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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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Making an invisible minority less invisible
By Walter Brasch
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama
was called mentally unstable; his supporters were called unpatriotic. At Sarah
Palin rallies, in newspaper letters-to-the-editor, on conservative radio and TV
talk shows, supporters spewed hatred, resorting to the Bush tactics of fear
mongering to support their own candidate.
Nov 21, 2008, 00:24
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Coordinated media
By Michael Hasty
The primary goal of Joseph Goebbels in his Nazi
propaganda management was to create what he called “coordinated media” -- a
diversity of viewpoints, but all expressed within the narrow parameters of
party ideology. Adolph Hitler himself would complain if he thought news
coverage was too monochromatic; he didn’t want to be bored by his own press
operation. He considered himself a news consumer, along with the rest of the
German population. With his precise sense of what people wanted to hear, Hitler
knew that propaganda couldn’t be too blatant.
Oct 28, 2008, 00:18
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America’s buddy-buddy campaign press corps
By Walter Brasch
It’s a little more than a week before the
presidential election, and I’m worried about what happens afterwards. I’m not
worried about the candidates, the people, or the country. I’m worried about the
media.
Oct 28, 2008, 00:14
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An evening’s exploration of American media
By Paul O’Sullivan
Accuracy in fact, fairness of point of view,
balance in reporting, impartiality and objectivity -- essential ingredients of
professional journalism, right?
Oct 10, 2008, 00:18
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Living in a lying nation
By Sean M. Madden
The following lead from Monday’s BBC
Radio 4 Today program says it all, well, sort of: “Leaders of the
European Union are meeting to decide what can be done about Russia in the wake
of its invasion of Georgia. The leader of the opposition, David Cameron, went
to Georgia in the aftermath of the conflict -- and says that Russia must be
shown what is unacceptable behaviour and that the UK must continue to stand by
Georgia.”
Sep 2, 2008, 00:16
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No news is bad news: TV news and the political conventions
By Rosemary and Walter
Brasch
During the time that Bill Clinton was rocking
the Democratic convention, ABC, CBS, and Fox were showing re-runs, NBC was
showing the second hour of “America’s Got Talent,” and the CW was showing the
second season finale of “Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.”
Sep 1, 2008, 00:13
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Downsizing the news and pretending to increase quality
By Walter Brasch
Executive management at the Allentown Morning
Call recently laid off more than two dozen persons from its newsroom, most
of them veteran reporters drawing higher salaries. Management plans to cut
35–40 positions, according to a letter sent by publisher Timothy Johnson. The
cuts are about one-fourth of the news staff. The remaining reporters are being
told to write more stories under the same deadline constraints. Coverage of
local meetings has been put into secondary importance; bureaus have been
combined. The Morning Call is not alone.
Aug 21, 2008, 00:08
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All the propaganda that's fit to print: The New York Times, again, tells it like it ain’t
By Sean M. Madden
The New York Times’ top story yesterday morning
-- entitled "Bush, Sending Aid, Demands That Moscow Withdraw" --
leads with the following three propaganda-packed paragraphs:
Aug 15, 2008, 00:20
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TSA targeting investigative journalists
By Wayne Madsen
(WMR) --
It came as no surprise to this editor that the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) is actively targeting investigative journalists who
attempt to board airplanes.
Jul 21, 2008, 00:18
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Journalistic imperatives: Saying what others might not
By Ramzy Baroud
The world of journalism, like any other profession,
can be muddled with a plethora of distractions, self-interests and agendas that
certainly do not serve the cause of a free press. Outside as well as inside,
pressures and interests often compromise the very essence of the journalist's
mission.
Jul 7, 2008, 00:15
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