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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan, prompting European Union officials to warn online platforms against airing it.

by James F. McGrath

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Franklin Graham says he does not understand why people who watch fictional deaths on TV do not want a real one to be live-streamed.

He has hit a new low.

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Franklin Graham Mocks Outrage At Airing Execution
“There are a lot of strong opinions out there about live-streaming the execution of a convicted mass killer. “I don’t know where that debate will land, but some network news shows were…
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October 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Der Standard
Hail, Donald, those who are about to die salute you

USA: Streaming executions — why not games in the Colosseum?

Hail, Donald, those who are about to die salute you
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
USA under Trump: EU warns online platforms about broadcasting executions in the United States

Live blog on US politics under Donald Trump; Trump scales back military exercises with South Korea; Read now in FAZ's live ticker.

USA under Trump: EU warns online platforms about broadcasting executions in the United States
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Handelsblatt
Comment: Execution in a livestream: The moral decay of a world power

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to have an assassin killed by a military firing squad. The world should be able to watch.

Comment: Execution in a livestream: The moral decay of a world power
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Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich

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Sehr sehr lesenswert und wichtig 👇💯
October 12, 2026 at 7:46 AM

Reposted by Brandon Whitcher

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Donald Trump's televised execution? No not like that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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October 12, 2026 at 6:47 AM
The Sidney Morning Herald
‘Roman amphitheatre stuff’: Big tech, media warned over livestreamed US execution

Social media platforms and media outlets have been warned to show caution about broadcasting a planned livestreamed execution in the United States.

‘Roman amphitheatre stuff’: Big tech, media warned over livestreamed US execution
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Público
A live execution is a civilizational setback

“I fully support the death penalty, but broadcasting executions live is what jihadists do,” wrote Republican Austin Scott on social media. “America is better than that.” Editorial by Sónia Sapage.

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Die Presse
US Secretary of Homeland Security sees no risk in live broadcast of execution

The execution of a terrorist suspect is to be broadcast live. For Homeland Security Secretary Mullin, this poses no security risk. People must understand, "if you attack America, we will pursue you."

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by Iain Davidson

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The worldwide revulsion against killing for entertainment needs to be publicised. We all think this takes the US to an even lower depth than it has reached in the last 2 years.
October 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM

by Gerard Toal

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Every Irish schoolchild learns about how the British executed a wounded James Connolly in a chair in 1916. Live-streaming such an event is a gift to his cause.

“The fools, the fools…”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
BRENNAN: Nidal Hasan is in a wheelchair. Doesn't the administration risk livestreaming this and making him a martyr? Couldn't this be a risk to the homeland?

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: No one has to watch it

B: Well then why are you livestreaming it?

MULLIN: The president is restoring American values
October 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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