{"id":6419,"date":"2020-05-03T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T18:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=6419"},"modified":"2020-11-11T21:11:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T20:11:23","slug":"newsweek-tareq-haddad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/newsweek-tareq-haddad\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this Mainstream Media Journalist Resigned from Newsweek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Why this Mainstream Media Journalist Resigned from\u00a0Newsweek<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this interview, we speak with journalist and editor-in-chief of The Watchdog Tareq Haddad\u00a0about why he chose to resign from his position at Newsweek. Haddad also provides his insight on the state of press freedom world-wide and weighs in on life in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: Why this Mainstream Media Journalist Resigned from\u00a0Newsweek<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why this Mainstream Media Journalist Resigned from Newsweek\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5qwIPDtVyds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Julian Assange, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT\u00a0TAREQ HADDAD<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MeCIDY9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MeCIDY9-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tareq Haddad\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MeCIDY9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MeCIDY9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MeCIDY9.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\"><strong>Tareq Haddad<\/strong>\u00a0is a UK-based independent journalist.<\/span><span style=\"\">He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the online newswire The Watchdog. Tareq was trained with the Press Association. He has worked at the Hull Daily Mail, The International Business Times UK, Airwars &amp; Newsweek.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\">In December 2019, Tareq resigned from his position at Newsweek after editors censored his attempts to publish leaked documents from experts at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) \u2014 the U.N.-backed chemical weapons watchdog.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this interview we speak with editor-in-chief of The Watchdog Tareq Haddad about why he chose to resign from his position at 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