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Congressional caucus looks for way to save dying print media
By Wayne Madsen
On June 25, the Caucus on Freedom of the Press
held a forum on the state of journalism in the United States in the
Congressional Visitors Center in Washington, DC. The forum was organized by
Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Mike Pence (R-IN), two of the founding
members of the caucus.
Jun 30, 2009, 00:22
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Then some Americans wonder why they hate us
By Bev Conover
As the old adage goes, “One picture is worth a
thousand words.”
Jun 17, 2009, 00:22
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Western media propagandize Iran’s missile test
By Jeremy R. Hammond
Iran announced on May 20 that it had
successfully tested its Sejil 2 surface-to-surface missile, and Western media
sources took the opportunity to portray the Middle Eastern nation as a threat
to world peace and, specifically, as a threat to Israel.
May 28, 2009, 00:12
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To corporate media, Pelosi, not Cheney, is torturer in chief
By Laura Flanders
Beltway journalists seem finally to have a found
a torture story they like. Mind you, not the one about the Bush/Cheney White
House possibly okaying drowning to extract “information” to justify an Iraq
attack -- not that story. The story the Beltway bulldogs have decided to
get stuck into is a story about Democrats.
May 20, 2009, 00:13
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Why I oppose the Inquirer boycott
By Mary Shaw
There’s a new controversy here in Philadelphia. It seems
that our once-great newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer (aka the “Inky”), has
hired John Yoo as a regular columnist. Yoo is, of course, one of the architects
of the Bush administration’s pro-torture policy and a supporter of warrantless
surveillance of U.S.
citizens and the unitary executive theory. In other words, Yoo is an anti-law
kind of lawyer.
May 15, 2009, 00:16
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Foreign Policy’s “The Cable” changed quote about Emanuel
By Wayne Madsen
(WMR) -- Foreign Policy’s”The
Cable” Internet publication featured a story on May 6 about Israeli President
Shimon Peres’s meeting with President Obama at the White House. Foreign Policy
is published by Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, LLC.
May 12, 2009, 00:44
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People who don’t need ‘People’
By Walter Brasch
From a pool of about 7 billion, those
hard-working geniuses at People magazine have managed to find the 100
most beautiful people in the whole wide world. And -- get ready for the
surprise -- almost all of those beautiful people are rich American celebrities.
May 8, 2009, 00:16
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Emanuel’s stringent press conference rules freeze out veteran reporter
By Wayne Madsen
Although veteran White House correspondent Helen
Thomas was restored by the Obama White House to her front row position at White
House news conferences after being moved to the third row by the Bush
administration, first row status does not earn the dean of the White House
Press Corps any special attention from Obama.
May 5, 2009, 00:16
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Dumbed down news drives down newspaper circulation
By Jerry Mazza
USA
TODAY reports that “total average daily circulation declined 7.1%% in the
October-March period from the same six months in 2007-2008. The latest figure
represents data from 395 daily US newspapers that reported in both the current
and year-ago periods. . . . USA TODAY remains the No. 1 newspaper though it
suffered the steepest circulation drop in the publication’s history.”
May 1, 2009, 00:20
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Iraqi shoes and the demotivated media
By Guy
Gabriel
While a hero in the Arab world, in the West the
position of Iraqi journalist Muntadher al-Zaidi was more ambiguous. Few people
seemed to mind that such a bold statement as throwing shoes was being made
against George Bush, then-president of the Untied States. What was of great
interest was that the story had a comic element.
Apr 13, 2009, 00:19
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Cracking the corporate media’s Iron Curtain around death at Three Mile Island
By Harvey Wasserman
Chernobyl exploded and Three Mile Island missed
by a whisker. They both killed people.
Apr 2, 2009, 00:19
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Corporate media, the IFJ and women
By Ben Tanosborn
On March 8, we came together to celebrate
International Women’s Day, 92 years to the day after Russian women had marched
to strike for “bread and peace” in a Russia that had seen 2 million of its
soldiers dead (World War One) and with an ongoing famine enveloping parts of
the nation. Four days later, the Czar had abdicated, and the provisional
government that took over granted women the right to vote. All in all, this is
probably one of the greatest, if not the greatest, feat for women throughout
the world. A milestone moment that inspired, as well as instigated, more than
nine decades of women’s struggle for equality, justice, peace and personal
development in just about all corners of the planet.
Mar 24, 2009, 00:16
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Eyes wide shut: A look at British news censorship
By Jerry Mazza
I hope the late Stanley Kubrick won’t mind my
borrowing the title of his film, which was shot in London and the Home
Counties. I don’t think he would if he knew that February 12, 2009, marked “the
enforcement date for section 76 of
the Counter Terrorism Act 2008.” As reported in the UK’s
Guardian, from that date on “a photojournalist who documents political
dissent on the streets -- and sometimes the fields -- of Britain,” would be
subject to prosecution under that act.
Mar 13, 2009, 00:22
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Andrew Sullivan believes Wayne Madsen is a ‘conspiracy theorist’
By Wayne Madsen
(WMR) --
It’s tough to be a corporate media journalist these days. With the Rocky
Mountain News folding, the Christian Science Monitor now available
only in e-copy (the CSM still remains as a very good source of news), the Philadelphia
Inquirer filing for bankruptcy, and the New York Times putting its
Manhattan building up for sale, “mainstream” journalists can only lash out at
their lot in life. It is a lot, however, largely brought on by themselves. They
remained silent as their publishers and editors slanted news to the salacious
and “infotainment” variety at the expense of investigatory and foreign news.
Mar 4, 2009, 00:52
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Toothless: The watchdog press that became the government’s lapdog
By Walter Brasch
In May 2004, the New York Times, while claiming it was aggressive in
pursuing stories about the Bush–Cheney administration, slipped in an apology
for acting more as the mouthpiece for politicians than as a watchdog for
society.
Feb 20, 2009, 00:22
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Toothless: The watchdog press that became the government’s lapdog
By Walter Brasch
The president of the Associated Press (AP) was
spewing venom at the Bush–Cheney administration for having turned the
Department of Defense into a propaganda machine.
Feb 13, 2009, 00:18
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BBC exemplifies anti-Palestinian bias
By Linda S. Heard
By refusing to air an appeal for Gaza relief by
the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) that umbrella’s numerous charities,
including the British Red Cross, Save the Children and Oxfam, the British
national broadcaster has displayed its lily-livered editorial colours.
Jan 28, 2009, 00:22
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The BBC’s day of shame
By Deepak Tripathi
The BBC finds itself in a serious controversy
every few years, but this is the mother of all.
Jan 26, 2009, 00:21
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The difficulty of being an informed American
By Paul Craig Roberts
The American print and TV media have never been
very good. These days they are horrible. If a person intends to be informed, he
must turn to foreign news broadcasts, to Internet sites, to foreign newspapers
available on the Internet, or to alternative newspapers that are springing up
in various cities. A person who sits in front of Murdoch’s Fox “News” or CNN or who reads the New
York Times is simply being brainwashed with propaganda.
Jan 9, 2009, 00:24
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They auto know better: New media fueling anti-union fires
By Walter Brasch
My local newspaper editor, as he does regularly,
once again attacked unions as the problem in America. This is the same editor
who once said “all the laziest goof-offs and goldbricks in the newsroom” where
he began his career were union officials -- and that the unionized New York
Times editorial writers are nothing more than “limousine liberals.”
Dec 3, 2008, 00:16
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