All truth seekers are members of the PRESS.

For that reason People for the Responsible Empowerment of Strong Support for journalism (PRESS) will rally Friday, September 5, at 6 p.m. at the WBRE-TV/28/WYOU-TV/22 downtown Scranton news bureau at 150 Adams Avenue on the corner of Adams Avenue and Biden Street.

Our demonstration challenges the lack of local news coverage of the approximately 200 mostly Palestinian journalists the Israeli military killed with weapons paid for by American taxpayers in less than two years of ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Corporate media is guilty of journalistic malpractice whenever news executives fail to prioritize and localize stories of such tragic impact. Because all NEPA print and broadcast media are complicit in this negligence, we chose the most visible media outlet office in NEPA to peacefully assemble and protest.

Biden Street in former President Joe Biden’s birthplace also holds powerful symbolic significance. Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris initially armed and enabled the ongoing Israeli genocide. President Donald Trump continues to enable and aid the Israeli slaughter of civilians. Both Democrats and Republicans lay siege to journalists and journalism.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre media have failed to sufficiently report the murders and assassinations of Palestinian journalists as well as the continuing Israeli extermination of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. Because Israel bans international journalists from on-the-ground reporting in Gaza, American journalists including those working in NEPA must do better raising awareness to the continuing Palestinian slaughter.

News professionals who turn their backs on their colleagues turn their backs on the truth as well as on themselves.

Help free Palestine with a free press.

Who: PRESS (People for the Responsible Empowerment of Strong Support) for journalism

What: Rally to challenge unsatisfactory local news coverage of Israeli genocide and the killing of approximately 200 local Palestinian journalists in Gaza

Where: WBRE-TV/28/WYOU-TV/22 downtown Scranton news bureau at 150 Adams Avenue on the corner of Adams Avenue and Biden Street

When: Friday, September 5, at 6 p.m.

Contact: Steve Corbett

Email: stephencorbett01@comcast.net

Cell: 570-687-3870