Media
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Israel’s PR victory shames news broadcasters By Greg Philo
The propaganda battle over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a new level of intensity. In 2004 the Glasgow University Media Group published a major study on TV coverage of the Second Intifada and its impact on public understanding. We analysed about 200 programmes and questioned more than 800 people. Our conclusion: reporting was dominated by… Continue reading
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Video: Bias at the BBC BY Lauren Booth
30 May 2011 — Uprooted Palestinians http://www.presstv.ir/player/player1.swf Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 28-29 May 2011
29 May 2011 — williambowles.info 29 May 2011 Socialist Resistance: What next for the Arab uprisings? RT: Gaddafi only obstacle to peace – Libyan transitional council head RT: ‘Victory or death for Gaddafi’ – political analyst 28 May 2011 Mathaba: An Open Appeal to the People of the United States and Great Britain CounterPunch Diary: Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 25-26 May 2011
26 May 2011 — williambowles.info 26 May 2011 Mathaba: Death squad attacks in Libyan “rebel” capital Stop Nato: Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: May 26, 2011 williambowles.info: NATO testing ‘Kosovo model’ in Libya and Syria By Pyotr ISKENDEROV Mathaba: Libya: CNN Loud Opiniated Mouths vs Cool CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst williambowles.info: Gulf State Gendarmes: West Backs Continue reading
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Bumrushing the Syrian Revolution with the Help of The Independent
So I guess that foreign journos have little to chew on except reports relayed by dissidents and their own, understandable resentment at Bashar al-Assad’s attempt to dominate the news cycle. Even so, I think The Independent’s Alastair Beach or his editors reached a new low in submissive fluffing of the Syrian revolution. Continue reading
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The Media Is a Curable Disease By David Swanson
Meanwhile, back in the land where every goddam airport and hotel lobby blares Fox News at you, our free and independent press has the drawback of all agreeing with itself about almost everything. There’s no anti-Fox News. There’s very little investigative, independent, anti-authoritarian reporting of any sort. Newspapers are dying out, and with them the… Continue reading
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BBC is ‘confusing cause and effect’ in its Israeli coverage By Tim Llewellyn
More than two years after Operation Cast Lead, the BBC continues to confuse cause and effect – Israeli attacks are always reported as retaliation to Palestinian violence or rockets, and the idea that Palestinian rockets, however ineffective, are armed resistance to Israel’s hammering from land, sea and air is rarely broadcast. Continue reading
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Spain Newslinks 19-22 May 2011
22 May 2011 — williambowles.info 22 May 2011 BBC: Spanish polls open amid protests Spain is voting in regional elections overshadowed by mass protest rallies in cities across the country.” Elections in Spain underway after massive protests His government has been squeezed by Spain’s 21% unemployment rate, the highest in Western Europe, and a financial Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 20-21 May 2011
21 May 2011 — williambowles.info 21 May 2011 SCF: Moscow thinks NATO seeks regime change in Libya SCF: NATO planes strike military vessels in three Libyan ports RT: What should be on agenda for G8 summit in France? NY speaks Amnesty UK: Obama speech: USA must `learn from mistakes of past` in Middle East and Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 19-20 May 2011
20 May 2011 — williambowles.info 20 May 2011 Amnesty UK: Obama speech: USA must `learn from mistakes of past` in Middle East and North Africa BBC: Libyan troops ‘shot photographer’ alleges family BBC: VIDEO: Footage of air strikes on Libyan warships SCF: Will NATO Forces Under the UN Flag Take the Jamahiriya’s Place in Libya Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 18-19 May 2011: Call for Attacks on Libyan Infrastructure Provides Glimpse of NATO’s Real Motives
19 May 2011 — williambowles.info 19 May 2011 Mathaba: The illegal war in Libya Dissident Voice: The Truth about “Civilized Transitions” Dissident Voice: Support Killing People or Lose Your Job Morning Star: Pro-Gadaffi rally as reporters freed Stop Nato: Updates on Libyan war: May 19 RT: Libya’s crisis can be settled only if both sides Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 17-18 May 2011: WikiLeaks Reveals US Wanted to Keep Russia out of Libyan Oil
18 May 2011 — williambowles.info 18 May 2011 Mathaba: WikiLeaks Reveals US Wanted to Keep Russia out of Libyan Oil Socialist Worker: Left to die in the Mediterranean Mathaba: Imperialist bombardment, assault on Libya continues Mathaba: Mass media begin to stop the great lie about Libya and Gaddafi Mathaba: The real reasons for NATO’s attacks Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 15-17 May 2011
17 May 2011 — williambowles.info 17 May 2011 RT: Washington sends forth stooges to replace Gaddafi SCF: Russia’s FM to hold talks with Libyan officials RT: Moscow to talk peace with Gaddafi envoys SCF: Tripoli may ask Russia to mediate Libyan conflict – Naumkin Socialist Worker: Chávez and the Arab dictators BBC: Moscow talks for Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 13-15 May 2011
15 May 2011 — williambowles.info 15 May 2011 BBC: VIDEO: Libya: Calls for Nato to ‘up the ante’ Mathaba: Libyan Rats Leaves US Without Further Aid BBC: Nato ‘must widen’ Libya targets 14 May 2011 Stop NATO News: May 14, 2011 Greanville Post: Italy’s role in the war on Libya Global Research: In the Theater Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 12-13 May 2011
13 May 2011 — williambowles.info 13 May 2011 Stop Nato: Radio Interview: NATO’s Attack On Africa Dissident Voice: Freezing Bank Accounts and Free Speech in the USA RT: There will be a “new Libya” – Russian FM Mathaba: Independent Libya News Blogger Silenced: Will Now Publish Via Mathaba BBC: HMS Liverpool comes under attack SCF: Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 10-12 May 2011
12 May 2011 — williambowles.info 12 May 2011 Dandelion Salad: The Truth About Libya By J. Brett Whitesell Greanville Post: Bahrain tries 21 activists on trumped-up charges Stop NATO News: May 11, 2011 BBC: First Gaddafi footage in two weeks RT: Gaddafi appears on TV after two-week absence BBC: VIDEO: Gaddafi appears on Libyan state Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 9-10 May 2011
10 May 2011 — williambowles.info 10 May 2011 BBC: UN seeks pause to Libya fighting Mathaba: Backdoor for foreign troops into Libya Mathaba: NATO’s All-White “International Community” Versus the World on Libya RT: France: land of love, wine and warmongering SCF: NATO renews strikes in Libya SCF: Hundreds of Libyan refugees feared dead after ship Continue reading
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Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: 6 May 2011: Brussels: French Lawyer Charges NATO With War Crimes
6 May 2011 — Stop NATO Perfectly Acceptable For U.S. And NATO To Kill Children Clinton: NATO Bombardment Of Libya To Continue Brussels: French Lawyer Charges NATO With War Crimes Russia, China: North Africa, Middle East Crisis Fraught With Most Serious Global Danger Russia, China United In Opposing NATO Ground Operation In Libya Foreign Minister: Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 5-6 May 2011
6 May 2011 17:48:21 — williambowles.info 6 May 2011 Dissident Voice: Dictators or Democracy? The West’s “Arab Spring” Conundrum Dissident Voice: The Assassination of bin Laden: Its Use and Abuse Stop Nato: Updates on Libyan war: May 6 Mathaba News: Russians and Chinese getting more vocal The Independent: France expels 14 Libyan diplomats SCF: Russia Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 4-5 May 2011
5 May 2011 17:00:46 — williambowles.info 5 May 2011 Dissident Voice: Libya Fact Sheet williambowles.info: Fallujah, Iraq 2004 – Misrata, Libya 2011 BBC: VIDEO: Clearing mines at Misrata port Consortium News: ‘Liberating’ Iraq, Now Libya Mathaba News: Women whip off shirts in Gaddafi’s support Mathaba News: The Libyan War Crime Continue reading
The New Dark Age 