Media
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Murdoch Press and the Fictional Jewish Chocolatier By Samah Sabawi
The Murdoch press in its zeal to attack the Palestinian Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign has misrepresented facts and even ran an entire article quoting a fictional character that simply does not exist. The invention of Max Brenner the Jewish chocolatier demonstrated the lack of integrity and journalistic ethics employed within the Murdoch press’s campaign… Continue reading
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BBC Newslinks covering Libya 26 July – 26 August 2011
26 August 2011 — williambowles.info I’ve collated these stories for future reference but I’m sure there are many readers who are also interested in how the MSM hasn’t covered the crisis. 26 August 2011UK planes target Gaddafi bunker http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14677754 Continue reading
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Rayyisse, Censorship and Hollywood Qatar around Bab Al Aziziya
Rayyisse is an Algerian who has played an important role in fighting the western NATO Propaganda through hundreds of videos on his youtube channel about the situation in Libya (1). This morning I noticed that he uploaded a video which presents arguments for the use of fake footage by the western media in order to… Continue reading
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NYT Points Out ‘Racist Overtones’ in Libyan Disinformation It Helped Spread By Peter Hart
So stories about African mercenaries are a racist mantra? If that’s the case, then point a finger at media outlets like the New York Times. While the warnings about mass rapes and mercenaries fueled the supporters of the NATO bombing, few reporters have detailed–mostly notably Patrick Cockburn in the Independent–that there was never solid evidence… Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Libyan Deaths, Media Silence – Were Dozens Killed in Majer NATO Airstrikes?
Allegations of Libyan civilian deaths as a result of NATO bombing have often been covered in the corporate media as an opportunity to scoff at the Gadhafi regime’s unconvincing propaganda (FAIR Blog, 6/9/11). But dramatic new allegations that dozens of civilians were killed in Majer after NATO airstrikes on August 8 have been met with… Continue reading
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As Economy Crumbles, Media Goes into Ritual Politics Mode: What is Michelle Bachmann wearing? By Danny Schechter
And so it came to pass, as predicted, projected, and warned about, that the economy is about to tank again. No less an authority than Nouriel Roubini, once dismissed as “Dr. Doom” for his accurate predictions of the financial crisis in 2007 and 20088, is shaking his head and pointing his finger again. Continue reading
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After London Police Killing, Media Focus on Problem of Police Restraint By Peter Hart
A former senior riot police officer with knowledge of current operations, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the most recent riots were allowed to rage, in part, because police officers felt constrained. Continue reading
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IFJ Condemns NATO Bombing at Libyan Television
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the NATO air strikes against Libyan state television which took place last Saturday in Tripoli, killing three journalists and injured fifteen staff members according to its director of the English service, Khalid Basilia. Continue reading
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Lies and Media Manipulations regarding the Protest Movement in Syria By Pierre Piccinin
The following article focusses on the Protest movement in Syria in mid-July. it does not cover recent events. It nonetheless suggests that mainstream media sources are systematically manipulating the relevant numbers Continue reading
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As In Serbia And Elsewhere, U.S. And NATO Target Media In Libya
This is not the first time that NATO and the U.S. have targeted journalists and media outlets. Other incidents included the deliberate targeting of journalists in occupied territories in the Middle East, the NATO bombardment of Radio Television Serbia (RTS) in Belgrade in 1999 and the American army bombing in Kabul and Baghdad of Al… Continue reading
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New moves by British parliament to shield the Murdochs By Robert Stephens
The Murdochs rely on the fact that the British political elite and the police are seeking at all costs to prevent a serious investigation of the hacking of thousands of phones and the bribing of police officers, and block the bringing of criminal charges against the guilty. Continue reading
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The Israel Lobby’s Power Comes From the American Ruling Class
“Prince Walid bin Talal bin Abdelaziz Al-Saud, the second biggest shareholder in News Corporation after Murdoch, recently gave an interview, on his yacht, to the BBC flagship programme Newsnight. The Saudi prince declared himself “a good friend” of Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch Continue reading
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The best of FAIR’s Blog 29 July 2011
29 July 2011 — Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Here’s some of the week’s best media criticism from the FAIR Blog Obama’s Right-Wing Plan to Win the Center Diallo Speaks: Are There Holes in the ‘DSK Case Crumbles’ Narrative? Tom Friedman’s Radical Center, 2012 Edition For Beck, Norway Shooter Wasn’t Right-Wing–Though His Victims Were ‘Hitler Continue reading
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Unauthorised tapping into or hacking of mobile communications
Thirteenth Report of Session 2010–12 House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Continue reading
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News International: A scandal rooted in union-busting
Socialist journalist Eamonn McCann explains how the assault on newspaper unions helped pave the way for the scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Continue reading
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What WaPo Won't Tell You About CIA's Yemen Drone Base By Peter Hart
It obviously makes senses for any White House to want to keep its secret programs under wraps–particularly when there’s a chance that laws are being broken, or civilians are being killed. (Recall that the U.S. Navy launched a cruise missile loaded with cluster bombs into Yemen in 2009, reportedly killing 41 civilians.) It does not… Continue reading
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What WaPo Won’t Tell You About CIA’s Yemen Drone Base By Peter Hart
It obviously makes senses for any White House to want to keep its secret programs under wraps–particularly when there’s a chance that laws are being broken, or civilians are being killed. (Recall that the U.S. Navy launched a cruise missile loaded with cluster bombs into Yemen in 2009, reportedly killing 41 civilians.) It does not… Continue reading
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‘Dirty Digger’ Murdoch Newslinks 26-27 July 2011
27 July 2011 — williambowles.info 27 July 2011 Murdochs were given secret defence briefingsThe Independent – Media RSS Feed Today at MidnightThe extraordinary access that Cabinet ministers granted Rupert Murdoch and his children was revealed for the first time yesterday, with more than two dozen private meetings between the family and senior members of the Continue reading
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