Mehdi’s Powerful Speech Defending Independent Journalism
April 28, 2026
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as posted by the channel“If someone tells you it’s raining outside and someone else tells you it’s not… the job of a journalist is to look outside the f***ing window.”
Mehdi laid out his vision for independent journalism at Zeteo’s second birthday party at the Au Za’atar restaurant in New York: to tell the truth “no matter how awkward, or uncomfortable, or controversial” – never to “both-sides” or “euphemize” it. These are the key goals for Zeteo, he says.
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