More journalists tell of flotilla clash

Smuggled film shows a commando executing a wounded flotilla person, who may have been the Turkish journalist killed in the Gaza flotilla raid.
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/06/10/idf-executed-mavi-marmara-victims

Sen. Diane Feinstein has broken with most of her congressional colleagues and called for an independent investigation of the raid.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/08/israel-flotilla-raid-fein_n_605104.html

The reluctance of Congress to call for an independent inquiry can be seen in light of an Israeli deputy consul general's remarks just published in a New Jersey newspaper, The Jewish State.

Benjamin Krasna said the United States and Israel "really do see the threats and the challenges the same way" as evidenced by bipartisan support for Israel in Congress and overwhelming votes for resolutions in Israel's favor, the paper said.

"We really are on the same page when it comes to the need to address these things and how to address them," he told the paper.

A Turkish journalist is laid to rest; another journalist recovers from a gunshot wound in Jordan. Reporters without Borders interviewed journalists who had been with the flotilla. Some photos available, indicating that some material was returned to some journalists.
http://en.rsf.org/israel-as-turkish-photographer-is-buried-09-06-2010,37701.html

Turkish politicos imprisoned for speaking Kurdish.
http://info.ifex.org/View.aspx?id=209624&q=213934774&qz=840639

Federal-BP collusion in news control is evident in a New York Times report on the huge no-fly zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/us/10access.html?ref=media

A geologist sees Oilmageddon in the Gulf. The disaster is far, far worse than has been understood, he says in an Op-Ed News essay that includes links to two peer-reviewed papers on the gusher.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/B-P-Halliburton-and-Trans-by-Chris-Landau-100611-452.html

Americans aren't happy with the FTC's draft plan to federalize ailing news media, according to one poll.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/85-percent-of-Americans-say-freedom-of-the-press-more-important-than-saving-newspapers-96085674.html

Turkish journalist acquitted.
http://info.ifex.org/View.aspx?id=209522&q=213679149&qz=23e614

A New Zealander reports that internet service providers are blocking access to Alex Jones' web sites. Jones challenges "standard" views with his conspiracy-oriented sites. Some of the stuff that gets on his sites may be bonkers -- but serious criticism also shows up.
http://www.writingmoney.info/alex-jones-tv-sunday-edition-15-chinese-style-censorship-of-infowars-com-by-asia-netcom.html

Strong concern has been expressed over the safety of a detained Bangladesh editor.
http://info.ifex.org/View.aspx?id=209400&q=213516884&qz=7f8b6