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All the news that fits -- in 500 words or a graphic
By Walter Brasch
The
editors of USA Today, as they
do every day, had to decide what to make its lead story.
May 13, 2008, 00:11
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Beyond media revolutions: Are Arab media truly free?
By Ramzy Baroud
On February 12, Arab League information ministers
issued a communique outlining 'tough' guidelines for Arab satellite channels.
The new guidelines specifically prohibited the broadcasting of negative
reporting of heads of state, religious or national figures.
May 8, 2008, 00:12
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The Tibet card
By Joseph M. Cachia
Please help me keep my sanity! As I watched the
corporate media coverage of the protests and disruptions during the Olympic
torch route, I became angrier than usual over the hypocrisy. Goodness knows how
many antiwar protests over the last years have been downplayed and
under-covered by the corporate media. Many crimes against humanity are rendered
invisible to the public eye, while issues, like those of Sudan and Tibet are
highlighted as the only objects of acceptable moral outrage and action.
Apr 24, 2008, 00:22
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For the benefit of Israel, US media stoops to trashing Carter
By Dr. Marwan Asmar
Jimmy Carter�s visit to the Middle East will be
remembered not for his meetings with Hamas leaders but for the savagery of the
reactions he received from the American media.
Apr 23, 2008, 00:21
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Economic suicide
By Frank Scott
Clearly, the great decider�s brilliance in dealing
with climate change and war have roots in his vice-like grip on economic
theory. To think that our problems exist because of too much housing in America
is not gross oversimplification, but a moronic notion common to our ruling
regime. And almost as bad is their opposition, still quibbling over how long to
maintain the moral outrage in Iraq and posing as lesser evil by calling for a
vague number of years, while the mentally unbalanced regime supporter cites the
need for perhaps a century of occupation.
Apr 23, 2008, 00:13
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Basra battles: Barely half the story
By Ramzy Baroud
When it comes to Iraq, reporters appear intent on
omitting or fabricating news.
Apr 14, 2008, 00:14
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Toronto 18 suspects undergo trial by media
By Beenish Gaya
The trial of the only remaining youth in the Toronto
18 case commenced last month in a Brampton courtroom. The new details disclosed
in the Crown factum filed in the case elicited depressingly new emotional lows
in all of the accused and their families. Reminiscent of that fateful day in
June 2006, the media sensationalism started all over again, with the reporting
of incomplete evidence and outrageous headlines.
Apr 7, 2008, 00:20
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How big is the Animal Farm?
By Gabriele Zamparini
Kim Sengupta is the Defence and Diplomatic
Correspondent of The Independent. On 14 March 2008 he authored the second part
of an article which curiously had only the signature of his colleague Richard
Garner, Education Editor at The Independent. In that article, Sengupta
wrote: �Conservative estimates of the number of Iraqi civilians killed
since the beginning of the invasion stand at around 85,000.�
Mar 27, 2008, 00:12
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Strangulation in the dark: Palestine, Somalia, and the American corporate media
By Abukar Arman
Whenever the media fail to press and keep the powerful
at check the inevitable consequence is prolonged oppression, lethal
destruction, and radicalized insurgency. Aside from Baghdad, nowhere is such
consequence more evident than in Gaza and Mogadishu.
Mar 3, 2008, 00:37
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Media language and war: Manufacturing convenient realities
By Ramzy Baroud
In the competitive world of media today, swift and
conveniently selective reporting is of prime importance. Google News, for
example, claims to scan 4,500 news sources, of which only a few are highlighted
as main stories. There are thousands of similar services, all competing to
produce a story in the fastest time. Thorough -- and thus slower -- reporting
of crucial information often appears too little too late.
Feb 11, 2008, 00:13
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Are British media complicit in imposing a blackout on the siege of Gaza?
From Palestinian Solidarity Campaign / British Muslim Initiative
One and a half million citizens of Gaza have been
suffering under an atrocious siege imposed by the Israeli occupation and
supported by its allies in Europe and the United States. The siege of Gaza and
the continuous sanctions against its residents, most of whom are refugees, have
caused untold misery to Palestinians who have been suffering from a brutal
occupation and oppression for decades.
Jan 24, 2008, 00:52
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The Internet must die
By Warren Pease
You know that you've reached desperate times when you
find yourself fondly remembering Tass and Pravda as beacons of journalistic
integrity.
Jan 14, 2008, 01:05
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Despite �good news,� Iraq is not okay
By Ramzy Baroud
In recent months we have been inundated by media
reports bringing good news from Iraq, with countless testimonials to the great
improvement in security enjoyed by the country in general and the Baghdad area
in particular. This progress is attributed solely to the judicious �surge� of
US military presence, and the astute tactics enacted by occupation forces in a
place that once personified despair and violence. Indeed, reports repeatedly
point to the figure indicating that violence in Iraq has dwindled by 60 percent
in the last three months.
Jan 7, 2008, 01:01
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Game theory and the U.S. presidential election of �08
By Scott Harris
Like every year in the U.S., Christmas is a time when
families travel hundreds or thousands of miles to be with one another on the
most widely celebrated Christian holiday of the year.
Jan 3, 2008, 00:53
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Oops! The media did it again
By Walter Brasch
Ever vigilant, the mass media dug into a
critical social issue and rooted out the information in their never-ending
quest to guarantee the people�s right to know.
Dec 21, 2007, 00:10
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Couric B.S. equals mushroom news
By Ted Lang
Sumner Redstone, founder and chairman of Viacom, who
also owned and operated Viacom asset Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS],
orchestrated the split-off of CBS from Viacom in 2006. CBS became
a separate publicly traded corporate entity headed by Sumner broadcast
associate Leslie Moonves. Redstone continues to hold the controlling interest
in CBS and is one of the five richest Zionists who control well over 90
percent of the American corporate, establishment, mainstream media, or MSM.
Dec 18, 2007, 01:15
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Spanish daily, El Pais, seeks to use copyright law to make Rebelion.org shut up or pay up
By Tubal Paez
Inspired by the anti-neoliberal movement and bolstered
by the new information and communication technologies, a strong popular
dissidence is growing in the battle for ideas around the globe; all in
opposition to the existing media totalitarianism that silences or distorts
reality.
Dec 4, 2007, 00:36
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A people�s retort to the media�s detached �experts�
By Ramzy Baroud
What do an organic farmer from Spain, a union worker
activist from Brazil, and a human rights scholar living in London have in
common? They are all individuals who affect substantive change in their
communities, and they are also individuals who are overlooked by the corporate
media. The latter has its own lists of �experts� -- usually well-groomed males
with little involvement in the daily struggles of the unseen and unheard
multitudes of the world, yet able to influence their lives (most often
detrimentally) from a well-guarded distance.
Nov 28, 2007, 00:38
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Calling all bloggers: Are you �covered� under House �reporter�s shield law�?
By Margie Burns
Yesterday the House passed by a substantial margin its
version of the �reporter�s shield law,� titled the Free
Flow of Information Act of 2007. The House version differs from the Senate
bill of the same title in its definition of �covered person,� basically the
definition of who is a journalist.
Oct 19, 2007, 01:42
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Anti-Bush ads refused as �too inflammatory�
From The World
Can't Wait
The national political organization World Can�t Wait
-- Drive Out the Bush Regime said Friday that they had been refused premium back-page
space in the New York City daily newspaper Metro NY based on the content
of their ads.
Sep 24, 2007, 00:46
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