November 2005
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BBC Newsspeak – ‘Credible sources’ By William Bowles
By now it must surely be obvious to pretty well everyone that the BBC’s messing with reality is rife, the twists and turns are tortuous and on-going as anyone following the British State’s Broadcasting Company’s coverage of the White Phosphorus will know. The Cat’s Dream Website pretty well blew it apart, so much so that… Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Tragic Blindness of the Embedded BBC – White Phosphorus, Fallujah And Unreported Atrocities
Readers may recall from previous media alerts that we did not know then whether unusual or banned weapons – including cluster bombs, depleted uranium, napalm, white phosphorus and poisonous gas – had been used in Fallujah, or whether atrocities had been committed by ‘coalition’ forces against civilians. We did know, however, that the BBC had… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 23 November 2005 (40/05)
23 November 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Biometric EI ID Cards to be introduced by the back door 2. EU: Opinion of the Advocate-General on the European Parliament’s case on EU-US PNR deal 3. Russia: UK Human rights lawyer deported 4. UK: Health on-line: public attitudes to data sharing – NHS Continue reading
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Media Lens: Smearing Chomsky – The Guardian Backs Down
On November 4, we published a Media Alert, ‘Smearing Chomsky’, detailing the Guardian’s October 31 interview with Noam Chomsky by Emma Brockes. The alert produced the biggest ever response from Media Lens readers – many hundreds of emails were sent to the newspaper. Continue reading
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Book Review: Selling the biggest lie of them all – Capitalism By William Bowles
For the better part of the 20th century the mass media has done an excellent job of selling the biggest lie of all, that we in the West live in democratic societies ruled by a political class that allegedly represents us and our interests, and the country where this lie has been sold to the… Continue reading
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The BBC’s Big White (Phosphorus) Lie By William Bowles
Finally, the ‘white phosphorus’ obscenity made it into the BBC’s main news, at least for a couple of days before being relegated into the Beeb’s dustbin of ‘allegations’ which of course, at least according the BBC, is where the story belongs. Of course, ‘making it into the news’ is a bit of a misnomer as… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 10 November 2005 (39/05)
10 November 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news Observatory on the surveillance of telecommunications in the EU UK-EU: Data retention and police access in the UK – a warning for Europe UK: Statement from the families of the men who have been detained pending deportation France: Statement opposing the state of emergency UK: Top Continue reading
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Is Paris burning or Watt? By William Bowles
The importation of cheap, colonial labour whether from Puerto Rico to New York in the 1940s, from the Caribbean to London in the 1950s or those from Bangla Desh and Pakistan in the 1960s, all reflect the stark reality of a divided world, that sooner or later, given the fundamentally racist nature of capitalist society… Continue reading
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Fallujah – Where is the outrage? The story the mainstream media won’t tell you By William Bowles
Although reported by a handful media outlets at the time, the mainstream media took the official US denials at face value — that there had been no use of the illegal white phosphorus weapons on the inhabitants of Fallujah in December 2004. However the newly released movie (35 mb) from Italy’s RAI News 24 television… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Thought Control and ‘Professional’ Journalism – Part 2
“Professional” journalism accepts that powerful interests – the political and economic allies of the corporate media – should be allowed to set the news agenda. Reporters are to channel the words of officialdom without expressing their own personal opinions. To express criticism of the powerful in news reports is deemed “unprofessional” – that is, “crusading”,… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Smearing Chomsky – the Guardian in the Gutter
This is one of the most shocking and appalling media smears we have seen of Chomsky – and we have been shocked and appalled many times in the past. We spend our time well when we reflect that the source is not some rabid, right-wing, Murdoch organ but this country’s “leading liberal newspaper” – the… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 1 November 2005 (38/05)
1 November 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Mandatory data retention – Guide to the issues and documents 2. UK: Information Commissioner’s report on the ID Card Bill 3. UK: Home Office reports on racial incidents 4. European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN) 5. Spain: “Transparency and silence” report on freedom of information Continue reading
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