isn't overblown. No statements on the bombing are allowed to be made by the Israeli government to fake plausible deniabilty.

It's like a new trend I'm seeing here on lemmy. Every anti israel article some guy comes in and calls it "overblown and out of proportions" when the article is clearly backed up with evidence.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Silencing the media is a much bigger deal than a government body not talking publicly about a military operation.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I believe the term for that is a media blackout. Or silencing journalists.

Netanyahu is demanding media silence from the ministers. In direct response to one of them admitting in a social media post that israel did the bombing.

If they knew secret war operation details Netanyahu wouldn't need to mention this silencing to begin, with since leaking that is already forbidden.

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wow. The only dude that actually read the article instead of reacting to the headline got down voted. Lemmy truly is just DIY reddit.

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As of the time I wrote this, dude's only got two down votes and 13 up votes. I wouldn't call that indicative of any trends.

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 2 points 10 months ago

When I wrote my comment he was in the negative. I am not psychic.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Thanks bro but I didn't see my Lemmy Gold where is it

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

🥇

[–] voight@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 10 months ago

Sweet!

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 3 points 10 months ago

Its self hosted. You need to edit your comment and add the medal emoji.